THURSDAY, THE 19TH MARCH, 2015 (The met in the Parliament House at 11-00 a.m.) 11-00 a.m. 1. Papers Laid on the Table Shrimati (Minister of External Affairs and Minister of Overseas Indian 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 , , for the year 2012-13, 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. II. A copy (in English and Hindi) of the Outcome Budget, for the year 2015-16, in respect of the Ministry of External Affairs. Shri (Minister of Finance, Minister of Corporate Affairs and Minister of Information and Broadcasting) laid on the Table a copy (in English and Hindi) of the Outcome Budget, for the year 2015-16, in respect of the Ministry of Corporate Affairs. Shri Kalraj Mishra (Minister of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises) laid on the Table a copy (in English and Hindi) of the Outcome Budget, for the year 2015-16, in respect of the Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises. Shrimati Maneka Sanjay Gandhi (Minister of Women and Child Development) laid on the Table:- I.(1) A copy each (in English and Hindi) of the following papers, under Section 14 of the National Commission for Women Act, 1990:— (i) (a) Annual Report and Accounts of the National Commission for Women (NCW), New Delhi, for the year 2011-12, together with the Auditor's Report on the Accounts. (b) Action Taken Report on the recommendations contained in the above Report of the National Commission for Women. (c) Review by Government on the working of the above Commission.

211 RAJYA SABHA (ii) (a) Annual Report and Accounts of the National Commission for Women (NCW), New Delhi, for the year 2012-13, together with the Auditor's Report on the Accounts. (b) Action Taken Report on the recommendations contained in the above Report of the National Commission for Women. (c) Review by Government on the working of the above Commission. (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 :— (i) (a) Annual Report and Accounts of the National Institute of Public Cooperation and Child Development (NIPCCD), New Delhi, 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. (c) Statement by Government accepting the above Report. (d) Statement giving reasons for the delay in laying the papers mentioned at (i) (a) above. (ii) Outcome Budget, for the year 2015-16, in respect of the Ministry of Women and Child Development. Shri Y.S. Chowdary (Minister of State in the Ministry of Science and Technology and Minister of State in the Ministry of Earth Sciences) on behalf of Dr. Harsh Vardhan 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:— (i) (a) Twenty-fifth Annual Report and Accounts of the Bharat Immunologicals and Biologicals Corporation Limited (BIBCOL), Bulandshahr (U.P.), for the year 2013-14, together with the Auditor's Report on the Accounts and the comments of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India thereon. (b) Statement by Government accepting the above Report.

212 19TH MARCH, 2015 (ii) (a) Fortieth Annual Report and Accounts of the Central Electronics Limited (CEL), New Delhi, for the year 2013-14, together with the Auditor's Report on the Accounts and the comments of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India thereon. (b) Statement by Government accepting the above Report. (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:— (i) (a) Seventeenth Annual Report and Accounts of Technology Development Board, New Delhi, for the year 2012-13, together with the Auditor's Report on the Accounts. (b) Review by Government on the working of the Board. (c) Statement giving reasons for the delay in laying the papers mentioned at (i) (a) above. (ii) Outcome Budget, for the year 2015-16, in respect of the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research. (iii) Outcome Budget, for the year 2015-16, in respect of the Department of Biotechnology. Shri Prakash Javadekar (Minister of State (Independent Charge) in the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change) laid on the Table:- I. A copy each (in English and Hindi) of the following Notifications of the Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change, under Section 26 of the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986:— (1) S.O. 137 (E), dated the 13th January, 2015, amending Notification No. S.O. 1174 (E), dated the 18th July, 2007 to substitute certain entries in the original Notification. (2) G.S.R. 54 (E), dated the 23rd January, 2015, publishing the Environment (Protection) Amendment Rules, 2015. II. A copy each (in English and Hindi) of the following papers:— (i) (a) Annual Report and Accounts of the Salim Ali Centre for and Natural History (SACON), , for the year 2013-14, together with the Auditor's Report on the Accounts.

