Parliamentary Bulletin

PART-II

Nos.55448-55456] THURSDAY, MAY 5, 2016

No.55448 Lobby Office

Copies of Group Photograph for Members

A Group Photograph of Members of the Rajya Sabha was taken on the 9 th of March, 2016 in connection with the Farewell Function in honour of retired and retiring Members of the Rajya Sabha. A copy of the colour photograph is available in the Notice Office for perusal of Members. Members may obtain a copy by placing the request with the Notice Office. The rates inclusive all taxes of a colour photograph of different sizes in the form of rolled, laminated and framed copy with names printed thereon either in English or in Hindi are as under:

S.N. Size approx. Type/Form Total Cost

1 15x40 inch Rolled 850.00 2 15x40 inch Laminated 1600.00 3 15x40 inch Framed 1800.00 4 20x60 inch Rolled 4000.00 5 20x60 inch Laminated 5200.00 6 30x90 inch Rolled 5600.00 7 30x90 inch Laminated 6900.00 ______

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No.55449 Committee Co-ordination Section

Members of the Committee on Public Accounts (2016-2017)

The following are the members of the Committee on Public Accounts for the term beginning on the 1 st May, 2016 and ending on the 30 th April, 2017:-

Rajya Sabha

1. Shri Naresh Agrawal 2. Shri Satyavrat Chaturvedi 3. Shri Vijay Goel 4. Shri Bhubaneswar Kalita 5. Shri Shantaram Naik 6. Shri Sukhendu Sekhar Roy 7. Shri Ajay Sancheti

Lok Sabha

8. Shri Sudip Bandyopadhyay 9. Shri Prem Singh Chandumajra 10. Shri Nishikant Dubey 11. Prof. Richard Hay 12. Shri Gajanan Chandrakant Kirtikar 13. Shri Bhartruhari Mahtab 14. Shrimati Riti Pathak 15. Shri Neiphiu Rioh 16. Shri Janardan Singh 'Sigriwal' 17. Shri Abhishek Singh 18. Dr. Kirit Somaiya 19. Shri Anurag Singh Thakur 20. Prof. K.V. Thomas 21. Shri Shivkumar C. Udasi 22. Dr. P. Venugopal

2. Prof. K.V. Thomas has been appointed to be the Chairman of the Committee. ______

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No.55450 Committee Co-ordination Section

Members of the Committee on Public Undertakings (2016-2017)

The following are the members of the Committee on Public Undertakings for the term beginning on the 1 st May, 2016 and ending on the 30 th April, 2017:-

Rajya Sabha

1. Shri Narendra Budania 2. Shri Ram Narain Dudi 3. Shri Naresh Gujral 4. Shri 5. Shri A. K. Selvaraj 6. Shri Tapan Kumar Sen 7. Shri Ramchandra Prasad Singh

Lok Sabha

8. Shri L.K. Advani 9. Shri Ramesh Bais 10. Shri Biren Singh Engti 11. Dr. Hari Babu Kambhampati 12. Shri Shanta Kumar 13. Shri Kristappa Nimmala 14. Shri 15. Shri Shivaji A. Patil 16. Shrimati Krishna Raj 17. Shri Ramsinh Rathwa 18. Shri Narendra Keshav Sawaikar 19. Shri B. Senguttuvan 20. Shri Sushil Kumar Singh 21. Shri Kalikesh Narayan Singh Deo 22. Shri Rameshwar Teli

2. Shri Shanta Kumar has been appointed to be the Chairman of the Committee. ______

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No.55451 Committee Co-ordination Section

Members of the Committee on the Welfare of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (2016-2017)

The following are the members of the Committee on the Welfare of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes for the term beginning on the 1 st May, 2016 and ending on the 30 th April, 2017:-

Rajya Sabha

1. Shri 2. Shri Shamsher Singh Dullo 3. Shri D. Raja 4. Shri 5. Dr. Vijaylaxmi Sadho 6. Shri Veer Singh 7. Shri Tiruchi Siva 8. Shrimati Wansuk Syiem 9. Shri Dilip Kumar Tirkey 10. Mahant Shambhuprasadji Tundiya Lok Sabha

