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Tenth Series Vo). XLIII No. 10 Thursday, August 17, 1995 Sravana 26, 1917 (Saka) LOK SABHA DEBATES (English Version) Fourteenth Session (Tenth Lok Sabha) (Vol. XL/Il contains Nos. 1 to 10) LOK SABHA SECRETARIAT NEW DELHI Price: Rs. 50.00 (ORIGINAL ENGLISH PflocEEDIHGS INCLIJDED IN ENGLISH VERSION AND ORIGINAL HINDI· PROCEEDINGS INCLUDED. IN HINDI VERSION WIll IJ~ 'TREATED AS AUTHORITATIVE; AND NOT THE TRANSLATION THEReOF,] - . ~ CONTENTS [Tenth Series, Vol. XLIII, Fourteenth Session, 1995/1917 (Saka)] No. 10, Thursday, August 17, 1995/Sravana 26, 1917 (Saka)] ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS: ·Starred Questions Nos. 222-224 and 227 1-19 WRITTEN ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS: ·Starred Questions Nos. 221, 225, 226 & 228-240 19-41 Unstarred Questions Nos. 2167-2397 41-256 PRIVATISATION OF BAILADILA IRON ORE MINES 257-280 PAPERS LAID ON THE TABLE 281-282 MESSAGES FROM RAJYA SABHA 282-283 FINANCIAL COMMtTTEE8-A REVIEW 283 PUBLIC ACCOUNTS COMMITTEE 283 Hundred and fifth Report BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE 283-286 INDIAN STATISTICAL INSTITUTE (AMENDMENT) BILL 287-294 Motion to consider Shri Jagat Vir Singh Drona 287 Shri Nirrnal Kanti Chatte~ee 289 Shri Ram Kripal Yadav 293 Shri Sriballav Panigrahi 293 COMMITTEE ON PRIVATE MEMBERS' BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS 294-295 Forty-Fourth Report 294-295 BILLS-INTRODUCED: 295-298 (i) Official Secrets (Amendment) Bill, (Insertion of new Section 16) by Shri Mohan Singh (Deoria) 295 (ii) Constitution (Amendment) Bill, (Substitution of new article for article 44) by Shri Syed Shahabuddin 295 (iii) Railways (Amendment) Bill, (Amendment of sections 2 and 137) by Shri Mohan Singh (Deoria) 296 (iv) The Compulsory Education Bill, by Shri Chitta Basu 296 The Sign + marked above the name of a Member Indicates that the questlon was actually asked on the floor of the House by that Member. (i) (ii) COLUMNS (v) The National Commission for Women (Amendment) Bill, (Amendrrient of section 10) by Shri Chitta Basu 296 (vi) The Education Bank of India Bill, by Shri Chitta Basu 297 (vii) The Constitution (Amendment) Bill, (Amendment of article 164) by Shri Chitta Basu 297 (viii) The Safai Karamcharis Insurance Scheme Bill, by Shri Mangal Ram Premi 297 (ix) The National Commission for Safai Karamcharis (Amendment) Bill (Amendment of section 1, etc.) by Shri Mangal Ram Premi 298 CONSTITUTION (AMENDMENT) BILL 298--324, 325-328 (Insertion of new articles 330 A and 330 B, etc.) Motion to consider Shri Ramashray Prasad Singh 298 Shri Krishan Dutt SuHanpuri 300 Shri Manjay Lal 303 Shri Anadi Charan Das 304 Shri Ram Kripal Yadav 311 Shri Ramdew Ram 314 Shri Nawal Kishore Rai 315 Shri Nitish Kumar 318 Shri Surya Narayan Yadav 324 STATEMENT BY MINISTER 324-325 Escape of LlTTE Cadres from the Venore special camp, Tamil Nadu LOK SABHA DEBATES LOKSABHA you, I would like to know from the han. Minister about the terms and conditions on which this Government is trying to import or has imported technology from China. It has not Thursday, August 17, 199S/Sravana 26, 1917 (Saka) been mentioned in the reply. Further, will it be beneficial for the country or not ? Before this, the Government had The Lok Sabha met at two minutes past imported technology and sought loan from Canada for Eleven of the Clock. Rajmahal Project. Out of the total foreign assistance [MR. SPEAKER in the Chair] received for this project, Rs. 550 crore were transferred for machines, Rs. 1.5 crore for consultancy and Rs. 175 crore ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS for mining. Despite all this, we have incurred a loss of Rs. 76 per tonne. [Translation] Han. Minister, Sir, whether it is a fact that even after Production of Coal using modern technology, Coal India Limited have incurred a loss of Rs. 76 per tonne? If so, the efforts being made + to cover-up this loss and the terms and conditions on which *222. SHRI RAJVEER SINGH: this technology has been imported from China? Whether SHRIMATI SHEELA GAUTAM: it is also a fact that the people, who were sent to foreign Will the Minister of COAL be pleased to state : countries for training, have said after coming back to the country that since there is hard coal in India and soft coal (a) whether the Government are formulating any in foreign countries, this technology cannot be adopted here. scheme for adopting modern technique with a view to boost the production of coal in the country; I would like to know from the hon. Minister as to who is responsible for this loss of crores of rupees. (b) ff so, the details thereof; (c) the extent to which production of coal is likely to be [English] increased after the implementation of this scheme; and SHRI AJIT PANJA : Mr. Speaker, Sir, so far as (d) the quantity of good quality of coal likely to be Rajmahal Open Cast Mine is concerned, it has been produced out of the total quantity thereof? successfully completed and the information given by the han. Member is not correct. It is producing at full rated [English] capacity, as envisaged in the Plan. As far as the Chinese assistance is concerned, after studying the underground THE MINISTER OF STATE OF THE MINISTRY OF mining conditions in various coalfields of India the Bank of COAL (SHRI AJIT KUMAR PANJA): (a) and (b). Introduction China, for the first time, has come forward to give loan of modern coal mining technologies is a continuous assistance and they have selected four places which are, process. With a view to increasing underground coal Churcha West, BalrafTllur, Rajendra and New Kumda, in production Coal India Limited (Cll) has identified four consultation with our coal experts. The loan assistance is underground mines of South Eastern Coalfields Limited Rs. 30 crore for Churcha West, Rs. 22 crore. for Balrampur, (SECl) for introduction of powered support longwall Rs. 25 crore for Rajendra and Rs. 22 crore for New Kumda technology with Chinese assistance. Cil has also invited totalling about Rs. 99 crore. we take all these figures global bids for introduction of modern mining technologies If in seven underground mines of SECL. New technologies together, the overall figure comes to about Rs. 100 crore. like longwall mining and gallery blasting method are also This is one of the terms under which it is given. being introduced in some underground mines of Singareni When, Chinese Longwall project is of great value, as Collieries Company Limited (SCCl). was agreed to by our experts also. So we have taken that. (c) and (d). A statement is laid on the Table of the In fact, I personally visited China alongwith our experts and House. we had a thorough discussion with their experts on what has to be done. We found that it is beneficial to India under the STATEMENT terms and conditions. That is why it was agreed upon and With the implementation of these schemes annual it is working well. additionality of production in CIL is expected to be about 5 million tonnes per annum and about 2 million tonnes in [Trans/ation1 SCCL. A large part around 80% of the anticipated increase SHRI RAJVEER SINGH: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I was asking in production is expected to be good quality non-coking coal. about the terms and conditions on which this agreement was signed with China. The facts should be unravelled before [Translation] the House as to what percentage of profit China will give SHRI RAJVEER SINGH: Mr. Speaker, Sir, through to us ? 3 Ora/ Answers AUGUST 17,1995 Ora/ Answers 4 [English1 are also outside vigilance agencies to keep check; and SHRI AJIT PANJA : Sir, the details are not with me. third, the Comptroller and the Auditor General of India But at present the work has been taken up because it is audits and checks the detailed accounts of the company. found that the Chinese technology is beneficial to certain This is the present structure available with us. These are case mines in India. the gadgets available with us by which we try to see that the Coal India is run in the best possible manner .. {Trans/ation1 Sir, in such a huge operation I cannot rule out that there SHRI RAJVEER SINGH : Mr. Speaker, Sir, my first is no corruption whatsoever. But as a reasonable man, I question has not yet been replied to. I am not satisfied and can say that when specific cases come to our notice, we perhaps, the entire House is not satisfied. If he gives in take sufficient steps to correct them. If the hon. Member has writing, we will read .... (Interruptions) Secondly, there is a got any specific case, he may kindly hand it over to me. I saying that bad association brings bad name. However, the can assure him that if there is sufficient evidence, we would situation today is just contrary to it. The coal has now take the hardest possible action. become a black diamond. {Trans/ation] I would like to ask the hon. Minister whether the SHRI RAJVEER SINGH: Mr. Speaker, Sir the coal common consumers are facing a lot of problem due to shortage of coal? Coal India Limited does special favour mafia is so notorious that even murders are committed there. I had been to Dhanbad. I was told there that coal to some people and on account of it, 10 to 20 thousand mafia people dominate the Government and the cabinet tonnes of coal are distributed to the political leaders and and they are harassing the people ...... (Interruptions) other influential people. In this way, they are earning illegal money by giving them coal on out-of-turn basis. This is the [Eng/ish] reason that Coal India Limited has been suffering a loss of Rs.