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Home , Jai Narain Prasad Nishad, Jayanthi Natarajan, Kamal Nath, Mohammad Hamid Ansari, Prabha Thakur, Prem Chand Gupta

TUESDAY, THE 15TH APRIL, 2008 (The met in the Parliament House at 11-00 a. m.)

11-00 a.m. 1. Oath or Affirmation The following Members made and subscribed oath/affirmation and took their seats in the House:—

ANDHRA PRADESH

1. Shri Mohd. Ali Khan

2. Shri K.V.P.Ramachandra Rao

3. Shrimati Ratna Bai Tadapatla

ASSAM

4. Shri Birendra Prasad Baishya

5. Shri Biswajit Daimary

6. Shri Bhubaneswar Kalita

BIHAR

7. Shri Prem Chand Gupta

8. Shri Nand Kishore Singh

9. Shri C.P. Thakur

CHHATTISGARH

10. Shri Shivpratap Singh

11. Shri

GUJARAT

12. Shri Bharatsinh Prabhatsinh Parmar

13. Shri Parshottam Khodabhai Rupala

14. Shri Natuji Halaji Thakor RAJYA SABHA

HARYANA

15. Dr. Ram Prakash

16. Shri Ishwar Singh

HIMACHAL PRADESH

17. Shri Shanta Kumar

JHARKHAND

18. Shri Jai Prakash Narayan Singh

19. Shri Parimal Nathwani

MADHYA PRADESH

20. Shri Prabhat

21. Shri Raghunandan Sharma

22. Shrimati Maya Singh

MAHARASHTRA

23. Shri

24. Shri

25. Shri Rajkumar Dhoot

26. Shri Prakash Keshav Javadekar

27. Shri Bharatkumar Bhavanishankar Raut

28. Shri Yogendra Premkrishna Trivedi

29. Shri Janardhan Madhavrao Waghmare

MANIPUR

30. Shri Rishang Keishing

MEGHALAYA

31. Shri Thomas A. Sangma 15TH APRIL, 2008

ORISSA

32. Shri Rama Chandra Khuntia

33. Shri Mangala Kisan

34. Shrimati Renubala Pradhan

35. Shri Balbir Punj

RAJASTHAN

36. Dr. Gyan Prakash Pilania

37. Dr. Prabha Thakur

TAMIL NADU

38. Shri N. Balaganga

39. Shri A.A. Jinnah

40. Shrimati

41. Shri T.K. Rangarajan

42. Shrimati Vasanthi Stanley

43. Shri G.K. Vasan

WEST

44. Shri Debabrata Biswas

45. Shri Shyamal Chakraborty

46. Shri Prasanta Chatterjee

47. Shri Ahmad Saeed Malihabadi

48. Shri Tarini Kanta Roy

ANDHRA PRADESH 49. Dr. T. Subbarami Reddy

BIHAR 50. Shri Sabir Ali

RAJYA SABHA 11-47 a.m. 2. Welcome to new Members The Chairman welcomed the new Members. %11-49 a.m. (The House adjourned at 11-49 a.m. and re-assembled at 12-00 Noon) 12-00 Noon. 3. Introduction of Ministers Dr. , Prime Minister introduced 7 Ministers of State to the House. 4. Starred Questions Answers to Starred Question Nos. 321 to 340 were laid on the Table. 5. Unstarred Questions Answers to Unstarred Question Nos. 2327 to 2481 were laid on the Table. 12-01 p.m. 6. Papers Laid on the Table

Shri (Minister of State in the Ministry of Finance) on behalf of Shri laid on the Table a copy each (in English and Hindi) of the following papers (updated as on 11th April, 2008):— (a) Foreign Trade Policy (1st September, 2004 to 31st March, 2009); and (b) Handbook of Procedures-Volume 1 (1st September, 2004 to 31st March, 2009). Shri Prem Chand Gupta (Minister of Corporate Affairs) laid on the Table a copy (in English and Hindi) of the Ministry of Corporate Affairs draft Notification F.No.1/1/2008 – CL.V dated nil, regarding non filing of multiple copies of document for e-governance project, under sub-section (2) of section 610C of the Companies Act, 1956. ______% From 11-48 a.m. to 11-49 a.m. some points were raised. 15TH APRIL, 2008 Shri Pawan Kumar Bansal (Minister of State in the Ministry of Finance) laid on the Table:- I. A copy each (in English and Hindi) of the following Notifications of the Ministry of Finance (Department of Economic Affairs), under sub-section (3) of section 21 of the Coinage Act, 1906:-

nd (a) G.S.R. 45 (E) dated the 22 January, 2008, publishing the Coinage of the Five Rupees coined to commemorate the occasion of “State Bank of Bicentennial Year” Rules, 2007. nd (b) G.S.R. 47 (E) dated the 22 January, 2008, publishing the Coinage of the Five Rupees coined to commemorate the occasion of “Lal Bahadur Shastri Birth Centenary (1904-2004)” Rules, 2007. II. A copy (in English and Hindi) of the Ministry of Finance (Department of Economic Affairs), Notification No. PWPM:10475:078:VRR dated the 24-30th November, 2007, publishing the Canara Bank (Officers’) Service (Amendment) Regulations, 2007, under sub-section (4) of section 19 of the Banking Companies (Acquisition and Transfer of Undertakings) Act, 1970. III. A copy each (in English and Hindi) of the following papers, under sub-section (4) of section 15 of the Securities and Exchange Board of India Act, 1992 :—

(a) Annual Accounts of the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI), Mumbai, for the year 2006- 2007 and the Audit Report thereon.

