Lok Sabha Debates
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Calling Attention to a Matter of Urgent Public Importance- Reported discovery of a pro-Pakistan espomage ring m Calcutta _ .................................................... 173-191 Papers Laid on the Table ... .... ... .. 191—192 Election to Committee— National Food and Agriculture Organisation Liaison Comcoitree ... ... ... ... ... 193 Bengal Finance (Sales Tax) (Delhi Validation of Appoint ments and Proceedings) Bill —Intioduced ... ... 193— 194 Statement re- Bengal Finance (Sales Tax) (Delhi Validation ot Appointments and Proceedings) Ordinance— ... Shri K. R. Ganesh ................................................... 194 Maintenance of Internal Security Bill —Intioduced 195—208 Statement re. Maintenance of Internal Securitv Ordinance— Shri K. C. Pant ................... ... _ 208-209 General Budget, 1971-72—General Discussion . ... 209—302 Shri R. D- Bhandare .... ... ... ... 209—217 Shri Indrajit Gupta ... ... ... .... 217—236 Shri Nafhu Ram Mirdha _ .. .. 236—256 Shri Madhavrao Scmdia ... .... ... ... 256—262 Shri S. R. Damani ... ... ... ... 262—269 Shri Ram Deo Singh ... ... ... ... 270—274 Shri R. V. Swaminathan... ... ... ... 274—279 Shri N. K Sharma _ ... .. 279—281 Prof. S.L. Saksena ................................................... 281—284 Shri P. K. Ghosh ................... - ... 284-289 Shri Nageshwar Dwivedi ... .... ... 289—296 Shrimati Jeyalakshmi ... ... ... 296—298 Shn Tarun Gogoi ... ... ... ... 298—302 *The sign +marked above the name of a Member indicates that the question was actually asked on the floor of the House by that Member, 1 IOK SABHA DEBATES 2 LOK SABHA staff. The Government expects thereby to increase the supply of wagons for quicker Thursday, June 3, 19711Jyasiha 13, movement of ores. 1893 (SaM SHRI B. S, BHAURA : What action The Lok Sabha wet at Eleven of the Clock has been taken, in consultation with the labour department to ensure that the strikes [Mr. Speaker in the Chair] are settled as early as possible? ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS SHRI SHAHNAWAZ KHAN : As I said, it is primarily a law and order situa Crisis due to non-Movement of Ores in tion. The Railway Minister is fully seized Orfcs* and Bihar of the problem. He has held a conference *241. SHRI B.S. BHAURA : Will the et which thf* Home Minister at the Centre, Minister of STEEL AND MINES be plea representatives of the West Bengal Govern* sed to state : ment and all other interests concerned were present. They are taking effective steps to (a) whether 15,000 workers of the iron meet this menace. ore mining industry of Barajamda Sector in Orissa and Bihar are faced with retren SHRI B. S. BHAURA : Are Govern chment as the trade is facing a crisis caused ment aware of the fact that due to this by non-movement of ores; and crisis, the country is losing valuable foreign exchange also ? (b) if so, the steps taken to ensure quick movement of ores f-om the mining THE MINISTER OF STEEL AND areas to port-heads? MINES (SHRI MOHAN KUMARAMA- NGALAM): We are aware of the very THE MINISTER OF STATE IN serious situation that has arisen as a result THE MINISTRY OF STEEL AND of the difficulties faced by the Railways in MINES (SHRI SHAH NAWAZ KHAN): this area and we know it wilt have repercu (*) Owing to the difficulties faced by ssions if we are not able to bring it under the Railways in the movement of iron ore effective control in the near future ■"4his area, stocks of iron ore have accu That is why the Minister of Railways has mulated atmme-heads. The Government held a high level conference and we are Orissa have intimated that a number of trying to take all the steps necessary to res workers connected with mhifng and trans tore normalcy in that area. port of iron ore in the an* are facing w trenchment. SHRI CHINTAMANI PANIGRAH1: From what the Minister has said, perhaps (b> Tho Goveramoil o f India are fully m i >Bp> „ w it has become a kind of habit to shift all responsibility on to the law and order situ * “ "“ UlttUon with S taa Govern-ation. From the Barajamda area, iron ore "*»**. to Improve the law ami order ,jt„ . „ t o a , , B u m |) o r is transported to Nargundi and other stations to be shipped from Paradeep ■ l* o fw ,» « W**. over-head wim , Lie. port. W* «°P the There is no question of a law and order “uoation am) even assaults of Railway problem there. 