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64 RAJYA SABHA THURSDAY, the 3RD MARCH, 2016 (The Rajya

64 RAJYA SABHA THURSDAY, the 3RD MARCH, 2016 (The Rajya

THURSDAY, THE 3RD MARCH, 2016 (The Rajya Sabha met in the House at 11-00 a.m.) 11-00 a.m. 1. Papers Laid on the Table Shri (Minister of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises) laid on the Table:- I.(1) A copy each (in English and Hindi) of the following papers, under sub-section (1) (b) of Section 394 of the Companies Act, 2013: — (a) Sixtieth Annual Report and Accounts of the National Small Industries Corporation Limited (NSIC), , for the year 2014-15, together with the Auditor's Report on the Accounts and the comments of the Comptroller and Auditor General of thereon. (b) Statement by Government accepting the above Report. (2) Statement (in English and Hindi) giving reasons for the delay in laying the papers mentioned at (1) above. General (Retd.) V.K. Singh (Minister of State (Independent Charge) in the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation and Minister of State in the Ministry of External Affairs) laid on the Table:- I.(1) A copy each (in English and Hindi) of the following papers, under sub- section (4) of Section 34 of the Haj Committee Act, 2002:— (a) Annual Accounts of the Haj Committee of India, Mumbai, for the year 2013-14, and the Audit Report thereon. (b) Statement by Government accepting the above Report. (2) Statement (in English and Hindi) giving reasons for the delay in laying the papers mentioned at (1) above. Dr. Jitendra Singh (Minister of State (Independent Charge) in the Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region, Minister of State in the Prime Minister’s Office, Minister of State in the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions, Minister of State in the Department of Atomic Energy and Minister of State in the ) laid on the Table:-

64 3RD MARCH, 2016 I. A copy (in English and Hindi) of the Department of Atomic Energy Notification No. G.S.R. 1016 (E), dated the 30th December, 2015, publishing the Nuclear Liability Fund Rules, 2015, under sub-section (3) of Section 48 of the Civil Liability for Nuclear Damage Act, 2010. II. A copy (in English and Hindi) of the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions (Department of Personnel and Training) Notification No. G.S.R. 1002 (E), dated the 23rd December, 2015, publishing the Union Public Service Commission (Exemption from Consultation) Amendment Regulation, 2015, under sub-clause (5) of article 320 of the Constitution. III. A copy (in English and Hindi) of the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions (Department of Personnel and Training) Notification No. G.S.R. 1001 (E), dated the 23rd December, 2015, publishing the All India Services (Discipline and Appeal) Amendment, Rules, 2015, under sub-section (2) of Section 3 of the All India Services Act, 1951. Shri Krishan Pal (Minister of State in the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment) laid on the Table a copy each (in English and Hindi) of the following papers: — (i) (a) Twenty-eighth Annual Report and Accounts of the Rehabilitation Council of India (RCI), New Delhi, for the year 2014-15, together with the Auditor's Report on the Accounts. (b) Review by Government on the working of the above Council. (c) Statement giving reasons for the delay in laying the papers mentioned at (i) (a) above. (ii) (a) Annual Report and Accounts of the Ali Yavar Jung National Institute for the Hearing Handicapped (AYJNIHH), Mumbai, for the year 2014-15, together with the Auditor's Report on the Accounts. (b) Review by Government on the working of the above Institute. (c) Statement giving reasons for the delay in laying the papers mentioned at (ii) (a) above.

