WEDNESDAY, THE 30TH APRIL, 2008 (The met in the Parliament House at 11-00 a. m.)

11-00 a.m. 1. Starred Questions The following Starred Questions were orally answered:- Starred Question No. 521 regarding Extension of NREGS benefits to farming community. Starred Question No. 522 regarding Management support to rural development programmes. Starred Question No. 523 regarding Designing of software by TCS on NREG programme. Starred Question No. 525 regarding Inspection report of Admiral Gorshkov. Starred Question No. 526 regarding Findings in Tenkasi bomb blast case. Answers to remaining Starred Question Nos. 524 and 527 to 540 were laid on the Table. 2. Unstarred Questions Answers to Unstarred Question Nos. 3854 to 3997 were laid on the Table. 12-00 Noon. 3. Statement by Minister Correcting Answer to Question Shri Shriprakash Jaiswal, Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs, laid on the Table a copy (in English and Hindi) of the statement correcting the answer to Unstarred Question 704 given in the Rajya Sabha on the 5th March, 2008 regarding “Recruitment at lowest level in Paramilitary forces”. RAJYA SABHA 12-01 p.m. 4. Papers Laid on the Table Shri A.K. Antony (Minister of Defence) laid on the Table a copy (in English and Hindi) of the Memorandum of Understanding between the Government of India (Ministry of Defence, Department of Defence Production) and the Bharat Earth Movers Limited (BEML) for the year 2008-2009. Shri Priyaranjan Dasmunsi (Minister of Information and Broadcasting) laid on the Table a copy each (in English and Hindi) of the following papers:— (a) Annual Report and Accounts of the Film and Television Institute of India (FTII), Pune, for the year 2006-2007, together with the Auditor’s Report thereon. (b) Review by Government on the working of the above Institute. Statement giving reasons for the delay in laying (c) the papers mentioned at (a) above. Shri Oscar Fernandes (Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Labour and Employment) laid on the Table:- I. A copy (in English and Hindi) of the Ministry of Labour and Employment Notification S.O. 3456 dated the 8th December, 2007, specifying the establishments employing twenty or more persons as the class of establishments to which the Employees’ Provident Fund and Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1952 shall apply, under sub-section (2) of section 7 of the said Act. II. A copy (in English and Hindi) of the Ministry of Labour and Employment Notification G.S.R. 254 (E) dated the 31st March, 2008, publishing the Employees’ State Insurance (Central) (Amendment) Rules, 2008, under sub-section (4) of section 95 of the Employees’ State Insurance Act, 1948. III. A copy each (in English and Hindi) of the following papers:— (a) Fifty-fourth Annual Report of the Employees Provident Fund Organisation, New Delhi, for the year 2006-2007. (b) Statement giving reasons for the delay in laying the papers mentioned at (a) above.

30TH APRIL, 2008 Shri Shriprakash Jaiswal (Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs) laid on the Table:- I. A copy (in English and Hindi) of the Ministry of Home Affairs Notification G.S.R. 237 (E) dated the 28th March, 2008, publishing the Registration of Foreigners (Amendment) Rules, 2008, under sub-section (2) of section 3 of the Registration of Foreigners Act, 1939. II. A copy (in English and Hindi) of the Ministry of Home Affairs Notification G.S.R. 83 (E) dated the 12th February, 2008, publishing the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Amendment Rules, 2008, under sub-section (3) of section 30 of the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act, 1976. Shri V. Narayanasamy (Minister of State in the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs and Minister of State in the Ministry of Planning) on behalf of Shri Prithviraj Chavan laid on the Table:- I. A copy (in English and Hindi) of the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievance and Pensions (Department of Personnel and Training) Notification G.S.R. 235 (E) dated the 28th March, 2008, publishing amendments to the Second Schedule to the Right to Information Act, 2005, under sub-section (3) of section 24 (B) of the Right to Information Act, 2005. II. A copy each (in English and Hindi) of the following papers:— (i) Memorandum of Understanding between the Government of India (Department of Atomic Energy) and the Uranium Corporation of India Limited for the year 2008-2009. (ii) Memorandum of Understanding between the Government of India (Department of Atomic Energy) and the Electronics Corporation of India Limited for the year 2008-2009. (iii) Memorandum of Understanding between the Government of India (Department of Atomic Energy) and the Indian Rare Earths Limited for the year 2008-2009. (iv) Memorandum of Understanding between the