213 RAJYA SABHA (b) Review by Government on the working of the above Centre. (c) Statement giving reasons for the delay in laying the papers mentioned at (i) (a) above. (ii) (a) Annual Report and Accounts of the Wildlife Institute of India (WII), , for the year 2011-12, 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. (iii) (a) Annual Report and Accounts of the Wildlife Institute of India (WII), Dehradun, for the year 2012-13, 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 (iii) (a) above. (iv) (a) Annual Report and Accounts of the Wildlife Institute of India (WII), Dehradun, 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. (c) Statement giving reasons for the delay in laying the papers mentioned at (iv) (a) 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 Department of Space) laid on the Table a copy each (in English and Hindi) of the following papers:— (i) (a) Annual Report and Accounts of the Grih Kalyan Kendra, New Delhi, for the year 2013-14, together with the Auditor's Report on the Accounts. (b) Statement by Government accepting the above Report. (ii) Outcome Budget, for the year 2015-16, in respect of the Department of Space. (iii) Outcome Budget, for the year 2015-16, in respect of the Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region.

214 19TH MARCH, 2015 Shrimati Nirmala Sitharaman (Minister of State (Independent Charge) in the Ministry of Commerce and Industry) laid on the Table a copy (in English and Hindi) of the Outcome Budget, for the year 2015-16, in respect of the Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion. Dr. Mahesh Sharma (Minister of State (Independent Charge) in the Ministry of Culture, Minister of State (Independent Charge) in the Ministry of Tourism and Minister of State in the Ministry of Civil Aviation) laid on the Table a copy (in English and Hindi) of the Outcome Budget, for the year 2015-16, in respect of the Ministry of Culture. Shri G.M. Siddeshwara (Minister of State in the Ministry of Heavy Industries and Public 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) Sixty-first Annual Report and Accounts of the HMT Limited, Bangalore, along with that of it's subsidiary companies, for the year 2013-14, together with the Auditor's Report on the Accounts and the comments of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India 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. II. A copy (in English and Hindi) of the Outcome Budget, for the year 2015-16, in respect of the Ministry of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises. 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) Annual Report and Accounts of the Mobility Aid Centre, , Madhya Pradesh, for the year 2013-14, together with the Auditor's Report on the Accounts. (b) Review by Government on the working of the above Centre. (c) Statement giving reasons for the delay in laying the papers mentioned at (i) (a) above.

215 RAJYA SABHA (ii) (a) Annual Report and Accounts of the North East Voluntary Association of Rural Development (NEVARD), Guwahati, Assam, for the year 2013-14, together with the Auditor's Report on the Accounts. (b) Review by Government on the working of the above Association. (c) Statement giving reasons for the delay in laying the papers mentioned at (ii) (a) above. (iii) (a) Twenty-seventh Annual Report and Accounts of the Rehabilitation Council of India (RCI), New Delhi, for the year 2013-14, 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 (iii) (a) above. (iv) (a) Annual Report and Accounts of the National Institute for the Hearing Handicapped (AYJNIHH), Mumbai, 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. (c) Statement giving reasons for the delay in laying the papers mentioned at (iv) (a) above. (v) (a) Annual Report and Accounts of the National Institute for Empowerment of Persons with Multiple Disabilities, Chennai, 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. (c) Statement giving reasons for the delay in laying the papers mentioned at (v) (a) above. (vi) (a) Annual Report and Accounts of the Swami Vivekanand National Institute for Rehabilitation Training and Research (NIRTAR), Cuttack, Odisha, 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. (c) Statement giving reasons for the delay in laying the papers mentioned at (vi) (a) above.

