RAJYA SABHA —— REVISED LIST OF BUSINESS

Wednesday, August 7, 2013

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. SHRI for Ministry of Labour and Employment; 2. SHRI JITENDRA SINGH for Ministry of Defence; 3. SHRIMATI D. PURANDESWARI for Ministry of Commerce and Industry; 4. SHRIMATI for ; 5. SHRI R.P.N. SINGH for Ministry of Home Affairs; and 6. DR. E.M. SUDARSANA NATCHIAPPAN for Ministry of Commerce and Industry. ————

REPORTS OF THE DEPARTMENT RELATED PARLIAMENTARY STANDING COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORT, TOURISM AND CULTURE

SHRI SITARAM YECHURY SHRI NARENDRA KUMAR KASHYAP SHRI SHASHI BHUSAN BEHERA to present the following Reports* (in English and Hindi) of the Department-related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Transport, Tourism and Culture:— (i) One Hundred and Ninety-sixth Report on “The National Waterway (Lakhipur-Bhanga stretch of the Barak River) Bill, 2013”; and (ii) One Hundred and Ninety-seventh Report on “The Merchant Shipping (Amendment) Bill, 2013”.

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* The Report was presented to the Chairman, Rajya Sabha on 26th June, 2013. 15

REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON THE WELFARE OF SCHEDULED CASTES AND SCHEDULED TRIBES

SHRI LALHMING LIANA SHRI FAGGAN SINGH KULASTE to lay on the Table, a copy (in English and Hindi) of the Twenty-eighth Report of the Committee on the Welfare of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes on ‘Examination of Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MNREGA) with particular reference to Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes’ pertaining to the Ministry of Rural Development. ————

REPORT OF THE DEPARTMENT RELATED PARLIAMENTARY STANDING COMMITTEE ON CHEMICALS AND FERTILIZERS

SHRI DILIPBHAI PANDYA SHRI RAGHUNANDAN SHARMA to lay on the Table, a copy (in English and Hindi) of the Thirty-sixth Report of the Department-related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Chemicals and Fertilizers on ‘Production and Availability of Pesticides’ of the Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers (Department of Chemicals and Petrochemicals). ———— REPORT OF THE DEPARTMENT RELATED PARLIAMENTARY STANDING COMMITTEE ON EXTERNAL AFFAIRS

DR. NAJMA A. HEPTULLA SHRI BALBIR PUNJ to lay on the Table, a copy (in English and Hindi) of the Twenty-first Report* of the Department-related Parliamentary Standing Committee on External Affairs on Action Taken by the Government on the recommendations contained in the Fifteenth Report (Fifteenth ) on ‘Problems relating to Overseas Indian Marriages: Scheme for providing legal/financial assistance/rehabilitation to Indian women deserted by their Overseas Indian Spouses’. ————

REPORTS OF THE DEPARTMENT RELATED PARLIAMENTARY STANDING COMMITTEE ON FINANCE

SHRIMATI RENUKA CHOWDHURY SHRI PIYUSH GOYAL to lay on the Table, a copy each (in English and Hindi) of the following Reports of the Department-related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Finance (2012-13):— (i) Seventy-second Report on Action Taken by the Government on the Recommendations contained in the Thirty-second Report of the Committee (Fifteenth Lok Sabha) on ‘Appraisal of BPL Criteria’; (ii) Seventy-third Report on the Constitution (One Hundred Fifteenth Amendment) Bill, 2011; and (iii) Seventy-fourth report on ‘Economic Impact of Revision of Natural Gas Price’. ————

* The Report was presented to the Speaker, Lok Sabha on the 25th May, 2013 and to the Chairman, Rajya Sabha on the 31st May, 2013. 16

REPORT OF THE DEPARTMENT RELATED PARLIAMENTARY STANDING COMMITTEE ON WATER RESOURCES

DR. GYAN PRAKASH PILANIA SHRIMATI WANSUK SYIEM to lay on the Table, a copy (in English and Hindi) of the Eighteenth Report of the Department-related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Water Resources on Action Taken by the Government on the Observations/Recommendations contained in the Fourteenth Report (Fifteenth Lok Sabha) on ‘Demands for Grants (2012-13)’ of the Ministry of Water Resources. ———— LEGISLATIVE BUSINESS

Bill for withdrawal

1. SHRI to move for leave to withdraw the Readjustment ∗The Readjustment of of Representation of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes in Parliamentary Representation of and Assembly Constituencies Bill, 2013. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes in ALSO to withdraw the Bill. Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Bill, 2013. ———— STATEMENT REGARDING ORDINANCE SHRI KAPIL SIBAL to lay on the Table, a statement (in English and Hindi) explaining the circumstances which had necessitated immediate legislation by the Readjustment of Representation of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes in Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies (Second) Ordinance, 2013. ———— LEGISLATIVE BUSINESS

Bill for introduction

2. SHRI KAPIL SIBAL to move for leave to introduce a Bill to provide The Readjustment of for the readjustment of seats in the House of the People and in the Legislative Representation of Assemblies of the States and for the readjustment of territorial constituencies Scheduled Castes therefor, insofar as such readjustment is necessitated by inclusion in or exclusion and Scheduled from the lists of the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes and for matters Tribes in connected therewith or incidental thereto. Parliamentary and Assembly ALSO to introduce the Bill. Constituencies (Second) Bill, 2013.

∗ The Bill was introduced on the 26th February, 2013. 17

Bills for consideration and passing

The Companies Bill, 3. FURTHER CONSIDERATION of the following motion moved by 2012. Shri Sachin Pilot on the 6th August, 2013:––

“That the Bill to consolidate and amend the law relating to companies, as passed by Lok Sabha, be taken into consideration."

SHRI SACHIN PILOT to move that the Bill be passed.

The National 4. SHRI to move that the Bill further to amend Highways Authority of the National Highways Authority of India Act, 1988, as passed by Lok Sabha, be India (Amendment) taken into consideration. Bill, 2012. ALSO to move that the Bill be passed.

The Marriage Laws 5. FURTHER CONSIDERATION of the following motion moved by (Amendment) Bill, Shri on the 30th April, 2012:–– 2010. “That the Bill further to amend the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 and the Special Marriage Act, 1954, be taken into consideration.

SHRI KAPIL SIBAL to move that the Bill be passed.

The Registration of 6. SHRI KAPIL SIBAL to move that the Bill further to amend the Births and Deaths Registration of Births and Deaths Act, 1969, be taken into consideration. (Amendment) Bill, 2012. ALSO to move that the Bill be passed. ——— SHORT DURATION DISCUSSION

FURTHER DISCUSSION on the large scale devastation caused by cloud bursts, flash floods and landslides recently in Uttarakhand, raised by Shri Bhagat Singh Koshyari, on the 5th August, 2013. ————

CLARIFICATIONS ON THE STATEMENT BY MINISTER

MEMBERS to seek clarifications on the statement made by Shri P. Chidambaram, Minister of Finance, on the 5th August, 2013, on the reported formation of the State of Telangana. ———— ♦ STATEMENT BY MINISTER

SHRI V. to make a statement on the Scheme "Introduction of Mechanism for Marketing of Minor Forest Produce (MFP) through Minimum Support Price (MSP) and Development of Value Chain for MFP."

NEW DELHI; SHUMSHER K. SHERIFF, August 6, 2013. Secretary-General.

♦To be made before the House rises for the day. 18