Parliamentary Bulletin

PART - I

(TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY SECOND SESSION) No. 5524] THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 2020 Brief Record of the Proceedings of the Meeting of the Rajya Sabha held on the 17th September, 2020

9-00 a.m. 1. Papers Laid on the Table The following papers were laid on the Table:— 1.(1) A copy each (in English and Hindi) of the following papers, under sub-section (4) of Section 12 and Section 12A of the Central Silk Board Act, 1948:— (a) Annual Report of the Central Silk Board, Bengaluru, for the year 2018-19. (b) Annual Accounts of the Central Silk Board, Bengaluru, for the year 2018-19, and the Audit Report thereon. (c) Review by Government on the working of the above Board. (2) Statement (in English and Hindi) giving reasons for the delay in laying the papers mentioned at (1) above. 2. A copy each (in English and Hindi) of the following papers:— (a) Thirteenth Annual Report of the National Statistical Commission (NSC), New Delhi, for the year 2018-19. (b) Action Taken Report on the recommendations contained in the above-said Report. (c) Statement giving reasons for the delay in laying the papers mentioned at (a) above.

40645 40646 3.(1) A copy each (in English and Hindi) of the following papers, under sub-section (3) of Section 27 of the Aadhaar (Targeted Delivery of Financial and Other Subsidies, Benefits and Services) Act, 2016:— (a) Annual Report and Accounts of the Unique Identification Authority of , New Delhi, for the year 2018-19, together with the Auditor's Report on the Accounts. (b) Review by Government on the working of the above Authority. (2) Statement (in English and Hindi) giving reasons for the delay in laying the papers mentioned at (1) above. 4. A copy each (in English and Hindi) of the following papers:— (i) (a) Annual Report and Accounts of the Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC), Pune, for the year 2018-19, together with the Auditor's Report on the Accounts. (b) Review by Government on the working of the above Centre. (c) Statement giving reasons for the delay in laying the papers mentioned at (a) above. (ii) (a) Twenty-ninth Annual Report and Accounts of the Centre for Materials for Electronics Technology (C-MET), Pune, for the year 2018-19, together with the Auditor's Report on the Accounts. (b) Review by Government on the working of the above Centre. (c) Statement giving reasons for the delay in laying the papers mentioned at (a) above. (iii) (a) Annual Report and Accounts of the ERNET India, Delhi, for the year 2018-19, together with the Auditor's Report on the Accounts. (b) Review by Government on the working of the above Society. (c) Statement giving reasons for the delay in laying the papers mentioned at (a) above. (iv) (a) Annual Report and Accounts of the Jharkhand Education Project Council (JEPC), Ranchi, implementing the Samagra Shiksha, Jharkhand, for the year 2018-19, together with the Auditor's Report on the Accounts.

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(b) Review by Government on the working of the above Council. (c) Statement giving reasons for the delay in laying the papers mentioned at (a) above. 5. A copy (in English and Hindi) of the Ministry of Women and Child Development, Notification No. G.S.R. 165 (E), dated the 9th March, 2020, publishing the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Rules, 2020, under sub-section (3) of Section 45 of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012. 9-01 a.m. 2. Report of the Committee on the Welfare of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes

Shri Ramkumar Verma laid on the Table, a copy (in English and Hindi) of the Report of the Study Visit of the Committee on the Welfare of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes to Chennai, Puducherry, Goa and Mumbai during January, 2020.

3. Unstarred Questions Answers to Unstarred Question Nos. 481 to 640 were deemed, as laid on the Table.

9-02 a.m. 4. Matters raised with Permission 1. Shri Vishambhar Prasad Nishad raised a matter regarding filling up of backlog vacancies reserved for OBCs in various Ministries of the Government of India. Shri N. Gokulakrishnan also spoke. 9-06 a.m. 2. Lt. Gen. (Dr.) D.P. Vats (Retd.) raised a matter regarding need to give peacetime Gallantry Award to frontline Corona warriors of the country. 9-08 a.m. 3. Shri Shaktisinh Gohil raised a matter regarding increase in the death rate of Asiatic Lions due to use of Radio Collar.