216 19TH MARCH, 2015 (vii) (a) Thirtieth Annual Report and Accounts of the National Institute for the Mentally Handicapped (NIMH), Secunderabad, Andhra Pradesh, 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. (c) Statement giving reasons for the delay in laying the papers mentioned at (vii) (a) above. Shri Y.S. Chowdary (Minister of State in the Ministry of Science and Technology and Minister of State in the Ministry of Earth Sciences) laid on the Table a copy (in English and Hindi) of the Outcome Budget, for the year 2015-16, in respect of the Department of Science and Technology. Shri Babul Supriyo (Minister of State in the Ministry of Urban Development and Minister of State in the Ministry of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation) laid on the Table:- I.(1) A copy each (in English and Hindi) of the following papers, under sub-section (4) of Section 25 of the Delhi Development Act, 1957:— (a) Annual Accounts of the Delhi Development Authority (DDA), New Delhi, for the year 2013-14, and the Audit Report thereon. (b) Review of the Annual Accounts and Audit Report of the above Authority. (2) Statement (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:— (i) Annual Statement of allotments made under 5% discretionary quota, in accordance with the guidelines issued vide Directorate of Estates O.M. No.12035/2/97-Pol.II (Pt. II) dated the 17th November, 1997, for the year ending 31st December, 2014. (ii) (a) Annual Report and Accounts of the Rajghat Samadhi Committee (RSC), New Delhi, for the year 2013-14, together with the Auditor's Report on the Accounts. (b) Review by Government on the working of the above Committee.

217 RAJYA SABHA Shri Vijay Sampla (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 of India:— (a) Fifth Annual Report of the National Commission for Scheduled Castes (NCSC), New Delhi, for the years 2010-11 (June, 2010 to March, 2011) and 2011-12 (April, 2011 to March, 2012). (b) Explanatory Memorandum on the Fifth Annual Report of the National Commission for Scheduled Castes (NCSC), New Delhi, for the years 2010-11 and 2011-12. (2) Statement (in English and Hindi) giving reasons for the delay in laying the papers mentioned at (1) above.

11-02 a.m. 2. Report of the Department Related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Home Affairs Shri P. Bhattacharya presented the One-Hundred and Eighty-Fourth Report (in English and Hindi) of the Department-related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Home Affairs on the Action Taken by Government on the recommendations/observations contained in its 179th Report (ATR on 137th Report) on the Rehabilitation of J&K Migrants. 11-03 a.m.

3. Report of the Committee on Public Undertakings

Shri Naresh Agrawal laid on the Table, a copy (in English and Hindi) of the Second Report of the Committee on Public Undertakings on action taken by the Government on the Observations/Recommendations contained in the Twenty-eighth Report of Committee (Fifteenth Lok Sabha) on "Purchase of condensate at crude oil price by ONGC Limited based on Audit Para No. 13.5.1 of C&AG Report No. 9 of 2009-10" pertaining to the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas.

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*11-08 a.m. 4. Discussion on the various problems being faced by farmers in the country !Shri K. C. Tyagi raised a discussion on the various problems being faced by farmers in the country. The following Members took part in the discussion:— 11-13 a.m. 1. !Km. Mayawati 11-17 a.m. 2. !Prof. Ram Gopal Yadav 11-21 a.m. 3. ^Shri (Leader of the Opposition) 11-26 a.m. 4. !Shri Sitaram Yechury 11-30 a.m. 5. !Shri Bhupender Yadav 11-34 a.m. 6. !Shri 11-39 a.m. 7. Shri Sukhendu Sekhar Roy 11-41 a.m. 8. Shri A. Navaneethakrishnan 11-43 a.m. 9. Shri Baishnab Parida 11-46 a.m. 10. Shrimati Kanimozhi 11-47 a.m. 11. !Shri Sanjay Raut 11-48 a.m. 12. !Shri Balwinder Singh Bhunder

11-51 a.m. !Shri Arun Jaitley (Minister of Finance, Minister of Corporate Affairs and Minister of Information and Broadcasting) replied to the discussion. %12-00 noon. 5. Starred Questions The following Starred Questions were orally answered:- Starred Question No. 226 regarding Integrated housing and slum development programme in . Starred Question No. 227 regarding Unhealthy level of particulate matter in the schools.

