MONDAY, THE 19TH DECEMBER, 2011 (The met in the Parliament House at 11-00 a.m.) 11-00 a.m. 1. Oath or Affirmation Shri Sabir Ali (Bihar) made and subscribed oath and took his seat in the House. 11-01 a.m. 2. Reference by the Chair The Chairman made a reference to the Golden Jubilee of Goa's Liberation from Colonial Rule. The House observed silence, all Members standing, as a mark of respect to the memory of those, who laid down their lives in the freedom struggle of Goa. 11-03 a.m. 3. Starred Questions The following Starred Questions were orally answered:- Starred Question No. 361 regarding Development of science and technology in Uttar Pradesh. Starred Question No. 362 regarding Corporate governance index. Starred Question No. 363 regarding Rise in onion prices. Starred Question No. 364 regarding Investment in Coal Ltd. and Mahanadi Coalfields Ltd. Starred Question No. 365 regarding Pending cases. Starred Question No. 366 regarding Wind energy projects in A.P. Starred Question No. 367 regarding Work load and staff strength in Supreme Court. Starred Question No. 368 regarding Central assistance for the food security scheme. Starred Question No. 369 regarding Empanelled newspapers and journals for advertisements. Answers to remaining Starred Question Nos. 370 to 380 were laid on the Table.

159 RAJYA SABHA 4. Unstarred Questions Answers to Unstarred Question Nos. 2791 to 2945 were laid on the Table. 12-00 Noon 5. Introduction of Minister by the Prime Minister Dr. , Prime Minister introduced one Cabinet Minister to the House. 12-01 p.m.

6. Papers Laid on the Table

Shri Virbhadra Singh (Minister of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises) laid on the Table:- I. A copy each (in English and Hindi) of the following papers, under sub- section (1) of Section 619A of the Companies Act, 1956: — (i) (a) Fifty-sixth Annual Report and Accounts of the National Small Industries Corporation Limited (NSIC), , for the year 2010-11, 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. (ii) (a) Twenty-third Annual Report and Accounts of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands Integrated Development Corporation Limited (ANIIDCO), Port Blair, for the year 2010-11, 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. II. A copy each (in English and Hindi) of the fo llowing papers:— (i) (a) Annual Report and Accounts of the MSME-Technology Development Centre (Fragrance and Flavour Development Centre), Kannauj, Uttar Pradesh, for the year 2010-11, together with the Auditor’s Report on the Accounts. (b) Statement by Government accepting the above Report.

160 19TH DECEMBER, 2011 (ii) (a) Annual Report and Accounts of the MSME-Technology Development Centre (Centre for Development of Glass Industry), Firozabad, for the year 2010-11, together with the Auditor's Report on the Accounts. (b) Statement by Government accepting the above Report. (iii) (a) Annual Report and Accounts of the National Institute for Entrepreneurship and Small Business Development (NIESBUD), NOIDA, for the year 2010-11, together with the Auditor's Report on the Accounts. (b) Statement by Government accepting the above Report. Dr. (Minister of New and Renewable Energy) laid on the Table:- I. A copy each (in English and Hindi) of the following papers, under sub- section (1) of Section 619A of the Companies Act, 1956:— (a) Twenty-fourth Annual Report and Accounts of the Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency Limited (IREDA), New Delhi, for the year 2010-11, 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. II. A copy each (in English and Hindi) of the following papers:— (a) Annual Report and Accounts of the Centre for Wind Energy Technology (C-WET), Chennai, for the year 2010-11, together with the Auditor's Report on the Accounts. (b) Review by Government on the working of the above Centre. Shri Shriprakash Jaiswal (Minister of Coal) laid on the Table 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 (Volume I and II) of the Coal India Limited (CIL), Kolkata, for the year 2010-11, 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.