40648 9-10 a.m. 4. Shri Sanjay Raut raised a matter regarding the proposed privatization of JNPT Port related concern over national security. 9-12 a.m. 5. Dr. Amee Yajnik raised a matter regarding need to upgrade medical services infrastructure for non-communicable diseases. 9-14 a.m. 6. Shri Ravi Prakash Verma raised a matter regarding need to control floods caused by rivers flowing from Nepal. 9-16 a.m. 7. Shri Nabam Rebia raised a matter regarding need for inclusion of Arunachal Pradesh in the Sixth Schedule by amending article 371H of the Constitution of India. 9-18 a.m. 8. Shri Vivek Thakur raised a matter regarding need for clarity on development of Corona vaccine. 9-20 a.m. 9. Mir Mohammad Fayaz raised a matter regarding need to release political prisoners in Jammu and Kashmir. 9-23 a.m. 10. Shri Surendra Singh Nagar raised a matter regarding inclusion of Gujri language as the official language of UT of Jammu and Kashmir. 9-24 a.m. 5. Special Mentions The following Special Mentions were laid on the Table of the House:—

1. Shri K.C. Venugopal Demand for probe into Facebook's interference in India's electoral democracy. 2. Shri Ripun Bora Demand to re-conduct NEET and JEE upon subsiding of COVID-19.

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3. Shri M. Shanmugam Demand to make payment of capital to family members on the death of pensioners by EPFO. 4. Shri M.V. Shreyams Demand to restrain the sale of Kumar Government equity shareholding in LIC. 5. Shri Satish Chandra Demand to construct modern high Dubey capacity dams to prevent frequent floods in Bihar. 6. Shrimati Arpita Demand to release funds for Ghatal Ghosh Master Plan to the State of West Bengal. 7. Shri V. Vijayasai Demand to introduce special trains Reddy between Hyderabad-Visakhapatnam and Hyderabad-Tirupati. 9-30 a.m. 6. Observations by the Chair The Chairman made certain observations regarding 'Maiden Speeches' by the Members during the current Session and observance of certain practices by Members while in the House during the current Session due to the COVID-19 pandemic. 9-35 a.m. 7. Discussion on the Statement made by Minister Further discussion on the Statement made by Dr. Harsh Vardhan, Minister of Health and Family Welfare, Minister of Science and Technology and Minister of Earth Sciences, on the 15th September, 2020, regarding COVID-19 pandemic and the steps taken by the Government of India, continued:—

9-35 a.m. 1. ⱴShri Swapan Dasgupta 9-37 a.m. 2. Shri Sanjay Raut

9-46 a.m. 3. Shri Praful Patel

ⱴ Also participated in the discussion on 16th September, 2020.

40650 9-50 a.m. 4. Shrimati Priyanka Chaturvedi 9-54 a.m. 5. Shri Kanakamedala Ravindra Kumar 9-58 a.m. 6. Shri Binoy Viswam 10-02 a.m. 7. Shri G.K. Vasan 10-04 a.m. 8. Shri Veer Singh 10-09 a.m. 9. Shri Sanjay Singh 10-14 a.m. 10. Shri V. Vijayasai Reddy 10-18 a.m. 11. Dr. 10-48 a.m. 12. Shri Ghulam Nabi Azad, Leader of the Opposition 11-01 a.m. 13. Dr. M. Thambidurai 11-08 a.m. 14. Shri K. R. Suresh Reddy 11-10 a.m. 15. Shri Rajeev Chandrasekhar 11-32 a.m. 16. Shri Ramdas Athawale, Minister of State in the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment 11-37 a.m. 17. Dr. Santanu Sen

11-41 a.m. Dr. Harsh Vardhan replied to the discussion. The discussion was concluded. .8. Message from Lok Sabha — Reported and Government Bill laid on the Table

[ Secretary-General reported to the House, a message from Lok Sabha informing Rajya Sabha that the Lok Sabha at its sitting held on the 16th September, 2020, passed the Banking Regulation (Amendment) Bill, 2020 and laid a copy of the said Bill on the Table.

12-20 p.m.

 From 10-47 a.m. to 10-48 a.m., some points were raised.  From 11-31 a.m. to 11-32 a.m., see item at Sl. No. 7.  From 11-39 a.m. to 11-40 a.m., some points were raised. . At 11-31 a.m.

40651 9. Statement by Minister Shri , Minister of Defence, made a statement on the 'Developments on our borders in Ladakh'. Thereafter, some Members sought clarifications on the Statement.

1-05 p.m. The House adjourned till 9-00 a.m. on Friday, the 18th September, 2020.

DESH DEEPAK VERMA, Secretary-General