* From 11-04 a.m. to 11-08 a.m., some points were raised. ! Spoke in Hindi. ^ Spoke in Urdu.  From 11-50 a.m. to 11-51 a.m. , some points were raised. % From 11-53 a.m. to 12-00 noon, some points were raised. 219 RAJYA SABHA Starred Question No. 228 regarding Subramanian Committee’s recommendations for environmental laws. Starred Question No. 229 regarding Increase in upper age limit for induction in All India Services of State services officers. Starred Question No. 230 regarding Stress management classes for Government employees. Starred Question No. 231 regarding Action plan for coping with rising of sea level. Answers to remaining Starred Question Nos. 232 to 240 were laid on the Table. 6. Unstarred Questions Answers to Unstarred Question Nos. 2401 to 2560 were laid on the Table. 1-05 p.m. 7. Short Notice Question Short Notice Question No. 1 was orally answered. (The House adjourned at 1-05 p.m. and re-assembled at 2-00 p.m.)

2-00 p.m. 8. (A) The Budget (General), 2015-16 Further discussion on the Budget (General), 2015-16 continued. (B) Government Bills — Returned ^(I) The Appropriation (Vote on Account) Bill, 2015, as passed by Lok Sabha ^(II) The Appropriation Bill, 2015, as passed by Lok Sabha Further consideration of the motions moved by Shri Arun Jaitley, Minister of Finance, Minister of Corporate Affairs and Minister of Information and Broadcasting on the 18th March, 2015, continued.

 Discussed together. 220 19TH MARCH, 2015 The following Members took part in the discussion on the Budget (General) and the Appropriation Bills:— 2-00 p.m. 1. Shri Rangasayee Ramakrishna 2-14 p.m. 2. Shri T. Rathinavel 2-21 p.m. 3. !Shri Ram Kumar Kashyap 2-27 p.m. 4. Dr. Bhalchandra Mungekar 2-46 p.m. 5. Shri Dilipbhai Pandya 2-53 p.m. 6. Shri Anil Desai 3-02 p.m. 7. Shri P. Bhattacharya 3-14 p.m. 8. !Shri Shankarbhai N. Vegad 3-27 p.m. 9. Shri D. Raja 3-38 p.m. 10. Kumari Selja 3-56 p.m. 11. !Dr. Bhushan Lal Jhangde 4-02 p.m. 12. Shri Joy Abraham $4-09 p.m. 13. Prof. M. V. Rajeev Gowda 4-19 p.m. 14. !Shri Ram Narain Dudi 4-25 p.m. 15. !Dr. Vijaylaxmi Sadho 4-32 p.m. 16. Dr. K. P. Ramalingam 4-40 p.m. 17. !Shri P. L. Punia 4-49 p.m. 18. Shri Naresh Gujral 4-59 p.m. 19. Shri Ananda Bhaskar Rapolu 5-06 p.m. 20. Shri Palvai Govardhan Reddy 5-13 p.m. 21. Shrimati Wansuk Syiem 5-19 p.m. 22. Shri The discussion was concluded. 5-28 p.m. Shri Arun Jaitley, replied to the discussion on the Budget (General) and the Appropriation Bills. ##6-57 p.m. (B)(i) The motion for consideration of the Appropriation (Vote on Account) Bill, 2015 was adopted.

! Spoke in Hindi. $ From 4-03 p.m. to 4-04 p.m., some points were raised. ## From 5-41 p.m. to 5-43 p.m., and From 6-18 p.m. to 6-42 p.m., some points were raised. 221 RAJYA SABHA Clauses 2 to 4 and the Schedule were adopted. Clause 1, the Enacting Formula and the Title were adopted.

