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LOK SABHA

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(Other than Financial and Departmentally Related Standing Committees)

SUMMARY OF WORK SIXTEENTH LOK SABHA (2014-15)

[Laid on the Table on 26.07.2016]

LOK SABHA SECRETARIAT, NEW DELHI

May, 2016/Vaisakha 1938 (Saka)

LOK SABHA

PARLIAMENTARY COMMITTEES

(Other than Financial and Departmentally Related Standing Committees)

SUMMARY OF WORK

SIXTEENTH LOK SABHA

(2014-15)

LOK SABHA SECRETARIAT, NEW DELHI

May, 2016/ Vaisakha, 1938 (Saka)

Cte. Coord. Br. No .50.

Published under Rule 382 of the Rules of Procedure and Conduct of Business in Lok Sabha (Fifteenth Edition).

PREFACE

This brochure attempts to present in concise form information about the activities of

Parliamentary Committees, other than the Financial and Departmentally Related Standing

Committees, for the period from 1st June 2014 to 31st May, 2015.

2. The material has been arranged in two parts. Part-I contains two sections. Sections I &

II present resume of the work done by the Standing Parliamentary Committees and the ad-hoc

Committees respectively. Part-II of the brochure contains Appendices which give details of composition of the Committees/Sub-Committees, their sittings, subjects discussed and the composition of the various groups which undertook study visits, places and dates of visits.

New Delhi; ANOOP MISHRA 12 May, 2016 Secretary-General 22 Vaisakha, 1938 (Saka)

CONTENTS

PART-I

REVIEW OF WORK DONE

SECTION I

STANDING COMMITTEES

Work done by Parliamentary Committees (other than Financial and (ix) Departmentally Related Standing Committees) - At a Glance

CHAPTER ONE Business Advisory Committee………………………………… 1

CHAPTER TWO Committee of Privileges ……………………………………… 3

CHAPTER THREE Committee on Absence of Members from the Sittings of the 6 House…………………………………………………………

CHAPTER FOUR Committee on Government Assurances ……………………… 8

CHAPTER FIVE Committee on Papers Laid on the Table …………………… 11

CHAPTER SIX Committee on Petitions ………………………………………. 14

CHAPTER SEVEN Committee on Private Members‟ Bills and Resolutions……… 16

CHAPTER EIGHT Committee on Subordinate Legislation…………… 19

CHAPTER NINE Committee on the Welfare of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled 22 Tribes………………………..

CHAPTER TEN Committee on Empowerment of Women……………… 26

CHAPTER ELEVEN General Purposes Committee ………………………………… 29

CHAPTER TWELVE House Committee …………………………………………….. 30 CHAPTER THIRTEEN Joint Committee on Offices of Profit …………………………. 31

CHAPTER FOURTEEN Joint Committee on Salaries and Allowances of Members of 33 Parliament ……………………………………………………..

CHAPTER FIFTEEN Rules Committee …………………………………………… 34

SECTION II

AD-HOC COMMITTEES

CHAPTER SIXTEEN Committee to Review the Rate of Dividend Payable by Railway 37 Undertaking to General Revenues (Railway Convention Committee) ……………………………..

CHAPTER SEVENTEEN Committee on Members of Parliament Local Area Development 40 Scheme…………………………………………..

CHAPTER EIGHTEEN Joint Committee on Food Management in Parliament House 43 Complex……………………………………………………….

CHAPTER NINTEEN Committee on Ethics ……………………………………… 44 CHAPTER TWENTY Joint Committee on Installation of Portraits /Statues of National 46 Leaders and Parliamentarians in Parliament House Complex...

CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) on Maintenance of Heritage 47 Character and Development of Parliament House Complex.

CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO Committee on Violation of Protocol Norms and Contemptuous 48 Behaviour of Government Officer with Members of Lok Sabha.

CHAPTER TWENTY- Committee on Welfare of Other Backward Classes (OBCs) 50 THREE

PART-II

APPENDICES

(A) Composition of Committees/ Sub-Committees

I Business Advisory Committee…………………………… 55

II Committee of Privileges…………………………… 56

III Committee on Absence of Members from the Sittings of the 57 House…………………………………………………

IV Committee on Government Assurances ……………… 58

V Committee on Papers Laid on the Table……………… 59

VI Committee on Petitions…………………………………… 60

VII Committee on Private Members‟ Bills and Resolutions…… 61

VIII Committee on Subordinate Legislation………..…...……… 62

IX Committee on the Welfare of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled 63 Tribes………………………………

X Committee on Empowerment of Women………………… 65

XI General Purposes Committee…………………………… 66

XII House Committee………………………………………… 68

XIII Joint Committee on Offices of Profit…………………… 69

XIV Joint Committee on Salaries and Allowances of Members of 70 Parliament……………………………………………….

XV Rules Committee…………………………………………… 71

XVI Railway Convention Committee …………………………… 73

XVII Committee on Members of Parliament Local Area Development 74 Scheme…………………………………….

XVIII Joint Committee on Food Management in Parliament House 75 Complex……………………………………………

XIX Committee on Ethics………………………………………… 76

XX Joint Committee on Installation of Portraits/ Statues of National Leaders and 77 Parliamentarians in Parliament House complex….

XXI Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) on Maintenance of Heritage Character 78 and Development of Parliament House Complex. ……………………………………….

XXII Committee on Violation of Protocol Norms and Contemptuous Behaviour of 79 Government Officers with Members of Lok Sabha. …..

XXIII Committee on Welfare of Other Backward Classes (OBCs)………….. 80

(B) Statement showing the details of Sittings of Committees/Sub-Committees

XXIV Business Advisory Committee ………………………… 83

XXV Committee of Privileges………………………………… 85 XXVI Committee on Absence of Members from the Sittings of the 86 House…………………………………………………..

XXVII Committee on Government Assurances ………………… 87

XXVIII Committee on Papers Laid on the Table……… 89

XXIX Committee on Petitions……….. 92 . XXX Committee on Private Members‟ Bills and Resolutions…………….. 94

XXXI Committee on Subordinate Legislation……. 95

XXXII Committee on the Welfare of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled 96 Tribes……………………………………………

XXXIII Committee on Empowerment of Women……………… 100

XXXIV House Committee………………………………………… 102

XXXV Joint Committee on Offices of Profit……………………… 108

XXXVI Joint Committee on Salaries and Allowances of Members of 110 Parliament…………………………………………………

XXXVII Rules Committee………………………………………… 111

XXXVIII Railway Convention Committee………………………... 113

XXXIX Committee on Members of Parliament Local Area Development 114 Scheme…………………………………..

XL Joint Committee on Food Management in Parliament House 116 Complex………………………………………………

XLI Committee on Ethics……………… 117

XLII Committee on Violation of Protocol Norms and Contemptuous Behaviour of 118 Government Officers with Members of Lok Sabha……………….

XLIII Committee on Welfare of Other Backward Classes (OBCs)…………….. 119

XLIV Business Advisory Committee ………………………… 123

XLV Committee of Privileges………………………………….. 124

XLVI Committee on Absence of Members from the Sittings of the 125 House……………………………………………………..

XLVII Committee on Government Assurances ………………… 126

XLVIII Committee on Papers Laid on the Table…………….. 127

XLIX Committee on Petitions……………… 128

L Committee on Private Members‟ Bills and Resolutions ……….. 129

LI Committee on Subordinate Legislation………….. 130

LII Committee on the Welfare of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled 131 Tribes……………………………………………

LIII Committee on Empowerment of Women………… 133

LIV House Committee……………………………………… 134 LV Joint Committee on Offices of Profit…………………….. 135

LVI Joint Committee on Salaries and Allowances of Members of 136 Parliament…………………………………………………

LVII Rules Committee …………………………………………… 137 LVIII Railway Convention Committee……….. 138

LIX Committee on Members of Parliament Local Area Development 139 Scheme…………………………………..

LX Joint Committee on Food Management in Parliament House 140 Complex……………………………………………

LXI Committee on Ethics……………………. 141

LXII Committee on Violation of Protocol Norms and Contemptuous Behaviour of 142 Government Officers with Members of Lok Sabha……..

LXIII Committee on Welfare of Other Backward Classes (OBCs)………. 143

(D) Statement showing Study Visits undertaken by Committees/Sub-Committees

LXIV Committee on Papers Laid on the Table………………………… 147 LXV Committee on Petitions……………………………………. 148

LXVI Committee on Subordinate Legislation…………………………… 149

LXVII Committee on the Welfare of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled 151 Tribes……………………………………………

LXVIII Committee on Empowerment of Women……………… 154

LXIX House Committee……………. 160

LXX Committee on Members of Parliament Local Area Development 161 Scheme…………………………………..

LXXI Committee on Welfare of Other Backward Classes (OBCs)………………….. 163

WORK DONE BY PARLIAMENTARY COMMITTEES (OTHER THAN FINANCIAL AND DEPARTMENTALLY RELATED STANDING COMMITTEES) – AT A GLANCE

Sl. Name of Committee No. of Original Action No. of Staff No. Sittings Reports Taken Study Strength Reports Visits under- Sancti Act taken oned ual 1. 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 1. Business Advisory Committee 20 19 - - 18 13 (Table Office) 2. Committee of Privileges 04 - - - 11 13^ 3. Committee on Absence of Members 02 02 - - 3 - from the sittings of the House (Table Office) 4. Committee on Government 10 13 - - * 08 Assurances 5. Committee on Papers Laid on the 11 02 - 1 22@@ 08 Table @ (CB-II ) 6. Committee on Petitions 10 02 01 01 08 08 7. Committee on Private Members‟ Bills 11 11 - - 07 10 and Resolutions (LB-II) 8. Committee on Subordinate 09 03 02 02 - 08 Legislation 9. Committee on Welfare of Scheduled 14 - 04 02 13 11 Castes & Scheduled Tribes 10. Committee on Empowerment of 12 01 02 02+1 07 05 Women Local visit 11. General Purposes Committee - - - - 10 08 (CB-I) 12. House Committee 12 - - 01 11 14 (MS Branch) 13. Joint Committee on Offices of Profit 06 01 - - 22@@ @ (CB-II) 14. Joint Committee on Salaries and 07 - - - 19 17 Allowances of Members of Parliament (MSA Branch) 15. Rules Committee 02+03 01 - - 10 08 (CB-I) (Sub Cte)

16. Committee to Review the Rate of 02 - - - 06 04 Dividend Payable by Railway Undertaking to General Revenues (Railway Convention Committee) 17. Committee on Members of 09 02 - 01 07 07 Parliament Local Area Development Scheme 18. Joint Committee on Food 01 - - - * * Management in Parliament House Complex(GW Branch) 19. Committee on Ethics 03 01 - - 11 13^

20. Joint Committee on Installation of - - - - * * Statues /Portraits on National Leaders and Parliamentarians in Parliament House Complex (GW Branch) 21. Joint Parliamentary Committee - - - - # # (JPC) on Maintenance of Heritage Character and Development of Parliament House Complex. 22. Committee on Violation of Protocol 03 - - - 11 13^ Norms and Contemptuous Behaviour of Government Officers with Members of Lok Sabha 23. Committee on Welfare of Other 07 - 01 02 09 04 Backward Classes (OBCs) Total 158 58 10 13 205 172

^ It reflects common staff of three Committees namely Privileges, Ethics and Violation of Protocol Norms and Contemptuous Behaviour of Government Officers with Members of Lok Sabha.

* No separate staff is sanctioned to these Branches.

@ After separation of the Committee on Subordinate Legislation (COSL) in the year 2006 from CB-II the actual staff strength sanctioned by AN-I as per available record is 22.

# Yet to be fixed by AN-I.

@@ It reflects common staff of two Committees namely Joint Committee on Offices of Profit and Committee on Papers Laid on the Table.

PART I

RESUME OF WORK DONE

SECTION-I

STANDING COMMITTEES

CHAPTER ONE

BUSINESS ADVISORY COMMITTEE

I. Constitution of Committee

1.1 The Business Advisory Committee was constituted on 13 June, 2014 for the first time in the 16th Lok Sabha and continued in Office during the period under review.

1.2 The Committee consists of not more than fifteen members including the Speaker who is the ex officio Chairperson of the Committee. The Composition of the Committee is given in Appendix-I.

II. Review of Work Done

(a) Sittings of the Committee

1.3 During the period under report, the Committee held 20 sittings spread over 9 hrs 08 Mts. Statement showing the dates of sitting of the Committee held, the duration of the sittings, the number of Members present is given in Appendix – XXIV.

1.4 Statement showing the number of sittings of the Committee attended by each member is given in Appendix – XLIV.

1.5 Verbatim record of proceedings of the sittings of the Committee were kept.

III. Reports Presented

(a) Reports

1.6 During the period (1st June, 2014 to 31st May, 2015) under review, the Business Advisory Committee presented the following Reports to the House:-

No. of Report Presented on Adopted on

16th LOK SABHA

1st 09.07.2014 11.07.2014 2nd 16.07.2014 17.07.2014 3rd 21.07.2014 22.07.2014 4th 30.07.2014 31.07.2014 5th 06.08.2014 07.08.2014 6th 27.11.2014 28.11.2014 7th 02.12.2014 03.12.2014 8th 08.12.2014 09.12.2014 9th 15.12.2014 16.12.2014 10th 22.12.2014 23.12.2014 11th 24.02.2105 25.02.2015 12th 27.02.2015 02.03.2015 13th 09.03.2015 10.03.2015 14th 16.03.2015 17.03.2015 15th 20.03.2015 20.04.2015 16th 21.04.2015 22.04.2015 17th 30.04.2015 05.05.2015 18th 06.05.2015 07.05.2015 19th 12.05.2015 12.05.2015

(b) Laying of Minutes

1.7 The Minutes of sittings of the Business Advisory Committee were prepared and presented to the House.

IV. Secretariat

1.8 Business Advisory Committee (Table Office) constitutes the Secretariat of the Committee. The sanctioned staff Strength (in 2001) of the Branch was 18 whereas the actual strength is 13. A Joint Secretary, a Director, two Additional Directors and one Under Secretary remained in charge of the Branch. ------

CHAPTER TWO

COMMITTEE OF PRIVILEGES

II. Constitution of Committee

2.1 The Committee of Privileges, which was constituted on 01.09.2014 continued in Office during the period under review.

2.2 The Committee consists of 15 Members of Lok Sabha. The Speaker appointed Shri S. S. Ahluwalia, Member of the Committee, as the Chairperson of the Committee. The Composition of the Committee is given in Appendix – II.

II. Subject Selected for Examination

2.3 The Committee does not take up matters for examination on their own. Matters are referred to the Committee either by the House under Rule 226 or by the Speaker under Rule 227 of the Rules of Procedure and Conduct of Business in Lok Sabha. The Committee examined/is examining the following matters during the period:-

Sl. Subject Date of Reference to the No. Committee by HS

1. Petition given by Shri M. Raja Mohan Reddy, MP and Leader of 01.10. 2014 YSR Congress Party in Lok Sabha against Shri S. P. Y. Reddy, MP under the Tenth Schedule to the Constitution of India and Rules made thereunder.

2. Issues of Breach of privileges or Members arising in regard to 03.01. 2015 the discharge of their developmental and monitoring duties outside the House.

3. Notices of question of privilege dated 5 December, 2014 given 04.03. 2015 by Smt. Mausam Noor and Shri M. I. Shanavas, MPs against a correspondent of „Times of India‟ newspaper for allegedly humiliating them and tarnishing their image by publishing a false and defamatory news item wherein they were reported to have been allegedly absent without prior sanction for leave from the House. 4. Notices of question of privilege dated 17 and 20 April, 2015 20.04. 2015 given by Shri Vinod Kumar Sonkar, MP and also signed by thirty-four other Members against the District/Police Administration of Allahabad for allegedly misbehaving with him while he wanted to raise a matter of public interest. 5. Notice of question of privilege dated 27 April, 2015 given by 20.04. 2015 Shri Keshav Prasad Maurya, MP against the District/Police Administration of Allahabad for allegedly issuing a notice to him in connection with setting up of a Magisterial Inquiry inter alia on the incident of demonstration/dharna led by him and Shri Vinod Kumar Sonkar, MP at the DM Residence Gate, Allahabad.

6. Notice of question of privilege dated 12 March, 2015 given by 07.05. 2015 Shri R. K. Singh and 32 other MPs against Shri Sudhir Kumar, an officer in the Ministry of Road Transport & Highways (National Highway Authority of India) for allegedly misleading the Members by making false statements in a meeting and also by making insulting remarks.

III.Constitution of Sub-Committees/Study Groups

2.4 No Sub-Committee/Study Groups were constituted by the Committee.

IV. Review of work done

(a) Sittings of the Committee

2.5 During the period under report, the Committee held 4 sittings lasting for 04 hours and 05 minutes. Statement showing the dates of sittings of the Committee held, the duration of the sittings, the number of Members present and the subjects discussed is given in Appendix – XXV.

2.6 Statements showing the number of sittings of the Committee attended by each member is given in Appendix – XLV.

(b) Proceedings

2.7 No evidence was taken in the meeting during the period under review.

2.8 Not applicable to the Committee

V. Reports Presented

(a) Original Reports

2.9 During the period under review, no Report was presented by the Committee of Privileges to the House. (b) Action Taken Reports

2.10 No Action Taken reports were presented to the House during the period under review.

2.11 Minutes of Sitting of the Committee relating to various Reports presented to the House were prepared and presented to the House alongwith the relevant Report.

VI. Secretariat

2.12 Privileges Committee (Privileges & Ethics Branch) constitutes the Secretariat of the Committee of Privileges. Staff Strength of the Branch sanctioned was 11 for Committee of Privileges & Committee on Ethics. However, the Branch is now providing secretarial assistance to a new Committee on Violation of Protocol Norms etc., the sanctioned strength as assessed by the Work Study needs to be revised accordingly. At present, the actual strength of the Branch is 13. A Joint Secretary, a Director, One Deputy Secretary, One Under Secretary and One Legislative Officer remained in charge of the Branch.

CHAPTER THREE

COMMITTEE ON ABSENCE OF MEMBERS FROM THE SITTINGS OF THE HOUSE

I. Constitution Of Committee

3.1 The Committee on Absence of Members from the Sittings of the House for the year 2014-15 was constituted on 01.09.2014 and continued in Office during the period under review

3.2 The Committee consisted of 15 Members of Lok Sabha and Nil Members of Rajya Sabha. The Speaker appointed Shri P. Karunakaran Member of the Committee, as the Chairperson of the Committee. The composition of the Committee is given in Appendix-III.

II. Review of work done

(a) Sittings of the Committee

3.3 During the period under review, the Committee held 02 Sittings lasting for 00 hours. and 56 minutes. Statement showing the dates of sitting of the Committee held, the duration of the sittings, the number of Members present and the subjects discussed is given in Appendix –XXVI.

3.4 Statement showing the number of sittings of the Committee attended by each Member is given in Appendix-XLVI III. Reports Presented (a) Original Reports

3.5 During the period under review, the Committee presented the following Original Reports to the House :- Sl. Report Subject Date of No. No. Presentation 1. 1st First Report of the Committee on 04.12.2014 Absence of Members from the Sittings of the House 2. 2nd Second Report of the Committee on 29.04.2015 Absence of Members from the Sittings of the House

(b) Laying of Minutes

3.6 Minutes of Sittings of the Committee relating to various Reports presented to the House were prepared and presented to the House alongwith the relevant Reports.

IV. Secretariat

3.7 Committee on Absence of Members from the Sittings of the House (Table Office (B)) renders secretarial assistance to the Committee on Absence of Members from the Sittings of the House. Staff Strength of the Branch sanctioned was three whereas the actual strength is Nil. A Joint Secretary, a Director, Additional Director, Deputy Secretary and Legislative Officer remained in charge of the Branch.

CHAPTER FOUR

COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT ASSURANCES

I. Constitution of Committee

4.1 The Committee on Government Assurances for the year 2014-15 was constituted on 01 September 2014 w.e.f. 02 September, 2014 and continued in office during the period under review.

4.2 The Committee consisted of 15 Members of Lok Sabha. The Speaker appointed Dr. Ramesh Pokhriyal "Nishank", Member of the Committee, as the Chairperson of the Committee. The composition of the Committee is given in Appendix-IV.

II. Subject Selected for Examination

4.3 Subjects are not selected by this Committee. 4.4 Petitions referred – Not applicable to this Committee. 4.5 No representation received by the Committee for examination.

III. Bills referred 4.6 Bills are not referred to this Committee

IV. Constitution of Sub-Committees/Study Groups 4.7 No Sub-Committees/Study Groups have been formed.

V. Review of work done

(a) Sittings of the Committee

4.8 During the period under report, the Committee held 10 sittings lasting for 21.30 hrs. Statement showing the dates of sitting of the Committee held, the duration of the sittings, the number of Members present and the subjects discussed is given in Appendix –XXVII

(b) Sittings of Sub-Committees / Study Groups

4.9 Nil in view of Para 4.7 above.

4.10 Statement showing the number of sittings of the Committee attended by each Member is given in Appendix-XLVII.

4.11 Verbatim record of Proceedings of the sittings of the Committee, at which evidence was taken, was maintained. These comprised 480 pages (approx.).

(d) Visits for on-the-spots studies

4.12 No visit for on-the-spot studies has been undertaken by the Committee during the period 1st June, 2014 to 31st May, 2015 (16th Lok Sabha). VI. Reports Presented

(a) Original Reports

4.13 During the period under review the Committee on Government Assurances presented the following Original Reports to the House:-

Sl. Report Subject Date of No. Presentation 1. 1st Requests for dropping of assurances (Acceded to) 16.12.2014 2. 2nd Requests for dropping of assurances (Not acceded 16.12.2014 to) 3 3rd Review of pending assurances pertaining to the 16.12.2014 Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment 4. 4th Review of pending assurances pertaining to the 16.12.2014 Ministry of Tribal Affairs. 5. 5th Review of pending assurances pertaining to the 23.12.2014 Ministry of Labour and Employment 6. 6th Requests for dropping of assurances (Acceded to) 23.12.2014 7. 7th Requests for dropping of assurances (Not acceded 23.12.2014 to)

8. 8th Review of pending assurances pertaining to the 23.12.2014 Ministry of AYUSH. 9. 9th Requests for dropping of assurances (Acceded to) 30.04.2015 10. 10th Requests for dropping of assurances (Not acceded 30.04.2015 to)

11. 11th Requests for dropping of assurances (Acceded to) 30.04.2015 12 12th Requests for dropping of assurances (Not acceded 30.04.2015 to)

13. 13th Review of pending assurances pertaining to the 30.04.2015 Ministry of Tourism.

(b) Action Taken Reports

4.14 Conventionally no Action Taken Reports are drafted, since onus to fulfill a given assurance squarely lies with the concerned Department/Ministry.

4.15 Minutes of sittings of the Committee relating to various Reports presented to the House were prepared and presented to the House alongwith the relevant Reports.

VII. Secretariat

4.16 The Committee on Government Assurances Branch constitutes the Secretariat of the Committee. No separate staff is sanctioned to the branch. However, the number of the officers/staff deployed in the branch is 08 including one Attendant. One Director and one Additional Director have also been deployed to look after the work of the Committee on Government Assurances Branch. The Branch functions under the overall supervision of the Joint Secretary.

CHAPTER FIVE

COMMITTEE ON PAPERS LAID ON THE TABLE

I. Constitution of Committee

5.1 The Committee on Papers Laid on the Table for the year 2014-2015 was constituted on 01.09.2014 and continued in Office during the period under review.

5.2 The Committee consist of 15 Members of Lok Sabha. Out of 15 Members, 14 Members were nominated vide Bulletin Part – II dated 02.09.2014 and one Member was nominated vide Bulletin Part – II dated 05.03.2015. The Hon‟ble Speaker had appointed Shri Chandrakant Khaire, M.P., as the Chairperson of the Committee. The composition of the Committee is given in Appendix-V.

II. Cases taken up for examination

5.3 During the period under review, the Committee examined 1156 papers pertaining to laying of the Annual Reports and Audited Accounts of various Organisation/Institutions and following cases, where there were inordinate and repeated delays, were taken up for detailed examination with the concerned Administrative Ministries –

(i) Delay in laying of the Annual Reports and Audited Accounts of Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi;

(ii) Delay in laying of the Annual Reports and Audited Accounts of Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh;

(iii) Delay in laying of the Annual Reports and Audited Accounts of Navodaya Vidyalaya, Noida;

(iv) Delay in laying of the Annual Reports and Audited Accounts of Disaster Management, New Delhi;

(v) Delay in laying of the Annual Reports and Audited Accounts of Delhi Development Authority, New Delhi;

(vi) Delay in laying of the Annual Reports and Audited Accounts of National Institute of Social Defence, New Delhi;

(vii) Delay in laying of the Annual Reports and Audited Accounts of University Grants Commission, New Delhi;

III. Review of work done

(a) Sittings of the Committee

5.4 During the period under Report, the Committee held 11 sittings - lasting for 15 hrs. and 40 minutes. A Statement showing the dates of sittings of the Committee held, the duration of the sittings, the number of Members who attended and the subjects discussed therein is given at Appendix –XXVIII.

5.5 Statement showing the number of sittings of the Committee attended by each Member is given in Appendix-XLVIII.

(b) Proceedings

5.6 Verbatim record of Proceedings of the sittings of the Committee, in which evidence were taken, have been kept in the Branch. This record comprises of 115 pages.