161 RAJYA SABHA Shri Salman Khursheed (Minister of Law and Justice and Minister of Minority Affairs) laid on the Table a copy (in English and Hindi) of the Seventh Annual Statement on pending Reports of the Law Commission of

India. Prof. K.V. Thomas (Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution) laid on the Table:- I. A copy (in English and Hindi) of the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution (Department of Food and Public Distribution) Notification No. EP.1(2)/2010, dated the 24th June, 2011, publishing the Food Corporation of India (Staff) (2nd Amendment) Regulation, 2011, under sub- section (5) of Section 45 of the Food Corporation Act, 1964. II. A copy (in English and Hindi) of the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution (Department of Consumer Affairs) Notification No. S.O. 2716 (E), dated the 29th November, 2011, publishing the Removal of (Licensing Requirements, Stock Limits and Movement Restrictions) on Specified Foodstuffs (fourth Amendment) Order, 2001, under sub-section (6) of Section 3 of the Essential Commodities Act, 1955. III. A copy each (in English and Hindi) of the following papers, under sub-section (I) of Section 619A of the Companies Act, 1956:— (a) Twenty-seventh Annual Report and Accounts of the Hindustan Vegetable Oils Corporation Limited (HVOC), New Delhi, for the year 2010-11, 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 Corporation. IV. A copy each (in English and Hindi) of the following papers:— (i) (a) Annual Report and Accounts of the VOICE Society, New Delhi, for the year 2009-10, together with the Auditor's Report on the Accounts. (b) Annual Report and Accounts of the VOICE Society, New Delhi, for the year 2010-11, together with the Auditor's Report on the Accounts . (c) Review by Government on the working of the above Society. (ii) (a) Forty-third Annual Report and Accounts of the Council for Fair Business Practices (CFBP), Mumbai, for the year 2009-10, together with the Auditor's Report on the Accounts.

162 19TH DECEMBER, 2011 (b) Forty-fourth Annual Report and Accounts of the Council for Fair Business Practices (CFBP), Mumbai, for the year 2010-11, together with the Auditor’s Report on the Accounts. (c) Review by Government on the working of the above Council. Dr. S Jagathrakshakan (Minister of State in the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting) on behalf of Shri Choudhury Mohan Jatua laid on the Table a copy each (in English and Hindi) of the following papers, under Section 20 of the Press Council Act, 1978:— (a) Thirty-second Annual Report and Accounts of the Press Council of India, New Delhi, for the year 2010-11, together with the Auditor’s Report on the Accounts. (b) Statement by Government accepting the above Report Dr. S Jagathrakshakan (Minister of State in the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting) laid on the Table a copy each (in English and Hindi) of the following papers , under sub-section (1) of Section 619A of the Companies Act, 1956:— (a) Sixteenth Annual Report and Accounts of the Broadcast Engineering Consultants India Limited (BECIL), NOIDA, for the year 2010-11, 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. Shri (Minister of State in the ) laid on the Table a copy (in English and Hindi) of the Memorandum of Understanding between the (Ministry of Coal) and the Coal India Limited, for the year 2011-12. Shri R.P.N. Singh (Minister of State in the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas and Minister of State in the Ministry of Corporate Affairs) laid on the Table a copy (in English and Hindi) of the Ministry of Corporate Affairs Notification No. G.S.R. 679 (E), dated the 14th September, 2011, amending Notification No. G.S.R. 978, dated the 28th May, 1963, to substitute certain entries in the original Notification, under sub-section (3) of Section 620A of the Companies Act, 1956.