The motion moved by Shri Arun Jaitley that the Bill be returned was adopted and the Bill was returned. 6-59 p.m. (B)(ii) The motion for consideration of the Appropriation Bill, 2015 was adopted. Clauses 2, 3 and the Schedule were adopted. Clause 1, the Enacting Formula and the Title were adopted. The motion moved by Shri Arun Jaitley that the Bill be returned was adopted and the Bill was returned. 7-00 p.m. 9. Recommendations of the Business Advisory Committee The Deputy Chairman informed the Members that the Business Advisory Committee in its meeting held on the 19th March, 2015 has allotted time for Government Legislative Business, as follows:-

BUSINESS TIME ALLOTTED 1. Consideration and passing of the Repealing One hour and Amending Bill, 2014, as passed by Lok Sabha and as reported by the Select Committee of Rajya Sabha 2. Consideration and passing of the Payment Two hours and Settlement Systems (Amendment) Bill, 2014, as passed by Lok Sabha and as reported by the Select Committee of Rajya Sabha 3. Consideration and passing of the Andhra Half-an-hour Pradesh Reorganisation (Amendment) Bill, 2015, as passed by Lok Sabha 4. Consideration and passing of the Repealing One hour and Amending Bill, 2015, as passed by Lok

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222 19TH MARCH, 2015 7-01 p.m. 10. Government Bill — Under Consideration The Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Amendment Bill, 2015, as passed by Lok Sabha and as reported by the Select Committee of Rajya Sabha Shri Narendra Singh Tomar (Minister of Mines and Minister of Steel) moved:- motion for consideration of the Bill. “That the Bill further to amend the Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Act, 1957, as passed by Lok Sabha and as reported by the Select Committee of Rajya Sabha, be taken into consideration.” ^7-12 p.m. (The House adjourned at 7-12 p.m. and re-assembled at 7-22 p.m. &7-26 p.m. Shri P. Rajeeve moved the following Amendment:— "That the Bill further to amend the Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Act, 1957, as reported by the Select Committee of the Rajya Sabha, be recommitted to the same Select Committee for further consideration, with instructions to report to the Rajya Sabha by the last day of the next Session.” ^8-09 p.m. (The House adjourned at 8-09 p.m. and re-assembled at 8-19 p.m.) (The House adjourned at 8-19 p.m. and re-assembled at 8-29 p.m.) (The House adjourned at 8-29 p.m. and re-assembled at 8-49 p.m.)

^ From 7-02 p.m. to 7-12 p.m., some points were raised. & From 7-22 p.m. to 7-26 p.m., some points were raised. ^ From 7-31 p.m. to 8-09 p.m., some points were raised. 223 RAJYA SABHA (Due to gross disorderly conduct in violation of rules and etiquette of Rajya Sabha by the following Members, who entered the ‘Well’ of the House, shouted slogans and persistently and willfully obstructed the proceedings of the House, the Chair repeatedly adjourned the House:–– 1. Shri Mohd. Ali Khan 2. Prof. M. V. Rajeev Gowda 3. Shrimati Rajani Patil 4. Dr. T. Subbarami Reddy 5. Shri Pankaj Bora 6. Shri Narendra Budania 7. Shri Raj Babbar 8. Dr. K.V.P. Ramachandra Rao 9. Shri Palvai Govardhan Reddy 10. Shri Pramod Tiwari 11. Shri P. L. Punia 12. Shri Parvez Hashmi 13. Shri Ranjib Biswal 14. Shri Madhusudan Mistry 15. Shri Satyavrat Chaturvedi 16. Dr. Vijaylaxmi Sadho 17. Shri Husain Dalwai 18. Shri Shadi Lal Batra 19. Dr. Abhishek Manu Singhvi 20. Dr. Sanjay Sinh 21. Shri B. K. Hariprasad 22. Haji Abdul Salam 23. Shri Avinash Pande 24. Shri Santiuse Kujur 25. Shrimati Renuka Chowdhury 26. Shrimati Viplove Thakur 27. Shrimati Wansuk Syiem 28. Dr. K. 29. Shri Oscar Fernandes 30. Dr. Pradeep Kumar Balmuchu 31. Shri Mani Shankar Aiyar 32. Shri Ashk Ali Tak 33. Shri Bhubaneswar Kalita 34. Shri Ananda Bhaskar Rapolu 35. Shri V. Hanumantha Rao ) #8-53 p.m. (The House adjourned at 8-53 p.m. till 11-00 a.m. on Friday, the 20th March, 2015) ______

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