5.7 During the period under Review, the Committee undertook One Study Visit to examine the reasons for delay in laying of the Annual Reports and Audited Accounts of 08 Organizations. Statement showing the dates of visit, places of visit, Numbers and Names of Members - who joined the visit and Names of Organisations examined is given in Appendix– LXIV. . IV. Reports Presented (a) Reports

5.8 The following Reports were presented to the House during the period under review:-

Sl. No. Reports Subject Date of Presentation 1. 1st Delay in laying of the Annual Reports and Audited 22.12.2014 Accounts of the (i) All India Council for Technical Education, New Delhi; and (ii) Prasar Bharati (Broadcasting Corporation of India), New Delhi

2 2nd Action Taken by Government on the Recommendations/ 22.12.2014 Observations made by the Committee on Papers Laid on the Table in their Twelfth and Thirteenth Reports (Fifteenth Lok Sabha)

(b) Action Taken Report

5.9 In addition to the above mentioned two Reports, one Report containing two chapters reg. delay in laying of the Annual Reports and Audited Accounts of the (i) Banaras Hindu University; and (ii) Aligarh Muslim University was adopted by the Committee.

5.10 Minutes of sittings of the Committee relating to First and Second Reports were prepared and presented to the House alongwith the said Reports.

V. Secretariat

5.11 Committee on Papers Laid on the Table (Committee Branch-II) deals with three Committees i.e. (i) Joint Committee on Offices of Profit; (ii) Committee on Papers Laid on the Table; and (ii) Joint/Select Committee on Bills. After separation of the Committee on Subordinate Legislation (COSL) in the year 2006 from CB-II, the actual Sanctioned Strength of Committee Branch-II provided by AN-I Branch as per the available record is as under:-

E.O - 03 S.E.A - 08 E.A - 04 Sr. Clerk - 01 Steno - 01 Jr. Clerk - 03 Attd. Gr.III - 02

However, during the period under review only two Senior Assistants have been there with the Branch, one Senior Committee Assistant is dealing with work related to JCOP and other Senior Committee Assistant is dealing with work related to CPL. Besides one Committee Officer and one Deputy Secretary/Additional Director , a Director and a Joint Secretary - have been incharge of the Branch - in addition to their other responsibilities.

CHAPTER SIX

COMMITTEE ON PETITIONS

I. Constitution of Committee

6.1 The Committee on Petitions for the year 2014-2015 was constituted on 01 September, 2014 and it continued in office during the period under review.

6.2 The Committee consist of 15 Members of Lok Sabha. The Speaker appointed Shri Bhagat Singh Koshyari, Member of the Committee, as the Chairperson of the Committee. The composition of the Committee is given at Appendix-VI.

II. Petitions/Representations examined

6.3 The Committee consider the petitions presented to the House. During the aforesaid period, one petition was presented to the House on 29.11.2014. The Committee also considered the representations received by the Speaker/the Chairperson of the Committee. During the period under review, the Committee received about approximately 2354 representations from individuals/groups/associations etc. out of which 71 representations were forwarded to the concerned Ministries/Departments for furnishing their comments.

III. Review of Work done

(a) Sittings of the Committee

6.4 During the period under review, the Committee held 10 sittings lasting for 08 hrs. and 45 minutes. A statement showing the dates of sittings of the Committee held, the duration of the sittings, the number of members present and the subjects discussed therein is given in Appendix-XXIX.

6.5 Statement showing the number of sittings of the Committee attended by each Member is given in Appendix XLIX.

(b) Proceedings

6.6 Verbatim record of Proceedings of the sittings of the Committee, at which evidence was taken, was maintained. These comprised approximately 180 pages.

6.7 The Committee undertook an on-the-spot study visit from 16th to 20th May, 2015 of Ministries/Departments/Organisations concerned with the subject under examination. The places visited by the Committee, date of visits and composition are given in Appendix-LXV.

IV. Reports presented

(a) Original Reports 6.8 During the period under review, the Committee presented the following Original Reports to the House :-

Sl. Report Subject Date of No. No. presentation

1. 1st Representation received from Shri Rinku Agarwal, 10.3.2015 General Secretary, All Indian Railway Vendors Association, regarding – Railways' order for arbitrary closure of stalls/trolleys of 09 Commission Vendors at New Delhi Railway Station. 2. 3rd Representation received from Shri Amol M Totey 10.3.2015 regarding non-inclusion of names of defaulters of agriculture loan in CIBIL.

(b) Action Taken Reports 6.9 The following Action Taken Report was presented to the House during the period under review: -

Sl. Report Subject Date of No. No. presentation

1. 2 Action Taken by the Government on the 10.03.2015 recommendations of the Committee on Petitions made in their Seventh Report (15th Lok Sabha) on the representation received from Smt. Rita Kunur regarding non- implementation of the decision of Appointments Committee of Cabinet (ACC).

6.10 Minutes of sittings of the Committee relating to various Reports presented to the House were prepared and presented to the House alongwith the relevant Report.

V. Secretariat

6.11 The Committee on Petitions Branch constitutes the Secretariat of the Committee. Staff strength of the Branch sanctioned was 8 and the actual strength is 8. A Joint Secretary, a Director and a Deputy Secretary remained in-charge of the Branch.

CHAPTER SEVEN

COMMITTEE ON PRIVATE MEMBERS’ BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS

I. Constitution of Committee

7.1 The Committee on Private Members‟ Bills and Resolutions was constituted on 15 September, 2014 and continued in office during the period under review.

7.2. The Committee consists of fifteen members including the Hon‟ble Deputy Speaker who is the ex-officio Chairperson of the Committee. The composition of the Committee is given in Appendix-VII.

II. Review of work done

Sittings of the Committee

7.3 During the period under review, the Committee held 11 sittings lasting for 5 hours and 28 minutes. A statement showing the dates of sittings of the Committee held, the duration of the sittings and the number of Members present is given in Appendix- XXX.

7.4 Statement showing the number of sittings of the Committee attended by each member is given in Appendix-L.

III. Reports presented (a) Reports

7.5 During the period under review, the Committee presented the following Reports to the House:-

No. of Report Presented on Adopted on

3rd SESSION

1st 26.11.2014 28.11.2014 2nd 3.12.2014 5.12.2014 3rd 10.12.2014 12.12.2014 4th 17.12.2014 19.12.2014

4th SESSION

5th 25.2.2015 27.2.2015 6th 3.3.2015 4.3.2015 7th 11.3.2015 13.3.2015 8th 18.3.2015 20.3.2015 9th 22.4.2015 24.4.2015 10th 29.4.2015 8.5.2015 11th 6.5.2015 8.5.2015

The reports, after presentation to the House, were adopted by the House on dates as mentioned above.

(b) Laying of Minutes

7.6 Minutes of the sittings of the Committee relating to First to Fourth Reports and Fifth to Eleventh Reports were laid on the Table of the House on 23 December, 2014 and 8 May, 2015 respectively.

IV. Summary of Recommendations

7.7 The Committee examined thirty-eight Constitution (Amendment) Bills and recommended that the members sponsoring thirty-three Bills be permitted to move for leave to introduce their Bills. In the case of five Bills, namely,- (a) the Constitution (Amendment) Bill, 2014 (Insertion of new article 370A) by Shri Nishikant Dubey, M.P.; (b) the Constitution (Amendment) Bill, 2015 (Insertion of new article 370A) by Shri Nishikant Dubey, M.P.; (c) the Constitution (Amendment) Bill, 2015 (Amendment of article 124) by Shri P.P. Chaudhary, M.P.; (d) the Constitution (Amendment) Bill, 2015 (Amendment of the articles 217 and 224) by Shri P.P. Chaudhary, M.P.; (e) the Constitution (Amendment) Bill, 2015 (Substitution of new article for article 331) by Shrimati Poonam Mahajan, M.P.; the Committee recommended that the members might not be permitted to move for leave to introduce their Bills. (i) The Committee recommended classification and allocation of time to two hundred and twenty- two Bills. Out of these, the Committee classified one hundred and eighty Bills in category `A‟ and the remaining forty-two Bills in category `B‟.

(ii) The Committee also re-considered the classification of the following five Bills on the request of Dr. Ramesh Pokhriyal `Nishank', Shri Nishikant Dubey and Maj Gen B C Khanduri AVSM (Retd.), M.Ps., namely,-

(a) the Compulsory Teaching of Yoga in Educational Institutions Bill, 2014 by Dr. Ramesh Pokhriyal `Nishank', M.P.; (b) the Constitution (Amendment) Bill, 2014 (Insertion of new article 16A and 29A) by Shri Nishikant Dubey, M.P.; (c) the Constitution (Scheduled Tribes) Order (Amendment) Bill, 2014 (Amendment of the Schedule) by Shri Nishikant Dubey, M.P. (d) the Bihar Reorganisation (Amendment) Bill, 2014 (Amendment of the Eighth Schedule) by Shri Nishikant Dubey, M.P.; and (e) the Constitution (Amendment) Bill, 2014 (Amendment of article 243C) by Maj Gen B C Khanduri AVSM (Retd.), M.P. (iii) The Committee recommended allocation of time to ten resolutions. (iv) The Committee recommended allocation of time to the Rights of Transgender Persons Bill, 2014, as passed by Rajya Sabha.

V. Secretariat

7.8 Committee on Private Members Bills and Resolutions (Legislative Branch-II) constitutes the Secretariat of the Committee. A Joint Secretary, a Director and a Deputy Secretary supervise the work of the Branch. Sanctioned staff strength of the Branch is 7 whereas the actual strength is 10.

CHAPTER EIGHT

COMMITTEE ON SUBORDINATE LEGISLATION

I. Constitution of Committee

8.1 The Committee on Subordinate Legislation for the year 2014-2015 was constituted with effect from 1 September, 2014 vide Bulletin Para No 636 dated 2 September, 2014 and continued in Office during the period under review.

8.2 The Committee consists of 15 Members of Lok Sabha. The Speaker appointed Shri Dilipkumar Mansukhlal Gandhi, member of the Committee, as the Chairperson of the Committee. The composition of the Committee (2014-2015) is given at Appendix-VIII.

II. Subjects selected for examination/discussed

8.3 During the period under review 500 Orders‟ were examined. The Committee considered 15 Memoranda based on the infirmities/points arising out of examination of these statutory orders and the replies of the concerned Ministries/ Departments received thereon. The Committee adopted and presented 5 Reports (3 Original Reports and 2 Action Taken Reports) during the period under review.

The Committee also decided that in addition to examination of „Statutory Orders‟ published in the Gazette of India, they may also take up for examination the rules/regulations/bye-laws etc framed under the relevant Acts of Parliament pertaining to important areas like – Banking and Insurance, Environmental Protection, Shipping, Transport and Highways, Aviation, Labour and Industrial Disputes, Coal, Energy, Steel, Mines, Health, Commodities Boards like Coffee Board, Tea Board, Rubber Board, Jute Board, Central Silk Board, Coconut Board etc.

III. Bills examined

8.4 8 Bills laid on the Table of the Lok Sabha were examined to see whether the Bill seeks to delegate rule-making powers or seeks to amend an earlier Act delegating such powers.

IV. Review of work done (a). Sittings of the Committee

8.5 During the period under review, the Committee held 9 sittings lasting for 6 hrs 50 min. Statement showing the dates on which sittings of the Committee were held, the duration of each of the sitting, the number of Members present and the subjects discussed is given at Appendix-XXXI.

8.6 Statement showing the number of sittings of the Committee attended by each Member is given at Appendix-LI.

(b) Proceedings 8.7 Verbatim record of proceedings of sittings of Committee at which evidence was taken was maintained. These comprised 12 pages.

(c) Visits for on-the-spots studies 8.8 The Committee undertook two study visits to Kolkata, Port Blair, Chennai and Kochi from 13 to 17 April, 2015 and Hyderabad, Bengaluru and Mumbai from 29 May to I June, 2015 to examine the impact of various Rules/Regulations framed in pursuance of the Acts of the concerned Organisations/Departments. The composition of the Committee during tours, the places visited and dates of visits are given at Appendix LXVI.

V. Reports Presented (a) Original Reports 8.9 During the period, the Committee on Subordinate Legislation presented the following Original Reports to the House on the infirmities observed in Rules/Orders notified in the Gazette of India :-

Sl.No Report Subject Date of No. Presentation

1. 2nd I The Protection of Plant Varieties and Farmers‟ Rights 19.2.2015 (Second Amendment) Rules, 2009 (GSR 783-E of 2009).

II. Delay in publication of the Ministry of Agriculture, Central Institute of Fisheries, Nautical and Engineering Training Cochin, Director Recruitment Rules, 2010 (GSR 847-E of 2010).

III. Infirmities in the Vegetable Oil Products Production and Availability (Regulation) Order, 2011 (GSR 664-E of 2011).

2. 4th The Cigarettes and other Tobacco Products (Prohibition of 18.3.2015 Advertisement and Regulation of Trade and Commerce, Production, Supply and Distribution) Act, 2003 and the rules framed thereunder.

3. 5th I. The National Savings Certificates (IX Issue) Rules, 2011 7.5.2015 (GSR 848-E of 2011).

II. The Intellectual Property Appellate Board (Salaries and allowances payable to and other terms and conditions of service of the Chairman, Vice Chairman and Members) Amendment Rules, 2012 (GSR 438 (E) of 2012).

III. The Adjudicating Authority (Procedure) Regulations, 2013 (GSR 177-E of 2013).

(b) Action Taken Reports

1. 1st Action Taken by Government on the 19.2.2015 Observations/Recommendations contained in the Twenty- Seventh Report of the Committee on Subordinate Legislation (Fifteenth Lok Sabha) on the Civil Liability for Nuclear Damage Rules, 2011

2. 3rd Action Taken Report of the Committee on the Observations/ 18.3.2015 Recommendations contained in Thirty-Third Report (2012- 2013) of the Committee On Subordinate Legislation (Fifteenth Lok Sabha).

(c) Laying of Minutes 8.10 Minutes of the sittings of the Committee relating to the aforesaid Reports were prepared and presented to the House alongwith the relevant Reports.

V. Secretariat

8.11 The Committee on Subordinate Legislation Branch constitutes the Secretariat of the Committee. Staff Strength of the Branch is 8. A Joint Secretary, Director, Additional Director and Deputy Secretary remained incharge of the Branch. CHAPTER NINE

COMMITTEE ON THE WELFARE OF SCHEDULED CASTES AND SCHEDULED TRIBES

I. Constitution of Committee

9.1 The Committee for the Welfare of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes for the year 2014-2015 was constituted on 14th August, 2014 and continued in office till 30th April, 2015 during the period under review..

9.2 The Committee consisted of 20 members of Lok Sabha and 10 members of Rajya

Sabha. The Speaker appointed Shri Faggan Singh Kulaste, Member of the Committee, as the

Chairperson of the Committee for the year 2014-2015. The composition of the Committee (for 2014-15 and 2015-16) is given in Appendix – IXA & IXB.

II. Subjects selected for examination

9.3. The Committee selected the following subjects for examination during 2014-15:-

Sl. Ministry/Department Subject No. 1. Ministry of Tribal Affairs Resettlement and rehabilitation of Tribes affected by acquisition of their land for Central Government projects. 2. Ministry of Personnel, Public Review of the various Grievances and Pensions Ministries/Departments/Public Sector Undertakings in ensuring appointment and effective working of Liaison Officer to protect the interests of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes employees in their respective organisations. 3. Ministry of Corporate Affairs Development of SCs and STs under Corporate Social Responsibility. 4. Ministry of Finance Role of Public Sector Banks/financial institutions in socio-economic development of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes w.r.t to credit/lending policies. 5. Ministry of Railways Reservation for and Employment of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes in South Eastern Railway (SER). 6. Ministry of Steel Reservation for and Employment of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes in National Mineral Development Corporation (NMDC) under Ministry of Steel. 7. Ministry of Defence Reservation for and Employment of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes in Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) under Ministry of Defence them. 8. Ministry of Power Reservation for and Employment of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes in Public Sector Undertakings under Ministry of Power and Coal. 9. Ministry of Textiles Reservation for and Employment of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes in National Textile Corporation Limited (NTC) under the Ministry of Textiles. 10. Ministry of Finance Reservation for and Employment of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes in Central Bank of India (CBI). 11. Ministry of Finance Reservation for and Employment of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes in Public Sector Undertakings/other Organisations under the Department of Financial Services, Ministry of Finance 12. Ministry of Human Resource Role of Educational Institutions in socio- Development economic development of SCs and STs. 13 Ministry of Social Justice and Examination of First Annual Report (2004- Empowerment 2005) of National Commission for Scheduled Castes presented under Article 338 (5)(d) of the Constitution of India and to report as to the measures that should be taken by the Union Government in respect of matters within the purview of the Union Government. 14. Ministry of Tribal Affairs Examination of First Annual Report (2004- 2005 & 2005-2006) of National Commission for Scheduled Tribes presented under Article 338A (5)(d) of the Constitution of India and to report as to the measures that should be taken by the Union Government in respect of matters within the purview of the Union Government.

9.4 The Committee also received about 775 representations from Scheduled Castes and

Scheduled Tribes Associations and individuals during this period for examination.

III. Review of work done

(a) Sittings of the Committee

9.5 During the period under report, the Committee held 14 sittings lasting for 29 hours.

Statement showing the dates of sittings of the Committee, the duration of the sittings, the number of

Members present and the subjects discussed is given in Appendix-XXXII.

9.6 Statement showing the number of sittings of the Committee attended by each member is given in Appendix-LII(A)&LII(B).

(b) Proceedings

9.7 Verbatim record of proceedings of the sittings of the Committee at which evidence was taken, was maintained. These comprised of 450 pages.

9.8 During the period the Committee undertook 02 on the spot Study Tours. The

Committee visited Raipur, Hyderabad and Chennai from 15th to 20th October, 2014 and Kochi,

Bengaluru, Goa and Mumbai from 4th to 9th February, 2015. The composition of various groups which undertook tours, the places visited and date of visits is given in Appendix –LXVII.

IV. Reports presented

(a) Original Reports

9.9 During the period under review, no Reports were presented by the Committee on Welfare of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes to the House.

(b) Action Taken Reports

9.10 The following Action Taken Reports were presented to the House during the period under review: -

Sl. No. Report Subject Date of Presentation 1. 35 (15th Lok "Reservation for and employment of 19.12.2014 Sabha) Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes in National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC)". 2. 25 (15th Lok "Working of Tribal Sub Plan (TSP)" 23.12.2014 Sabha) 3. 26 (15th Lok “Review of representation of 30.04.2015 Sabha) Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes in senior positions of Government of India” 4 30(15th Lok "Prevention of un-touchability in 30.04.2015 Sabha) Mid Day Meal Scheme in Government run schools".

9.11 The following on the spot study visit reports and Final Action Taken Statements were also laid in both the Houses of Parliament.

Sl.No Final Action Taken Statement/Tour Report Date of laying 1. Final Action Taken statement of the Government on the 19.12.2014 recommendations/observations/comments contained in Chapter - I of the Twentieth Report (15th Lok Sabha) of the Committee on the Welfare of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes regarding action taken by the Government on the Eighth Report (15th Lok Sabha) pertaining to Ministry of Finance (Department of financial services) on the subject - "Reservation for and employment of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes in Punjab & Sind Bank and credit facilities provided by the Bank to them".

2. Report on the spot study visit of the Committee on the Welfare of 22.12.2014 Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes to Bhopal, Pachmarhi, Mumbai and Jaipur during February, 2013.

3 Report on the spot study visit of the Committee on the Welfare of 23.12.2014 Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes to Port Blair, Chennai and Srinagar during June, 2013.

4 Final Action Taken Statement of the Government on the 18.03.2015 recommendations/observations contained in Chapter I of the Thirty- Third Report (15th Lok Sabha) of the Committee on the Welfare of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes regarding action taken by the Government on the twenty first report (15th lok sabha) pertaining to the Ministry of Civil Aviation on the subject - "Reservation for and employment of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes in National Aviation Company of India Limited (NACIL) now Air India".

5. Final Action Taken Statement of the Government on the 30.04.2015 recommendations/observations contained in Chapter-I of the 13th Report (15th LS) on action taken by the Government on 23rd Report (15th LS) on subject "Termination of 10 SC ex-teachers appointed by Navyug School Education Society of NMDC on contract basis during SRD 2005 and 2007

Laying of Minutes

9.12 Minutes of sittings of the Committee relating to various Reports presented to the House were prepared and presented to the House along with the relevant Reports.

V. Secretariat

9.13 The Committee on Welfare of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes Branch constitutes the Secretariat of the Committee. The sanctioned strength of the Branch is 13 whereas the actual strength is 11. An Additional Secretary, a Joint Secretary, a Director and Under Secretary remained in charge of the Branch.

CHAPTER TEN

COMMITTEE ON EMPOWERMENT OF WOMEN

I. Constitution of Committee

10.1 The Committee on Empowerment of Women for the year 2014-2015 was constituted on 01st September, 2014 and continued in office during the period under review.

10.2 The Committee consisted of 20 members of Lok Sabha and 10 members of Rajya Sabha. The Speaker appointed Smt. Bijoya Chakravarty, Member of the Committee, as the Chairperson of the Committee. The composition of the Committee is given in Appendix – X. II. Subjects selected for examination

10.3 The Committee selected the following subjects for examination during 2014-15:-

Sl. Ministry/Department Subject No. 1. Ministry of Home Affairs, Ministry of Women in Detention and Access Women and Child Development and to Justice Ministry of Law and Justice

2. Ministry of Women and Child Empowering Women through Self Development, Ministry of Finance (Dep. Help Groups of Financial Services) and Ministry of Rural Development 3. Ministry of Women and Child Rehabilitation and Assistance to Development, Ministry of Social Justice Women in Distress and Empowerment and Ministry of Home Affairs 4 Ministry of Home Affairs Women and Children as Victims of Militancy in Kashmir

5 Ministry of Home Affairs Rehabilitation of Surrendered Women Naxal Activists 6 Ministry of Home Affairs, Ministry of Implementation of Laws to protect Women and Child Development and women from Domestic Violence Ministry of Law and Justice

7 Ministry of Women and Child Sexual Harassment of Women at Development and Ministry of Human Workplace and in Educational Resource Development Institutions

8 Ministry of Railways Working Conditions of Women in Railways and Amenities for Women Passengers

9 Ministry of Tribal Affairs Empowerment of Tribal Women

10 Ministry of Women and Child Conditions of Anganwadi and Development and Ministry of Health and ASHA Workers Family Welfare

11 Ministry of Finance Working Conditions of Women in Public Sector Banks

10.4 The Committee received one representation for examination during the period under review.

III. Review of work done

(a) Sittings of the Committee

10.5 During the period under review, the Committee held 12 sittings lasting for 18 hours. Statement showing the dates of sittings of the Committee, the duration of the sittings, the number of Members present and the subjects discussed is given in Appendix-XXXIII.

10.6 Statement showing the number of sittings of the Committee attended by each member is given in Appendix-LIII

(b) Proceedings

10.7 Verbatim record of proceedings of the sittings of the Committee at which evidence was taken, was maintained. These comprised of 215 pages.

10.8 The Committee undertook 02 on-the-spot study tours for detailed examination on the subjects selected. The Committee also undertook a local visit to Jail No. 6 (Women‟s Jail), Tihar Jail, Janakpuri, New Delhi one 31st October, 2014. The composition of the Committee, the places visited and date of visits are given in Appendix– LXVIII.

IV. Reports presented

(a) Original Reports

10.9 During the period under review, the Committee presented the following Original Reports to the House:-

Sl. Report Subject Date of No. Presentation 1. 3rd Working Conditions of Women in 29.04.2015 Railways and Amenities for Women Passengers

(b) Action Taken Reports

10.10 The following Action Taken Reports were presented to the House during the period under review: -

1. 1st Action Taken Report on the 19.12.2015 subject „Assessment of Educational Status of Women with Special Reference to the Girl Child'.

2. 2nd Action Taken Report on the 19.12.2015 subject 'Working Conditions of Women in the Police Force'.

(f) Laying of Minutes

10.11 Minutes of sittings of the Committee relating to various Reports presented to the House were prepared and presented to the House alongwith the relevant Reports.

V. Secretariat

10.12 The Empowerment of Women Committee Branch constitutes the Secretariat of the Committee. The sanctioned staff strength of the Branch is 7 and the actual strength as on date is 5. A Joint Secretary, a Director and Deputy Secretary remained in-charge of the Branch.

CHAPTER ELEVEN

GENERAL PURPOSES COMMITTEE

I. Constitution of the Committee

11.1 The General Purposes Committee has no fixed term. During the 16th Lok Sabha, the General Purposes Committee was constituted on 29th January 2015 and continued in office during the period under review.

11.2. The Committee consists of the Hon‟ble Speaker, Deputy Speaker, Panel of Chairpersons and the Chairpersons of all Standing Parliamentary Committee of Lok Sabha, Leaders of recognized parties/groups in Lok Sabha. The Speaker is the ex-officio Chairperson of the Committee. The composition of the Committee is given in the Appendix-XI.

II. Subjects selected for examination

11.3 The General Purposes Committee is constituted to consider the advice on such matters concerning the affairs of the House as may be referred to it by the Speaker from time to time.

III. Review of Work done

Sittings of the Committee 11.4 During the period under review, no sitting of the Committee was held.

IV. Secretariat

11.5 General Purpose Committee (Committee Branch-I) constitutes the Secretariat of the Committee. The sanctioned staff strength of the Branch is 10, however, presently the actual strength of the Branch is 08. 1 Joint Secretary, 1 Director, 1 Additional Director/1 Deputy Secretary and 1 Under Secretary remained in-charge of the Branch.

CHAPTER TWELVE

HOUSE COMMITTEE

I. Constitution of the Committee

12.1. The House Committee for the year 2014-2015 was constituted on 12.6.2014 and continued in office during the period under review.

12.2. The Committee consisted of 12 members of Lok Sabha. The Hon‟ble Speaker appointed Dr.Kirit Somaiya, member of the Committee, as the Chairperson of House Committee w.e.f 12.6.2014 upto 26.11.2014 and the Hon‟ble Speaker appointed Shri Arjun Ram Meghwal as the Chairperson of the Committee w.e.f 27.11.2014. The composition of the Committee is given in Appendix-XII.