65 RAJYA SABHA Prof. (Dr.) (Minister of State in the Ministry of Human Resource Development) laid on the Table:- I.(1) A copy each (in English and Hindi) of the following papers, under sub-section (4) of Section 22 of the National Institutes of Technology Act, 2007:— (i) (a) Annual Report and Accounts of the National Institute of Technology, Mizoram, Aizawl, for the year 2013-14, together with the Auditor's Report on the Accounts. (b) Review by Government on the working of the above Institute. (ii) (a) Annual Report and Accounts of the Malaviya National Institute of Technology, Jaipur, , for the year 2014-15, together with the Auditor's Report on the Accounts. (b) Review by Government on the working of the above Institute. (iii) (a) Annual Report and Accounts of the National Institute of Technology Warangal, Andhra Pradesh, for the year 2014-15, together with the Auditor's Report on the Accounts. (b) Review by Government on the working of the above Institute. (iv) (a) Annual Report and Accounts of the National Institute of Technology, Karnataka, Surathkal, Mangalore, for the year 2014-15, together with the Auditor's Report on the Accounts. (b) Review by Government on the working of the above Institute. (v) (a) Annual Report and Accounts of the National Institute of Technology, Silchar, Assam, for the year 2014-15, together with the Auditor's Report on the Accounts. (b) Review by Government on the working of the above Institute. (vi) (a) Third Annual Report of the National Institute of Technology, Meghalaya, Shillong, for the year 2013-14. (b) Annual Accounts of the National Institute of Technology, Meghalaya, Shillong, for the year 2013-14, and the Audit Report thereon. (c) Review by Government on the working of the above Institute.

66 3RD MARCH, 2016 (vii) (a) Fourth Annual Report of the National Institute of Technology, Meghalaya, Shillong, for the year 2014-15. (b) Annual Accounts of the National Institute of Technology, Meghalaya, Shillong, for the year 2014-15, and the Audit Report thereon. (c) Review by Government on the working of the above Institute. (2) Statements (in English and Hindi) giving reasons for the delay in laying the papers mentioned at (1) above. II. A copy each (in English and Hindi) of the following papers:— (a) Annual Report of the Central Institute of Classical Tamil (CICT), Chennai, for the year 2014-15. (b) Statement by Government accepting the above Report. (c) Statement giving reasons for the delay in laying the papers mentioned at (a) above. Shri (Minister of State in the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment) laid on the Table:- I.(1) A copy each (in English and Hindi) of the following papers, under clause (6) of article 338 of the Constitution:— (a) Report of the National Commission for Scheduled Castes (NCSC) on the Problems of Migrant SCs in obtaining Caste Certificates, New Delhi, May, 2013. (b) Explanatory Memorandum on the above-said Report. (2) Statement (in English and Hindi) giving reasons for the delay in laying of the papers mentioned at (1) above.

11-01 a.m. 2. Statement of the Department Related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Chemicals and Fertilizers Shri Narayan Lal Panchariya laid on the Table, a copy (in English and Hindi) of the Statement of the Department-related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Chemicals and Fertilizers (2015-16) on Action Taken Statement on Tenth Report of the Committee on Chemicals and Fertilizers (2014-15) on Action Taken by the Government on the Recommendation contained in the First Report (Sixteenth ) on 'Demands for Grants (2014-15)' of the Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers (Department of Chemicals and Petrochemicals).

67 RAJYA SABHA 3. Reports of the Department Related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Food, Consumer Affairs and Public Distribution Dr. K. Keshava Rao laid on the Table, a copy each (in English and Hindi) of the following Reports of the Department-related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Food, Consumer Affairs and Public Distribution (2015-16):— (i) Seventh Report on action taken by the Government on the observations/recommendations contained in the Fourth Report of the Committee on 'Demands for Grants (2015-16)' of the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution (Department of Consumer Affairs); and (ii) Eighth Report on action taken by the Government on the observations/recommendations contained in the Third Report of the Committee on 'Demands for Grants (2015-16)' of the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution (Department of Food and Public Distribution). 11-02 a.m. 4. Matters raised with permission 1. Shrimati Jharna Das Baidya raised a matter regarding alleged gangrape of 40 tribal women in Bastar (). 11-06 a.m. 2. !Shri Bhupinder Singh raised a matter regarding need for early release of funds for Phailin and drought in Odisha. 11-09 a.m. 3. Ms. Anu Aga raised a matter regarding speeches made by allegedly advocating for taking up arms against minority community. !Shri , Minister of State in the Ministry of Minority Affairs and in the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs, responded. 11-14 a.m. 4. !Shri Madhusudan Mistry raised a matter regarding incident of defacing the statue of late Shri Jawaharlal Nehru, former Prime Minister in Baghpat, . !Shri Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi, Minister of State in the Ministry of Minority Affairs and in the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs, responded.

