RAJYA SABHA Parliamentary Bulletin

PART-II

Nos.: 50730-50734] THURSDAY, MARCH 7, 2013

No. 50730 Table Office

Allocation of Time in Debates Members are aware that the Business Advisory Committee decides every week allocation of time for debates. Thereafter, the Table Office works out party-wise time allocation as per a settled formula for this purpose. Those parties which have a numerical strength of four or less as well as independent members have been designated as ‘Others’ and given a block time slot for the purpose of participation in debates.

It has been found in actual practice that the Presiding Officer has difficulty in allocating and regulating the speaking-time of individual members because a full list of intending participants is not available at the commencement of a debate. To overcome this difficulty and to minimize reminders from the Chair, it has been decided to request members who wish to speak in a debate to give their names to the Table Office no later than 30 minutes prior to the commencement of a debate.

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No. 50731 Table Office Recommendations of the Business Advisory Committee The Deputy Chairman made the following announcement in the House today (7-3-2013):— 2

“I have to inform Members that the Business Advisory Committee in its meeting held on the 7th March, 2013, has allotted time for Government legislative and other Business as follows:— BUSINESS TIME ALLOTTED 1. General Discussion on Budget (General) for 2013- 14.

2. Consideration and return of the Appropriation (General) Bills relating to the following Demands, after they are passed by :— Twelve Hours

(a) Demands for Grants on Account (General) for (To be 2013-14; discussed together) (b) Supplementary Demands for Grants (General) for 2012-13; and (c) Demands for Excess Grants (General) for 2010- 11.

3. General Discussion on Budget () for 2013-14.

4. Consideration and return of the (Jharkhand) Appropriation Bills relating to the following Demands, after they are passed by Lok Sabha:— One Hour (a) Demands for Grants (Jharkhand) for (To be 2013-14; and discussed (b) Supplementary Demands for Grants together) (Jharkhand) for 2012-13.

5. Consideration and passing of the following Bills:––– (a) The Securities and Exchange of Board of India One Hour (Amendment) Bill, 2013 - to replace an Ordinance. (b) The Readjustment of Representation of One Hour” Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes in Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Bill, 2013 - to replace an Ordinance.

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No. 50732 Legislative Section

Discussion under Rule 176

Notices received from Shri , Shri , Shri , Shri , Prof. Ram Gopal Yadav, Shri Shivanand Tiwari, Shri Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi, Shri Derek O’Brien, Shri K. Parasaran, Dr. E.M. Sudarsana Natchiappan, Shri , Shri H.K. Dua, Dr. Ashok S. Ganguly, Shri Prasanta Chatterjee, Shri Shashi Bhusan Behera, Dr. Najma A. Heptulla, Shri Devender Goud T., Shri D. Raja, Dr. V. Maitreyan, Shri Brajesh Pathak, Shri Darshan Singh Yadav, Shri Alok Tiwari and Shri Arvind Kumar Singh, Members, Rajya Sabha to raise a discussion on the increasing pollution in various rivers in the country, particularly the Ganga and the Yamuna rivers, has been admitted under Rule 177 of the Rules of Procedure and Conduct of Business in Rajya Sabha provisionally for Monday, the 11th March, 2013.

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No. 50733 Bill Office

The Compulsory Military Training Bill 2012 by Shri Avinash Rai Khanna, M. P. (As introduced in the Rajya Sabha)

(D.O. No.10(18)/D(GS-II)/2012/969-F/RM/2013 dated 4th March, 2013 from Shri A. K. Antony, Minister of Defence to the Secretary-General, Rajya Sabha)

The President having been informed of the subject matter of the "Compulsory Military Training Bill, 2012" xxx by Shri Avinash Rai Khanna, M.P. in the Rajya Sabha, has recommended consideration of the Bill under article 117(3) of the Constitution by Rajya Sabha.

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No. 50734 Library and Reference Unit, LARRDIS

Exhibition on ‘Gender Equality & Women’s Empowerment in India’

An Exhibition entitled ‘Gender Equality & Women’s Empowerment in India’ will be inaugurated by the Hon’ble Speaker, Lok Sabha on 8 March 2013 at 15:00 hrs near VIP Gate in Parliament House Annexe.

Members are requested to kindly make it convenient to visit the Exhibition at their convenience. The Exhibition has been set up at the Ground Floor, Opposite Main Committee Room in Parliament House Annexe.

SHUMSHER K. SHERIFF, Secretary-General