II. Constitution of Sub-Committees/Study Groups

12.3 No Sub-Committee/Study Group was constituted during the period under review

III. Review of work done

(a) Sittings of the Committee

12.4 During the period under report, the Committee held 12 sittings lasting 17 hours. Statement showing the dates of sittings of the Committee held, the duration of the sittings, the number of Members present and the subjects discussed is given in Appendix-XXXIV

12.5 Statement showing the number of sittings of the Committee attended by each member is given in Appendix-LIV.

(b) Proceedings

12.6 Verbatim record of proceedings of the sittings of the Committee was maintained. These comprised 590 pages.

12.7 The Committee undertook study visit as per details given in Appendix-LXIX.

IV. Secretariat

12.8 House Committee (M.S.Branch) provided secretarial assistance to the Committee. The sanctioned staff strength of the Branch was 11 and the actual strength was 14. An Additional Secretary, an Additional Director and two Under Secretaries remained incharge of the Branch.

CHAPTER THIRTEEN

JOINT COMMITTEE ON OFFICES OF PROFIT

I. Constitution of the Committee

13.1 The Joint Committee on Offices of Profit was constituted on 11th December, 2014 for the duration of Sixteenth Lok Sabha on a motion adopted by Lok Sabha on 01st August, 2014 and concurred to by Rajya Sabha on 14th August, 2014.

13.2 The Committee consists of 15 Members (10 Members of Lok Sabha and 5 Members of Rajya Sabha). The Speaker had appointed Shri P.P. Chaudhary, as the Chairperson of the Committee. The composition of the Committee is given at Appendix-XIII.

II. Review of Work done

(a) Sittings of the Committee

13.3 During the period under report, i.e w.e.f. 1.6.2014 to 31.5.2015 Committee held 6 sittings lasting for 09hr. and 55 minutes. Statement showing the dates of sittings of the Committee, the duration of the sittings and the subjects discussed therein is given at Appendix-XXXV.

Statement showing the number of sittings of the Committee attended to by each Member is given at Appendix-LV.

(b) Proceedings

13.4 Verbatim record of proceedings of the sittings of the Committee, at which evidence was taken, was maintained. This comprised of 157 pages.

13.5 The Committee did not undertake any on-the-spot study visit during the said period. III. Reports presented

13.6 The Committee presented 1 Report consisting of two Chapters in Lok Sabha/Rajya Sabha respectively, the details of which are as follows:-

Report Subject(s) Date of Presentation 1st (i) Nomination of the Members of Parliament (Oldest Member of Lok 06.05.2015 Sabha and Oldest Member of Rajya Sabha) to National Council for Senior Citizens (NCSrC).

(ii) Query of Shri A. Navaneethakrishnan, M.P. (Rajya Sabha) as to whether a Member of Parliament appearing as Senior Advocate on behalf of State Governments, Central Government, Public Sector Undertakings, Municipal Corporations, Panchayats, Nationalised Banks, Co-operative Banks, Transport Corporations owned by State Government, Corporations owned by States or Central Government, would amount to holding of Office of Profit under the State or Central Governments or not.

13.7 In addition, the Committee examined several cases for which further information from the concerned Ministries/Departments and State Governments/UTs was sought for. After detailed examination, the opinion of the Committee was sent in 35 cases to the respective bodies/Government/Rajya Sabha Secretariat, M.Ps., etc. Remaining cases are at different stages of consideration by the Committee.

IV. Secretariat

13.8 Joint Committee on Office of Profit (Committee Branch-II) deals with three Committees i.e. (i) Joint Committee on Offices of Profit; (ii) Committee on Papers Laid on the Table; and (iii) Joint/Select Committee on Bills. After separation of the Committee on Subordinate Legislation (COSL) in the year 2006 from CB-II, the actual Sanctioned Staff Strength of Committee Branch-II as per the AN-I Branch is as follows:-

Executive Officer - 03 Sr. Executive Assistant - 08 Executive Assistant - 04 Sr. Clerk - 01 Steno - 01 Jr. Clerk - 03 Attd. Gr.III - 02 However, during the period under review only two Senior Assistants have been there with the Branch, one Senior Committee Assistant is dealing with the work related to JCOP and the other Senior Committee Assistant is dealing with work related to CPL. Besides one Committee Officer and one Deputy Secretary/Additional Director, a Director and a Joint Secretary - have been incharge of the Branch - in addition to their other responsibilities.

CHAPTER FOURTEEN

JOINT COMMITTEE ON SALARIES AND ALLOWANCES OF MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT

I. Constitution of the Committee

14.1 The Joint Committee on Salaries and Allowances of Members of Parliament is constituted on 02.09.2014 and continued in Office during the period under review.

14.2 The Committee consists of five members of Rajya Sabha nominated by the Chairman, Rajya Sabha and 10 Members of Lok Sabha appointed by the Speaker, Lok Sabha. The members of the Joint Committee hold office for a period of one year from the date of election of Chairperson. The composition of the Joint Committee is given in Appendix-XIV.

II. Review of Work done

(a) Sittings of the Committee 14.3 During the period under report, the Committee held 7 sittings lasting for 8 hours and 50 minutes. Statement showing the dates of sitting held, the duration of the sittings , the number of Members present and the subjects discussed by the Joint Committee is given in Appendix XXXVI,

14.4 Statement showing the number of sittings of the Committee attended by each member is given in Appendix LVI.

(b) Proceedings

14.5 Verbatim record of proceedings of the sittings of the Committee at which evidence was taken, was maintained.

III. Secretariat

14.6 The Joint Committee on Salaries and Allowances of Members of Parliament (MSA) Branch constitutes the Secretariat of the Committee. Staff strength of the Branch sanctioned was 19 whereas the actual strength is 17. This Branch deals with Salaries and Allowances of Members of Parliament apart from this, the Branch also deals with the work relating to JCMSA and the work of JCMSA is dealt by only one Assistant.

CHAPTER FIFTEEN

RULES COMMITTEE

I. Constitution of the Committee

15.1 The Rules Committee has no fixed term and it remains in office till reconstituted. During the 16th Lok Sabha, the Rules Committee was constituted w.e.f.1 September, 2014 and continued in office during the period under review.

15.2 The Committee consists of 15 Members of Lok Sabha. The Speaker is the ex-officio Chairperson of the Rules Committee. The composition of the Committee is given in Appendix-XV(A).

II. Subjects selected for examination*

15.3 The Committee does not select subject for examination. The functions of the Committee are to consider matters of procedure and conduct of business in the House and to recommend any amendments or additions to the rules that may be deemed necessary. Suggestions for amendments or additions to the rules can be made by any member of the House, including a Minister, or by the Committee themselves.

III. Bills referred

15.4 Not applicable.

IV. Constitution of Sub-Committee

15.5 01 Sub-Committee comprising 03 members of Rules Committee under the convenership of Shri Nishikant Dubey, MP was constituted and notified vide Bulletin-Part II dated 15.01.2015, to examine the issue pertaining to incorporation of the rules relating to the constitution, functions and procedure to be followed by the Ethics Committee in the Rules of Procedure and Conduct of Business in Lok Sabha and Directions by the Speaker. The Sub-Committee presented its report to the Hon‟ble Speaker on 28.05.2015 and became functus officio after presentation of the Report. The composition of the Committee is given in Appendix-XV(B).

V. Review of work done

(a) Sittings of the Committee 15.6 During the period under review, the Rules Committee held 02 sittings lasting for 1 hour and 45 minutes. Statement showing the dates of sitting of the Committee held, duration of the sittings, number of Members present and the matters discussed are given in Appendix – XXXVII(A).

(b) Sittings of Sub-Committee 15.7 During the period under review, Sub-Committee of the Rules Committee held 03 sittings lasting for 1 hour and 50 minutes. Statement showing the details of the sittings held, number of Members present and the subjects discussed are given in Appendix – XXXVII (B).

15.8 Statement showing the number of sittings of the Committee attended by each Member is given in Appendix-LVII

15.9 Verbatim record of the proceedings of the sittings of the Committee/ Sub-Committee, was maintained. These comprised 50 pages.

(d) Visits for on-the-spots studies

15.10 Not applicable.

VI. Reports Presented

(a) Reports

15.11 During the period under review, the Committee presented one Report to the House:-

Report Subject Date of No. Presentation

1st Amendment in Part–I of the Fourth Schedule 03.03.2015 of Rules of Procedure and Conduct of Business in Lok Sabha.

(b) Action Taken Reports

15.12 Not applicable

15.13 Minutes of Sittings of the Committee relating to various Reports presented to the House were prepared and presented to the House alongwith the relevant Report.

VII. Secretariat

15.14. The Rules Committee (Committee Branch-I) constitutes the Secretariat of the Committee. Staff Strength of the Branch sanctioned was 10 whereas the actual strength is 08. 01 Joint Secretary, 01 Director, 01 Additional Director, 01 Deputy Secretary and Under Secretary remained in charge of the Branch.

SECTION II –AD HOC COMMITTEES

CHAPTER SIXTEEN

RAILWAY CONVENTION COMMITTEE (Committee to Review the Rate of Dividend payable by Railway undertaken to General Revenue)

I. Constitution of Committee

16.1 Railway Convention Committee (2014) was constituted on 27th April, 2015 for a period of five years and continued in office during the period under review. The tenure of Railway Convention Committee (2009) had come to an end on 18th May, 2014 i.e. on dissolution of 15th Lok Sabha.

16.2 The Committee consists of 12 Members of Lok Sabha and 6 Members of Rajya Sabha. The Speaker appointed Shri Bhartruhari Mahtab, Member of the Committee, as the Chairperson of the Committee. The composition of the Committee is given in Appendix-XVI.

II. Subjects selected for examination

16.3 During the period under review the following subjects have been selected other than the subject "Rate of Dividend for each year and other Ancillary Matters," for examination:

Ministry/Deptt. S.No. Subject

1 Role of IRFC and use of SPV methodology in financing development needs of Indian Railways Ministry of Railways 2 Role of IRCON in infrastructure building of Indian Railways in strategic locations 3 Commercial utilization of surplus Railway land – Role of Rail Land Development Authority 4 Green energy initiatives in Indian Railways 5 Scrap disposal system in Indian Railways 6 Share of Railway traffic vis-à-vis road and air transport- An evaluation 7 Exploring PPP avenues in Railway infrastructure 8 Availability vis-à-vis demand of wagons and efficiency in haulage in Indian Railways

III. Constitution of Sub-Committees/Study Groups

16.4 No Sub-committee / Study Groups were constituted to facilitate the examination of the various subjects.

V. Review of work done

(a) Sittings of the Committee

16.5 During the period under report, the Committee held 2 sittings lasting for 2 hrs. and 45 minutes. Statements showing the dates of sitting of the Committee held, the duration of the sittings, the number of Members present and the subjects discussed is given in Appendix–XXXVIII.

16.6 Statement showing the number of sittings of the Committee attended by each member is given in Appendix-LVIII.

(b) Proceedings

16.7 Verbatim record of Proceedings of the sittings of the Committee at which evidence was taken and maintained. These comprised 24 pages.

16.8 During the period under review the committee did not undertaken any study tour.

VI. Reports presented

(a) Original Reports

16.9 During the period under review (1st June, 2014 to 31st May, 2015) no Reports of the committee was presented to the House.

(b) Action Taken Reports 16.10 No Action Taken Report was presented to the House during the period under review.

VII. Secretariat

16.11 Committee to Review the Rate of Dividend Payable by Railway Undertaking to General Revenues (Railway Convention Committee Branch) constitutes the Secretariat of the Committee. Staff Strength of the Branch sanctioned was six whereas the actual strength is four.

An Addl. Secretary, a Joint Secretary, a Director (since January 2015 to April 2015), an Additional Director and a Deputy Secretary (till October, 2014) remained in charge of the Branch in addition to their other assignments. An Additional Director also remained in charge of the Branch (i.e. from October 2014 to January 2015).

CHAPTER SEVENTEEN

COMMITTEE ON MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT LOCAL AREA DEVELOPMENT SCHEME

I. Constitution of the Committee

17.1 The Committee on Members of Parliament Local Area Development Scheme (MPLADS), Lok Sabha for the year 2014-15 was constituted w.e.f. 15 September, 2014 and continued in office during the period under review.

17.2 The Committee consisted of 24 Members of Lok Sabha. The Hon‟ble Speaker appointed Dr. M. Thambi Durai, Hon‟ble Deputy Speaker as the Chairperson of the Committee. The composition of the Committee is given in Appendix- XVII

II. Subjects Selected for Examination

17.3 As per its mandate, (i) The Committee reviews the performance and problems in implementation of the Members of Parliament Local Area Development Scheme; (ii) Considers complaints of Members of Lok Sabha in regard to the Scheme; and (iii) Considers Memoranda prepared on the proposals received from the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation and the Members of Parliament for amendments in the provisions of the MPLAD Scheme Guidelines.

III Review of Work Done

(a) Sittings of the Committee

17.4 During the period under review, the Committee held 09 sittings lasting 12 hours and 05 minutes. Statement showing the dates of sittings of the Committee held, the duration of the sittings, the number of Members present and the subjects discussed is given in Appendix-XXXIX.

17.5 Statement showing the number of sittings of the Committee attended by each Member is given in Appendix – LIX.

(b) Proceedings

17.6 A verbatim record of proceedings of the sittings of the Committee at which evidence was taken, was maintained. These comprised of 171 pages.

(d) (c) Visits for on-the-spot studies

17.7 The Committee undertook one on-the-spot study tour for the assessment of the implementation of MPLAD Scheme in the States of Telangana, Andhra Pradesh and Maharashtra from 09 to 12 January, 2015. The composition of Study Group which undertook the tour, the places visited and the dates of visits are given in Appendix-LXX.

IV Reports presented

(a) (a) Original Reports

17.8 During the period under review, the Committee on MPLADS presented the following Original Reports to the House :-

Sl. No. Report Subject Date of Presentation

1. 1st Proposals from the Ministry of Statistics and 07.05. 2015 Programme Implementation for modifications in the MPLADS guidelines for purchase of animal ambulances and for the construction of more than one community centre in the same village / Local Area.

2. 2nd Proposals from the Ministry of Statistics and

Programme Implementation on naming of assets created under MPLADS after the name of eminent Personalities / National icons / Freedom fighters and using 07.05. 2015 MPLADS funds for civil construction works in schools as per norms of the Right to Education Act,2009

Note:- Three final Action Taken statements were laid on the Table of the House on 15 December, 2014 (i) Final Action taken Statement on 7th & 10th Reports, (ii) Final Action taken Statement on 9th & 12th Reports & (iii) Final Action taken Statement on 11th & 13th Reports

(b) Action Taken Reports

17.9 No Action Taken Report was presented to the House during the period under review.

17.10 The minutes of the sittings of the Committee relating to the above mentioned Reports were prepared and presented to the House alongwith those Reports.

V A. Representation received from MPs/ Ex-MPs/ Individuals 17.11 A total of 29 representations / suggestions (18 from MPs, 02 from Ex-MPs and 09 from individuals) on implementation of the MPLAD Scheme were received and processed during the period under review.

V B. Memoranda Prepared for consideration of the Committee 17.12 A total of 6 memoranda were prepared by the Branch during the period from 01.06.2014 to 31.05.2015 for the consideration of the Committee.

VI. Work relating to MPLADS funds for natural calamities

17.13 Paras were issued in Bulletin Part-II with regard to the natural calamities of flood in Jammu and Kashmir and the earthquake in North India. 30 consent letters of Lok Sabha MPs for allocation of MPLADS funds for rehabilitation of areas affected by these calamities were forwarded to the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation for necessary action at their end.

VII. Secretariat

17.14 The Committee on MPLADS Branch constitutes the Secretariat of the Committee. Sanctioned and actual staff strength of the Branch was 7. One Joint Secretary, one Director, one Additional Director and one Deputy Secretary remained incharge of the Branch.

CHAPTER EIGHTEEN JOINT COMMITTEE ON FOOD MANAGEMENT IN PARLIAMENT HOUSE COMPLEX

I. Constitution of the Committee

18.1. The Joint Committee on Food Management in Parliament House Complex was constituted on 15th September, 2014 and continued in Office during the period under review.

18.2 The Committee consisted of 10 members of Lok Sabha and 5 members of Rajya Sabha. The Speaker appointed Shri A.P.Jithender Reddy a member of the Committee, as the Chairperson of the Committee. The composition of the Committee is given in Appendix-XVIII.

II. Review of work done

(a) Sitting of the Committee

18.3. During the period under review, the Committee held 01 sitting lasting for 1 Hrs. and 30 Minutes. Statement showing the dates of sitting of the Committee held, the duration of the sittings, the number of Members present and the subjects discussed is given in Appendix-XL.

18.4 Statement showing the number of sittings of the Committee attended by each Member is given in Appendix – LX.

(b) Proceedings 18.5 Verbatim record of Proceedings of the sittings of the Committee, at which evidence was taken, was maintained.

III Secretariat

18.6 The Joint Committee on Food Management in Parliament House Complex (General Works Branch) constitutes the Secretariat of the Committee. Additional Secretary, Joint Secretary, a Director and Deputy Secretary remained incharge of the Branch.

CHAPTER NINETEEN

COMMITTEE ON ETHICS

I. Constitution of Committee

19.1 The Committee on Ethics, which was constituted on 15.09.2014 continued in Office during the period under review.

19.2 The Committee consisted of 15 Members of Lok Sabha. The Speaker appointed Shri Lal Krishna Advani, Member of the Committee, as the Chairperson of the Committee. The Composition of the Committee is given in Appendix – XIX.

II. Subjects selected for examination

19.3 The functions and procedure to be followed by the Committees has been laid out in the Bulletin - II No. 660 dated 15.10.2014. The Committee may take up any matters referred to them either by the Speaker or by the House in regard to unethical conduct of member or complaint connected with parliamentary conduct of a member. The Committee may also suo motu take up for consideration and investigation matters relating to unethical conduct by Members wherever felt necessary and make such recommendations as it may deem fit. The Committee examined/is examining the following matters during the period:-

Subject

Incorporation in the Rules of Procedure and Conduct of Business in Lok Sabha of the rules regarding constitution of a Committee on Ethics, its functions and procedure to be followed by the Committee and procedure for making ethics complaints.

III. Review of work done

(a) Sittings of the Committee.

19.4 During the period under report, the Committee held 3 sittings lasting for 01 hour and 50 minutes. Statement showing the dates of sitting of the Committee held, the duration of the Sittings, the number of Members present and the subjects discussed is given in Appendix – XLI. 19.5 Statement showing the number of sittings of the Committee attended by each Member is given in Appendix – LXI.

(b) Proceedings

19.6 No evidence was taken in the meeting during the period under review.

IV. Reports presented

19.7 During the period under review, the Committee presented the following Original Reports to the House:-

Sl. Report Subject Date of No. No. Presentation 1. 1st Incorporation in the Rules of Procedure and 18.12.2014 Conduct of Business in Lok Sabha of the rules regarding constitution of a Committee on Ethics, its functions and procedure to be followed by the Committee and procedure for making ethics complaints.

(b) Action Taken Reports

19.8 No Action Taken reports were presented to the House during the period under review.

19.9 Minutes of sittings of the Committee relating to the Report laid on the table of the House were prepared and laid in the House.

V. Secretariat

19.10 Committee on Ethics (Privileges & Ethics Branch) constitutes the Secretariat of the Committee of Privileges. Staff Strength of the Branch sanctioned was 11 for Committee of Privileges & Committee on Ethics. However, the Branch is now providing secretarial assistance to a new Committee on Violation of Protocol Norms etc., the sanctioned strength as assessed by the Work Study (vide para 2.22 of Report) needs to be revised accordingly. At present, the actual strength of the Branch is 13. A Joint Secretary, a Director, One Deputy Secretary, One Under Secretary and One Legislative Officer remained in charge of the Branch.

CHAPTER TWENTY

JOINT COMMITTEE ON INSTALLATION OF PORTRAITS/STATUES OF NATIONAL LEADERS AND PARLIAMENTARIANS IN PARLIAMENT HOUSE COMPLEX.

I. Constitution of Committee

20.1. The Joint Committee on Installation of Portraits / Statues of National Leaders and Parliamentarians in Parliament House Complex was constituted on 8th October, 2014 and continued in Office during the period under review.

20.2 The Committee consisted of 8 members of Lok Sabha and 4 members of Rajya Sabha. Hon‟ble Speaker is the Chairperson of the committee. The composition of the Committee is given in Appendix-XX.

II Secretariat

20.3 The Joint Committee on Installation of Portraits / Statues of National Leaders and Parliamentarians in Parliament House Complex (General Works Branch) constitutes the Secretariat of the Committee. Additional Secretary, Joint Secretary, a Director, Deputy Secretary remained incharge of the Branch.

CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE

Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) on Maintenance of Heritage Character and Development of Parliament House Complex

I. Constitution of Committee

21.1 The JPC on Maintenance of Heritage Character and Development of Parliament House Complex for the year 2014-15 was constituted on 08.10.2014 and continued in Office during the period under review.

21.2 The Committee consisted of 6 members of Lok Sabha, 3 members of Rajya Sabha and 3 Ex-Officio members. The Hon‟ble Speaker, Lok Sabha is the Chairperson of the Committee. The composition of the Committee is given in Appendix-XXI.

II. Review of work done

21.3 During the period under review, no Sitting of the committee held.

III. Reports presented

21.4 No Reports were presented by the committee during the period under review.

IV. Secretariat

21.5 The JPC on Maintenance of Heritage Character and Development of Parliament House Complex (Heritage Management Branch) constitutes the Secretariat of the JPC Committee. Staff Strength of the Branch sanctioned was * whereas the actual strength is *. A Joint Secretary, a Director, Deputy Secretary in charge of the Branch.

* Not yet prescribed by AN-I. CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO COMMITTEE ON VIOLATION OF PROTOCOL NORMS AND CONTEMPTUOUS BEHAVIOUR OF GOVERNMENT OFFICERS WITH MEMBERS OF LOK SABHA

I. Constitution of Committee

22.1 The Committee on Violation of Protocol Norms etc., which was constituted on 15.09.2014 continued in Office during the period under review.

22.2 The Committee consists of 15 members of Lok Sabha. The Speaker appointed Shri Rayapati Sambasiva Rao, Member of the Committee, as Chairperson of the Committee. The Composition of the Committee is given in Appendix – XXII.

II. Subject selected for examination

(a) Sitting of the Committee

22.3 The functions and procedures to be followed by the Committee on Violation of Protocol Norms etc. has been laid in Bulletin Part II No. 662 dated 15 September, 2014. The Committee is examining the following matters during the period:-

Sl. Subject Date of Reference No. to the Committee by HS 1. Notice of question of privilege dated 21 July, 2014 given by Shri 22.04.2015 Daddan Mishra, M.P. against the District Administration of Balrampur for obstructing his movement in his constituency in the Municipal by-election on 19 July,2014. 2. Notice of question of privilege dated 16 December, 2014 given by 25.04.2015 Shri Virendra Singh, MP against the District Magistrate, Allahabad for allegedly misbehaving with him on telephone while he wanted to discuss matters of public interest relating to his constituency. 3. Complaint dated 12 January, 2015 from Shri Sharad Tripathi, MP 25.04.2015 against the officials of M/o. Petroleum and Natural Gas for not inviting the Member to inauguration of Indane-PLG Bottling Plant at Gorakhpur. 4. S/Shri Bhairon Prasad Mishra, MP and Pushpendra Singh Chandel, 29.04.2015 MP regarding alleged ill-treatment meted out to them by the Police Administration of District Mahoba while they were participating in an election campaign of a by-poll to Assembly Constituency in Uttar Pradesh. 5. Complaint dated 28.04.2015 from Shri Devendra Singh Bhole, MP 29.04.2015 regarding alleged disregard, non-cooperation and creation of hindrance in the discharge of duties by the Member in his constituency by the District Magistrate, Kanpur Nagar, U.P.

6. Issue of instances of violation of protocol norms of Members of 06.05.2015 Parliament and breach of guidelines issued by the Government of India on Official Dealings between Administration and Members of Parliament by Government officials. 7. Complaint dated 26 October, 2014 from Shri Anshul Verma, MP 09.05.2015 alleging discourteous behavior on the part of Station House Officer (SHO), Hariyawan, District Hardoi, Uttar Pradesh 8. Complaint dated 29 December, 2014 from Shri Y.V. Subba Reddy, 09.05.2015 MP alleged misbehavior by the District Collector and Chief Planning Officer, Prakasam District, Andhra Pradesh when he sought information regarding a review meeting under the „Saansad Adarsh Gram Yojana‟ (SAGY).

III. Review of work done

(a) Sitting of the Committee

22.4 During the period under report, the Committee held 3 sittings lasting for 2 hours and 40 minutes. Statement showing the dates of sitting of the Committee held, the duration of the sittings, the number of Members present and the subjects discussed is given in Appendix – XLII.

22.5 Statement showing the number of sittings of the Committee attended by each member is given in Appendix – LXII.

(b) Proceedings

22.6 No evidence was taken in the meeting during the period under review.

IV. Reports presented

(a) Original Reports

22.7 During the period under review, no Reports were presented by the Committee.

(b) Laying of Minutes

22.8 Minutes of sittings of the Committee relating to various Reports presented to the House were prepared and presented to the House alongwith the relevant Report.