11. Shri Ram Charitra 12. Shri Santokh Singh Chaudhary 13. Shri R. Dhruvanarayan 14. Dr. (Shrimati) Heena Vijay Gavit 15. Dr. K. Gopal 16. Shri Ramesh C. Jigajinagi 17. Shri Rattan Lal Kataria 18. Shri 19. Dr. Virendra Kumar 20. Shrimati Sakuntala Laguri 21. Prof. Seetaram Ajmeera Naik 22. Dr. Ravindra Babu Pandula 23. Shri Ramchandra Paswan 24. Shri Vishnu Dayal Ram 25. Shri Charanjeet Singh Rori 26. Dr. Kirit P. Solanki 27. Shri Ajay Tamta 5

28. Shri Krupal Balaji Tumane 29. Shri Bhanu Pratap Singh Verma 30. Shri Chintaman Navasha Wanaga

2. Shri Faggan Singh Kulaste has been appointed to be the Chairman of the Committee. ______

No.55452 Committee Co-ordination Section

Result of Election to the Central Advisory Committee for the National Cadet Corps

Shri Rajeev Chandrasekhar, Member, Rajya Sabha, who was nominated as a candidate for election to the Central Advisory Committee for the National Cadet Corps, was duly elected to be a member of the said Committee on the 5 th May, 2016. ______

No.55453 M.A. Section

Issuance of FASTags for Toll Plazas on National Highways

Members are informed that National Highways Authority of (NHAI) under Ministry of Road Transport, Highways & Shipping has rolled out cashless payment mechanism ( FASTag ) at Toll Plazas on National Highways [Electronic Toll Collection (ETC)] on Pan India basis. FASTag is to be affixed on the windscreen of the vehicle which will provide non-stop movement of vehicles through Toll Plaza.

The FASTags would be issued free of cost for two vehicles of Hon’ble Members of Parliament (one vehicle for New Delhi and one vehicle of his/her choice in State).

Members may kindly provide duly filled in form available with M.A. Section & Notice Office alongwith an attested copy of Registration Certificate (RC) of vehicles by Members, to M.A. Section.

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No.55454 Bill Office

The Abolition of Begging and Rehabilitation of Beggars Bill, 2015 by Shri Anubhav Mohanty, M. P. (As introduced in the Rajya Sabha)

(D.O. No. 17-3/2015-DP-II dated 3 rd May, 2016 from Shri Thaawar Chand Gehlot, Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment to the Secretary-General, Rajya Sabha)

"The President, having been informed of the subject matter of the proposed "The Abolition of Begging and Rehabilitation of Beggars Bill, 2015" by Shri Anubhav Mohanty, M. P. (Rajya Sabha) recommends to the House consideration of the Bill under article 117(3) of the Constitution of India." ______

No.55455 Bill Office

The Compensatory Afforestation Fund Bill, 2016 (As passed by Lok Sabha)

(Letter No.11-100/2015-FC (vol.), dated 4 th May, 2015 from Shri , Minister of State (Independent Charge) in the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change to the Secretary-General, Rajya Sabha) “The President having been informed of the subject matter of Compensatory Afforestation Fund Bill, 2016 x x x as passed by the Lok Sabha on 3 May, 2016 recommends under clause (3) of article 117 of Constitution of India, consideration by the Rajya Sabha, of the Bill". ______

No.55456 Publications and Who’s Who Unit, LARRDIS

Rajya Sabha Who’s Who 2014

The Rajya Sabha Secretariat has brought out a publication titled ' Rajya Sabha Who’s Who 2014' in English. The publication contains biographical sketches of Members of Rajya Sabha up to July 2015.

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Copies of the publication are available for distribution. Members are requested to obtain a copy of the publication from the Publications Counter, Rajya Sabha.

SHUMSHER K. SHERIFF , Secretary-General