RAJYA SABHA —— REVISED LIST OF BUSINESS
Thursday, February 6, 2014
11 A.M. ———
QUESTIONS QUESTIONS entered in separate lists to be asked and answers given. ————
PAPERS TO BE LAID ON THE TABLE Following Ministers to lay papers on the Table entered in the separate list: — 1. DR. GIRIJA VYAS for Ministry of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation; 2. SHRI G.K. VASAN for Ministry of Shipping; 3. SHRI V. KISHORE CHANDRA DEO for Ministry of Tribal Affairs; 4. SHRI BENI PRASAD VERMA for Ministry of Steel; 5. DR. K. CHIRANJEEVI for Ministry of Tourism and Culture; 6. SHRI V. NARAYANASAMY for Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions and Department of Atomic Energy; 7. SHRI SARVEY SATHYANARAYANA for Ministry of Road Transport and Highways; and 8. SHRIMATI DEEPA DASMUNSI for Ministry of Urban Development. ———— REPORTS OF THE DEPARTMENT RELATED PARLIAMENTARY STANDING COMMITTEE ON PERSONNEL, PUBLIC GRIEVANCES, LAW AND JUSTICE
SHRI SHANTARAM NAIK SHRI SUKHENDU SEKHAR ROY to present the following Reports (in English and Hindi) of the Department-related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Personnel, Public Grievances, Law and Justice:— (i) 67th Report on Infrastructure Development and Strengthening of Subordinate Courts; (ii) 68th Report on Action Taken Replies of Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions on Sixtieth Report of the Committee on Demands for Grants (2012-13) of that Ministry; and (iii) 69th Report on the Prevention of Corruption (Amendment) Bill, 2013.
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REPORTS OF THE DEPARTMENT RELATED PARLIAMENTARY STANDING COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORT, TOURISM AND CULTURE
SHRI SITARAM YECHURY PROF. ALKA BALRAM KSHATRIYA SHRI SHASHI BHUSAN BEHERA to present the following Reports (in English & Hindi) of the Department-related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Transport, Tourism and Culture:— (i) #Two Hundred Fourth Report on “The Civil Aviation Authority of India Bill, 2013”; (ii) Two Hundred Fifth Report on the Action Taken by the Government on the Observations/Recommendations of the Committee contained in its One Hundred and Ninety Second Report on Demands for Grants (2013-14) of the Ministry of Culture; (iii) Two Hundred Sixth Report on the Action Taken by the Government on the Observations/Recommendations of the Committee contained in its One Hundred and Ninety Third Report on Demands for Grants (2013-14) of the Ministry of Road Transport & Highways; (iv) Two Hundred Seventh Report on the Action Taken by the Government on the Observations/Recommendations of the Committee contained in its One Hundred and Ninety Fourth Report on Demands for Grants (2013-14) of the Ministry of Shipping; (v) Two Hundred Eighth Report on the Action Taken by the Government on the Observations/Recommendations of the Committee contained in its One Hundred and Ninety Fifth Report on Demands for Grants (2013-14) of the Ministry of Tourism; and (vi) Two Hundred Ninth Report on the Action Taken by the Government on the Observations/Recommendations of the Committee contained in its One Hundred and Ninety First Report on Demands for Grants (2013-14) of the Ministry of Civil Aviation. ———— REPORTS OF THE PUBLIC ACCOUNTS COMMITTEE
SHRI PRAKASH JAVADEKAR SHRI ASHWANI KUMAR to lay on the Table, a copy each (in English and Hindi) of the following Reports of the Public Accounts Committee (2013-14):— (i) Ninety-second Report on the subject ‘Excesses Over Voted Grants and Charged Appropriations (2011-12)’;
(ii) Ninety-third Report on the subject ‘Performance of Civil Aviation in India’ relating to the Ministry of Civil Aviation;
(iii) Ninety-fourth Report on the subject ‘Implementation of Public Private Partnership - Indira Gandhi International Airport, Delhi’ relating to the Ministry of Civil Aviation;
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(iv) Ninety-fifth Report on the subject ‘Implementation of Agricultural Debt Waiver and Debt Relief Scheme, 2008’ relating to the Ministry of Finance (Department of Financial Services);
(v) Ninety-sixth Report on the subject ‘Contravention of Constitutional Provisions by Ministry of Finance: Expenditure incurred on Interest on Refunds without Parliamentary Approval’ relating to the Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue);
(vi) Ninety-seventh Report on Action Taken on the Fifty-seventh Report (Fifteenth Lok Sabha) on the subject ‘Performance of the Ministry of Environment and Forests’ relating to the Ministry of Environment and Forests;
(vii) Ninety-eighth Report on Action Taken on the Fifty-eighth Report (Fifteenth Lok Sabha) on the subject ‘Non-Compliance by Ministries/Departments in timely submission of Action Taken Notes on the Non-Selected Audit Paragraphs (2010-11)’ relating to the Ministry of Finance (Department of Expenditure);
(viii) Ninety-ninth Report on Action Taken on the Sixtieth Report (Fifteenth Lok Sabha) on the subject ‘Activities of National Remote Sensing Centre’ relating to the Department of Space; and
(ix) Hundredth Report on Action Taken on the Sixty-fifth Report (Fifteenth Lok Sabha) on the subject ‘Role of Tea Board in Tea Development in India’ relating to the Ministry of Commerce and Industry (Department of Commerce).