V. Secretariat

22.9 The Committee on Violation of Protocol Norms (Privileges & Ethics Branch) constitutes the Secretariat of the Committee of Privileges. Staff Strength of the Branch sanctioned was 11 for Committee of Privileges & Committee on Ethics. However, the Branch is now providing secretarial assistance to a new Committee on Violation of Protocol Norms etc., the sanctioned strength as assessed by the Work Study (vide para 2.22 of Report) needs to be revised accordingly. At present, the actual strength of the Branch is 13. A Joint Secretary, a Director, One Deputy Secretary, One Under Secretary and One Legislative Officer remained in charge of the Branch. CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE

COMMITTEE ON WELFARE OF OTHER BACKWARD CLASSES (OBCs)

I. Constitution of Committee

23.1 The Committee on Welfare of Other Backward Classes (OBCs) for the year 2014-15 was constituted on 12.09.2014 and continued in Office during the period under review.

23.2 The Committee consists of 20 Members of Lok Sabha and 10 members of Rajya Sabha. The Speaker appointed Shri Bandaru Dattatraya, MP as the Chairperson of the Committee. Consequent upon the appointment of Shri Bandaru Dattatraya, MP as Union Minister on 09.11.2014 Shri Rajen Gohain, MP was appointed and the Chairperson of the Committee w.e.f 12.12.2014. The composition of the Committee is given in Appendix-XXIII.

II. Subjects selected for examination

23.3 The Committee selected the following subjects for examination:-

Sl. Ministry/ Subject No Department 1. Human Resource Review of reservation policy for OBC students being Development / implemented in universities and other higher Health and educational/technical/medical institutions Family Welfare 2 Social Justice & Rationalisation of Creamy layer Empowerment

3 Finance 1 Reservation in employment and welfare measures (Department of for OBCs in Public Sector Banks and Insurance Financial Companies Services) 2 Reservation in employment and welfare measures for OBCs in Regional Rural Banks 4 Communications Reservation in employment and welfare measures & Information for OBCs in Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) Technology 5. Petroleum & Reservation in employment and welfare measures Natural Gas for OBCs in PSUs under Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas

6 Railways Reservation in employment and welfare measures for OBCs in Railways 7 Civil Aviation Reservation in employment and welfare measures for OBCs in PSUs and other organizations under Ministry of Civil Aviation 8 Power Reservation in employment and welfare measures for OBCs in PSUs and other organizations under Ministry of Power 9 Shipping Reservation in employment and welfare measures for OBCs in various Port Trusts in India and other organizations under Ministry of Shipping. 10 Heavy Industries Reservation in employment and welfare measures & Public for OBCs in Bharat Heavy Electrical Limited (BHEL) Enterprises

11 Labour & Reservation in employment and welfare measures Employment for OBCs in Employees Provident Fund Organization of India

12 Science & Reservation in employment and welfare measures Technology for OBCs in Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) and its institutions 13 Steel Reservation in employment and welfare measures for OBCs in PSUs under Ministry of Steel 14 Coal Reservation in employment and welfare measures for OBCs in PSUs under Ministry of Coal 15 Defence Reservation in employment and welfare measures for OBCs in PSUs under Ministry of Defence 16 Home Affairs Welfare Programmes including reservation for OBCs in Union Territories.

III. Review of work done

(a) Sittings of the Committee 23.4 During the period under report, the Committee held 07 sittings lasting for 11 hours Statement showing the dates of sitting of the Committee held, the duration of the sittings, the number of Members present and the subjects discussed is given in Appendix-XLIII.

(b) Sittings of Sub-Committee/Study Groups 23.5 No separate Sub-Committee/ Study Groups were constituted.

23.6 Statement showing the number of sittings of the Committee attended by each member is given in Appendix-LXIII.

(c) Proceedings 23.7 Verbatim record of Proceedings of the sittings of the Committee, at which evidence was taken, was maintained. These comprised 183 pages.

(d) Visits for on-the-spots studies 23.8 The composition of various groups which undertook tours, the places visited and date of visits is given in Appendix-LXXI.

IV. Reports presented

(a) Original Reports

23.9 During the period under review the Committee did not present any Original Report to the House.

(b) Action Taken Reports 23.10 The following Action Taken report was presented to the House during the period under review:-

Sl. Report Subject Date of Presentation No 1. 1st Action taken by the Government on the 18.03.2015 Recommendations/ Observations contained in the Fourth Report (15th LS) of the Committee on Welfare of Other Backward Classes on the subject “Reservation in employment and welfare measures for OBCs in RBI”

(c) Laying of Minutes 23.11 Minutes of sittings of the Committee relating to various Reports presented to the House were prepared and presented to the House alongwith the relevant Report.

VII. Secretariat

23.12 The Committee on Welfare of Other Backward Classes (OBCs) Branch constitutes the Secretariat of the Committee. Staff Strength of the Branch sanctioned is 9 whereas the actual strength is 4. A Joint Secretary, a Director, an Additional Director and one Deputy Secretary remained in charge of the Branch.

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PART II

APPENDICES

(A) COMPOSITION OF COMMITTEES/ SUB-COMMITTEES

APPENDIX - I (Vide Para 1.2)

BUSINESS ADVISORY COMMITTEE

1. Sumitra Mahajan (Smt.) -Chairperson

MEMBERS

2. Shri Ramesh Bais 3. Shri Sudip Bandyopadhyay 4. $Shri Hansraj Gangaram Ahir 5. Shri Anant Geete 6. Shri Pralhad Joshi. 7. Shri Mallikarjun Kharge 8. Shri Arjun Ram Meghwal 9. Shri Thota Narasimham 10. Shri A.P. Jithender Reddy 11. %Shri Rajiv Pratap Rudy 12. Shri Tathagata Satpathy 13. Shri Ganesh Singh 14. Shri Anurag Singh Thakur 15. Dr. P. Venugopal 16. @Dr. Mahendra Nath Pandey 17. @Shri Jagdambika Pal ______@ Nominated w.e.f. 3.12.2014 vide Bulletin - Part II (No. 1023) dated 08.12.2014 % Nominated w.e.f. 13.6.2014 vide Bulletin - Part II (No. 140) dated 13.6.2014 and thereafter, nominated as a Special Invitee w.e.f 24.11.2014. $ Shri Hansraj Gangaram Ahir, resigned from membership of BAC w.e.f. 25.11.2014 vide Bulletin - Part II (No. 940) 28.11.2014.

Special Invitees

1. *Dr. M. Thambi Durai - Hon‟ble Deputy Speaker 2. Shri M. Venkaiah Naidu - Minister of Parliamentary Affairs 3. #Shri Rajiv Pratap Rudy - Minister of State in the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs 4. #Shri Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi - Minister of State in the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs 5. Shri Ram Vilas Paswan - Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution 6. Shri P. Karunakaran - . 7. Shri Mekapati Rajamohan Reddy - . 8. Shri Tariq Anwar - .

______* Nominated w.e.f. 1.9.2014 # Nominated w.e.f. 24.11.2014

APPENDIX -II (Vide Para 2.2)

*Committee of Privileges

Shri S. S. Ahluwalia – Chairperson

MEMBERS

2. Shri Anandrao Adsul

3. Shri Kalyan Banerjee 4. Shri Anant Kumar Hegde 5. Smt. Meenakashi Lekhi 6. Shri Kesineni (Nani) 7. Shri J. J. T. Natterjee 8. Shri Jagdambika Pal

9. Shri Konda Vishweshwar Reddy 10. Shri Tathagata Satpathy 11. Shri Jyotiraditya M. Scindia 12. Shri Raj Kumar Singh 13. Shri Rakesh Singh 14. Shri Sushil Kumar Singh 15. Dr. Kirit Somaiya ______* Constituted w.e.f. 01 September, 2014 vide Bulletin Part-II para No. 630 dated 02.9.2014.

APPENDIX –III (Vide Para 3.2)

COMMITTEE ON ABSENCE OF MEMBERS FROM THE SITTINGS OF THE HOUSE

Shri P. Karunakaran - Chairperson

MEMBERS

2. Shri Subhash Chandra Baheriya 3. Shri Prabhatsinh Pratapsinh Chauhan 4. Dr. Ratna De (NAG) 5. Shri Deepender Singh Hooda 6. Shri Dinesh Kashyap 7. Shri Hari Manjhi 8. Prof. A.S.R. Naik 9. Shri Devji M Patel 10. Dr. Anbumani Ramadoss 11. Shri Naba Kumar Sarania 12. Shri Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh 13. Shri Pashupati Nath Singh 14. Shri Prabhubhai Nagarbhai Vasava 15.* Prof. Sadhu Singh

* Nominated w.e.f. 05.03.2015

APPENDIX-IV (Vide Para 4.2)

COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT ASSURANCES*

Dr. Ramesh Pokhriyal "Nishank" -Chairperson

MEMBERS

2. Shri Rajendra Agrawal 3. Shri E. Ahamed 4. Shri Anto Antony 5. Prof. (Dr.) Sugata Bose 6. Shri Naranbhai Bhikhabhai Kachhadia 7. Shri Bahadur Singh Koli 8. Shri Prahlad Singh Patel 9. Shri A.T. Nana Patil 10. Shri C.R. Patil 11. Shri Sunil Kumar Singh 12. Shri Tasleem Uddin 13. Shri K.C. Venugopal 14. Shri S.R. Vijayakumar 15. Shri Tariq Anwar**

* The Committee has been constituted w.e.f. 01 September, 2014 vide Para No. 633 of Lok Sabha Bulletin Part-II dated 02 September, 2014. ** Nominated to the Committee vide Para No.1281 of Lok Sabha Bulletin Part-II dated 05 February, 2015.

APPENDIX-V (Vide Para 5.2)

COMMITTEE ON PAPERS LAID ON THE TABLE

1. Shri Chandrakant Khaire - Chairperson

MEMBERS 2. Shrimati Veena Devi

3. Shri P.C. Gaddigoudar

4. Shri Laxman Giluwa

5. Shri Choudhary Mohan Jatua

6. Shrimati Mausaum Noor

7. Shri Bheemrao B. Patil

8. Shri Sanjay Kaka Patil

9. Shri Bishnu Pada Ray

10. Shri P.V. Midhun Reddy

11. Shri Uday Pratap Singh

12. Shri Virendra Singh

13. Shri P.R. Sundaram

14. Shri Manohar Untwal

15. Shri Dushyant Chautala*

______* Nominated vide Bulletin Part-II dated 05.03.2015 APPENDIX-VI (Vide Para 5.2)

COMMITTEE ON PETITIONS

Shri Bhagat Singh Koshyari - Chairperson

MEMBERS

2. Shri Suresh C. Angadi 3. Shri Om Birla 4. Shri Jitendra Chaudhury 5. Shri Ram Tahal Choudhary 6. Shri Rajen Gohain 7. Dr. K. Gopal 8. Shri Chhedi Paswan 9. Shri Kamlesh Paswan 10. Smt. Krishna Raj 11. Shri Arjun Charan Sethi 12. Shri Kodikunnil Suresh 13. Shri Dinesh Trivedi 14. Shri Rajan Vichare 15. Shri Dharmendra Yadav APPENDIX-VII (Vide Para 7.2)

COMMITTEE ON PRIVATE MEMBERS’ BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS

Dr. M. Thambidurai -- Chairperson

MEMBERS

2. Shri Badruddin Ajmal

3. Shri Thangso Baite

4. Kunwar Bharatendra

5. Shri Jayadev Galla

6. Shrimati Poonam Mahajan

7. Choudhary Mehboob Ali Kaiser

8. Shri Ratan Lal Kataria

9. Shri Santosh Kumar

10. Shri Dalpat Singh Paraste

11. Shri Y.V. Subba Reddy

12. Shri Abhishek Singh

13. Dr. Bhola Singh

14. Shri Kamakhya Prasad Tasa

15. Shri Shivkumar Udasi

APPENDIX –VIII (Vide Para 8.2) COMMITTEE ON SUBORDINATE LEGISLATION

1. Shri Dilipkumar Mansukhlal Gandhi - Chairperson

MEMBERS 2. Shri Idris Ali 3. Shri C. R. Chaudhary 4. Shri P. P.Chaudhary 5. Shri Shyama Charan Gupta 6. Shri Jhina Hikaka 7. Shri S. P. Muddahanumegowda 8. Shri V. Panneerselvam 9. Shri Prem Das Rai 10. Shri Chandu Lal Sahu 11. Shri Ram Prasad Sarmah 12. Adv. Narendra Keshav Sawaikar 13. Shri Ram Kumar Sharma 14. Shri Nandi Yellaiah 15. Shri Birendra Kumar Chaudhary*

* Shri Birendra Kumar Chaudhary was nominated to the Committee w.e.f from 15 February, 2015 to vacancy which arose after Shri Jayant Sinha, ceased to be the member of the Committee on being appointed as Minister on 10 November, 2014

APPENDIX – IX(A) (Vide para 9.2)

COMMITTEE ON THE WELFARE OF SCHEDULED CASTES AND SCHEDULED TRIBES

Faggan Singh Kulaste Hon‟ble - Chairperson

MEMBERS

LOK SABHA

2. Dr. Ravindra Babu 3. Shri Santokh Singh Chaudhary 4. Shri R. Dhruvanarayana 5. Shri Ramesh Jigajinagi 6. Shri Rattan Lal Katariya 7. Dr. Virendra Kumar 8. Shri Balbhadra Majhi 9. Smt. Pratima Mondal 10. Shri Kariya Munda 11. Shri Ram Chandra Paswan 12. Smt. Kamla Patle 13. Shri Visnu Dayal Ram 14. Dr. Kirit Solanki 15. Shri Kadiyam Srihari 16. Shri Ajay Tamta 17. Shri Krupal Balaji Tumane 18. Dr. P. Venugopal 19. Shri Bhanu Pratap Singh Verma 20. Shri Chintaman Navsha Wanaga

RAJYA SABHA

21. Shri Ramdas Athawale 22. Shri D. Raja 23. Shri Ambeth Rajan 24. Dr. Vijaylaxmi Sadho 25. Dr. Anil Kumar Sahani 26. Shri Nand Kumar Sai 27. Shri Jesudas Seelam 28. Smt. Wansuk Syiem 29. Shri S. Thangavelu 30. Mahant Shambhuprasadji Tundiya

APPENDIX – IX(B) (Vide para 9.2)

COMMITTEE ON THE WELFARE OF SCHEDULED CASTES AND SCHEDULED TRIBES (2015-2016) ***** Faggan Singh Kulaste Hon‟ble - Chairperson

MEMBERS

LOK SABHA

2. Dr. Ravindra Babu 3. Shri Santokh Singh Chaudhary 4. Shri R. Dhruvanarayana 5. Dr. K. Gopal 6. Shri Ramesh Jigajinagi 7. Shri Rattan Lal Kataria 8. Dr. Virendra Kumar 9. Shri Balabhadra Majhi 10. Smt. Pratima Mondal 11. Shri Kariya Munda 12. Prof. Seetaram Ajmeera Naik 13. Shri Ram Chandra Paswan 14. Smt. Kamla Devi Patle 15. Dr. Kirit Solanki 16. Shri Ajay Tamta 17. Shri Krupal Balaji Tumane 18. Shri Bhanu Pratap Singh Verma 19. Adv. Chintaman Navsha Wanaga 20. Shri Vishnu Dayal Ram

RAJYA SABHA

21. Shri Ramdas Athawale 22. Smt. Sarojini Hembram 23. Shri D. Raja 24. Dr. Vijaylaxmi Sadho 25. Shri Nand Kumar Sai 26. Shri Jesudasu Seelam 27. Shri Veer Singh 28. Smt. Wansuk Syiem 29. Shri S. Thangavelu 30. Mahant Shambhuprasadji Tundiya

APPENDIX – X (Vide Para 10.2)

COMMITTEE ON EMPOWERMENT OF WOMEN

***** Shrimati Bijoya Chakravarty - Chairperson

MEMBERS

LOK SABHA 2. Shrimati Anju Bala 3. Kum. Sushmita Dev 4. Shrimati Rama Devi 5. Shrimati Jyoti Dhurve 6. Shrimati Bhavana Gawali 7.@ Smt. Riti Pathak 8. Shrimati Rakshatai Khadse 9. Shrimati Poonamben Maadam 10. Ms. Mehbooba Mufti 11. Shrimati Anupriya Patel 12. Shrimati Jayshreeben Patel 13. Shrimati Butta Renuka 14. Shrimati Satabdi Roy 15. Shrimati Mala Rajyalakshmi Shah 16. Shrimati Rita Tarai 17. Shrimati P. K. Sreemathi Teacher 18. Shrimati Savitri Thakur 19. Shrimati R. Vanaroja 20.# Smt. Supriya Sule

RAJYA SABHA

21.* Shrimati Kanimozhi 22. Shrimati Jharna Das Baidya 23. Shrimati Vandana Chavan 24. Shrimati Mohsina Kidwai 25. Shri Anubhav Mohanty 26. Shrimati Kahkashan Perween 27.$ Vacant 28. Shrimati Bimla Kashyap Sood 29. Shri A.V. Swamy 30. Shrimati Wansuk Syiem

@ Smt. Riti Pathak was nominated to the Committee w.e.f. 05.02.2015 vice Smt. Shobha Karandlaje upon her resignation w.e.f. 3.12.2014

# Smt. Supriya Sule was nominated to the Committee w.e.f. 05.02.2015

* Shrimati Kanimozhi was nominated to the Committee w.e.f. 05.02.2015 vice Shrimati Jaya Bachchan upon her resignation w.e.f. 18.09.2014.

$ Sh. G. N. Ratanpuri retired w.e.f. 15.02.2015

APPENDIX –XI (Vide Para 11.2)

GENERAL PURPOSES COMMITTEE

(Date of constitution: 29.01.2015)

1. Smt. Sumitra Mahajan - Chairperson 2. Dr. M. Thambidurai - Hon‟ble Deputy Speaker

MEMBERS 3. Yogi Adityanath 4. Shri Anandrao Adsul 5. Shri S. S. Ahluwalia 6. Shri Tariq Anwar 7. Shri Ramesh Bais 8. Shri Sudip Bandyopadhyay 9. Smt. Bijoya Chakravarty 10. Shri P. P. Chaudhary 11. Dr. Ratna De (Nag) 12. Shri Ramen Deka 13. Shri Dilipkumar Mansukhlal Gandhi 14. Shri Dharam Vira Gandhi 15. Shri Anant G. Geete 16. Shri Pralhad Joshi 17. Dr. Murli Manohar Joshi 18. Shri P. Karunakaran 19. Shri Chandrakant Khaire 20. Maj. Gen.(Retd.) B.C. Khanduri (AVSM) 21. Shri Mallikarjun Kharge 22. Shri Bhagat Singh Koshyari 23. Shri. Faggan Singh Kulaste 24. Dr. Virendra Kumar 25. Shri Shanta Kumar 26. Shri Bhartruhari Mahtab 27. Shri Arjun Ram Meghwal 28. Shri Pinaki Misra 29. Dr. M. Veerappa Moily 30. Shri K.H. Muniyappa 31. Shri Thota Narasimham 32. Shri Ram Vilas Paswan 33. Dr. Ramesh Pokhriyal “Nishank” 34. Shri Konakalla Narayana Rao 35. Shri J.C. Divakar Reddy 36. Shri. M. Raja Mohan Reddy 37. Shri A.P. Jithender Reddy 38. Shri Arjun Charan Sethi 39. Shri Hukum Singh 40. Shri Rakesh Singh 41. Dr. Kirit Somaiya 42. Md. Taslimuddin 43. Shri Anurag Singh Thakur 44. Dr. Shashi Tharoor 45. Shri K.V. Thomas 46. Shri Dinesh Trivedi 47. Dr. P. Venugopal 48. Shri Hukumdev Narayan Yadav 49. Shri Mulayam Singh Yadav

SPECIAL INVITEES

1. Shri M. Venkaiah Naidu (Minister of Parliamentary Affairs)

2. Shri Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi (MoS in the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs)

3. Shri Rajiv Pratap Rudy (MoS in the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs)

APPENDIX – XII (Vide Para 12.2)

HOUSE COMMITTEE

* Shri Arjun Ram Meghwal - Chairperson MEMBERS 2. Shri Anwhar Raajhaa. A 3. Shri Kalyan Banerjee 4. Shri Angadi Suresh Channabasappa 5. Shri Rajen Gohain 6. Shri Rama Chandra Hansdah 7. Smt. Meenakshi Lekhi 8. Shri Adhalrao Shivaji Patil 9. Shri Konakalla Narayana Rao 10. Shri Rakesh Singh 11. Shri Bhanu Pratap Singh Verma 12. ** Shri Gutha Sukender Reddy ____ * w.e.f. 27.11.2014 vice Dr. Kirit Somaiya ** w.e.f. 10.10.2014 vice Prof. K.V. Thomas

APPENDIX-XIII (Vide Para 13.2)

JOINT COMMITTEE ON OFFICES OF PROFIT

Shri P.P. Chaudhary Chairperson

MEMBERS LOK SABHA

2. Shri T.G. Venkatesh Babu 3. Adv. Sharad Bansode 4. Smt. Meenakshi Lekhi 5 Shri Bhagwant Maan 6 Shri Arjun Ram Meghwal 7. Shri M.K. Raghavan 8. Prof. Saugata Roy 9. Dr. Satya Pal Singh 10. Smt. Supriya Sule

RAJYA SABHA

11. Shri Naresh Agrawal 12. Shri C.P. Narayanan 13. Shri Dilipbhai Pandya 14. Shri Sukhendu Sekhar Roy 15. Shri K.C. Tyagi

APPENDIX – XIV (Vide Para 14.2)

JOINT COMMITTEE ON SALARIES AND ALLOWANCES OF MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT

Shri Yogi Adityanath - Chairperson

MEMBERS

LOK SABHA

2 Shri Sudip Bandyopadhyay 3 Shri Thupstan Chhewang 4 Shri Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury 5 Smt. V. Sathyabama 6 Shri Raju alias Devappa Anna Shetti Shri Giriraj Singh** 7 Shri Gokaraju Ganga Raju** 8 Shri Satya Pal Singh 9 Shri Parvesh Sahib Singh Verma 10 Shri C.S. Puttaraju***

RAJYA SABHA

11 Shri Satish Chandra Misra 12 Dr. C.P. Thakur 13 Shri Pramod Tiwari 14 Shri K.C. Tyagi Shri Sitaram Yechury* 15 Shri K.N Balagopal*

* Nominated to the Jt Cte on Salaries and Allowances of Members of Parliament w.e.f 10.10.2014 vice Sh Sitaram Yechury, who resigned from the Committee w.e.f 27.09.2014 vide Rajya Sabha Bulletin Part-II No.52407 dated 14.10.2014

** Nominated to the Jt Cte on Salaries and Allowances of Members of Parliament w.e.f 05.02.2015 vide Lok Sabha Bulletin Part-II No. 1281 dated 05.02.2015 vice Shri Giriraj Singh, who resigned from the Committee w.e.f. 25.11.2014 vide Lok Sabha Bulletin Part-II No. 940 dated 28.11.2014.

*** Nominated to the Jt Committee on Salaries and Allowances of Members of Parliament w.e.f. 05.03.2015 vide Lok Sabha Bulletin Part-II No 1503 dated 05.03.2015

APPENDIX –XV(A) (Vide Para 15.2)

RULES COMMITTEE

(Date of constitution : 01.09.2014)

Smt. Sumitra Mahajan, Hon‟ble Speaker - Chairperson

2. Shri Jasvantsinh Bhabhor* 3. Shri Ranjit Singh Brahura 4. Shri Nishikant Dubey 5. Shri Dilipkumar Mansukhlal Gandhi 6. Shri Ramesh Chander Kaushik 7. Shri Bhartruhari Mahtab 8. Dr. Udit Raj 9. Shri Muthamsetti Srinivasa Rao 10. Shri Vinayak Bhaurao Raut 11. Prof. Saugata Roy 12. Shri P.R. Senthilnathan 13. Shri Ganesh Singh 14. Dr. Nepal Singh 15. Dr. Shashi Tharoor

SPECIAL INVITEES

1. Dr. M. Thambidurai - Hon‟ble Deputy Speaker 2. Shri M. Venkaiah Naidu - Minister of Parliamentary Affairs 3. Shri Rajiv Pratap Rudy - MoS in the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs

4. Shri Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi - MoS in the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs

* HS is the ex-officio Chairperson of the Committee.

@ Nominated w.e.f. 05.02.2015 vice Shri Rajiv Pratap Rudy appointed as Minister w.e.f. 09.11.2014

APPENDIX –XV(B) (Vide Para 15.5)

SUB COMMITTEE OF THE RULES COMMITTEE

(Date of constitution: 15.01.2015)

Shri Nishikant Dubey - Convenor

MEMBERS

2. Shri Ramesh Chander Kaushik 3. Prof. Saugata Roy

APPENDIX-XVI (Vide Para 16.2)

RAILWAY CONVENTION COMMITTEE

Shri Bhartruhari Mahtab - Chairperson

MEMBERS

LOK SABHA

2. Shri Abhishek Banerjee 3. Shri Sanganna Amarappa Karadi 4. Shri K. Ashok kumar 5. Shri Kamalbhan Singh Marabi 6. Smt. Anupriya Patel 7. Shri Nana Patole 8. Shri Janak Ram 9. Shri Rahul Ramesh Shewale 10. Shri Bharat Singh 11. Shri Liladharbhai Khodaji Vaghela 12. Shri K.C. Venugopal

RAJYA SABHA

13. Shri Avinash Rai Khanna 14. Shri Derek O‟ Brien 15. Dr. Vijaylaxmi Sadho 16. Shri Arvind Kumar Singh 17. Shri T.K. Rangarajan 18. Shri K.C. Tyagi

APPENDIX-XVII (Vide Par 17.2)

COMMITTEE ON MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT LOCAL AREA DEVELOPMENT SCHEME

Dr. M. Thambi Durai -- Chairperson

MEMBERS

LOK SABHA

2. Shri Kirti Azad

3. Shri Sudip Bandyopadhyay

4. Shri Harishchandra Chavan

5. Shri Dilipkumar Mansukhlal Gandhi

6. Dr. Kambhaati Haribabu

7. Shri Virender Kashyap

8. Shri Md. Badruddoza Khan

9. Shri Shailesh Kumar

10. Shri Arjunlal Meena

11. Shri Anoop Mishra

12. Shri P.C. Mohan

13. Shri Vincent H. Pala

14. Shri Chirag Paswan

15. Shri Dilip Patel

16. Shri Vijaysinh Shankarrao Mohite Patil

17. Shri Mukesh Rajput

18. Dr. Ravindra Kumar Ray

19. Shri A.P. Jithender Reddy

20. Shri Y.V. Subba Reddy

21. Shri Lakhan Lal Sahu

22. Dr. Kulamani Samal

23. Shri M.I. Shanavas

24. Shri Satyapal Singh (Sambhal) APPENDIX – XVIII (Vide para 18.2)

JOINT COMMITTEE ON FOOD MANAGEMENT IN PARLIAMENT HOUSE COMPLEX.

