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The Rajya Sabha Met in the Parliament House at 11-00 Am THURSDAY, THE 25TH FEBRUARY, 2010 (The Rajya Sabha met in the Parliament House at 11-00 a.m.) 11-00 a.m. 1. Dispensing with Question Hour The Chairman announced that in view of the consensus that has been arrived at in the House, the Question Hour has been dispensed with to take up Short Duration Discussion on the Price Rise situation. 2. Starred Questions Answers to Starred Question Nos. 41 to 60 were laid on the Table. 3. Unstarred Questions Answers to Unstarred Question Nos. 275 to 429 were laid on the Table. 11-02 a.m. 4. Short Duration Discussion Shri Arun Jaitley, Leader of Opposition, raised a discussion on the situation arising out of continued rise in prices of essential commodities in the country. The following Members took part in the discussion:— 11-35 a.m. 1. Dr. K. Keshava Rao ^ @ 12-02 p.m. 2. Shrimati Brinda Karat ^12-28 p.m. 3. Shri Brijesh Pathak ^12-42 p.m. 4. Shri Brij Bhushan Tiwari Ψ1-03 p.m. (The House adjourned at 1-03 p.m. and re-assembled at 2-03 p.m.) 2-03 p.m. 5. Dr. K. Malaisamy ^2-17 p.m. 6. Shri Shivanand Tiwari ^2-32 p.m. 7. Shri Govindrao Wamanrao Adik 2-45 p.m. 8. Shri D. Raja RAJYA SABHA ^ Spoke in Hindi. @ From 12-00 Noon to 12-01 p.m. see item no. 5, from 12-01 p.m. to 12-02 p.m. see item no. 6 (1)(2) and from 12-02 p.m. to 12-03 p.m. see item no. 7. Ψ From 1-02 p.m. to 1-03 p.m. see item no. 8. 2-57 p.m. 9. Dr. Ashok S. Ganguly 3-03 p.m. 10. Shri Tiruchi Siva ^Φ3-16 p.m. 11. Shri Ravi Shankar Prasad ^3-37 p.m. 12. Shri Rajeev Shukla 3-55 p.m. 13. Shri M.V. Mysura Reddy ^4-01 p.m. 14. Shrimati Maya Singh ^4-13 p.m. 15. Shri Raashid Alvi 4-36 p.m. 16. Shri Pranab Mukherjee, Minister of Finance 5-05 p.m. 17. Shri Sharad Anantrao Joshi 5-11 p.m. 18. Shri M. Rama Jois ^5-21 p.m. 19. Prof. Alka Balram Kshatriya ^5-30 p.m. 20. Shri Abani Roy 5-35 p.m. 21. Shri P. Kannan ^5-43 p.m. 22. Shri Kishore Kumar Mohanty ^5-51 p.m. 23. Shri Rajniti Prasad ^6-00 p.m. 24. Shri Sabir Ali 6-05 p.m. 25. Shri Bharatkumar Raut 6-16 p.m. 26. Shri Arjun Kumar Sengupta The discussion was concluded and the Minister to reply on Wednesday, the 3rd March, 2010. #5. Papers Laid on the Table Shri Vilasrao Dagadojirao Deshmukh (Minister of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises) laid on the Table a copy (in English and Hindi) of the Public Enterprises Survey (Volumes I, II and III) - Annual Report on the performance of Central Public Sector enterprises, for the year 2008-09. ^ Spoke in Hindi. Φ From 3-15 p.m. to 3-16 p.m. see item no. 6 (3). # At 12-00 Noon. 25TH FEBRUARY, 2010 Shri Prithviraj Chavan (Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Science and Technology; Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Earth Sciences; Minister of State in the Prime Minister’s Office; Minister of State in the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs) laid on the Table a copy each (in English and Hindi) of the following Notifications of the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions (Department of Personnel and Training), under sub-section (1) of Section 37 of the Administrative Tribunals Act, 1985:— (1) G.S.R. 874 (E), dated the 9th December, 2009, publishing the Central Administrative Tribunal (Salaries and Allowances and Conditions of Service of Chairman, Vice- Chairmen and Members) (Second Amendment) Rules, 2009. (2) G.S.R. 875 (E), dated the 9th December, 2009, publishing the Andhra Pradesh Administrative Tribunal (Salaries and Allowances and Conditions of Service of Chairman, Vice-Chairmen and Members) Amendment Rules, 2009. (3) G.S.R. 876 (E), dated the 9th December, 2009, publishing the Himachal Pradesh Administrative Tribunal (Salaries and Allowances and Conditions of Service of Chairman, Vice- Chairmen and Members) Amendment Rules, 2009. (4) G.S.R. 877 (E), dated the 9th December, 2009, publishing the Karnataka Administrative Tribunal (Salaries and Allowances and Conditions of Service of Chairman, Vice- Chairmen and Members) Amendment Rules, 2009. (5) G.S.R. 878 (E), dated the 9th December, 2009, publishing the Madhya Pradesh Administrative Tribunal (Salaries and Allowances and Conditions of Service of Chairman, Vice- Chairmen and Members) Amendment Rules, 2009. (6) G.S.R. 879 (E), dated the 9th December, 2009, publishing the Maharashtra Administrative Tribunal (Salaries and Allowances and Conditions of Service of Chairman, Vice- Chairmen and Members) Amendment Rules, 2009. RAJYA SABHA (7) G.S.R. 880 (E), dated the 9th December, 2009, publishing the Orissa Administrative Tribunal (Salaries and Allowances and Conditions of Service of Chairman, Vice- Chairmen and Members) Amendment Rules, 2009. (8) G.S.R. 881 (E), dated the 9th December, 2009, publishing the Tamil Nadu