Government of India (Department of Atomic Energy) and the Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited (NPCIL) for the year 2008-2009. (v) Memorandum of Understanding between the

Government of India (Department of Atomic Energy) and the Bharatiya Nabhikiya Vidyut Nigam Limited for the year 2008-2009. RAJYA SABHA Shri Ashwani Kumar (Minister of State in the Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion, Ministry of Commerce and Industry) laid on the Table a copy (in English and Hindi) of the Ministry of Commerce and Industry (Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion) Notification S.O. 892 (E) dated the 17th April, 2008, publishing the Newsprint Control (Amendment) Order, 2008, under sub-section (2-H) of section 29B of the Industries (Development and Regulation) Act, 1951. Shri Ashwani Kumar (Minister of State in the Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion, Ministry of Commerce and Industry) on behalf of Shri Jairam Ramesh laid on the Table a copy (in English and Hindi) of the Memorandum of Understanding between the Government of India (Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Department of Commerce) and the MMTC Limited for the year 2008-2009. Shrimati V. Radhika Selvi (Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs) laid on the Table a copy (in English and Hindi) of the Ministry of Home Affairs Notification G.S.R. 87 (E) dated the 14th February, 2008, publishing the Disaster Management (National Disaster Response Force) Rules, 2008, under section 77 of the Disaster Management Act, 2005. Shri V. Narayanasamy (Minister of State in the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs and Minister of State in the Ministry of Planning) laid on the Table the following statements (in English and Hindi) showing the action taken by Government on the various assurances, promises and undertakings given during the Session shown against each:— (i) Statement No. Hundred and Ninety- XXXI first Session, 2000 (ii) Statement No. Hundred and Ninety- XXII sixth Session, 2002 (iii) Statement No. Hundred and Ninety- XVIII ninth Session, 2003 (iv) Statement No. Two Hundred and XIII Fourth Session, 2005 (v) Statement No. Two Hundred and X Sixth Session, 2005 (vi) Statement No. Two Hundred and IX Seventh Session, 2006 (vii) Statement No. Two Hundred and VII Eighth Session, 2006 (viii) Statement No. Two Hundred and VI Ninth Session, 2006 30TH APRIL, 2008 (ix) Statement No. V Two Hundred and Tenth Session, 2007 (x) Statement No. IV Two Hundred and Eleventh Session, 2007 (xi) Statement No. II Two Hundred and Twelfth Session, 2007 (xii) Statement No. I Two Hundred and Thirteenth Session, 2008 12-02 p.m. 5. Reports of the Department Related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Health and Family Welfare Shri Amar Singh presented the following Reports (in English and Hindi) of the Department-related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Health and Family Welfare: — (i) Twenty-seventh Report of the Committee on “Demands for Grants (2008-2009)” of the Department of Health and Family Welfare; (ii) Twenty-eighth Report of the Committee on “Demands for Grants (2008- 2009)” of the Department of AYUSH; and (iii) Twenty-ninth Report of the Committee on “Demands for Grants (2008- 2009)” of the Department of Health Research. 12-03 p.m. 6. Report of the Department Related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Human Resource Development Shrimati Supriya Sule presented the Two Hundred-ninth Report (in English and Hindi) of the Department-related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Human Resource Development on "Demands for Grants 2008-2009 (Demand No. 104)" of the Ministry of Women and Child Development. RAJYA SABHA 12-04 p.m. 7. Report of the Study Tour of Committee on the Welfare of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes Miss Anusuiya Uikey laid on the Table a copy (in English and Hindi) of the Study Tour of the Committee on the Welfare of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes on their visit to Guwahati, Kohima, Agartala and Kolkata during October- November, 2007. 12-05 p.m. 8. Statements by Ministers (1) Shrimati D. Purandeswari, Minister of State in the Ministry of Human Resource Development, laid on the Table a statement (in English and Hindi) on the status of implementation of recommendations contained in the Hundred and Ninety-third Report of the Department-related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Human Resource Development. 12-06 p.m. (2) Shri Priyaranjan Dasmunsi, Minister of Information and Broadcasting, laid on the Table a statement (in English and Hindi) on the status of implementation of recommendations contained in the Fifty-first Report of the Department-related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Information and Technology. (3) Shri V. Narayanasamy, Minister of State in the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs and Minister of State in the Ministry of Planning, laid on the Table a copy each (in English and Hindi) of the following statements regarding: — (i) Status of implementation of recommendations contained in the First, Fifth, Fourteenth and Nineteenth Reports of the Department-related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Personnel, Public Grievances, Law and Justice; and (ii) Status of implementation of recommendations contained in the One Hundred seventy-sixth Report of the Department-related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Science and Technology, Environment and Forests. 