Shri A.P.Jithender Reddy - Chairperson

MEMBERS

LOK SABHA

2. Dr. Ratna De (Nag) 3. Shrimati Rama Devi 4. Dr. Heena Vijaykumar Gavit 5. Dr. K.Gopal 6. Shri B.V. Naik 7. Shri N.K.Premchandran 8. Dr. Mahesh Sharma 9. Shri Parvesh Sahib Singh Verma 10. Shri Harinder Singh Khalsa

RAJYA SABHA

11. Sardar Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa 12. Shri Janardan Dwivedi 13. Shri Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi 14. Shri Derek O‟Brien 15. Shri T.K.Rangarajan

APPENDIX – XIX (Vide Para 19.2)

*COMMITTEE ON ETHICS (2014 – 15)

Shri Lal Krishna Advani – Chairperson MEMBERS 2. Shri A. Arunmozhithevan, 3. Shri Ninong Ering, 4. Shri Sher Singh Ghubaya, 5. Shri Hemant Tukaram Godse, 6. Shri Pralhad Joshi, 7. Shri Bhagat Singh Koshyari, 8. Shri Arjun Ram Meghwal, 9. Shri Bhartruhari Mahtab, 10. Shri Kariya Munda, 11. Smt. Jayshreeben Patel, 12. Shri Malla Reddy, 13. Shri Sumedhanand Saraswati, 14. Dr. Bhola Singh (Begusarai), 15. Shri Akshay Yadav, **

*Constituted w.e.f. 15 September, 2014 vide Bulletin Part-II para No.660 dated 15.09.2014. **Nominated w.e.f. 5 March, 2015 vide Bulletin Part-II para No.1504 dated 05.03.2015.

APPENDIX – XX (Vide Para 20.2)

JOINT COMMITTEE ON INSTALLATION OF PORTRAITS/STATUES OF NATIONAL LEADERS AND PARLIAMENTARIANS IN PARLIAMENT HOUSE COMPLEX.

Shrimati Sumitra Mahajan Chairperson

MEMBERS

LOK SABHA 2. Shri Sudip Bandyopadhyay 3. Dr. M. Thambi Durai 4. Shri Anant G. Geete 5. Shri Mallikarjun Kharge 6. Prof. Bhartruhari Mahtab 7. Shri Thota Narasimham 8. Shri A.P. Jithender Reddy 9. Shri Rajnath Singh RAJYA SABHA 10. Shri Ghulam Nabi Azad 11. Prof. Jogen Chowdhury 12. Shri Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi 13. Shri Sitaram Yechury

APPENDIX – XXI (Vide Para 21.2)

JOINT PARLIAMENTARY COMMITTEE (JPC) ON MAINTENANCE OF HERITAGE CHARACTER AND DEVELOPMENT OF PARLIAMENT HOUSE COMPLEX

Shrimati Sumitra Mahajan - Chairperson

MEMBERS

LOK SABHA

1. Shri Lal Krishna Advani 2. Shri Sudip Bhandopadhyay 3. Dr. M. Thambi Durai 4. Shri Anant G. Geete 5. Shri Mallikarjun Kharge 6. Shri Bhartruhari Mahtab

RAJYA SABHA 7. Shri K. Rahman Khan 8. Shri C.P. Thakur 9. Shri Sharad Yadav

Ex-Officio Members :

10. Prof. P.J. Kurien - Deputy Chairman, Rajya Sabha 11. Shri M. Venkaiah Naidu - Minister of Urban Development & Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs 12. Shri Rajnath Singh - Minister of Home Affairs

APPENDIX-XXII (Vide Para- 22.2)

*COMMITTEE ON VIOLATION OF PROTOCOL NORMS AND CONTEMPTUOUS BEHAVIOUR OF GOVERNMENT OFFICERS WITH MEMBERS OF LOK SABHA

Shri Rayapati Sambasiva Rao - Chairperson

MEMBERS 2. Shri M. Badruddin Ajmal,

3. Shri Gaurav Gogoi,

4. Shri Choudhury Mohan Jatua,

5. Dr. J. Jayavardhan,

6. Maj Gen B.C. Khanduri AVSM (Retd.),

7. Dr. Bhagirath Prasad,

8. Dr. Shrikant Eknath Shinde,

9. Shri Raj Kumar Singh,

10. Shri Pashupati Nath Singh,

11. Dr. Kirit Somaiya,

12. Shri Kadiyam Srihari ,

13. Shri Muzaffar Hussain Baig, **

14. Shri Dushyant Singh, ***

15. Col. (Retd.) Sona Ram Choudhary, ***

______Constituted w.e.f.15 September, 2014 vide Bulletin Part-II para No.662 dated 15.09.2014. **Nominated w.e.f.28 October, 2014 vide Bulletin Part-II para No. 727 dated 28.10.2014. ***Nominated w.e.f.03 December, 2014 vide Bulletin Part-II para No.1023 dated 8.12.2014.

APPENDIX –XXIII (Vide Para 23.2)

COMMITTEE ON WELFARE OF OBCs

1. Shri Rajen Gohain - Chairperson

MEMBERS

LOK SABHA 2. Shri. A.Arunmozhithevan 3. Shri. Bijoy Chandra Barman 4. Dr. Subhash Bhamre 5. Shri. Ramesh Bidhuri 6. Dr.Boora Narsaiah Goud 7. Shri. Prataprao Jadhav 8. Shri. Ram Mohan Naidu Kinjarapu 9. Dr. Banshilal Mahato 10. Dr. (Smt.) Pritam Gopinath Munde 11. Shri. Rodmal Nagar 12. Smt. Anupriya Patel 13. Shri. Mullappally Ramachandran 14. Shri. Rajeev Satav 15. Shri. Ganesh Singh 16. Dr. Nepal Singh 17. Shri. Rajveer Singh 18. Shri. Ladu Kishore Swain 19. Shri. Akshay Yadav 20. Shri. Om Prakash Yadav RAJYA SABHA 21. Shri. Ram Narain Dudi 22. Shri. B.K.Hariprasad 23. Shri. Ahamed Hassan 24. Shri. Narendra Kumar Kashyap 25. Shri. Vishambhar Prasad Nishad 26. Shri V.Hanumantha Rao 27. Smt. Vijila Sathyananth 28. Shri. Ashk Ali Tak 29. Shri. Ram Nath Thakur 30. Shri. Shankarbhai N.Vegad

(B) STATEMENT SHOWING THE DETAILS OF SITTINGS OF COMMITTEES/SUB-COMMITTEES

APPENDIX - XXIV (Vide Para 1.3)

BUSINESS ADVISORY COMMITTEE

Number Date of sitting Duration No. of members of sittings present 1 2 3 4

SECOND SESSION

Hrs. Mts.

1. 08.07.2014 0 30 11 + 1 (SPEAKER) 2. 14.07.2014 0 20 14 + 1 (SPEAKER) 3. 18.07.2014 0 30 10 + 1 (SPEAKER) 4. 25.07.2014 0 15 12 + 1 (SPEAKER) 5 05.08.2014 0 30 13 + 1 (SPEAKER) THIRD SESSION 6. 25.11.2014 0 27 10 + 1 (SPEAKER) 7. 27.11.2014 0 25 6 + 1 (SPEAKER) 8. 04.12.2014 0 30 8 + 1 (SPEAKER) 9. 11.12.2014 0 35 8 + 1 (SPEAKER) 10. 18.12.2014 0 23 11 + 1 (SPEAKER) FOURTH SESSION 11. 23.02.2015 0 30 9 + 1 (SPEAKER) 12. 25.02.2015 1 12 8 + 1 (SPEAKER) 13. 04.03.2015 0 30 9 + 1 (SPEAKER) 14. 13.03.2015 0 22 7 + 1 (SPEAKER) 15. 19.03.2015 0 25 10 + 1 (SPEAKER) 16. 20.04.2015 0 22 7 + 1 (SPEAKER) 17. 29.04.2015 0 20 7 + 1 (SPEAKER) 18. 06.05.2015 0 20 8 + 1 (SPEAKER) 19. 08.05.2015 0 20 9 + 1 (SPEAKER) 20. 12.05.2015 0 20 7 + 1 (SPEAKER)

SUMMARY OF RECOMMENDATIONS

The Committee recommended allocation of time to the following items of Government legislative, financial and other business:

Session No. of Bills for No. of items of business i.e. which time discussion on Motions, Resolutions, allocated reports, Railway. General Budget, Supplementary. Excess Demands for Grants etc. for which time allocated

1 2 3 FIRST No sitting was (4.6.2014 to 11.6.2014) held

SECOND 09 10 (7.7.2014 to 14.8.2014)

THIRD 16 01 (24.11.2014 to 23.12.2014)

FOURTH 22 13

(23.02.2015 to 20.03.2015 and 20.04.2015 to 13.05.2015)

APPENDIX – XXV (Vide Para- 2.6)

COMMITTEE OF PRIVILEGES

Sl. Date of Duration No. of Subject No. Sitting Members Hrs Mnts present 1 2 3 4 5 1. 26.09.2014 00 55 11 Discussion to chalk out the future course of action for the Committee. 2. 20.10.2014 01 40 13 Discussion on Issues of Breach of Privilege of Members arising in regard to the discharge of their other duties outside the Houses. 3. 11.11.2014 00 50 8 Further deliberations on the subject Issues of Breach of Privilege of Members arising in regard to the discharge of their other duties outside the Houses. 4. 05.05.2015 00 40 8 Consideration of Memorandum No. 1- regarding (i) Notices of question of privilege dated 17 and 20 April 2015 given by Shri Vinod Kumar Sonkar, MP and also signed by thirty four other members against the District.Police Administration of Allahabad for allegedly misbehaving with him while he wanted to raise a matter of public interest. (ii) Notice of question of privilege dated 27 April, 2015 given by Shri Keshav Prasad Maurya, MP against the District.Police Administration of Allahabad for allegedly issuing a notice to him in connection with setting up of a Magisterial Inquiry inter alia on the incident of demonstration.dharna led by him and Shri Vinod Kumar Sonkar, MP at the DM Residence Gate, Allahabad. 2. Consideration of Memorandum No. 2- regarding- Petition given by Shri M. Raja Mohan Reddy, MP and Leader of YSR Congress Party in Lok Sabha against Shri S.P.Y. Reddy, MP under the Tenth Schedule to the Constitution of India and Rules made thereunder.

APPENDIX -XXVI (Vide Para 3.3)

COMMITTEE ON ABSENCE OF MEMBERS FROM THE SITTINGS OF THE HOUSE

Sl. Date of Sitting Duration No. of Subject No Members Hrs. Mts. present 1 2 3 4 5 1. 03.12.2014 00 31 11 Leave of Absence of Members from the Sittings of the House

2. 28.04.2015 00 25 10 Leave of Absence of Members from the Sittings of the House

APPENDIX-XXVII (Vide Para 4.8)

COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT ASSURANCES

Sl. Date of Duration No. of Subject No. Sitting members present Hrs. Mts. 1 2 3 4 5 1. 22.09.2014 01 15 11 To take stock of the Pending Assurances and chalk out future programme of the Committee.

2. 08.10.2014 02 40 07 Oral evidence of the representatives of the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, Tribal Affairs and Ministry of Labour and Employment.

3. 30.10.2014 03 00 09 (i) Oral evidence of the representatives of the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (Department of Health Research) in connection with pending assurances upto 15th Lok Sabha (21 Assurances). (ii) Oral evidence of the representatives of the Ministry of Human Resource Development (Department of School Education & Literacy) in connection with pending assurances upto 15th Lok Sabha.

4. 25.11.2014 03 35 09 (i) Oral evidence of the representatives of the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (Department of AYUSH) in connection with pending assurances. (ii) Oral evidence of the representatives of the Ministry of Finance (Department of Financial Services) in connection with pending assurances. (iii) Oral evidence of the representatives of the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas in connection with pending assurances.

5. 11.12.2014 01 00 06 (i) Consideration and adoption of Draft Reports. (ii) Consideration of Memoranda containing requests received from various Ministries. Departments for dropping of pending assurances.

6. 22.12.2014 01 15 05 (i) Consideration and adoption of Draft Reports. (ii) Consideration of Memoranda containing requests received from various Ministries. Departments for dropping of pending assurances. (iii) Oral evidence of the representatives of the Ministry of Tourism in connection with pending assurances.

1 2 3 4 5

7. 12.02.2015 02 45 06 (i) Consideration of Memoranda containing requests received from various Ministries. Departments for dropping of pending assurances. (ii) Oral evidence of the representatives of the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare in connection with pending assurances.

8. 19.03.2015 01 45 08 Oral evidence of the representatives of the Ministry of Culture in connection with pending assurances.

9. 29.04.2015 02 00 08 (i) Consideration of Draft Reports. (ii) Consideration of Memoranda containing requests received from the Ministries.Departments for dropping of pending assurances. (iii) Oral evidence of the representatives of the Ministry of Railways in connection with pending assurances.

10. 06.05.2015 02 15 08 Oral evidence of the representatives of the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting in connection with pending assurances.

Appendix-XXVIII (Vide Para 5.4)

COMMITTEE ON PAPERS LAID ON THE TABLE

S.No. Date of Duration No. of Subject sitting Members present

Hrs Mnts 1 2 3 4 5 1. 15.09.2014 01 00 08 Memorandum No 01 regarding Matters for consideration of the Committee (2014-2015)

2. 30.09.2014 01 40 06 (i) Memo No 2 Examination of papers laid on Table of the House from 05.02.2014 to 21.02.2014; and

(ii) Oral evidence of the representatives of the Ministry of Human Resource Development (Department of Higher Education) in connection with delays in laying of Annual Reports and Audited Accounts of All India Council of Technical Education New Delhi

3. 03.11.2014 01 40 08 (i)Memorandum No. 03 regarding . “Examination of the Papers Laid on the Table of the House from 04.06.2014 to 11.06.2014 and from 07.07.2014 to 14.08.2014”; and

(ii) Oral evidence of the representatives of the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting and Prasar Bharati(Broadcasting Corporation of India), New Delhi - in connection with delay in laying of the Annual Reports and Audited Accounts of the Organisation.

4. 18.11.2014 01 30 10 Oral evidence of the representatives of the Ministry of Human Resources Development (Department of Higher Education) and (i) Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi and (ii) Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh - in connection with delay in laying of the Audited Accounts of the Universities

5. 18.12.2014 01 00 07 Draft Report containing the following Chapters :-

(i) Delay in laying of the Annual Reports and Audited Accounts of All India Council for Technical Education, New Delhi; and

1 2 3 4 5 ii) Delay in laying of the Annual Reports and Audited Accounts of Prasar Bharati (Broadcasting Corporation of India) New Delhi.

6. 09.01.2015 30 05 Oral Evidence of the representatives of the Ministry of Railways and Rail Land Development Authority (RLDA) New Delhi in connection with delay in laying of the Annual Report and Audited Accounts of RLDA

7. 03.02.2015 40 08 Memo No. 04 Regarding Examination of Papers Laid on the Table of the House during Winter Session from 24 November 2014 to 23 December 2014

8. 17.03.2015 01 00 08 Memorandum No. 05 regarding delay in laying of the Annual Reports and Audited Accounts of Betwa River Board, Jhansi for the year 2004-05 to 2013-2014

9. 01.04.2015 02 10 05 Oral Evidence of the following Ministries :-

(i) The Ministry of Home Affairs - in connection with delay in laying of the Annual Reports and Audited Accounts of National Institute of Disaster Management, New Delhi; and

(ii) The Ministry of Human Resource Development (Department of School Education & Literacy) - in connection with delay in laying of the Annual Reports and Audited Accounts of Navodaya Vidayalaya Samiti, Noida.

10. 15.04.2015 02 10 06 Oral evidence of the representatives of the following Ministries:- (i) The Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change - in connection with delay in laying of the Annual Reports and Audited Accounts of Central Zoo Authority, New Delhi; and

(ii) The Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports (Department of Sports) - in connection with delay in laying of the Annual Reports and Audited Accounts of Sports Authority of India, New Delhi.

11. 19.05.2015 01 40 06 Adoption of draft Third Report (16 Lok Sabha) containing the following Chapters on delay in laying of the Annual Report and Audited Accounts of the (i) Banaras Hindu University and (ii) Aligarh Muslim University

1 2 3 4 5 and (ii) Oral evidence of the representatives of the Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment in connection with delays in laying of the Annual Reports and Audited Accounts of the National Commission for Safai Karamcharies, New Delhi.

APPENDIX-XXIX (Vide Para 6.4)

COMMITTEE ON PETITIONS

Sl. Date of Duration No. of Subject No. Sitting Members present Hrs Mnts 1. 18.9.2014 00 30 12 To consider Memorandum No.1 regarding the working of the Committee on Petitions.

2. 30.9.2014 00 30 8 To consider the draft Action Taken Report of the Committee on Petitions.

3. 10.10.2014 01 00 8 (i) To hear the views of Ms. Rita Kunur regarding non- implementation of the decision of Appointments Committee of Cabinet (ACC).

(ii) To discuss the Action Taken on the recommendations made by the Committee on Petitions (15th Lok Sabha) in their Seventh Report on the representation of Smt. Rita Kunur regarding non- implementation of the decision of Appointments Committee of Cabinet (ACC).

4. 30.10.2014 02 00 8 (i) To further discuss the Action Taken on the recommendations made by the Committee on Petitions (15th Lok Sabha) in their Seventh Report on the representation of Smt. Rita Kunur regarding non- implementation of the decision of Appointments Committee of Cabinet (ACC).

(ii) To take oral evidence of the Ministry of Finance (Department of Financial Affairs)on the representation of Shri Amol Totey seeking non-inclusion of names of farmers who default in repayment of agriculture loans, on the Credit Information Bureau India Limited (CIBIL) list.

5. 20.11.2014 00 30 7 To take oral evidence of the representatives of the Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas on the representation received from Dr. Jagganath Khadegar regarding alleged discrimination against the bidders belonging to SC.ST community by Indian Oil Corporation.

6. 10.12.2014 00 30 8 To take oral evidence of the representatives of the Ministry of Railways on the representation received from Shri Rinku Agarwal, General Secretary, All Indian Railway Vendors Association, regarding – Railways' order for arbitrary closure of stalls.trolleys of 09 commission vendor at New Delhi Railway Station.

1 2 3 4 5 7. 20.1.2015 01 30 7 (i) To take oral evidence of the representatives of the Ministry of Home Affairs on the representation from Shri M.P. Baloni and forwarded by Smt. Mala Rajya Lakshmi Shah, MP, Lok Sabha alleging harassment and inaction on the part of Delhi Police.

(ii) To take oral evidence of the representatives of the Ministry of Civil Aviation on the representation received from Shri Javed Pandit regarding implementation of wage revision in Centaur Lake View Hotel, Srinagar.

8. 6.2.2015 00 30 6 To consider the following draft Reports of the Committee on Petitions:- (i) Draft Report on the representation received from Shri Rinku Agarwal, General Secretary, All Indian Railway Vendors Association, regarding – Railways' order for arbitrary closure of stalls.trolleys of 09 Commission Vendors at New Delhi Railway Station.

(ii) Draft Action Taken Report on the recommendations made by the Committee on Petitions (15th Lok Sabha) in their Seventh Report on the representation received from Smt. Rita Kunur regarding non- implementation of the decision of Appointments Committee of Cabinet (ACC).

9. 18.2.2015 30 8 Consideration and adoption of draft report on the representation received from Shri Amol M Totey regarding non-inclusion of names of defaulters of agriculture loan in CIBIL.

10. 7.4.2015 01 15 7 (i) To hear the views of Dr. Kirit Somaiya, MP, Lok Sabha who countersigned and presented the Petition of S.Shri Madhu Kotian and Jitesh Mataliya regarding horrible situation of Mumbai sub-urban trains causing dozens of deaths and injuries due to higher distance between platforms and coaches of local trains.

(ii) To take oral evidence of the representatives of the Ministry of Labour & Employment on the representation received from Shri Swapan Kumar Ghosal regarding amendment to the Act governing the working condition of contract labourers.

APPENDIX-XXX (Vide Para 7.3)

COMMITTEE ON PRIVATE MEMBERS’ BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS

Sl. No. Date of sitting Duration No. of members present

1 2 3 5 THIRD SESSION

Hrs. Mts.

*1. 10.11.2014 00 58 8 2. 25.11.2014 00 40 8 3. 8.12.2014 00 50 7 4. 15.12.2014 00 10 10

FOURTH SESSION

5. 23.2.2015 00 55 13 6. 2.3.2015 00 25 9 7. 9.3.2015 00 30 12 8. 16.3.2015 00 10 10 9. 20.4.2015 00 20 9 10. 27.4.2015 00 10 9 11. 5.5.2015 00 20 11

TOTAL TIME : 05 28

______* First sittings of the Committee held on 10.10.2014 during inter-session period.

APPENDIX – XXXI (Vide Para 8.5)

COMMITTEE ON SUBORDINATE LEGISLATION

S.No. Date of Duration No. of Subject Discussed Sitting Members present Hrs Mnts 1 2 3 4 5 1. 19.09.2015 00 45 12 Consideration of First Memorandum. 2. 3.11.2014 00 45 8 Consideration of Memorandum Nos. 2 to 4 3. 18.12.2014 00 45 10 Consideration and adoption of draft First Action Taken Report and draft Second Report. 4. 22.1.2015 00 25 3 No business could be transacted due to want of quorum.

5. 4.2.2015 01 15 10 Consideration of Memorandum Nos. 5 to 7 and thereafter, the Committee took Oral evidence of representatives of Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (Department of Health). 6 9.3.2015 00 45 11 Consideration and adoption of draft Third Action Taken Report and thereafter, the Committee considered Memorandum Nos. 8 to 10. 7 16.3.2015 00 35 11 Consideration and adoption of draft Fourth Action Taken Report. 8 6.4.2015 01 00 10 Consideration of Memorandum Nos. 11 to 13. 9. 5.5.2014 01 00 9 Consideration and adoption of draft Fifth Report and thereafter, the Committee considered Memorandum No. 14 to 16.

APPENDIX – XXXII (Vide Para 9.5)

COMMITTEE ON THE WELFARE OF SCHEDULED CASTES AND SCHEDULED TRIBES

Sl. No. Date of Duration Number of Subject Sitting members present 1 2 3 4 5 Hrs. Mins. 1. 03.09.2014 2 00 24 To welcome the members of the newly constituted Committee and selection of subjects. 2. 12.09.2014 2 15 23 Briefing by the representatives of Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) and Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment regarding "Reservation policies and other welfare measures for Scheduled Castes". 3. 24.09.2014 4 45 25 (i) Briefing by the representatives of Ministry of Health on "Review of various Ministries.Departments.PSUs in ensuring appointment and effective working of Liaison Officers to protect the interests of SCs and STs in their respective organisations; (ii) Briefing by the representatives of DoPT and Ministry of Tribal Affairs regarding reservation policies and other welfare measures for STs; and (iii) Briefing by the representatives of Ministry of Finance (Department of Financial Services) on the subject - "Reservation for and employment of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes in PSUs.other financial organisations under the Department of Financial Services including issue of delinking of seniority from confirmation". 4. 30.09.2014 2 30 17 Evidence of the representatives of the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (Department of Health and Family Welfare) and Medical Council of India (MCI) on the subject - Role of MCI in ensuring reservation for SCs and STs students in admission in Medical Institutes.Colleges in the country. 5. 29.10.2014 2 00 15 To take evidence of the representatives of Ministry of Finance (D.o FInancial Services) regarding the implementation of guidelines issued by DoPT and Ministry pertaining to reservation policies and other related issues for the welfare of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes by PSBs.Insurance Companies and other Financial Institutions. 6. 03.12.2014 2 30 18 (i) Adoption of Action Taken Report on Thirty Fifth Report, 15th Lok Sabha on the subject - "Reservation for and Employment of SCs and STs in National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC)" and (ii) Briefing by the representatives of Ministry of Human Resource Development (Department of School Education Literacy and Department of Higher Education) on the subject - "Role of Educational Institutions on socio-economic development of SCs and STs". 7. 10.12.2014 1 15 18 (i) Consideration and Adoption of draft Action Taken Report on Thirtieth Report (15th Lok Sabha) on the subject - "Prevention of untouchability in Mid Day Meal Scheme in Government run schools" and (ii) Briefing by the representatives of the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (Department of Health and Family Welfare), All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Delhi and Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh on the subject - "Reservation in Admissions and Employment in Medical Colleges and Medical Institutions [including AIIMS and PGI] in India". 8. 17.12.2014 0 45 16 (i) Consideration and adoption of draft ATR on "Tribal Sub Plan (TSP)" and (ii) Evidence of the representatives of the Ministry of Human Resource Development (D.o School Education and Literacy) for seeking clarifications on the ATR on 30th Report (15th LS) on the subject - "Prevention of untouchability in Mid Day Meal Scheme in Government run schools" and recent news article in this regard. 9. 08.01.2015 2 00 17 Evidence of the representatives of the Ministry of Finance (D.o Financial Services) as well as Central Bank of India on the subject "Reservation for and employment of SCs and STs in Central Bank of India". 10. 27.01.2015 2 45 22 (i) Evidence of the representatives of the Ministry of Human Resource Development (D.o School Education and Literacy) on the subject - "Role of Educational Institutions on socio-ecnomic development of SCs and STs". (ii) Evidence of the representatives of the Ministry of Home Affairs on Reservation Policy and its implementation in the Departments and Para Military Forces under their purview including Working of Liaison Officers to safeguard the interest of SCs and STs employees.