163 RAJYA SABHA Shri Vincent Pala (Minister of State in the Ministry of Minority Affairs and Minister of State in the Ministry of Water Resources) laid on the Table:- I.(1) A copy each (in English and Hindi) of the following papers, under sub-section (1) of Section 619A of the Companies Act, 1956:— (i) (a) Annual Report and Accounts of the U.P. Projects Corporation Limited, Lucknow, for the year 2008-09, 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 Corporation. (ii) (a) Thirty-fourth Annual Report and Accounts of the Kerala Land Development Corporation Limited, Thiruvananthapuram, for the year 2006-07, 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 Corporation. (iii) (a) Seventeenth Annual Report and Accounts of the National Minorities Development and Finance Corporation (NMDFC), Delhi, for the year 2010-11, 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 Corporation. (2) Statements (in English and Hindi) giving reasons for the delay in laying the papers mentioned at (1) (i) and (ii) above Shri Ashwani Kumar (Minister of State in the Ministry of Planning, Minister of State in the Ministry of Earth Sciences and Minister of State in the Ministry of Science and Technology) laid on the Table a copy each (in English and Hindi) of the following papers:— (i) (a) Annual Report and Accounts of the National Institute of Immunology (NII), New Delhi, for the year 2010-11, together with the Auditor's Report on the Accounts. (b) Statement by Government accepting the above Report. (ii) (a) Annual Report and Accounts of the Centre for DNA Fingerprinting and Diagnostics (CDFD), Hyderabad, for the year 2010-11, together with the Auditor's Report on the Accounts. 164 19TH DECEMBER, 2011 (b) Statement by Government accepting the above Report. (iii) (a) Twenty-second Annual Report and Accounts of the Bharat Immunologicals and Biologicals Corporation Limited (BIBCOL), Bulandshahr (U.P.), for the year 2010-11, together with the Auditor’s Report on the Accounts. (b) Statement by Government accepting the above Report. (iv) (a) Annual Report and Accounts of the Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology (IITM), Pune, for the year 2010-11, together with the Auditor’s Report on the Accounts. (b) Review by Government on the working of the above Institute. (v) (a) Annual Report and Accounts of the Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Services (INCOIS), Hyderabad, for the year 2010-11, together with the Auditor’s Report on the Accounts. (b) Review by Government on the working of the above Centre. (vi) (a) Annual Report and Accounts of the National Centre for Antarctic and Ocean Research (NCAOR), Goa, for the year 2010-11, together with the Auditor’s Report on the Accounts. (b) Review by Government on the working of the above Centre. (vii) (a) Annual Report and Accounts of the National Institute of Ocean Technology (NIOT), Chennai, for the year 2010-11, together with the Auditor’s Report on the Accounts. (b) Review by Government on the working of the above Institute. (viii) (a) Annual Report and Accounts of the Centre for Advanced Scientific Research (JNCASR), Bangalore, for the year 2010-11, together with the Auditor’s Report on the Accounts. (b) Review by Government on the working of the above Centre. (ix) (a) Annual Report and Accounts of National Accreditation Board for Testing and Calibration Laboratories (NABL), New Delhi, for the year 2010-11, together with the Auditor’s Report on the Accounts. (b) Review by Government on the working of the above Board.

165 RAJYA SABHA (x) (a) Annual Report and Accounts of the Raman Research Institute, Bangalore, for the year 2010-11, together with the Auditor’s Report on the Accounts. (b) Review by Government on the working of the above Institute. (xi) (a) Annual Report and Accounts of the National Innovation Foundation, Ahmedabad, for the year 2010-11, together with the Auditor's Report on the Accounts. (b) Review by Government on the working of the above Foundation. (xii) (a) Annual Report and Accounts of the Bose Institute, Kolkata, for the year 2010-11, together with the Auditor’s Report on the Accounts. (b) Review by Government on the working of the above Institute. (xiii) (a) Annual Report and Accounts of the Indian Institute of Geomagnetism (IIG), Navi Mumbai, for the year 2010-11, together with the Auditor's Report on the Accounts . (b) Review by Government on the working of the above Institute. (xiv) (a) Annual Report and Accounts of the Aryabhatta Research Institute of Observational Sciences, Nainital, for the year 2010-11, together with the Auditor’s Report on the Accounts. (b) Review by Government on the working of the above Institute. (xv) (a) Annual Report and Accounts of the National Academy of Sciences, (NASI), Allahabad, for the year 2010-11, together with the Auditor’s Report on the Accounts. (b) Review by Govern ment on the working of the above Academy. (xvi) (a) Annual Report and Accounts of the Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology (WIHG), Dehradun, for the year 2010-11, together with the Auditor's Report on the Accounts. (b) Review by Government on the working of the above Institute. (xvii) (a) Annual Report and Accounts of the Indian Institute of Astrophysics, Bangalore, for the year 2010-11, together with the Auditor's Report on the Accounts. (b) Review by Government on the working of the above Institute.

166 19TH DECEMBER, 2011 (xviii) (a) Annual Report and Accounts of the Technology Information, Forecasting and Assessment Council (TIFAC), New Delhi, for the year 2010-11, together with the Auditor’s Report on the Accounts. (b) Review by Government on the working of the above Council.