30TH APRIL, 2008 12-07 p.m. (4) Shri Ashwani Kumar, Minister of State in the Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion, Ministry of Commerce and Industry, laid on the Table a statement (in English and Hindi) on the status of implementation of recommendations contained in the Sixty-ninth Report of the Department-related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Commerce. (5) Shri Ashwani Kumar, Minister of State in the Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion, Ministry of Commerce and Industry, laid on the Table a statement (in English and Hindi) on the status of implementation of recommendations contained in the Eighty-third Report of the Department-related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Commerce. 12-08 p.m. 9. Motion for Election to the Central Committee of the Tuberculosis Association of India A motion for election of one member to the Central Committee of the Tuberculosis Association of India was moved and adopted. 10. Motion for Election to the Coir Board A motion for election of one member to the Coir Board was moved and adopted. 12-09 p.m. 11. Statement regarding Government Business Shri V. Narayanasamy, Minister of State in the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs and Minister of State in the Ministry of Planning, made a statement regarding Government Business in the Rajya Sabha during the week commencing Monday, the 5th May, 2008. RAJYA SABHA 12-10 p.m. 12. Message from — Reported The Jawaharlal Institute of Post-Graduate Medical Education and Research, Puducherry Bill, 2007 Secretary-General reported to the House the following message received from the Lok Sabha, signed by the Secretary-General of the Lok Sabha:- "In accordance with the provisions of rule 120 of the Rules of Procedure and Conduct of Business in Lok Sabha, I am directed to inform you that Lok Sabha, at its sitting held on the 29th April, 2008, agreed without any amendment to the Jawaharlal Institute of Post-Graduate Medical Education and Research, Puducherry Bill, 2008, which was passed by Rajya Sabha at its sitting held on the 23rd April, 2008." §12-14 p.m. 13. Matters raised with permission *(1) Shrimati Sushma Swaraj raised a matter regarding demonstration by Chief Minister, MPs and MLAs of Madhya Pradesh. &12-20 p.m. (2) Ms. Sushila Tiriya raised a matter regarding demand to regularise the casual workers of BSNL in Orissa. 12-22 p.m. *(3) Shri Virendra Bhatia raised a matter regarding reported statement of the Minister of Health and Family Welfare published in a newspaper about the people of Bihar and Uttar Pradesh. %12-26 p.m. (4) Shri Syed Azeez Pasha raised a matter regarding reservation to dalit Muslims and dalit Christians in the country. ______§F rom 12-11 p.m. to 12-14 p.m. some points were raised. * Spoke in Hindi. &From 12-15 p.m. to 12-16 p.m. some points were raised. %From 12-25 p.m. to 12-26 p.m. some points were raised. 30TH APRIL, 2008 $12-30 p.m. *(5) Shri Banwari Lal Kanchhal raised a matter regarding continuous shrinking of agricultural land. 12-33 p.m. (6) Dr. T. Subbarami Reddy raised a matter regarding rehabilitation-cum- revival package of Hindustan Shipyard Ltd., Visakhapatnam. 12-36 p.m. *(7) Shri Ram Narayan Sahu raised a matter regarding compulsory compassionate appointment of the dependents of Government servants. 12-38 p.m. (8) Shri A. Vijayaraghavan raised a matter regarding applications submitted by Pakistani Passport holders in Kerala for Indian Citizenship. 12-42 p.m. 14. Special Mentions After taking sense of the House, the Deputy Chairman directed that the following Special Mentions may be treated as laid on the Table of the House:— 1. Shri Praveen Concern over poor Rashtrapal implementation of the constitutional provisions meant for Scheduled Castes in the country. 2. Shrimati Syeda Demand to take effective Anwara Taimur measures for the development of North-Eastern region of the country. 3. Ms. Sushila Tiriya Demand to declare Baripada town of Mayurbhanj district in Orissa as ‘C class city’. 4. Shri Shantaram Demand to provide reservation Laxman Naik for women in all areas of Governance. ______$ From 12-28 p.m. to 12-30 p.m. some points were raised. * Spoke in Hindi. RAJYA SABHA 5. Shri B.S. Demand to properly rehabilitate Gnanadesikan the people of Bhopal Gas Tragedy. 6. Dr. T. Subbarami Demand to sanction a revival Reddy package for Bharat Heavy Plates and Vessels Ltd, Visakhapatnam. 7. Shri S. Anbalagan Concern over the acute shortage of power being faced by the country. 8. Shri Mahendra Demand to encourage the use of Mohan plant protection pesticides in the country. 9. Shri Vijay J. Darda Concern over mounting subsidies and their continued failure to bridge the economic disparities. 10. Shri Syed Azeez Demand to take effective Pasha measures for afforestation in the country. 12-44 p.m. 15. Government Bills — Returned !The Appropriation (No. 2) Bill, 2008, as passed by Lok Sabha. And !The Finance Bill, 2008, as passed by Lok Sabha. Shri P. Chidambaram (Minister of Finance) moved:-