11. 11.03.2015 1 30 16 Evidence of the representatives of the M.o Steel & National Mineral Development Corporation (NMDC) on the subject - "Reservation for & Employment of SCs & STs in National Mineral Development Corporation (NMDC)". 12. 08.04.2015 2 30 21 (i) Clarification from representatives of Ministry of Human Resource Development (Department of Higher Education) regarding "Non- implementation of reservation policy in Delhi University in particular and other issues pertaining to Educational Development of SCs.STs in general" and (ii) Clarification from Ministry of Human Resource Development (Department of School Education and Literacy) on the subject regarding "Prevention of untouchability in Mid Day Meal Scheme in Government run schools". 13. 09.04.2015 1 45 13 (i) Adoption of Action Taken Report on the 26th Report (15th Lok Sabha) on the subject "Review of representations of SCs and STs in senior positions of Government of India" and (ii) Clarification from representatives of Ministries.Departments concerned on the Supreme Court's latest judgements dated 15th July, 2014 and 9th January, 2015 regarding relaxation in qualifying marks and rule of reservation of SCs and STs in promotion in the Officer Grade.Scale respectively. 14. 28.04.2015 0 30 15 Consideration and adoption of draft Chapter-I of the Action Taken Report on the subject - "Prevention of untouchability in Mid Day Meal Scheme in Government run schools".

COMMITTEE ON THE WELFARE OF SCHEDULED CASTES AND SCHEDULED TRIBES (2015-2016)

1. 20.05.2015 1 30 21 (i) Consideration of Memorandum No. 1 regarding selection of subjects for examination during the year 2015-16.

(ii) Meeting with the management of Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) and the representatives of the SC.ST Welfare Association regarding the follow up action taken by LIC after the Committee visit to Goa during February, 2015.

APPENDIX – XXXIII (Vide Para 10.5)

COMMITTEE ON EMPOWERMENT OF WOMEN

Sl. No. Date of Duration Number of Subject Sitting members present Hrs Mnts 1 2 3 4 5 1. 16.09.2014 01 30 18 Consideration of Memorandum No. 1 reg. selection of subjects.

2. 07.10.2014 02 00 14 Briefing by the representatives of the Ministry of Women and Child Development on their programmes and activities as well as on the subject 'Empowering Women through Self Help Groups'.

3. 16.10.2014 01 30 20 Interaction with the National commission for Women on the mandate and functioning of the Commission

4 30.10.2014 01 30 20 Briefing by the representatives of the Ministry of Home Affairs on the subject 'Women in Detention and Access to Justice'.

5. 16.12.2014 01 00 16 (i) To consider and adopt the draft Action Taken Report of the Committee on the action taken by the Government on the recommendation contained in their 20th Report (15 LS) on the subject 'Assessment of Educational Status of Women with Special Reference to the Girl Child' and 21st Report on the subject 'Working Conditions of Women in Police Force'.

(ii) Informal interaction with the 'High Level Committee on Status of Women' constituted by the Government of India to review and assess the Socio-economic, Political and Legal Status of Women.

6. 08.01.2015 03 30 15 Informal interaction with Dr. Kiran Bedi, India Vision Foundation and Prison Ministry India on the subject 'Women in Detention and Access to Justice'.

1 2 3 4 5

7 20.01.2015 02 00 14 Informal interaction with Delhi State Legal Services Authority (DSLSA) in connection with examination of the subject 'Women in Detention and Access to Justice'.

8. 09.02.2015 01 15 11 Oral evidence of Ministry of Railways in connection with examination of the subject 'Working Conditions of Women in Railways and Amenities for Women Passengers'.

9. 25.02.2015 01 00 13 Briefing by the representatives of the Ministry of Rural Development on the subject "Empowering Women through Self Help Groups'".

10. 18.03.2015 01 00 18 Oral evidence by the representatives (Department of Financial Services on the subject 'Working Conditions of Women in Public Sector Banks'.

11. 10.04.2015 01 00 13 Briefing by the representatives of the Ministry of Tribal Affairs on the subject 'Empowerment of tribal Women'. 12. 27.04.2015 45 17 Consideration and adoption of Draft report on the subject 'working Condition of Women in Railways and Amenities for Women Passengers'.

APPENDIX-XXXIV (Vide Para 12.4)

HOUSE COMMITTEE

Sl.No. Date of Duration No. of Subject Sitting Members present Hrs Mnts 1 2 3 4 5 1 19.6.2014 01 00 11 (1) Functioning of House Committee & MS Branch (2) Adoption of Criteria for allotment of accommodations to MPs of 16th LS 2 27.6.2014 01 35 09 (1) Issue of diplomatic passports and visas to the MPs.

(2) Status of vacation of accommodations and their habitability.

(3) Status of construction of 52 Nos. MS Flats. (4) Redevelopment plan for North Avenue and South Avenue areas. 3 04.07.2014 01 20 10 (1) Expenditure involved in additional and alterations in MPs residences (2) Renovation of MPs Canteen, North Avenue. (3) Estimates for electrical appliances

(4) Raising limits for repairs/alterations in MPs residential areas, status of provision of telephone at MPs residences in Delhi & Constituencies, cancellation and vacation of accommodations, progress of construction of new MS Flats, construction of Western Court Hostel Annexe and Redevelopment of North Avenue/South Avenue. 4 17.07.2014 01 00 11 (1) Status of Eviction of Regular/Guest Accommodations

(2) Status of habitability of accommodations including repair/renovation (3) Status of construction of new M.S. Flats at B.D. Marg

(4) Transfer Policy in respect of CPWD officials in Parliamentary Works Division (5) Provision of suites/double rooms to Members in Transit Accommodations 1 2 3 4 5 5 12.08.2014 01 20 09 (1) Security arrangements in and around MPs residential areas (2) Applicability of Public Premises (Eviction of Unauthorised Possession) on Guest Accommodation/ regular accommodation to Members (3) Status of eviction of regular/ guest accommodations (4) Status of habitability of accommodations and status of possession of accommodation of new Members (5) Status of construction of new MS Flats (Narmada and Kaveri Blocks) at Dr.BD Marg and discussion on the Redevelopment Plan of North Avenue and South Avenue areas (6) Memorandum No. 13 regarding additions.alterations in MPs residences enhancing the ceiling from the existing Rs.75,000/- to Rs.1,50,000/-. (7) Memorandum No. 14 regarding additions.alterations in MPs flats at Meena Bagh, South Avenue, North Avenue and MS Flats (False ceiling in master bed room on top floor and electrical installation, enhancing the ceiling from Rs.75,000/- to Rs.1,50,000/-. (8) Memorandum No. 15 regarding construction of 52 number of MS Flats for Members of Lok Sabha at B.D. Marg (fixing durable and non-durable furniture and furnishing) 6 01.09.2014 01 30 11 (1) Applicability of Public Premises (Eviction of unauthorized occupants) Act, 1971 on guest accommodation/ regular accommodation to Members. Ex-Members (2) Status of eviction of regular/ guest accommodation and preemptive action taken to overcome litigation. (3) Status of Habitability of accommodations including repairs/renovations and status of possession of accommodations by new Members. (4) Status of construction of new MS Flats (NARMADA and KAVERI) at B.D. Marg (5) Redevelopment Plan of North Avenue/ South Avenue areas. (6) Revision of Rates for Allotment of guest accommodation in Western Court Hostel (7) Addition/alteration at Members‟ residences - Memoranda No.17: renovation of toilets in MPs Bungalow No.C-17, Humayun Road, New Delhi &

- Memorandum No.18: additions/ alterations in MPs residences (8) Issue of Identity Cards to Members of Parliament (9) Providing of mobile phones to Members of Parliament 7 12.09.2014 01 30 10 (1) Replacement of existing Delhi Transport Corporation Maruti Versa vehicles by new vehicles and enhancement of hire charges of these vehicles. (2) Functioning of Medical Centre at Parliament House Annexe. (3) Renovation of MPs canteen at North Avenue and takeover of MPs Canteen at South Avenue by Railways. (4) Position of vacation of MPs flats and bungalows and habitability of accommodations (5) Progress of Construction of MS flats at Dr. B.D. Marg. (6) Additions.alterations at Members‟ residences (Memorandum No.23),

8 17.10.2014 00 40 08 (1) Redevelopment of North Avenue and South Avenue (2) Progress of construction of habitability of new MS Flats (NARMADA and KAVERI) at B.D. Marg, New Delhi (3) Position of vacation of MPs flats and Bungalows and their possession/habitability (4) Position of allotment

(5) Memorandum No. 25 regarding estimates for purchase of 93 Nos. refrigerators at the residences of MPs of Lok Sabha (6) Memorandum No. 26 regarding estimate for purchase of 23 Nos. refrigerators at residence of MPs of Lok Sabha.

(7) Memorandum No. 27 regarding estimate for purchase of 120 Nos. Split Air-Conditioners at residence of MPs of Lok Sabha. (8) Memorandum No. 28 regarding estimate for purchase of 14 Nos. Split Air-Conditioners (2.0 ton & 1.5 ton capacity) and refrigerators at VBP House, New Delhi. 9 07.11.2014 01 20 09 (1) Memorandum No.32: Proposal regarding provision of Broadband/FTTH at the MPs‟ residences in New Delhi (2) Position of vacation of MPs flats.bungalows, possession/habitability of accommodations including repairs.renovations (3) Memorandum No.33: regarding providing 75 Nos. Climatizer (Hot and Cold) AC units at the residences of MPs of Lok Sabha at New Delhi (4) Memorandum No.34: regarding estimates for purchase of RO system, Refrigerator and Split type Air- conditioners at V.P. House and MS Flats, New Delhi (5) Memorandum No.35: regarding additions.alternations in MPs‟ residences 10 19.01.2015 02 40 04 (1) Review of security arrangements in MPs' residential areas in New Delhi including inoperational CCTV cameras at North Avenue and South Avenue (a) Safety & Security of MPs‟ residential areas; (b) Unauthorised Parking; (c) Meetings with MPs; (d) Rectification of CCTV Cameras (2) Memorandum No. 36 (i) Redevelopment of North Avenue area (Flat No. 1-60); (ii) Position of furnishing and occupation of Narmada Flats by MPs and the progress of construction of Kaveri Block and (iii)Redevelopment of B.D. Marg (3) Memorandum No. 37 Setting up of single window system (4) Memorandum Nos. 39 to 44. Estimate for purchase of electrical appliances by CPWD for MPs‟ residences in New Delhi. (5) Memorandum No. 45: Maintenance of surroundings of MPs' residential areas under Swatch Bharat Abhiyan (6) Memorandum No. 46 Provision of adequate water by NDMC, Delhi Jal Board at MPs' residences in Delhi including V.P. House, Narmada and Kaveri Flats (7) Memorandum No. 47 Provision of Broadband/FTTH (Fibre to the Home) at official residences of MPs (8) Memorandum No. 48 Review of functioning of Medical Centre, Parliament House Annexe; and Supply of generic medicines to MPs by the CGHS Dispensaries 11 16.02.2015 02 15 06 (1) Memorandum No.49:- regarding provision of security in the Narmada Block of new MS Flats at B.D.Marg and review of security arrangements in MPs residential areas in New Delhi (2) Memorandum No.50:- regarding facilitation of MPs at Airports

(3) Memorandum No.51:-: regarding deployment of officials from the Ministry of External Affairs to facilitate issues of Diplomatic Passports.Visa Notes to the Members of Parliament.

(4) Memorandum No.52:- regarding facilitation of MPs at Toll Plazas and Non-appearance of Chairman, NHAI before House Committee.

(5) Memorandum No.53: regarding occupation of Narmada Flats and progress of construction of the Kaveri Block of new M.S. Flats at Dr.B.D. Marg, New Delhi. 12 29.04.2015 00 50 09 (1) Memorandum No.54:- Progress of construction of Kaveri Block of new MS Flats at Dr.B.D. Marg, New Delhi. (2) Memorandum No.55:- Construction of additional rooms in Western Court Hostel (3) MemorandumNo.56:- Redevelopment of North Avenue (flat Nos.1 to 64)

(4) Memorandum No.57:-:Redevelopment of Dr.B.D. Marg and construction of new flats (opp: Narmada and Kaveri Blocks)

(5) Memorandum No.58: Request of Shri Rajiv Pratap Rudy, Hon‟ble MOS Skill Development & Entrepreneurship (Independent Charge) & Parliamentary Affairs for transfer of 19 nos. VP House suites of Lok Sabha MPs Pool to Constitution Club of India. (6) Memoranda No.59 to 67 & 71 Estimates for purchase of electrical appliances by CPWD for the MPs‟ residences in New Delhi.

(7) Memorandum No.68: Enhancement of monetary ceiling for furniture provided in MPs residences.

(8) Memorandum No.69: Provision of covering of veranda for kitchen of staff quarters and repairing of drive way and provision of RCC Jaffari for Rear Lawn in Bungalow No.2, Pandit Pant Marg.

(9) Memorandum No.70:Additions/alterations in MPs‟ residences

APPENDIX - XXXV (Vide Para 13.3)

JOINT COMMITTEE ON OFFICES OF PROFIT

S.No Date of sitting Duration of No.of Subject Discussed sitting Members present From To (hrs.) (hrs) 1. 12.01.2015 1500 1600 10 Memorandum No.1 : Business transacted by the Committee during 15th Lok Sabha and the unfinished work of the Committee,

2. 13.02.2015 1500 1615 09 (i) Memorandum No.2: Nomination of the Members of Parliament (Oldest Member of Lok Sabha and Oldest Member of Rajya Sabha) to National Council for Senior Citizens (NCSrC). (ii) Oral Evidence of the representatives of the Ministry of Law and Justice in connection with the query of a Member of Parliament as to whether his appearing as Senior Advocate on behalf of State Governments, Central Government, Public Sector Undertakings, Municipal Corporations, Panchayats, Nationalised Banks, Co-operative Banks, Transport Corporations owned by State Government, Corporations owned by States or Central Government, would amount to holding of Office of Profit under the State or Central Governments or not. 3. 31.03.2015 1430 1700 9 (i) Oral evidence of the representatives of the Ministries of (i) Commerce & Industry (Department of Commerce) (ii) Civil Aviation (iii) External Affairs (iv) Coal and (v) Law and Justice (Department of Legal Affairs and Legislative Department) - in connection with Review of Committees. Boards. Organisations,

etc. referred to in Schedules to the Parliament (Prevention of Disqualification) Act, 1959, as amended from time to time.

4. 17.04.2015 1520 1700 5 To take oral evidence of the representatives of the Ministries of (i) Agriculture (Departments of Agriculture Research & Education, Agriculture & Co-operation and Animal Husbandry, Dairying & fisheries), Shipping and Law and Justice Department of Legal Affairs and Legislative Department) - in connection with Review of Committees. Boards. Organisations, etc. referred to in Schedules to the Parliament (Prevention of Disqualification) Act, 1959, as amended from time to time.

5. 30.04.2015 1500 1530 10 Consideration of two draft Chapters of the First Report i.e:- (i) Chapter-1 - Nomination of the Members of Parliament (Oldest Member of Lok Sabha and Oldest Member of Rajya Sabha) to National Council for Senior Citizens (NCSrC); and (ii)Chapter-2 - Query of Shri A. Navaneethakrishnan, M.P. (Rajya Sabha) as to whether a Member of Parliament appearing as Senior Advocate on behalf of State Governments, Central Government, Public Sector Undertakings, Municipal Corporations, Panchayats, Nationalised Banks, Co-operative Banks, Transport Corporations owned by State Government, Corporations owned by States or Central Government, would amount to holding of Office of Profit under the State or Central Governments or not.

6. 28.05.2015 1015 1315 9 Oral evidence of the representatives of the Ministries of Human Resource Development (Department of Higher Education) and Law and Justice (Department of Legal Affairs and Legislative Department) on Petition of Dr. Anupam Hazra, MP (LS) re: Statutory approval for discharging professional service as an Assistant Professor of Visva-Bharati (Central) University and Oral evidence of the representatives of the Ministries of Chemicals and Fertilizers (Department of Chemicals and Petrochemicals, Fertilizers and Pharmaceuticals), Textiles and Law and Justice (Department of Legal Affairs and Legislative Department) - in connection with Review of Committees.Boards. Organisations, etc. referred to in Schedules to the Parliament (Prevention of Disqualification) Act, 1959, as amended from time to time. APPENDIX – XXXVI (Vide Para- 14.3)

JOINT COMMITTEE ON SALARIES AND ALLOWANCES OF MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT

Sl. Date of Duration No. of Subject No. Sitting Members Hrs Mnts present 1 2 3 4 5 1. 26.09.2014 01 00 12 Election of Chairperson 2. 20.10.2014 01 10 11 Consideration of Memoranda Nos.1 to 5. 3. 17.11.2014 01 30 7 Oral evidence 4. 15.12.2014 00 45 5 Consideration of Memoranda Nos.6 and 7 and Oral evidence 5. 16.02.2015 01 05 8 Consideration of Memoranda Nos.8,9,10&11 and Oral evidence 6. 13.04.2015 02 00 10 Consideration of Memoranda Nos.12,13,14 & 15 7. 27.05.2015 01 20 6 Consideration of Memoranda Nos.16,17,18,19 & 20

APPENDIX –XXXVII(A) (Vide Para 15.6)

RULES COMMITTEE

Sl. Date of Duration No. of Subject No. Sitting Members Hrs. Mts. present 1. 02.01.2015 0 35 8 (i) Memorandum No.1 : Proposal for general review of Rules of Procedure and Conduct of Business in Lok Sabha and Directions by the Speaker, Lok Sabha.

(ii) Memorandum No. 2: Amendment of the Fourth Schedule to the Rules of Procedure and Conduct of Business in Lok Sabha.

(iii) Memorandum No. 3: Incorporation in the Rules of Procedure and Conduct of Business in Lok Sabha of the rules regarding constitution of a Committee on Ethics, its functions and procedure to be followed by the Committee and procedure for making ethics complaints.

2. 08.06.2015 1 15 8 Consideration of the Report presented by the Sub-Committee regarding incorporation of the rules regarding constitution of Committee on Ethics, its functions and procedure to be followed by the Committee and procedure for making ethics complaints, in the Rules of Procedure and Conduct of Business in Lok Sabha.

APPENDIX –XXXVII(B) (Vide Para 15.7)

SUB-COMMITTEE OF THE RULES COMMITTEE

Sl. Date of Sitting Duration No. of Subject No. Members Hrs. Mts. present 1. 30.01.2015 0 45 3 To examine the issue relating to incorporation of the rules regarding constitution of a Committee on Ethics, its functions and procedure to be followed by the Committee and procedure for making ethics complaints, in the Rules of Procedure and Conduct of Business in Lok Sabha

2. 18.02.2015 0 45 2 -do-

3. 27.05.2015 0 20 3 -do-

APPENDIX-XXXVIII (Vide Para 16.5)

RAILWAY CONVENTION COMMITTEE

Sl. No. Date of Duration No. of Subject sitting Hrs Mnts members present 1 2 3 4 5 1. 12.5.2015 00 45 14 Consideration of Memorandum No. 1 regarding selection of Subjects

2. 21.5.2015 02 00 11 Role of IRFC and use of SPV methodology in financing development needs of Indian Railways

APPENDIX-XXXIX (Vide Para 17.4)

COMMITTEE ON MPLADS

S. Date of Duration No. of Subject No. sitting (in hours Members &minutes) present H M 1 2 3 4 5 (2014-15) 1. 23.09.2014 01 45 16 The agenda for the first sitting of the committee was as under:- (i) Introduction of Members (ii) Consideration of Memorandum No. 1 on selection of subjects (iii) Discussion on expansion of scope of the Committee.

2. 10.10.2014 02 30 19 1.Briefing by the representatives of the Ministry of Rural Development and the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation on (a) Role of Members of Parliament in formulation, allocation of funds and implementation of schemes under the Ministry of Rural Development. (b) Grievances received from MPs and action taken thereon in respect of schemes under the Ministry of Rural Development. (c) MPLAD Scheme funds received for rural development and utilization thereof and on Convergence of MPLAD Scheme with the Schemes under the Ministry of Rural Development.

3. 17.10.2014 01 15 13 Briefing by the representatives of the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation and the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on MPLAD Scheme funds received for health and family welfare sector and implementation therefor.

4. 29.10.2014 01 15 15 Briefing by the representatives of the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation on the following:-

i) Status of implementation of the MPLAD Scheme ; ii) Proposals for amendments in the MPLADS guidelines; iii) Increase in the annual allocation of MPLADS funds; and iv) Role of MPLAD Scheme in the implementation of the Sansad Adarsh Gram Yojana.

5. 11.11.2014 01 10 19 Discussion with the representatives of the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation on (i) Suggestions for amendments to the existing guidelines of the MPLAD Scheme. (ii) Memorandum No.2 regarding proposal of Smt. Maneka Sanjay Gandhi, Hon'ble Minister for women and Child Development for purchase of animal ambulances under MPLAD Scheme for animal welfare organizations which run charitable shelters for homeless animals. (iii) Memorandum No. 3 regarding proposal of the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation on construction of more than one Community Centre in the same village.municipality under MPLAD Scheme.

6. 18.11.2014 01 15 08 Discussion with the representatives of the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation on (i) Suggestions for amendments to the existing guidelines of the MPLAD Scheme. (ii) Memorandum No.4 regarding proposal of the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation on naming of assets created under MPLADS after the name of eminent personalities.national icons.freedom fighters as an exception in MPLADS guidelines. (iii) Memorandum No. 5 regarding proposal of the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation on using MPLADS funds for civil construction works in schools out of MPLADS funds as per norms of the Right to Education Act, 2009.

7. 22.12.2014 00 15 11 Discussions with the representatives of the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation regarding review and amendments to the MPLADS guidelines.

8. 07.04.2015 02 00 14 (i)Discussion with the representatives of the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation on the need for enhancement of annual allocation of MPLADS funds in the light of budgetary allocation for MPLADS for 2015-16.

(i)Consideration and adoption of draft Report on the 9. 28.04.2015 00 40 11 proposals (a) for the purchase of animal ambulances; and (b) for the construction of more than one community centre in the same village.local area.

(ii)Consideration and adoption of draft Report on the proposals (a) for naming of assets created under MPLADS after the name of eminent personalities.national icons. freedom fighters; and (b) on using MPLADS funds for civil construction works in schools as per norms of Right to Education Act, 2009. (iii)Consideration of Memorandum No.6 regarding proposal for amending the MPLADS Guidelines for including Skill Development. (iv) Consideration of Memorandum No.7 regarding proposal for electrification of recognized school buildings through LED lights for energy efficiency out of MPLADS funds.

APPENDIX – XL (Vide para 18.3)

JOINT COMMITTEE ON FOOD MANAGEMENT

Sl. Date of Duration No. of Subject No. sitting members Hrs Mnts present 1 2 3 4 5 1. 03.03.2015 1 30 5 Procurement of 'Dawat Rice' for preparation of Biryani items in Parliament House Complex.

Different rates of Paneeer Pakora Parliament House Complex. providing of one more summer uniforms sets . Pasarattu stuffed with Onion and (ii) Pasarattu stuffed with Upma.

APPENDIX – XLI (Vide Para 19.6)

COMMITTEE ON ETHICS

Sl. Date of Sitting Duration No. of Subject No. Hrs Mnts Members present 1 2 3 4 5 1. 29.09.2014 00 40 14 Discussion to chalk out the future course of action for the Committee.

2. 11.11.2014 00 50 10 Incorporation in the Rules of Procedure and Conduct of Business in Lok Sabha of the rules regarding constitution of Committee on Ethics, its functions and procedure to be followed by the Committee and procedure for making ethics complaint.

3. 12.12.2014 00 20 8 Consideration and adoption of draft first report on the subject- Incorporation in the Rules of Procedure and Conduct of Business in Lok Sabha of the rules regarding constitution of Committee on Ethics, its functions and procedure to be followed by the Committee and procedure for making ethics complaint.

APPENDIX – XLII (Vide Para 22.4)

COMMITTEE ON VIOLATION OF PROTOCOL NORMS AND CONTEMPTUOUS BEHAVIOUR OF GOVERNMENT OFFICERS WITH MEMBERS OF LOK SABHA

Sl. Date of Sitting Duration No. of Subject No. Hrs Mnts Members present 1 2 3 4 5 1. 28.10.2014 00 55 09 Discussion to chalk out the future course of action for the Committee. 2. 18.11.2014 00 45 06 Further deliberations on future course of action for the Committee. 3. 23.01.2015 01 00 05 Further deliberations on future course of action for the Committee.

APPENDIX – XLIII (Vide Para 23.4)

COMMITTEE ON WELFARE OF OBCs

Sl. Date of Duration No. of Subject No. Sitting Members Hrs. Mts. present 1 2 3 4 5 1. 12.09.2014 02 00 22 To consider Memorandum No. 1 regarding selection of subjects for examination in 2014-15.

2. 23.09.2014 02 00 22 Briefing by the representatives of the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment and Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions on general issues relating to welfare of OBCs.

3. 18.12.2014 01 30 17 Brifing by the officials of the National Commission for Backward Classes (NCBC).