3 Oral Answers JUNE 3, 1971 Oral Answers 4 MR. SPEAKER : No argument, only a SHRI D. K. PANDA: This is a very question. important matter. We are going to lose and we have already lost some foreign SHRI CHINTAMANI PANIGRAHI: exchange. There is also accumulation The Minister is not aware of this. So will of stocks to the tune of 9 \akh tonnes they go into \his problem? What is the at the railway station and 5 lakh tonnes wagon~allotment made in January? The at the mines. So, for lifting all these railways :have failed in this respect and a accumulated stocks, what is the arrange- number of workers have been retrenched. ment that the hon. Minister is going to make with a very short time'? SHRI MOHAN KUMARAMANGA- LAM : We are aware of the fact that Secondly, there is absolutely no in the area mentioned by the hon. Member question of law and order in tho Bara- there is no serious law and order situation, jumda-Banspani area. The tat get fixed and I did not stnte that there was, not for export of ir(Jn ore from this sector even;my colleague. The difficulty is about was 1.8 million tonnes and actually only the availability of wagons which operate twelve \akh tonnes has been exported. in that entire area. To give him the In view of the huge accumulations at the actual facts, we were promised n lakhs railway station and the mines, what step in April, 1971 and what was actually is Government going to take immediately moved was 76,328. That is the shortfall. for lifting at least 5 lakh ~tonnes lying at That shortfall is due to the non-availa- the mines? bility of wagons, and theJnon-availaLility of wagons is due to wagons 1->eing held SHRI MOHAN KUMARAMANGA- up in the area where there is the law and LAM : I have a!r .. ady stated that we are order situation, particularly around . taking action. So far as the "railways are Calcutta and Asansol. concerned, the Minister of Railways had convened a conference which was atter.ded so.t1 ~~ f~Q: : 'f<rr 'fiT~ Q;m by myself as well a~ the Minister of State, q:sl!'?~" (fT ;:rgr "1<.1 ~~r ~ <rr 'f>W tt'fT and we hope that we will be table to improve the situation so far as railway 'f'liT11 (fT ;:rQr "1<.1 ~~T ~ f'f> qcr;:filc- cr.T transport is concerned. The hon. Member <r~i'ffl=f f'f><rT ::;rTQ; ? ~q::;r ~T::;rifi'-1 f11z;r will appreciate that it is primarily a question of improving the railway position ;:r~r ~g:T ~ 1 1t=t 'Tm f~ifiT<ri'f ;qr~ ~ and availability of wagons in that area. ~<r'!<: f11<r<:<.1 fii'f~qilc- f~:sTitc- <fir We want to take steps, we are taking f'f> ~ Q;'f> ;;rr~ ~'l<rr 11~ 'fir 't <1~ tfi~ c- steps that are available to us, in order ~~ ~ ~f<fiil ~i'f'f>T (fTi'f "TT<: 11g:'R ~ to ensure this. It is a question of moving it to the port, and we are taking the ~q;:r ;:r~r f11;;r -.:~ ~ ~liT (f<:Tit ~ necessary steps. ;qrif't i1' 'f>T<rm ~rr::;r 'fiT 'f>l1T 'fiT cr::;r~ ~ SHRT N.K. SINHA : Is the Minister ;:r~r ;qr ~r ~ ;q'h" <;ifit •ncr '1<: cr~ aware that this is a chronic problem of foreti <:~T ~ I if ::;rr<rilT "fT~i'fT ~ f'f> ifl:l"T the area, though it may aggravate some- if<rofllc 'fiT <r~<rrl=f 'f><:it 'fiT 'fiT~ q:slf?~" times, and that is so because of lack of communications and lack of adequate <:~T ~ oT <rgr "1<1 ? mileage of railway lines ? Will the Minister see to it that the Transport ~~l:f~ q-Q:)~l:f : ~~liT ;q)<: f<r~H Ministry and the Railway Ministry look 'fiT 11'1<.1 f ~T I mif7J 'f>6:T ~ ;q"f ifl:l"T ? into these deficiencies of the area ? ''Crl^flM •. nwlrwiJ (b) A statement is laid on the Table H Is lack of of the Sabha. communicationsthatls responsible for a. <c) The full scheme will cost Rs. 31.04 What is responsible is lack of availabi lakh upto the end of the Fourth Five Year lity of wagons which it due to the very Plan. difficult Jaw and order situation that we are facing due to theft of overhead wires Statement etc., which have been lifted in the main answer, in the Caicutta-Kharagpur and Two research and testing centres Calcutta-Asansol areas. in Agriculture Engineering at I.A.R.I. and Coimbatore are being "strengthened SHRI D.K. PANDA : We want to under a coordinated research scheme, get an assurance from the hon.