(b) Statement giving reasons for the delay in laying the papers mentioned at (a) above. Shri Dinsha J. Patel (Minister of State in the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas) laid on the Table:- I. A copy each (in English and Hindi) of the following Notifications of the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas, under section 62 of the Petroleum and Natural Gas Regulatory Board Act, 2006:— (a) G.S.R.36 (E) dated the 30th November, 2007, publishing the Petroleum and Natural Gas Regulatory Board (Appointment of Consultants) Regulations, 2007.

RAJYA SABHA

(b) G.S.R. 196 (E), dated the 19th March, 2008, publishing the Petroleum and Natural Gas Regulatory Board (Authorizing Entities to Lay, Build, Operate or Expand City or Local Natural Gas Distribution Networks) Regulations, 2008. (c) G.S.R. 197 (E), dated the 19th March, 2008, publishing the Petroleum and Natural Gas Regulatory Board (Determination of Network Tariff for City or Local Natural Gas Distribution Networks and Compression Charge for CNG) Regulations, 2008. (d) G.S.R. 198 (E), dated the 19th March, 2008, publishing the Petroleum and Natural Gas Regulatory Board (Exclusivity for City or Local Natural Gas Distribution Network) Regulations, 2008. II. A copy each (in English and Hindi) of the following papers, under sub-section (1) of section 619A of the Companies Act, 1956:— (a) Annual Report and Accounts of the GAIL (India) Limited, New , for the year 2006-2007, together with the Auditor's Report on the Accounts and the comments of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India thereon. (b) Review by Government on the working of the above Company. III. A copy each (in English and Hindi) of the following papers:— (i) Memorandum of Understanding between the Government of India (Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas) and M/s and Co. Ltd. for the year 2008-2009. (ii) Memorandum of Understanding between the Government of India (Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas) and Limited for the year 2008-2009. (iii) Memorandum of Understanding between the Government of India (Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas) and Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Limited (ONGC) for the year 2008-2009. (iv) Memorandum of Understanding between the Government of India (Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas) and M/s Limited for the year 2008-2009.

15TH APRIL, 2008 12-02 p.m. 7. Reports of Department Related Parliamentary Standing Committee on External Affairs Dr. laid on the Table a copy each (in English and Hindi) of the following Reports of the Department-related Parliamentary Standing Committee on External Affairs:- (i) Twentieth Report (Fourteenth ) on Demands for Grants of the Ministry of External Affairs for the year 2008-2009; and (ii) Twenty-first Report (Fourteenth Lok Sabha) on Demands for Grants of the Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs for the year 2008-2009. 12-03 p.m. 8. Reports of Department Related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Finance Shri S.S. Ahluwalia laid on the Table a copy each (in English and Hindi) of the following Reports of the Department-related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Finance:—

(i) Sixty-seventh Report on Demands for Grants (2008-09) of Ministry of Finance (Departments of Economic Affairs, Expenditure, Financial Services and Disinvestment);

(ii) Sixty-eighth Report on Demands for Grants (2008-09) of Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue);

(iii) Sixty-ninth Report on Demands for Grants (2008-09) of the Ministry of Planning;

(iv) Seventieth Report on Demands for Grants (2008-09) of the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation; and

(v) Seventy-first Report on Demands for Grants (2008-09) of the Ministry of Corporate Affairs.

RAJYA SABHA

12-04 p.m. 9. Reports of Department Related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Information Technology Shri A. Vijayaraghavan laid on the Table a copy each (in English and Hindi) of the following Reports of the Department-related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Information Technology (2007-2008):-

(i) Fifty-fifth Report on Demands for Grants (2008-2009) of the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting;

(ii) Fifty-sixth Report on Demands for Grants (2008-2009) of the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology (Department of Posts) ;

(iii) Fifty-seventh Report on Demands for Grants (2008-2009) of the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology (Department of Telecommunications) ;

(iv) Fifty-eighth Report on Demands for Grants (2008-2009) of the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology (Department of Information Technology); and

(v) Fifty-ninth Report on action taken by the Government on the Recommendations/Observations of the Committee contained in their Forty-Eighth Report (Fourteenth Lok Sabha) on Real Estate Management in Department of Posts.

15TH APRIL, 2008 12-05 p.m. 10. Disqualification of a Member on Ground of Defection The Chairman reported his decision declaring Shri , a member of the Rajya Sabha, who has become subject to disqualification under the Tenth Schedule to the Constitution and informed the House that he had passed the following order:— "ORDER In exercise of the powers conferred upon me under article 102(2) read with paragraph 6 of the Tenth Schedule to the Constitution of India, I, Mohammad Hamid Ansari, Chairman, Rajya Sabha, hereby decide that Shri Jai Narain Prasad Nishad, an elected member of the Rajya Sabha from the State of Bihar, by voluntarily giving up his membership of the , his original political party, has become subject to disqualification for being a member of the Rajya Sabha in terms of paragraph 2(1)(a) of the Tenth Schedule to the Constitution of India. Accordingly, Shri Jai Narain Prasad Nishad has ceased to be a member of the Rajya Sabha with effect from the 26th March, 2008." 12-10 p.m. 11. Resignation by Member The Chairman made the following announcement in the House:— “I had received a letter from Shri N. Jothi, a Member representing the State of , resigning his seat in the Rajya Sabha. I have accepted his resignation with effect from the 27th March, 2008.” #12-14 p.m. (The House adjourned at 12-14 p.m. till 11-00 a.m. on Wednesday, the 16th April, 2008)

______# From 12-11 p.m. to 12-14 p.m. some points were raised.