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STATEMENTS OF THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC UNDERTAKINGS
SHRI JANARDAN DWIVEDI SHRI NARESH AGRAWAL to lay on the Table, a copy each (in English and Hindi) of the following Action Taken Statements of the Committee on Public Undertakings (2013-14):— (i) Statement showing action taken by the Government on the Observations / Recommendations contained in the Nineteenth Report (Fourteenth Lok Sabha) of the Committee on the Observations/Recommendations contained in their Tenth Report (Fourteenth Lok Sabha) on FCI- Review on export of foodgrains by Food Corporation of India;
(ii) Statement showing action taken by the Government on the Observations/ Recommendations contained in the Twenty-second Report (Fourteenth Lok Sabha) of the Committee on the Observations/ Recommendations contained in their Fifteenth Report (Fourteenth Lok Sabha) on Coal India Limited;
(iii) Statement showing action taken by the Government on the Observations/ Recommendations contained in the Twenty-eighth Report (Fourteenth Lok Sabha) of the Committee on Observations/ Recommendations contained in their Twentieth Report (Fourteenth Lok Sabha) on WLL services provided by BSNL;
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(iv) Statement showing action taken by the Government on the Observations / Recommendations contained in the Eighth Report (Fifteenth Lok Sabha) of the Committee on the Observations / Recommendations contained in their Twenty-first Report (Fourteenth Lok Sabha) on Airports Authority of India-Review of Infrastructure and Operational Facilities [Based on Audit Para No. 17 of 2007 (Performance Audit) (Commercial) of C&AG of India];
(v) Statement showing action taken by the Government on the Observations/ Recommendations contained in the Sixteenth Report (Fifteenth Lok Sabha) of the Committee on the Observations/ Recommendations contained in their Twenty-sixth Report (Fourteenth Lok Sabha) on Steel Authority of India Limited;
(vi) Statement showing action taken by the Government on the Observations / Recommendations contained in the Thirty-seventh Reprot (Fourteenth Lok Sabha) of the Committee on the Observations / Recommendations contained in their Twenty-ninth Report (Fourteenth Lok Sabha) on Airports Authority of India-Safety and Security Aspects;
(vii) Statement showing action taken by the Government on the Observations/ Recommendations contained in the Thirty-third Report (Fourteenth Lok Sabha) of the Committee on the Observations/ Recommendations contained in their Thirtieth Report (Fourteenth Lok Sabha) on Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation Ltd.;
(viii) Statement showing action taken by the Government on the Observations/ Recommendations contained in the Ninth Report (Fifteenth Lok Sabha) of Committee on the Observations/Recommendations contained in their Thirty-second Report (Fourteenth Lok Sabha) on Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Limited - Loss due to Sale of Crude Containing Basic Sediments and Water content above the norms;
(ix) Statement showing action taken by the Government on the Observations/ Recommendations contained in the Seventeenth Report (Fifteenth Lok Sabha) of the Committee on the Observations / Recommendations contained in their Thirty-fourth Report (Fourteenth Lok Sabha) on ‘Physical and Financial Performance of Power Generating PSUs’ - A Horizontal Study;
(x) Statement showing action taken by the Government on the Observations / Recommendations contained in the Twelfth Report (Fifteenth Lok Sabha) of the Committee on the Observations / Recommendations contained in their Thirty-fifth Report (Fourteenth Lok Sabha) on Food Corporation of India (based on Audit Para 7.1.1 of Chapter VII of Report No. CA 11 of 2008);
(xi) Statement showing action taken by the Government on the Observations/ Recommendations contained in the Fourteenth Report of the Committee on the Observations/ Recommendations contained in their First Report on National Highways Authority of India - Public Private Partnership in Implementation of the Road Projects by
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NHAI - Delhi-Gurgaon Project. [Based on C&AG Audit Report No. PA 16 of 2008 (Performance Audit)];
(xii) Statement showing action taken by the Government on the Observations/ Recommendations contained in the Thirteenth Report of the Committee on the Observations/Recommendations contained in their Fifth Report on National Aluminium Company Limited; and