! Spoke in Hindi.  From 11-12 a.m. to 11-14 a.m., some points were raised. 68 3RD MARCH, 2016 11-19 a.m. 5. Shri K. T. S. Tulsi raised a matter regarding concern over farmers' suicide and remarks of ruling party Members in this regard. !Shrimati Rajani Patil also spoke. 11-24 a.m. 6. Shri Sukhendu Sekhar Roy raised a matter regarding request to release Central funds to the State of West Bengal. 11-26 a.m. 7. Shri Md. Nadimul Haque raised a matter regarding delay in appointment of Information Commissioners in the Central Information Commission. 11-28 a.m. 8. !Dr. Sanjay Sinh raised a matter regarding need for not closing the Rajiv Gandhi IIIT at Tikarmati, Amethi (UP). 11-32 a.m. 9. !Shri Mansukh L. Mandaviya raised a matter regarding reported arrest of fishermen by Pakistani Marine forces. !Shrimati , Minister of External Affairs, responded. .11-38 a.m. 10. Shri Anand Sharma raised a matter regarding allotment of forest and Government land at throw away prices in the Eco Sensitive zones. 11-44 a.m. 11. Shri K. K. Ragesh raised a matter regarding concern over huge hike in prices of drugs and need to restore powers of NPPA. 11-48 a.m. 12. Shri K. N. Balagopal raised a matter regarding exorbitant air fares charged by airline companies from NRIs. !Shri Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi, Minister of State in the Ministry of Minority Affairs and in the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs, responded.

! Spoke in Hindi. . From 11-37 a.m. to 11-38 a.m., some points were raised.  From 11-42 a.m. to 11-44 a.m., some points were raised. 69 RAJYA SABHA 11-51 a.m. 5. Special Mentions

The following Special Mentions were laid on the Table of the House:— 1. Dr. Bhalchandra Demand to celebrate the 3rd January, the Mungekar birth day of Savitribai Jyotirao Phule, a social reformer as Women’s Education Day. 2. Shri K.K. Ragesh Demand to take immediate measures for implementation of the pension scheme,

2009 for employees of Food Corporation of India. 3. Shri Dilip Kumar Demand to take effective measures for Tirkey repair and security of Shree Jagannath Mandir at Puri in Odisha. 4. Shri K.T. S. Tulsi Demand to expedite the field trial of Genetically Modified crops to avoid agrarian crisis in the country. 5. Shri Tarun Vijay Demand to establish a Kendriya Vidyalaya and a Central University at Mayiladuthurai town in Tamil Nadu. 6. Shri Ram Nath Thakur Demand to give reservation to socially and educationally backward people as per the recommendation of Backwards Class Commission of 1979. 7. Shri Vivek Gupta Demand to take urgent measures to make all the cell phone registrations compliant as per KYC norms. 8. Shrimati Kahkashan Demand to protect village Sitabdiayara, Perween the birth place of Lok Nayak Jaiprakash Narayan from erosion by the river Ghaghra in Bihar. 9. Shrimati Wansuk Demand to expedite setting up of four Syiem additional border haats in Meghalaya along Bangladesh border.

70 3RD MARCH, 2016 10. Shri Motilal Vora Demand to take immediate steps to protect the tribal dialects from extinction in Chhattisgarh. 11. Shri Palvai Govardhan Demand to take effective measures to Reddy promote professional cricket in rural areas of Telangana. 12. Shri Paul Manoj Demand to introduce direct air flights Pandian from Madurai in Tamil Nadu to Port Blair in Andaman and Nicobar Islands. 13. Shri Md. Nadimul Demand to restore the previous funding Haque pattern for Project Tiger for conservation of the National Animal in the country. 14. Shri Anubhav Mohanty Demand to confer the Bharat Ratna on Late Shri Biju Patnaik the former Chief Minister of Odisha. 12-00 Noon 6. Starred Questions The following Starred Questions were orally answered:- Starred Question No. 76 regarding Poor quality of primary and secondary education. Starred Question No. 77 regarding Reservation for OBCs in private sector. Starred Question No. 78 regarding CCTV cameras in schools. Starred Question No. 79 regarding Low literacy rate in Telangana. Starred Question No. 80 regarding Violation of GFR under MPLAD Scheme. Starred Question No. 81 regarding Occurrence of dyslexia among children.