4. 06.01.2015 02 00 18 Consideration of the draft Report on the action taken by the Government on the recommandations of the Committee in their Fourth Report (Fifteenth Lok Sabha) on Reservation in employment and welfare measures for OBCs in Reserve Bank of India for adoption and for taking oral evidence of the representatives of the Ministry of Shipping and Paradip Port Trust, Kandla Port Trust and V.O. Chidambaranar Port Trust (Tuticorin Port Trust) in connection with examination of the subject Reservation in employment and welfare measures for OBCs in various Port Trusts and other organisations under Ministry of Shipping.

5. 27.01.2015 01 00 17 Consideration of the draft Report on the action taken by the Government on the recommandations of the Committee in their Fourth Report (Fifteenth Lok Sabha) on Reservation in employment and welfare measures for OBCs in Reserve Bank of India for adoption and briefing by the representatives of the Ministry of Railways on the subject Reservation in employment and welfare measures for OBCs in Railways.

6. 30.03.2015 01 30 23 To take oral evidence of the representatives of the Ministry of Labour and Employment and Employees Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) on the subject Reservation in employment and welfare measures for OBCs in Employees Provident Fund Organisation.

7. 22.05.2015 01 00 18 Oral evidence of the representatives of the Ministry of Power and the National Hydroelectric Power Corporation (NHPC) on the subject of Reservation in employment & welfare measures for OBCs in NHPC.

APPENDIX - XLIV (Vide Para No.1.4.)

BUSINESS ADVISORY COMMITTEE

Total Number of sittings held from 1st June, 2014 to 31th May, 2015 - 20

Sl.No. Name of Members No. of Sittings attended 1. Sumitra Mahajan (Smt.) - Chairperson, Lok Sabha 20

MEMBERS Shri Ramesh Bais 12 2. Shri Sudip Bandyopadhyay 05 3. Shri Hansraj Gangaram Ahir $ 05 4. Shri Anant Geete 13 5. Shri Pralhad Joshi 14 6. Shri Mallikarjun Kharge 06 7. Shri Arjun Ram Meghwal 19 8. Shri Thota Narasimham 20 9. Shri A.P. Jithender Reddy 15 10. Shri Rajiv Pratap Rudy % 05 11. Shri Tathagata Satpathy 17 12. Shri Ganesh Singh 14 13. Shri Anurag Singh Thakur 10 14. Dr. P. Venugopal 17 15. Dr. Mahendra Nath Pandey @ 05 16. Shri Jagdambika Pal @ 07 17.

@ Nominated w.e.f. 3.12.2014 vide Bulletin - Part II (No. 1023) dated 08.12.2014 % Nominated w.e.f. 13.6.2014 vide Bulletin - Part II (No. 140) dated 13.6.2014 and thereafter, nominated as Special Invitees w.e.f 24.11.2014. $ Shri Hansraj Gangaram Ahir, resigned from membership of BAC w.e.f. 25.11.2014 vide Bulletin - Part II (No. 940) 28.11.2014.

APPENDIX – XLV (Vide Para No.2.8)

COMMITTEE OF PRIVILEGES

Total No. of sittings held - 04*

Sl.No Name of Members No. of Sittings attended

1. Shri Shri S. S. Ahluwalia, Chairperson 04

MEMBERS

2. Shri Anandrao Adsul 03 3. Shri Kalyan Banerjee 01 4. Shri Anant Kumar Hegde 02 5. Smt. Meenakashi Lekhi 02 6. Shri Kesineni (Nani) 02 7. Shri J. J. T. Natterjee 03 8. Shri Jagdambika Pal 04 9. Shri Konda Vishweshwar Reddy 03 10. Shri Tathagata Satpathy 04 11. Shri Jyotiraditya M. Scindia 01 12. Shri Raj Kumar Singh 03 13. Shri Rakesh Singh 04 14. Shri Sushil Kumar Singh 02 15. Dr. Kirit Somaiya 02

APPENDIX -XLVI (Vide Para 3.4)

COMMITTEE ON ABSENCE OF MEMBERS FROM THE SITTINGS OF THE HOUSE.

Total No. of Sittings held - 02

Sl. Name of Members No. of Sittings attended No. 1. Shri P. Karunakaran- Chairperson 02

MEMBERS

Lok Sabha

2. Subhash Chandra Baheriya, 01

3. Shri Prabhatsinh Pratapsinh Chauhan, 02

4. Dr. Ratna De(NAG) , 02

5. Shri Deepender Singh Hooda, 01

6. Shri Dinesh Kashyap, Nil

7. Shri Hari Manjhi, 02

8. Prof. A. S. R. Naik, 02

9. Shri Devji M. Patel, 02

10. Dr. Anbumani Ramadoss, 01

11. Shri Naba Kumar Sarania, 02

12. Shri Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, 01

13. Shri Pashupati Nath Singh, 01

14. Shri Prabhubhai Nagarbhai Vasava, 02

15.* Prof. Sadhu Singh, Nil

Rajya Sabha

NIL

* Nominated w.e.f. 05.03.2015

APPENDIX-XLVII (Vide Para 4.10)

COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT ASSURANCES

Total number of sittings held - 10

Sl. Name of Members No. of Sittings No. attended

Dr. Ramesh Pokhriyal "Nishank"- Chairperson 10 MEMBERS 2. Shri Rajendra Agrawal 08 3. Shri E. Ahamed 06 4. Shri Anto Antony 02 5. Prof. (Dr.) Sugata Bose 05 6. Shri Naranbhai Bhikhabhai Kachhadia 06 7. Shri Bahadur Singh Koli 09 8. Shri Prahlad Singh Patel 06 9. Shri A.T. Nana Patil 02 10. Shri C.R. Patil 03 11. Shri Sunil Kumar Singh 03 12. Shri Tasleem Uddin 02 13. Shri K.C. Venugopal 03 14. Shri S.R. Vijayakumar 06 15. Shri Tariq Anwar 03

APPENDIX-XLVIII (Vide Para 5.5)

COMMITTEE ON PAPERS LAID ON THE TABLE

Total No of Sittings held – 11

Sl. Name of Members No. of Sittings attended No. 1. Shri Chandrakant Khaire - Chairperson 10 MEMBERS 2. Shrimati Veena Devi 03 3. Shri P.C. Gaddigoudar 08 4. Shri Laxman Giluwa 05 5. Shri Choudhary Mohan Jatua 10 6. Shrimati Mausaum Noor 02 7. Shri Bheemrao B. Patil 04 8. Shri Sanjay Kaka Patil 04 9. Shri Bishnu Pada Ray 07 10. Shri P.V. Midhun Reddy 03 11. Shri Uday Pratap Singh 04 12. Shri Virendra Singh 09 13. Shri P.R. Sundaram 02 14. Shri Manohar Untwal 04 15. Shri Dushyant Chautala 02

APPENDIX-XLIX (Vide Para 6.5)

COMMITTEE ON PETITIONS

Total Number of Sittings held - 10

Sl. No. Name of the Member Number of sittings attended

1. Shri Bhagat Singh Koshyari -Chairperson 9

MEMBERS

2. Shri Suresh C. Angadi 4

3. Shri Om Birla 2

4. Shri Jitendra Chaudhury 8

5. Shri Ram Tahal Choudhary 7

6. Shri Rajen Gohain 2

7. Dr. K. Gopal 8

8. Shri Chhedi Paswan 6

9. Shri Kamlesh Paswan 1

10. Smt. Krishna Raj 9

11. Shri Arjun Charan Sethi 7

12. Shri Kodikunnil Suresh 5

13. Shri Dinesh Trivedi 9

14. Shri Rajan Vichare 2

15. Shri Dharmendra Yadav --

APPENDIX-L (Vide Para 7.4)

COMMITTEE ON PRIVATE MEMBERS’ BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS

Sl. Name of Members No. of sittings attended No.

1. Dr. M. Thambidurai- Chairperson 11

MEMBERS

2. Shri Badruddin Ajmal Nil

3. Shri Thangso Baite 9

4. Kunwar Bharatendra 6

5. Shri Jayadev Galla 7

6. Shrimati Poonam Mahajan 5

7. Choudhary Mehboob Ali Kaiser 7

8. Shri Ratan Lal Kataria 10

9. Shri Santosh Kumar 5

10. Shri Dalpat Singh Paraste 9

11. Shri Y.V. Subba Reddy 6

12. Shri Abhishek Singh 8

13. Dr. Bhola Singh 6

14. Shri Kamakhya Prasad Tasa 7

15. Shri Shivkumar Udasi 10

APPENDIX-LI

(Vide Para 8.6)

COMMITTEE ON SUBORDINATE LEGISLATION

Total Number of sittings held – 9

S.No. Name of Members No. of sittings attended 1. Shri Dilipkumar Mansukhlal Gandhi - Chairperson 9 MEMBERS

2. Shri Idris Ali 6 3. Shri C. R. Chaudhary 5 4. Shri P. P.Chaudhary 6 5. Shri Shyama Charan Gupta 7 6. Shri Jhina Hikaka 3 7. Shri S. P. Muddahanumegowda 6 8. Shri V. Panneerselvam 2 9. Shri Prem Das Rai 5 10 Shri Chandu Lal Sahu 5 11. Shri Ram Prasad Sarmah 3 12. Adv. Narendra Keshav Sawaikar 8 13. Shri Ram Kumar Sharma 6 14. Shri Nandi Yellaiah 6 15. Shri Jayant Sinha* / Shri Birendra Kumar Chaudhary# 2* / 3 #

* Two meetings were attended by Shri Jayant Sinha till 10 November, 2014. Thereafter he was appointed as Minister in Central Government.

# Shri Birendra Kumar Chaudhary after his nomination to the Committee on 15 February, 2015, attended 3 out of the 4 meetings held during his tenure.

APPENDIX-LII(A) (Vide Para 9.6)

COMMITTEE ON THE WELFARE OF SCHEDULED CASTES AND SCHEDULED TRIBES

Total No. of sittings held 14.

Sl. Name of Members No. of Sittings attended No. 1 Shri Faggan Singh Kulaste, Chairperson 14 MEMBERS

Lok Sabha 2. Dr. Ravindra Babu 12 3. Shri Santokh Singh Chaudhary 08 4. Shri R. Dhruvanarayana 09 5. Shri Ramesh Jigajinagi 05 6. Shri Rattan Lal Katariya 09 7. Dr. Virendra Kumar 08 8. Shri Balbhadra Majhi 12 9. Smt. Pratima Mondal 11 10. Shri Kariya Munda 05 11. Shri Ram Chandra Paswan 09 12. Smt. Kamla Patle 05 13. Shri Visnu Dayal Ram * 03 14. Dr. Kirit Solanki 09 15. Shri Kadiyam Srihari 07 16. Shri Ajay Tamta 06 17. Shri Krupal Balaji Tumane 10 18. Dr. P. Venugopal 06 19. Shri Bhanu Pratap Singh Verma 10 20. Shri Chintaman Navsha Wanaga 07 Rajya Sabha 21. Shri Ramdas Athawale 07 22. Shri D. Raja 11 23. Shri Ambeth Rajan 13 24. Dr. Vijaylaxmi Sadho 13 25. Dr. Anil Kumar Sahani 09 26. Shri Nand Kumar Sai 03 27. Shri Jesudas Seelam 11 28. Smt. Wansuk Syiem 10 29. Shri S. Thangavelu 10 30. Mahant Shambhuprasadji Tundiya 07

* Nominated to Committee w.e.f. 3.12.2014

APPENDIX-LII(B) (Vide Para 9.6)

COMMITTEE ON THE WELFARE OF SCHEDULED CASTES AND SCHEDULED TRIBES

Total No. of sittings held- 1

Sl. Name of Members No. of Sittings attended No. 1 Shri Faggan Singh Kulaste, Chairperson 1 MEMBERS

Lok Sabha 2. Dr. Ravindra Babu 1 3. Shri Santokh Singh Chaudhary 1 4. Shri R. Dhruvanarayana 1 5. Dr. K. Gopal - 6. Shri Ramesh Jigajinagi 1 7. Shri Rattan Lal Katariya 1 8. Dr. Virendra Kumar 1 9. Shri Balbhadra Majhi - 10. Smt. Pratima Mondal 1 11. Shri Kariya Munda - 12. Prof. Seetaram Ajmeera Naik 1 13. Shri Ram Chandra Paswan - 14. Shri Visnu Dayal Ram 1 15. Dr. Kirit Solanki 1 16. Smt. Kamla Devi Patle - 17. Shri Ajay Tamta 1 18. Shri Krupal Balaji Tumane 1 19. Shri Bhanu Pratap Singh Verma 1 20. Shri Chintaman Navsha Wanaga 1 Rajya Sabha 21. Shri Ramdas Athawale 1 22. Smt. Sarojini Hembram - 23. Shri D. Raja 1 24. Dr. Vijaylaxmi Sadho 1 25. Shri Nand Kumar Sai - 26. Shri Jesudas Seelam 1 27. Shri Veer Singh 1 28. Smt. Wansuk Syiem - 29. Shri S. Thangavelu 1 30. Mahant Shambhuprasadji Tundiya -

APPENDIX – LIII (Vide Para No. 10.6)

COMMITTEE ON EMPOWERMENT OF WOMEN

Total No. of sittings held- 12

Sl. Name of Members No. of Sittings attended No. 1. Shrimati Bijoya Chakravarty, Chairperson 12

MEMBERS

Lok Sabha 2. Shrimati Anju Bala 11 3. Kum. Sushmita Dev 05 4. Shrimati Rama Devi 10 5. Shrimati Jyoti Dhurve 03 6. Shrimati Bhavana Gawali 06 7. Smt. Shobha Karandlaje (reisgned w.e.f 18.09.2015) 01 Smt. Riti Pathak (nominated to the Committee w.e.f. 05.02.2015 vice Smt. Shobha Karandlaje) 04 8. Shrimati Rakshatai Khadse 03 9. Shrimati Poonamben Maadam 03 10. Ms. Mehbooba Mufti 01 11. Shrimati Anupriya Patel 06 12. Shrimati Jayshreeben Patel 08 13. Shrimati Butta Renuka 07 14. Shrimati Satabdi Roy 09 15. Shrimati Mala Rajyalakshmi Shah 05 16. Shrimati Rita Tarai 12 17. Shrimati P. K. Sreemathi Teacher 08 18. Shrimati Savitri Thakur 08 19. Shrimati R. Vanaroja 09 20. Smt. Supriya Sule (nominated to the Committee w.e.f. Nil 05.02.2015) Rajya Sabha

21. Shrimati Jaya Bachchan (resigned w.e.f. 18.09.2015) Nil Shrimati Kanimozhi (nominated to the Committee w.e.f. Nil 05.02.2015 vice Shrimati Jaya Bachchan) 22. Shrimati Jharna Das Baidya 05 23. Shrimati Vandana Chavan 06 24. Shrimati Mohsina Kidwai 06 25. Shri Anubhav Mohanty 01 26. Shrimati Kahkashan Perween 09 27. Shri G. N. Ratanpuri(retired w.e.f. 05.02.2015) 06 28. Shrimati Bimla Kashyap Sood 09 29. Shri A.V. Swamy 08 30. Shrimati Wansuk Syiem 06

APPENDIX – LIV (Vide Para No. 12.5)

HOUSE COMMITTEE

Total Number of sittings held -12

Sl.No. Name of Members No. of sittings attended

1. Shri Arjun Ram Meghwal - Chairman 3

MEMBERS

2. Shri Anwhar Raajhaa. A 9

3. Shri Kalyan Banerjee 10

4. Shri Angadi Suresh Channabasappa 9

5. Shri Rajen Gohain 8

6. Shri Rama Chandra Hansdah 7

7. Smt. Meenakshi Lekhi 10

8. Shri Adhalrao Shivaji Patil 10

9. Shri Konakalla Narayana Rao 7

10. Shri Rakesh Singh 7

11. Shri Bhanu Pratap Singh Verma 11

12. Shri Gutha Sukender Reddy 4

APPENDIX-LV (Vide Para 13.3)

JOINT COMMITTEE ON OFFICE OF PROFIT

Total No. of sittings held - 06

Sl. Name of Members No. of Sittings attended No.

1. Shri P.P. Chaudhary - Chairman 06 MEMBERS

Lok Sabha 2. Shri T.G. Venkatesh Babu 02 3. Adv. Sharad Bansode - 4. Smt. Meenakshi Lekhi 04 5. Shri Bhagwant Maan 02 6. Shri Arjun Ram Meghwal 04 7. Shri M.K. Raghavan 03 8. Prof. Saugata Roy 05 9. Dr. Satya Pal Singh 04 10. Smt. Supriya Sule 02 Rajya Sabha

11. Shri Naresh Agrawal 01 12. Shri C.P. Narayanan 03 13. Shri Dilipbhai Pandya 06 14. Shri Sukhendu Sekhar Roy 04 15. Shri K.C. Tyagi 06

APPENDIX – LVI (Vide Para 14.4)

Joint Committee on Salaries and Allowances of Members of Parliament

Total No. of sittings held - 06

S.No Name of Member No. of Sittings attended

Lok Sabha

1 Shri Yogi Adityanath 5 2 Shri Sudip Bandyopadhyay 1 3 Shri Thupstan Chhewang 3 4 Shri Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury 3 5 Smt. V. Sathyabama 5 6 Shri Raju alias Devappa Anna Shetti 2 Shri Giriraj Singh** 2 7 Shri Gokaraju Ganga Raju** 0 8 Shri Satya Pal Singh 5 9 Shri Parvesh Sahib Singh Verma 5 10 Shri C.S. Puttaraju*** 1

Rajya Sabha

11 Shri Satish Chandra Misra 2 12 Dr. C.P. Thakur 3 13 Shri Pramod Tiwari 5 14 Shri K.C. Tyagi 5 Shri Sitaram Yechury* 1 15 Shri K.N Balagopal* 5

*** Nominated to the Jt Committee on Salaries and Allowances of Members of Parliament w.e.f. 05.03.2015 vide Lok Sabha Bulletin Part-II No 1503 daed 05.03.2015

APPENDIX –LVII (Vide Para No. 15.8)

RULES COMMITTEE

Total No. of Sittings held: 02

Sl. Name of Members No. of Sittings attended No. Smt. Sumitra Mahajan - Chairperson 2

Lok Sabha

2. Shri Nishikant Dubey 2 3. Shri Dilipkumar Mansukhlal Gandhi 2 4. Shri Bhartruhari Mahtab 1 5. Shri Ramesh Chander Kaushik 1 6. Dr. Udit Raj 1 7. Shri Vinayak Bhaurao Raut 2 8. Prof. Saugata Roy 2 9. Shri Ganesh Singh 1 10. Dr. Nepal Singh 2

APPENDIX –LVIII (Vide Para 16.6)

RAILWAY CONVENTION COMMITTEE

Total Number of sittings held - 2

Sl. No. Name of Member No. of sittings attended

1 Shri Bhartruhari Mahtab- Chairperson 2 MEMBERS Lok Sabha 2 Shri Sanganna Amarappa Karadi 2 3 Shri K. Ashok Kumar 2 4 Shri Abhishek Bannerjee 0 5 Shri Kamalbhan Singh Marabi 1 6 Smt. Anupriya Patel 1 7 Shri Nana Patole 1 8 Shri Janak Ram 2 9 Shri Rahul Ramesh Shewale 2 10 Shri Bharat Singh 2 11 Shri Liladharbhai Khodaji Vaghela 0 12 Shri K.C. Venugopal 1 Rajya Sabha

13 Shri Avinash Rai Khanna 2 14 Shri Derek O‟ Brien 2 15 Dr. Vijaylaxmi Sadho 2 16 Shri Arvind Kumar Singh 1 17 Shri T.K. Rangarajan 1 18 Shri K.C. Tyagi 1

APPENDIX- LIX (Vide Para 17.5) COMMITTEE ON MPLADS

Total Number of sittings held - 09

Sl. Name of Members No. of sittings attended No.

1. Dr. M. Thambidurai - Chairperson 09

MEMBERS

2. Shri Kirti Azad 06 3. Shri Sudip Bandyopadhyay 01 4. Shri Harishchandra Chavan 03 5. Shri Dilipkumar Mansukhlal Gandhi 06 6. Dr. Kambhaati Haribabu 02 7. Shri Virender Kashyap 07 8. Shri Md. Badruddoza Khan 09 9. Shri Shailesh Kumar 07 10. Shri Arjunlal Meena 06 11. Shri Anoop Mishra 01 12. Shri P.C. Mohan 05 13. Shri Vincent H. Pala 06 14. Shri Chirag Paswan 05 15. Shri Dilip Patel 03 16. Shri Vijaysinh Shankarrao Mohite Patil 01 17. Shri Mukesh Rajput 06 18. Dr. Ravindra Kumar Ray 03 19. Shri A.P. Jithender Reddy 07 20. Shri Y.V. Subba Reddy 09 21. Shri Lakhan Lal Sahu 04 22. Dr. Kulamani Samal 08 23. Shri M.I. Shanavas 03 24. Shri Satyapal Singh (Sambhal) 09

ANNEXURE – LX (Vide Para 18.4)

JOINT COMMITTEE ON FOOD MANAGEMENT IN PARLIAMENT HOUSE COMPLEX

Total Number of sitting held – 1

Sl. Name of Members No. of Sitting attended No.

MEMBERS Lok Sabha 1. Shri A.P.Jithender Reddy 01 2. Dr. Ratna De (Nag) 01 3. Shrimati Rama Devi 01 4. Dr. Heena Vijaykumar Gavit - 5. Dr. K.Gopal - 6. Shri B.V. Naik 01 7. Shri N.K.Premchandran - 8. Dr. Mahesh Sharma - 9. Shri Parvesh Sahib Singh Verma 01 10. Shri Harinder Singh Khalsa -

Rajya Sabha

11. Sardar Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa - 12. Shri Janardan Dwivedi - 13. Shri Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi - 14. Shri Derek O‟Brien - 15. Shri T.K.Rangarajan -

APPENDIX – LXI (Vide Para No. 19.5)

COMMITTEE ON ETHICS

Total No. of sittings held- 03

Name of Members No. of Sittings attended

1. Shri Lal Krishna Advani (Chairperson) 04

MEMBERS 2. Shri A. Arunmozhithevan, 01 3. Shri Ninong Ering, 02 4. Shri Sher Singh Ghubaya, 03 5. Shri Hemant Tukaram Godse, 02 6. Shri Pralhad Joshi, 01 7. Shri Bhagat Singh Koshyari, 03 8. Shri Arjun Ram Meghwal, 02 9. Shri Bhartruhari Mahtab, 02 10. Shri Kariya Munda, 03 11. Smt. Jayshreeben Patel, 02 12. Shri Malla Reddy, 02 13. Shri Sumedhanand Saraswati, 03 14. Dr. Bhola Singh (Begusarai), 02 15. Shri Akshay Yadav, 00

APPENDIX – LXII (Vide Para No.22.5)

COMMITTEE ON VIOLATION OF PROTOCOL NORMS AND CONTEMPTUOUS BEHAVIOUR OF GOVERNMENT OFFICERS WITH MEMBERS OF LOK SABHA

Total No. of sittings held - 03*

Name of Members No. of Sittings attended

1. Shri Rayapati Sambasiva Rao (Chairperson) 03

MEMBERS 2. Shri M. Badruddin Ajmal, 00 3. Shri Gaurav Gogoi, 01 4. Shri Choudhury Mohan Jatua, 03 5. Dr. J. Jayavardhan, 03 6. Maj Gen B.C. Khanduri AVSM (Retd.), 01 7. Dr. Bhagirath Prasad, 03 8. Dr. Shrikant Eknath Shinde, 00 9. Shri Raj Kumar Singh, 01 10. Shri Pashupati Nath Singh, 01 11. Dr. Kirit Somaiya, 00 12. Shri Kadiyam Srihari , 01 13. Shri Muzaffar Hussain Baig, 00 14. Shri Dushyant Singh, 00 15. Col (Retd.) Sona Ram Choudhary, 00

APPENDIX –LXIII (Vide Para 23.6)

COMMITTEE ON WELFARE OF OTHER BACKWARD CLASSES

Total Number of sittings held - 7

Sl. No. Name of Member No. of sittings attended 1. Shri Bandaru Dattatraya, Chairperson (Up to 2 09.11.2014) Shri Rajen Gohain, Chairperson (w.e.f 12.12.2014) 1 (as Member) 5 (as Chairperson) MEMBERS Lok Sabha 2. Shri. A.Arunmozhithevan 3

3. Shri. Bijoy Chandra Barman 7 4. Dr. Subhash Bhamre 5 5. Shri. Ramesh Bidhuri 2 6. Dr.Boora Narsaiah Goud 5 7. Shri. Prataprao Jadhav 3 8. Shri. Ram Mohan Naidu Kinjarapu 5 9. Dr. Banshilal Mahato 4 10. Dr. (Smt.) Pritam Gopinath Munde 3 11. Shri. Rodmal Nagar 7 12. Smt. Anupriya Patel 5 13. Shri. Mullappally Ramachandran 6

14. Shri. Rajeev Satav 1 15. Shri. Ganesh Singh 2 16. Dr. Nepal Singh 6 17. Shri. Rajveer Singh 6 18. Shri. Ladu Kishore Swain 4 19. Shri. Akshay Yadav 2 20. Shri. Om Prakash Yadav 5 Rajya Sabha 21. Shri. Ram Narain Dudi 3 22. Shri. B.K.Hariprasad 3 23. Shri. Ahamed Hassan 3 24. Shri. Narendra Kumar Kashyap 4 25. Shri. Vishambhar Prasad Nishad 5 26. Shri V.Hanumantha Rao 5 27. Smt. Vijila Sathyananth 3 28. Shri. Ashk Ali Tak 7 29. Shri. Ram Nath Thakur 7 30. Shri. Shankarbhai N.Vegad 7

(D) STATEMENT SHOWING TOURS UNDERTAKEN BY COMMITTEES/SUB-COMMITTEES AND PLACES VISITED ETC.

