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. 182 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; # The Report was presented to the Chairman, Rajya Sabha on the 24th January, 2014 and forwarded to the Speaker, Lok Sabha on the same day. 183 (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). ———— 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; 184 (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 185 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