 From 8-00 p.m. to 8-01 p.m., Special Mention at Sl. No. 14 was Laid on the Table.  From 11-56 a.m. to 12-00 noon, some points were raised. 71 RAJYA SABHA Starred Question No. 82 regarding Discrimination in selection of smart cities. Answers to remaining Starred Question Nos. 83 to 90 were laid on the Table. 7. Unstarred Questions Answers to Unstarred Question Nos. 800 to 959 were laid on the Table. (The House adjourned at 1-00 p.m. and re-assembled at 2-00 p.m.)

 2-13 p.m. 8. Government Bill — Withdrawn The National Identification Authority of India Bill, 2010 Shri (Minister of Finance, Minister of Corporate Affairs and Minister of Information and Broadcasting) moved for leave to withdraw a Bill to provide for the establishment of the National Identification Authority of India for the purpose of issuing identification numbers to individuals residing in India and to certain other classes of individuals and manner of authentication of such individuals to facilitate access to benefits and services to such individuals to which they are entitled and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto. Shri Arun Jaitley withdrew the Bill. 2-14 p.m. 9. Supplementary Demands for Grants (Railways), 2015-16 Shri , Minister of Railways, laid on the Table, a statement (in English and Hindi) showing the Supplementary Demands for Grants (Railways), for the year 2015-16. 2-22 p.m. 10. Calling Attention to the Matter of Urgent Public Importance *Shri Ghulam Nabi Azad called the attention of the Minister of Home Affairs to the inflammatory speeches made by a Minister in the Union Government and elected representatives violating the Constitution and oath of office and the response of the Government thereto.

 From 2-00 p.m. to 2-13 p.m., some points were raised.  From 2-15 p.m. to 2-22 p.m., some points were raised. * Spoke in Urdu. 72 3RD MARCH, 2016 Shri , Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs, laid on the Table, a statement (in English and Hindi) on the matter. Thereafter, some Members sought clarifications on the statement. Shri , Minister of Home Affairs, replied to the clarifications. 4-02 p.m. 11. Motion of Thanks on the President's Address Further discussion on the following Motion moved by Shri Jagat Prakash Nadda on the 2nd March, 2016 and the amendments moved thereto––– ―That an Address be presented to the President in the following terms––– 'That the Members of the Rajya Sabha assembled in this Session are deeply grateful to the President for the Address which he has been pleased to deliver to both Houses of Parliament assembled together on February 23, 2016.'" The following Members took part in the discussion:— 4-02 p.m. 1. !Shri Sharad Yadav 4-40 p.m. 2. Shri Derek O’ Brien 5-07 p.m. 3. Shrimati Vijila Sathyananth 5-36 p.m. 4. !Shri Praful Patel 5-59 p.m. 5. !Shri Ahmed Patel 6-21 p.m. 6. !Chaudhary Munvvar Saleem 6-33 p.m. 7. Shri Sukhendu Sekhar Roy 6-42 p.m. 8. !Shri Dilip Kumar Tirkey 6-50 p.m. 9. !Sardar Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa 7-06 p.m. 10. !Dr. Vijayalaxmi Sadho .7-27 p.m. 11. !Shri Pramod Tiwari

The discussion was not concluded.

 From 2-30 p.m. to 2-35 p.m., From 2-41 p.m. to 2-46 p.m., From 3-59 p.m. to 4-02 p.m., some points were raised. . From 7-24 p.m. to 7-27 p.m., some points were raised. ! Spoke in Hindi. 73 RAJYA SABHA

 7-51 p.m. 12. Government Bill — Under Consideration The Bureau of Indian Standards Bill, 2015, as passed by Lok Sabha Shri Ramvilas Paswan (Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution) moved:- ―That the Bill to provide for the establishment of a national standards body for the harmonious development of the activities of standardization, conformity assessment and quality assurance of goods, articles, processes, systems and services and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto, as passed by Lok Sabha, be taken into consideration.‖ The discussion on the Bill had not commenced. 8-01 p.m. (The House adjourned at 8-01 p.m. till 11-00 a.m. on Friday, the 4th March, 2016)

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 From 7-45 p.m. to 7-51 p.m., some points were raised.  From 8-00 p.m. to 8-01 p.m., see item at Sl. No.5 (14). 74

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