APPENDIX-LXIV (Vide Para 5.7)

COMMITTEE ON PAPERS LAID ON THE TABLE

I. Study Visit to Chennai, Bangalore, Goa and New Delhi from 17.01.2015 to 22.01.2015.

Sl. Organisatons/Places Date of Visit Composition No. 1. Coastal Aquaculture Authority, 17.01. 2015 1 Shri Chandrakant Khaire Chennai. Chairperson 2. Shri Bheemrao B.Patil 2. Employee Provident Fund 17.01. 2015 3. Shri Virendra Singh Organisation,(EPFO). 4. Shri P.R. Sundaram 5. Shri Manohar Untwal

3. Indian Institute of Management, 19.01. 2015 (IIM) Bangalore. 4. Indian Institute of Science, 19.01. 2015 (IISc) Bangalore. 5. Coffee Board, Bangalore. 20.01. 2015 6. Goa Rashtriya Madhyamik 21.01. 2015 Shiksha Abhiyan, Goa 7. Goa Meat Complex, Goa 21.01. 2015 8. Airport Authority of India, New 22.01. 2015 Delhi

APPENDIX-LXV (Vide Para 6.7)

COMMITTEE ON PETITIONS

I. Study Visit to Srinagar and Mumbai from 16 to 20 May 2015.

Sl Ministries/Departments/ Date of visits Composition No. Organisation and Places of Visit 1. Ministry of Civil Aviation and 16.5.2015 to Shri Bhagat Singh Koshyari - Hotel Corporation of India / 18.5.2015 Chairperson Srinagar 2. Members Ministry of Railways and 19.5.2015 to Ministry of Urban Development 20.5.2015 2. Shri Om Birla / Mumbai 3. Shri Jitendra Chaudhury 4. Shri Ram Tahal Choudhary 5. Dr. K. Gopal 6. Shri Chhedi Paswan 7. Smt. Krishna Raj 8. Shri Kodikunnil Suresh 9. Shri Dinesh Trivedi 10. Shri Rajan Vichare

APPENDIX – LXVI (Vide Para 8.8)

COMMITTEE ON SUBORDINATE LEGISLATION

I. Study visit to Kolkata, Port Blair, Chennai and Kochi from 13 to 17 April, 2015

S.No Organisations/Places visited Date of Composition Visit 1. Allahabad Bank, Kolkata 13.4.2015 1. Shri Dilipkumar Mansukhlal Gandhi, Chairperson 2. Shri Idris Ali 2. IOC/HPCL, Kolkata 13.4.2015 3. Shri C.R. Chaudhary 4. Shri P.P. Chaudhary 5. Shri Shyama Charan Gupta 3. Department of Disaster 15.4.2015 Management, A&N Islands 6. Shri S.P. Muddahanumegowda

4. Police Department, A&N 15.4.2015 7.Adv. Narendra Keshav Sawaikar Islands 8. Shri Ram Kumar Sharma 5. Civil Supplies and Consumer 15.4.2015 Affairs Department, A&N 9. Shri Nandi Yellaiah Islands 10. Shri Birendra Kumar Chaudhary 6. Environment and Forests 15.4.2015 Department, A&N Islands

7. Tuticorin Port Trust, Chennai 16.4.2015

8. United India Insurance 16.4.2015 Company Limited, Chennai

9. Kochi Refineries, Kochi 17.4.2015

10 State Bank of Travancore, 17.4.2015 Kochi

II. Study visit to Hyderabad, Bengaluru and Mumbai from 29 May to 1 June, 2015

S.No Organisations/Places visited Date of Composition Visit 1. Food Corporation of India, 29.5.2015 1. Shri Dilipkumar Mansukhlal Gandhi, Hyderbad Chairperson 2. University of Hyderabad, 29.5.2015 2. Shri Idris Ali Hyderabad 3. Shri C.R. Chaudhary 4. Shri P.P. Chaudhary 3. State Bank of Hyderabad, 29.5.2015 5. Shri Shyama Charan Gupta Hyderabad 4. National Institute of Fashion 30.5.2015 6. Shri S.P. Muddahanumegowda Technology, Bengaluru 5. State Bank of Mysore, 30.5.2015 7.Shri Prem Das Rai Bengaluru 8. Shri Ram Kumar Sharma 6. Coffee Board, Bengaluru 30.5.2015 9. Shri Nandi Yellaiah 7. New India Assurance Co. Ltd, 1.06.2015 10. Shri Birendra Kumar Chaudhary Mumbai

8. State Bank of India, Mumbai 1.06.2015

9. Oil Natural Gas Corporation, 1.06.2015 Mumbai 10 Mumbai Port Trust, Mumbai 1.06.2015

APPENDIX – LXVII (Vide Para 9.8)

COMMITTEE ON THE WELFARE OF SCHEDULED CASTES AND SCHEDULED TRIBES

I. Study visit to Raipur, Hyderabad and Chennai from 15th to 20th October, 2015.

S.No Organisations/Places visited Date of Composition Visit 1. Raipur- 15.10.2014 Lok Sabha Meeting with SC/ST to Employees Welfare 16.10.2014 1. Shri Faggan Singh Kulaste Associations and 2. Shri R. Dhruvanarayan Managements of South 3. Smt. Kamla Devi Patle Eastern Coalfields Limited, 4. Dr. Virendra Kumar Rail Vikas Nigam Limited, 5. Shri Balbhadra Majhi Allahabad Bank, Andhra 6. Shri Ramchandra Paswan Bank, Canara Bank and 7 Shri Ajay Tamta Chief Secretary and Officials 8. Shri Krupal Balaji Tumane State Government of 9. Shri Bhanu Pratap Singh Verma Chhattisgarh. Rajya Sabha

1. Shri Ramdas Athawale 2. Shri Nand Kumar Sai 3. Dr. Vijaylaxmi Sadho 4. Dr. Anil Kumar Sahani 5. Shri J.D. Seelam 6. Shri S. Thangavelu

2. Hyderabad- 18.10.2014 Lok Sabha Meeting with SC/ST to Employees Welfare 19.10.2014 1. Shri Faggan Singh Kulaste Associations and 2. Shri R. Dhruvanarayan Managements of IRCON 3. Dr. Virendra Kumar International Ltd., National 4. Shri Balbhadra Majhi Bank of Agriculture and 5. Shri Ramchandra Paswan Rural Development 6 Shri Ajay Tamta (NABARD), State Bank of 7. Shri Krupal Balaji Tumane Hyderabad, Hindustan 8. Shri Bhanu Pratap Singh Verma Aeronautics Limited HAL), 9. Dr. Ravindra Babu 10.Shri Srihari Kadiyam

Rajya Sabha 1. Shri Ramdas Athawale 2. Dr. Vijaylaxmi Sadho 3. Dr. Anil Kumar Sahani 4. Shri J.D. Seelam 5. Shri S. Thangavelu

S.No Organisations/Places visited Date of Composition Visit 3. Chennai- 20.10.2014 Lok Sabha Meeting with SC/ST 1. Shri Faggan Singh Kulaste Employees Welfare 2. Dr. Ravindra Babu Associations and 3. Shri R. Dhruvanarayan Managements of Bharat 4. Dr. Virendra Kumar Electronics Limited (BEL), 5. Shri Ramchandra Paswan United India Insurance 6. Shri Bhanu Pratap Singh Verma Company Limited (UIICL), 7. Shri Rattan Lal Kataria Bank of India (BOI) and 8. Dr. Pnnusamy Venugopal Ministry and Controller General of Patents, Designs Rajya Sabha and Trade Marks. 1. Shri Ambeth Rajan 2. Dr. Vijaylaxmi Sadho 3. Dr. Anil Kumar Sahani 4. Smt Wansuk Syiem 5. Shri S. Thangavelu

II. Study visit to Kochi, Bengaluru, Goa and Mumbai from 4th to 9th February, 2015.

1. Kochi 04.02.2015 Lok Sabha Meeting with SC/ST 1. Shri Faggan Singh Kulaste Employees Welfare 2. Dr. Ravindra Babu Associations and 3. Shri R. Dhruvanarayan Managements of Cochin Port 4. Dr. Virendra Kumar Trust, Container Corporation 5. Shri Ramchandra Paswan of India, Export Credit 6. Shri Krupal Balaji Tumane Guarantee Corporation of 7. Shri Rattan Lal Kataria India Limited and BPCL Kochi Refinery. Rajya Sabha Dr. Vijaylaxmi Sadho

2. Bengaluru 05.02.2015 Lok Sabha Meeting with SC/ST 1. Shri Faggan Singh Kulaste Employees Welfare 2. Dr. Ravindra Babu Associations and 3. Shri R. Dhruvanarayan Managements Small 4. Dr. Virendra Kumar Industries Development Bank 5. Shri Ramchandra Paswan of India, Bank of 6. Shri Krupal Balaji Tumane Maharashtra, Bharat Earth 7. Shri Balbhadra Majhi Movers Limited and Chief Secretary and Officials of the Rajya Sabha State Government of 1. Shri Ramdas Athawale Karnataka. 2. Dr. Vijaylaxmi Sadho

S.No Organisations/Places visited Date of Composition Visit

3 Goa – 06.02.2015 Lok Sabha Meeting with SC/ST to 1. Shri Faggan Singh Kulaste Employees Welfare 07.02.2015 2. Dr. Ravindra Babu Associations and 3. Shri R. Dhruvanarayan Managements of Konkan 4. Dr. Virendra Kumar Railway Corporation Limited, 5. Shri Balbhadra Majhi Steel Authority of India 6. Shri Ramchandra Paswan Limited, United Bank of India, 7 Shri Ajay Tamta ONGC Videsh Limited and 8. Shri Krupal Balaji Tumane Life Insurance Corporation of 9. Shri Bhanu Pratap Singh Verma India, MMTC Limited, General 10.Shri Rattan Lal Kataria Insurance Corporation of India, Bank of Baroda, Rajya Sabha Mormugao Port Trust and IDBI Bank. 1. Shri Ramdas Athawale 2. Dr. Vijaylaxmi Sadho 3. Dr. Anil Kumar Sahani 4. Shri J.D. Seelam

4 Mumbai- 09.02.2015 Lok Sabha Meeting with SC/ST Employees Welfare 1. Dr. Ravindra Babu Associations and 2. Shri R. Dhruvanarayan Managements of Power Grid 3. Dr. Virendra Kumar Corporation of India Limited, 4. Shri Balbhadra Majhi Export Import Bank of India, 5. Shri Ramchandra Paswan Nuclear Power Corporation of 6 Shri Ajay Tamta India Limited, State Bank of 7. Shri Krupal Balaji Tumane India and Chief Secretary and 8. Shri Bhanu Pratap Singh Verma Officials of State Government 9.Shri Rattan Lal Kataria of Maharashtra. Rajya Sabha

1. Shri Ramdas Athawale 2. Dr. Vijaylaxmi Sadho 3. Dr. Anil Kumar Sahani 4. Shri J.D. Seelam

APPENDIX LXVII (Vide Para 10.8)

COMMITTEE ON EMPOWERMENT OF WOMEN

I. Local visit of the Committee on Empowerment of Women to Jail No. 6 (Women’s Jail), Tihar Jail, Janakpuri, New Delhi

Sl.No. Organization/Places visited Date of visit Composition

1 Jail No. 6 (Women‟s Jail), Tihar 31.10.2014 Lok Sabha Jail, Janakpuri, New Delhi 1. Shrimati Bijoya Chakravarty - Chairperson 2. Shrimati Rama Devi 3. Shrimati Bhavana Gawali 4. Shrimati Jayshreeben Patel 5. Shrimati Butta Renuka 6. Shrimati Satabdi Roy 7. Shrimati Rita Tarai 8. Shrimati P. K. Sreemathi Teacher

Rajya Sabha

9. Shrimati Vandana Chavan 10. Shri Anubhav Mohanty 11. Shrimati Kahkashan Perween 12. Shri G.N. Ratanpuri 13. Shri A.V. Swamy 14. Shrimati Wansuk Syiem II. Study Visit to Thiruvananthapuram, Bengaluru and Mumbai from 11 to 15 November, 2014.

Sl.No. Organization/Places visited Date of visit Composition

1. Station-Thiruvananthapuram Lok Sabha

Informal discussion with the 11.11.2014 1. Smt. Bijoya Chakravarty, representatives of State Bank of Hon‟ble Chairperson Travancore on the Financial 2. Smt. Rama Devi, MP Assistance extended to Women 3. Smt. Jayshreeben Patel, MP Self Help Groups in connection 4. Smt. Satabdi Roy, MP with the examination of the subject 5. Smt. P.K. Sreemati Teacher, MP

'Empowering Women through Self 6. Smt. Savitri Thakur, MP Help Groups ' 7. Smt. R. Vanaroja, MP

Interaction with „Kudumbashree‟ Rajya Sabha Women regarding various aspects related to working of Self Help 8. Smt. Kahkashan Perween, MP Groups followed by informal 9. Sh. G. N. Ratanpuri, MP discussion with representatives of 10. Smt. Bimla Kashyap Sood, MP State Kudumbashree Mission and Ministry of Rural Development in connection with the examination of the subject ' Empowering Women through Self Help Groups '

Visit to Attakkulangara Women‟s Prison, Poojappura Open Prison for Women and interaction with women inmates followed by informal discussion with Prison Authorities, State Prison Department and the Ministry of Home Affairs on various aspects related to women prisoners in connection with the examination of the subject 'Women in Detention and Access to Justice'.

Station – Bengaluru

Visit to Women‟s Prison, Parappana Agrahara, Bengaluru and interaction with women 13.11.2014 inmates followed by informal discussion with Prison Authorities, State Prison Department and the Ministry of Home Affairs on various aspects related to women prisoners in connection with the examination of the subject 'Women in Detention and Access to Justice'.

Interaction with women employees of the South Western Railways followed by informal discussion with the representatives of the South Western Railways and the Ministry of Indian Railways in connection with the examination of the subject „Working Conditions of Women in Railways and Amenities for Women Passengers‟.

Station – Mumbai

Interaction with the employees and students of the University of Mumbai on Sexual Harassment of Women in Educational Institutions 14.11.2014 followed by informal discussion with the University authorities, representatives of the Women

Development Cell of the University and Ministry of Human Resources Development (Department of Higher Education) on the mechanism to deal with sexual harassment in various institutions under Mumbai University in connection with the examination of the subject „ Sexual Harassment of women at Workplace and in Educational Institutions‟.

Visit to Mumbai Women‟s Prison,

Byculla and interaction with women inmates followed by informal discussion with the Prison Authorities, State Prison Department and the Ministry of 15.11.2014 Home Affairs on various aspects related to women prisoners in connection with examination of the subject 'Women in Detention and Access to Justice'.

Informal discussion with the representatives of the Ministry of Finance (Department of Financial Services) and representatives of NABARD on the Financial Assistance extended to Women Self Help Groups in connection with the examination of the subject ' Empowering Women through Self Help Groups' .

III. Study Visit to Kolkata, Port Blair and Chennai from 15 to 20 May, 2015.

Sl.No. Organization/Places visited Date of visit Composition

1. Station-Kolkata Lok Sabha

Interaction with women working in 15.05.2015 1. Smt. Bijoya Chakravarty, Jute and Handicrafts sectors and Hon‟ble Chairperson informal discussion with the 2. Anju Bala, MP representatives of the Ministry of 3. Smt. Jyoti Dhurve, MP Textiles/ Jute Corporation of India 4. Smt. Riti Pathak, MP Ltd /Jute Commissioner / 5. Smt. Jayshreeben Patel, MP

Handicraft Development 6. Smt. Satabdi Roy, MP Commissioner regarding 7. Smt. Mala Rajyalakshmi Shah empowering women working in 8. Smt. Savitri Thakur, MP these sectors through integrated 9. Smt. P.K. Sreemathi Teacher, MP skill development training. Rajya Sabha Interaction with women employees of Oil India Ltd, followed by 10. Smt. Kahkashan Perween, MP informal discussion with the 11. Smt. Wansuk Syiem, MP representatives of OIL regarding 12. Smt. Vandana Chavan, MP the working conditions of women 13. Smt. Kanimozhi, MP in their organisation with special reference to the implementation of

Sexual Harassment of Women at

Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act,2013 .

Visit to Women's Correctional Home, Alipore, Kolkota and interaction with women inmates followed by informal discussion with the representatives of West Bengal Correctional Services/ Officials Of Alipore Correctional Home on Women in Detention and Access to Justice .

Station – Port Blair

Informal discussion with the representatives of the Ministry of 16.05.2015 Micro, Medium & Small Enterprises and Directorate of Industries Andaman Administration regarding empowering women through rural enterprises and training.

Informal discussion with the representatives of Andaman Nicobar Plantation Development Corporation regarding the working conditions of women in their organisation with special reference to the implementation of Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013.

Interaction with bamboo workers at Dairy Farm, Port Blair

Visit to District Jail and interaction with women prisoners and informal 18.05.2015 discussion with the representatives of the Prison Department of Andaman administration / Prison Authorities of the District Jail regarding Women in Detention and

Access to Justice .

Visit to Andaman Nicobar Tribal Research Institute (ANTRI) / Tribal Training Institute and interaction with tribal women followed by informal discussion with the representatives of the Department of Tribal Welfare and Andaman & Nicobar Administration regarding empowerment of tribal women.

Courtesy call meeting and interaction with Hon'ble Lt.

Governor, Andaman and Nicobar Islands at Raj Niwas.

Station – Chennai

Informal discussion with the representatives of Indian Bank on the role of banks in empowering women through Self Help Groups. 19.05.2015 Interaction with members of 'Mahalir Thittam' Self Help Movement and informal discussion with the Tamil Nadu Corporation for Development of Women/State Rural Development & Panchayati

Raj Department on Empowering Women through Self Help Groups.

Interaction with women working in Air India and Airports Authority of India followed by informal discussion with the representatives of Air India and Airports Authority of India regarding the working conditions of women in their organisations with special reference to the implementation of 20.05.2015 Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace(Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act,2013 .

Interaction with women employees of Chennai Petroleum Corporation Ltd.(CPCL), followed by informal discussion with the representatives of CPCL regarding the working conditions of women in their organisation with special reference to the implementation of Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act,2013 .

APPENDIX - LXIX (Vide Para 12.7)

HOUSE COMMITTEE

I. Study visit to Mumbai and Hyderabad from 31 January to 3 February, 2015

Sl. Places/Organisations Visited Date of Composition No. visit 1 Mumbai 31.1.2015 Shri Arjun Ram Meghwal – & Chairman M/o Civil Aviation 1.2.2015 Shri Suresh Angadi – Member Air India Shri Adhalrao Shivaji Patil – Airports Authority of India Member Bureau of Civil Aviation Security Shri Konakalla Narayana Rao- M/o Finance Member State Bank of India Shri Bhanu Pratap Singh Varma- Central Bank of India Member Dena Bank Shri Gutha Sukender Reddy – Bank of Baroda Member Ministry of Communication Shri Kalyan Banerjee - Member BSNL MTNL Ministry of Road Transport & Highways National Highways Authority of India M/o Railways Western Railways Central Railways South Central Railways

2. Hyderabad 2.2.2015 Shri Arjun Ram Meghwal – & Chairman M/o Civil Aviation 3.2.2015 Shri Suresh Angadi – Member Air India Shri Adhalrao Shivaji Patil – Airports Authority of India Member Bureau of Civil Aviation Security Shri Konakalla Narayana Rao- Ministry of Communication Member Telangana Telecom Circle Shri Bhanu Pratap Singh Varma- Andhra Pradesh Telecom Circle Member M/o Railways Shri Gutha Sukender Reddy – Southern Railways Member South Eastern Railways Shri Kalyan Banerjee - Member M/o Finance Andhra Bank State Bank of Hyderabad

APPENDIX- LXX (Vide Para 17.7)

COMMITTEE ON MPLADS

Study visit to Hydarabad and Mumbai from 9 to 12 January 2015

S. Organizations/P Date of visit Composition No. laces visited 1. Hyderabad 09.01.2015 1.Dr. M. Thambi Durai – Chairperson Undertook field visits to the following MPLADS works:- 2. Shri Dilipkumar Mansukhlal Gandhi (i) MPLADS works at BJR Junior College (Girls), Golkanda; 3. Shri Md. Badruddoza Khan 4. Shri Shailesh Kumar (ii) MPLADS works at Kendriya Vidyala, 5. Shri Arjunlal Meena langer houz; 6. Shri A.P. Jithender Reddy

(iii) MPLADS works at Sarojini Devi Eye 7. Shri Y.V. Subba Reddy Hospital, Mehendipatnam; 8. Shri Lakhan Lal Sahu 9. Shri Satyapal Singh (Sambhal) (iv)MPLADS works at New Government Junior College, YMCA, Secunderabad;

(a) Held informal discussions with the Chief Secretary, Govt. of Telangana on implementation of MPLAD Scheme in the State.

(c) Held informal discussions with the Chief Secretary, Govt. of Andhra Pradesh on implementation of MPLAD Scheme in the State.

2. Mumbai 10.01.2015 to 1.Dr. M. Thambi Durai – Undertook field visit to 12.01.2015 Chairperson the following MPLADS 2. Shri Harishchandra Chavan work:- 3. Shri Dilipkumar Mansukhlal Gandhi (a) On 10 January, 2015:- 4. Shri Md. Badruddoza Khan 5. Shri Shailesh Kumar 6. Shri Vijaysinh Shankarrao (i) MPLADS works at Sports Complex, Bhaiyander. Mohite Patil 7. Shri Arjunlal Meena (ii) MPLADS works at Paver Block 8. Dr. Ravindra Kumar Ray (interlinking road near Ashkavan, 9. Shri A.P. Jithender Reddy Dahisar, (East) 10. Shri Y.V. Subba Reddy 11. Shri Lakhan Lal Sahu (iii) MPLADS works at six seated toilet 12. Shri Satyapal Singh block at Konkani Pada, Dahisar (East). (Sambhal)

(iv) MPLADS works at Open Shed at Shakti Nagar, Dahisar (East).

(v) MPLADS works at Sarvajanik Vachanalya, Borivalli (West).

(vi) MPLADS works of sitting arrangements for senior citizen, Goregaon (East)

(b) On 12 January, 2015:- (c) (i) MPLADS works of construction of Vyaymshala for children at society at Matunga. (ii) MPLADS works of six toilet block and bathroom, Naigaon. (iii) MPLADS works at construction of open Vyaspith of TB hospital, Shivadi (iv) MPLADS works of fixing of Paver Block at Ganesh Maidan, BDD Chawl, Shivadi.

(d) On 12 January, 2015 :-

Held informal discussion with the Chief Secretary, Govt. of Maharashtra on implementation of MPLAD Scheme.

APPENDIX-LXXI (Vide Para 23.8)

COMMITTEE ON WELFARE OF OTHER BACKWARD CLASSES

I. Study Visit to Chennai, Bangaluru and Hyderabad from 11.10.2014 to 15.10.2014

Sl. Organisatons/Places visited Date of Visit Composition No. 1. Kolkata- 11.10.2014 Lok Sabha DAmodar Valley Corporation, South Eastern Railway, Oil India 1. Shri Bandaru Dattatreya Ltd., South Eastern Railway, 2. Shri Bijoy Chandra Barman Kolkata Port Trust and Coal India 3.Shri Ramesh Bidhuri Limited 4. Shri Rajen Gohain 5. Dr. Boora Narsaiah Goud 6. Shri M. Ramachandran 2. Chennai- 13.10.2014 7. Dr. Nepal Singh Southern Railways, Indian Oil 8. Shri Om Prakash Yadav Corporation, BSNL Tamil Nadu Telecom Circule, Southern Rajya Sabha Railway, Indian Oil Corporation, Chennai Port Trust, Neyveli Lignite 1. Shri Ram Narain Dudi Corporation, Neyveli Lignite 2. Shri B.K. Hariprasad Corporation and Chief Secretary 3. Shri Vishambhar Prasad and other officials of Govt. of Tamil Nishad Nadu 4. Shri V. Hanumantha Rao 3. Bengaluru- 14.10.2014 5. Shri Ashk Ali Tak State Bank of Mysore, Vijaya 6. Shri Ram Nath Thakur Bank, State Bank of Mysore, 7. Shri Shankarbhai N. Vegad Vijaya Bank, Bharat Electronics Limited, Airport Authority of India, and Hindustan Aeronautics Limited

4. Hyderabad- 15.10.2014 Andhara Bank, Life Insurance Corporation of India, National Mineral Development Corporation, Andhara Bank, Life Insurance Corporation of India.

II. Study Visit to Kochi, Mumbai and Goa from 11.02.2015 to 16.02.2015

Sl. Organisatons/Places visited Date of Visit Composition No. 1. Kochi- Kochi Port Trust, Kochi 11.02.2015 Lok Sabha Shipyard Limited and State Bank 1. Shri Rajen Gohain of Travancore 2. Shri Prataprao Jadhav 3.Shri Rajeev Satav 4. Dr. Nepal Singh 2. Mumbai- BPCL, Mumbai Port Trust 12.02.2015 to 5. Shri Ladu Kishore Swain Mazgaon Dock Limited, New India 14.02.2015 6. Shri Om Prakash Yadav, Assurance Company, Western Railways, Bank of India, Central Rajya Sabha Bank of India and HPCL. 1. Shri Ram Narain Dudi 2. Shri B.K. Hariprasad 3. Goa- Air India, BSNL Maharashtra 16.02.2015 3. Shri Vishambhar Prasad Telecom Circle, Mormugao Port Nishad Trust and Goa Shipyard Ltd. 4. Shri V. Hanumantha Rao 5. Smt. Vijila Sathyananth 6.Shri Ashk Ali Tak 7. Shri Shankarbhai N.Vegad

(2014-15)