Administrative Tribunal (Salaries and Allowances and Conditions of Service of Chairman, Vice- Chairmen and Members) Amendment Rules, 2009. (9) G.S.R. 882 (E), dated the 9th December, 2009, publishing the West Bengal Administrative Tribunal (Salaries and Allowances and Conditions of Service of Chairman, Vice- Chairmen and Members) Amendment Rules, 2009. (10) G.S.R. 919 (E), dated the 22nd December, 2009, notifying the date on which the provisions of the Administrative Tribunals Act, 1985 in respect of Kerala Administrative Tribunal shall come into force. Shri S.S. Palanimanickam (Minister of State in the Ministry of Finance) laid on the Table a copy (in English and Hindi) of the Report of the Thirteenth Finance Commission together with an Explanatory Memorandum on the action taken on the recommendations of the Commission, under article 281 of the Constitution. Shri Namo Narain Meena (Minister of State in the Ministry of Finance) laid on the Table a copy (in English and Hindi) of the Economic Survey, 2009-10. Shri Gurudas Kamat (Minister of State in the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology) laid on the Table a copy (in English and Hindi) of the Ministry of Communications and IT (Department of Telecommunications) Notification No. 116-5/2009-MN, dated the 11th December, 2009, publishing the Telecommunication Mobile Number Portability Per Port Transaction Charge and Dipping Charge Regulations, 2009, under Section 37 of the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India, 1997. 25TH FEBRUARY, 2010 $6. Statements by Ministers (1) Shri Prithviraj Chavan, Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministries of Science and Technology and Earth Sciences; Minister of State in the Prime Minister’s Office and Ministries of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions and Parliamentary Affairs, laid on the Table, a statement (in English and Hindi) on the status of implementation of recommendations contained in the Twenty-third Report of the Department-related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Personnel, Public Grievances, Law and Justice; and (2) Shri V. Narayanasamy, Minister of State in the Ministries of Planning and Parliamentary Affairs, laid on the Table, a statement (in English and Hindi) on the status of implementation of recommendations as contained in the One Hundred and Seventh Report of the Department-related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Transport, Tourism and Culture. Ω(3) Shri S.M. Krishna, Minister of External Affairs, laid on the Table, a statement (in English and Hindi) on “Attacks on Indians in Australia”. &7. Statement regarding Government Business Shri Prithviraj Chavan, Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministries of Science and Technology and Earth Sciences; Minister of State in the Prime Minister’s Office and Ministries of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions and Parliamentary Affairs, made a statement regarding Government Business in the Rajya Sabha during the week commencing Tuesday, the 2nd March, 2010. %8. Messages from Lok Sabha –Reported (I) Motion Re: Nomination of Members to the Committee on Public Accounts. (II) Motion Re: Nomination of Members to the Committee on Public Undertakings. (III)Motion Re: Nomination of Members to the Committee on Welfare of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes. $ At 12-01 p.m. Ω At 3-15 p.m. & At 12-02 p.m. % At 1-02 p.m. RAJYA SABHA Secretary-General reported to the House the following messages received from the Lok Sabha, signed by the Secretary-General of the Lok Sabha:- (I) "I am directed to inform you that Lok Sabha, at its sitting held on Wednesday, the 24th February, 2010, adopted the following motion:- "That this House do recommend to Rajya Sabha that Rajya Sabha do agree to nominate seven members from Rajya Sabha to associate with the Committee on Public Accounts of the House for the term beginning on the 1st May, 2010 and ending on the 30th April, 2011 and do communicate to this House the names of the members so nominated by Rajya Sabha." 2. I am to request that the concurrence of Rajya Sabha in the said motion, and also the names of the members of Rajya Sabha so nominated, may be communicated to this House." (II) "I am directed to inform you that Lok Sabha, at its sitting held on Wednesday, the 24th February, 2010, adopted the following motion:- "That this House do recommend to Rajya Sabha that Rajya Sabha do agree to nominate seven members from Rajya Sabha to associate with the Committee on Public Undertakings of the House for the term beginning on the 1st May, 2010 and ending on the 30th April, 2011 and do communicate to this House the names of the members so nominated by Rajya Sabha." 2.
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