"That the Bill to authorize payment and appropriation of certain sums from and out of the Consolidated Fund of India for the services of the financial year 2008-09, as passed by Lok Sabha be taken into consideration."

"That the Bill to give effect to the financial proposals of the Central Government for the financial year 2008-09, as passed by Lok Sabha, be taken into consideration."

______! Discussed together 30TH APRIL, 2008 The following Members took part in the discussion:— 12-45 p.m. 1. Shri Jaswant Singh, Leader of the Opposition 1-40 p.m. 2. Shri Jesudasu Seelam 2-04 p.m. 3. Shri Arjun Kumar Sengupta *2-19 p.m. 4. Shri Brij Bhushan Tiwari 2-43 p.m. 5. Shri Tapan Kumar Sen 3-04 p.m. 6. Shri N.K. Singh 3-20 p.m. 7. Shri Y.P. Trivedi 3-36 p.m. 8. Shri Praveen Rashtrapal *3-58 p.m. 9. Shri Mangala Kisan 4-08 p.m. 10. Shri Rama Chandra Khuntia 4-17 p.m. 11. Shri C. Ramachandraiah 4-38 p.m. 12. Shri Syed Azeez Pasha 4-47 p.m. 13. Shri Abani Roy 4-55 p.m. 14. Shri Sharad Anantrao Joshi *#5-04 p.m. 15. Shri Harish Rawat 5-22 p.m. Shri P. Chidambaram replied to the debate. 5-48 p.m. The motion for consideration of the Appropriation (No. 2) Bill, 2008 was adopted. Clauses 2 to 4 and the Schedule were adopted. Clause 1, the Enacting Formula and the Title were adopted. 5-49 p.m. The motion moved by Shri P. Chidambaram that the Bill be returned was adopted and the Bill was returned. 5-50 p.m. The motion for consideration of the Finance Bill, 2007 was adopted. Clauses 2 to 125 and First Schedule to Ninth Schedule were adopted. Clause 1, the Enacting Formula and the Title were adopted. ______*Spoke in Hindi. #From 5-01 p.m. to 5-02 p.m. see item no. 16 and from 5-02 p.m. to 5-04 p.m. Shri Sharad Anantrao Joshi continued his speech. RAJYA SABHA 5-51 p.m. The motion moved by Shri P. Chidambaram that the Bill be returned was adopted and the Bill was returned. @16. Message from Lok Sabha — Reported Secretary-General reported to the House the following Message as received from Lok Sabha, signed by the Secretary-General of Lok Sabha:- “That this House do extend upto last day of the Monsoon Session, 2008 the time for presentation of the Report of the Joint Committee to examine the constitutional and legal position relating to office of profit.” 5-52 p.m. 17. Statement by Minister Shri Murli Deora made a statement regarding issues raised by Hon'ble Leader of the Opposition relating to Shri T.R. Baalu, Hon'ble Minister for Shipping, Road Transport and Highways. ^5-54 p.m. (The House adjourned at 5-54 p.m. till 11-00 a.m. on Monday, the 5th May, 2008)

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______@ At 5-01 p.m. ^ From 5-53 p.m. to 5-54 p.m. some points were raised.