(xiii) Statement showing action taken by the Government on the Observations/ Recommendations contained in the Nineteenth Report of the Committee on the Observations/ Recommendations contained in their Sixth Report on Security, Printing and Minting Corporation of India Limited. ————
REPORTS OF THE DEPARTMENT RELATED PARLIAMENTARY STANDING COMMITTEE ON COAL AND STEEL
SHRI SANJAY RAUT SHRI JUGUL KISHORE to lay on the Table, a copy each (in English and Hindi) of the following Reports of the Department-related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Coal and Steel (2013-14):— (i) Forty-second Report on Action Taken by the Government on the observations/recommendations contained in the Thirty-first Report of the Committee on the subject ‘Review of Allotment, Development and Performance of Coal/Lignite Blocks’ relating to the Ministry of Coal; (ii) Forty-sixth Report on Action Taken by the Government on the observations/recommendations contained in the Thirty-fifth Report of the Committee on ‘Demands for Grants (2013-14)’ of the Ministry of Steel; (iii) Forty-ninth Report on the subject ‘Coal Pricing and Issues relating to Royalty’ relating to the Ministry of Coal; (iv) Fiftieth Report on the subject ‘Service Conditions of Workers including Contract Workers in Coal India Limited and its Subsidiaries’ relating to the Ministry of Coal; and (v) Fifty-first Report on the subject ‘Service Conditions of Workers in Public Sectors Steel Companies’ relating to the Ministry of Steel.
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REPORTS OF THE DEPARTMENT RELATED PARLIAMENTARY STANDING COMMITTEE ON RAILWAYS
SHRI HUSAIN DALWAI SHRI TARINI KANTA ROY to lay on the Table, a copy each (in English and Hindi) of the following Reports of the Department-related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Railways (2013-14):— (i) Twenty-first Report on the subject ‘Major Railway Accidents during the last five years – Causes and Remedial Measures’ relating to the Ministry of Railways (Railway Board);
(ii) Twenty-second Report on Action Taken by the Government on the recommendations/observations contained in the Twentieth Report of 186
the Committee (Fifteenth Lok Sabha) on ‘Demands for Grants (2013-14)’ of the Ministry of Railways; and
(iii) Twenty-third Report on the subject ‘Suburban Train Services of Indian Railways, with particular emphasis on Security of Women Passengers’ relating to the Ministry of Railways (Railway Board).
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Bills for consideration and passing
The Street Vendors 1. DR. GIRIJA VYAS to move that the Bill to protect the rights of (Protection of urban street vendors and to regulate street vending activities and for matters Livelihood and connected therewith or incidental thereto, as passed by Lok Sabha, be taken into Regulation of Street consideration. Vending) Bill, 2013. ALSO to move that the Bill be passed.
The Governors 2. FURTHER CONSIDERATION of the following motion moved by (Emoluments, Shri R.P.N. Singh on the 12th December, 2013:–– Allowances and “That the Bill further to amend the Governors (Emoluments, Allowances Privileges) and Privileges) Act, 1982, as passed by Lok Sabha, be taken into Amendment Bill, 2013. consideration.”
SHRI SUSHILKUMAR SHINDE to move that the Bill be passed.
The Rani Lakshmi Bai 3. SHRI SHARAD PAWAR to move that the Bill to provide for the Central Agricultural establishment and incorporation of a University for the Bundelkhand region for University Bill, 2012. the development of agriculture and for the furtherance of the advancement of learning and prosecution of research in agriculture and allied sciences in that region, be taken into consideration. ALSO to move that the Bill be passed.
The Whistle Blowers 4. FURTHER CONSIDERATION of the following motion moved by Protection Bill, 2011. Shri V. Narayanasamy on the 29th March, 2012:––
“That the Bill to establish a mechanism to receive complaints relating to disclosure on any allegation of corruption or wilful misuse of power or wilful misuse of discretion against any public servant and to inquire or cause an inquiry into such disclosure and to provide adequate safeguards against victimization of the person making such complaint and for matters connected therewith and incidental thereto, as passed by Lok Sabha, be taken into consideration.”
SHRI V. NARAYANASAMY to move that the Bill be passed.
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