(xix) (a) Annual Report and Accounts of the Indian National Science Academy (INSA), New Delhi, for the year 2010-11, together with the Auditor’s Report on the Accounts. (b) Review by Government on the working of the Academy. (xx) (a) Annual Report and Accounts of the Institute of Advanced Study in Science and Technology, Guwahati, , for the year 2010-11, together with the Auditor’s Report on the Accounts. (b) Review by Government on the working of the above Institute. (xxi) (a) Annual Report and Accounts of the Indian Science Congress Association (ISCA), Kolkata, for the year 2010-11, together with the Auditor’s Report on the Accounts. (b) Review by Government on the working of the above Association. (xxii) (a) Annual Report and Accounts of the Indian Academy of Sciences (IAS), Bangalore, for the year 2010-11, together with the Auditor’s Report on the Accounts. (b) Review by Government on the working of the above Academy. (xxiii) (a) Annual Report and Accounts of the Satyendra Nath Bose National Centre for Basic Sciences, Kolkata, for the year 2010-11, together with the Auditor’s Report on the Accounts . (b) Review by Government on the working of the above Centre. (xxiv) (a) Annual Report and Accounts of the Vigyan Prasar, NOIDA, for the year 2010-11, together with the Auditor’s Report on the Accounts. (b) Review by Government on the working of the above Organisation. (xxv) (a) Annual Report and Accounts of the Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science (IACS), Kolkata, for the year 2010-11, together with the Auditors Report on the Accounts. (b) Review by Government on the working of the above Association.

167 RAJYA SABHA (xxvi) (a) Annual Report and Accounts of the Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE), New Delhi, for the year 2010-11, together with the Auditor’s Report on the Accounts. (b) Review by Government on the working of the above Academy. Shri K.C. Venugopal (Minister of State in the Ministry of Power) laid on the Table:- I. A copy (in English and Hindi) of the Annual Report and Accounts of the Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC), New Delhi, for the year 2010-11, together with the Auditor’s Report on the Accounts, under sub-section (4) of Section 100 and sub-section (2) of Section 101 of the Electricity Act, 2003. II. A copy each (in English and Hindi) of the following papers, under Section 24 and sub-section (4) of Section 25 of the Energy Conservation Act, 2001:— (a) Annual Report and Accounts of the Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE), New Delhi, for the year 2010-11, together with the Auditor's Report on the Accounts. (b) Review by Government on the working of the above Bureau. III. A copy each (in English and Hindi) of the following papers, under sub- section (1) of Section 619A of the Companies Act, 1956:— (i) (a) Thirty-fifth Annual Report and Accounts of the North Eastern Electric Power Corporation Limited (NEEPCO), , for the year 2010-11, 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 Corporation. (ii) (a) Thirty-fifth Annual Report and Accounts of the National Thermal Power Corporation Limited (NTPC), New Delhi, for the year 2010-11, 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 Corporation.

168 19TH DECEMBER, 2011 (iii) (a) Forty-second Annual Report and Accounts of the Rural Electrification Corporation Limited (REC), New Delhi, for the year 2010-11, 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 Corporation. (iv) (a) Twenty-fifth Annual Report and Accounts of the Power Finance Corporation Limited (PFC), New Delhi, for the year 2010-11, 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 Corporation. IV. A copy each (in English and Hindi) of the following papers:— (a) Annual Report and Accounts of the National Power Training Institute (NPTI), Faridabad, for the year 2010-11, together with the Auditor’s Report on the Accounts. (b) Review by Government on the working of the above Institute. 12-02 p.m. 7. Message from reported The Appropriation (Railways) No.3 Bill, 2011 Secretary-General , reported to the House the following message received from the Lok Sabha as signed by the Secretary-General of the Lok Sabha:- “In accordance with the provisions of rule 96 of the Rules of Procedure and Conduct of Business in Lok Sabha, I am directed to enclose the Appropriation (Railways) No.3 Bill, 2011, as passed by Lok Sabha at its sitting held on the 16th December, 2011. The Speaker has certified that this Bill is a Money Bill within the meaning of article 110 of the Constitution of India.”

169 RAJYA SABHA 8. Government Bill laid on the Table Secretary-General, laid on the Table the following Bill, as passed by Lok Sabha:- The Appropriation (Railways) No. 3 Bill, 2011 12-03 p.m.

9. Petition praying to put a check on manufacture of spurious drugs in our country and other related issues

Secretary-General reported to the House the receipt of a petition signed by Shri Rahul Gaur, a resident of NOIDA (UP), praying to put a check on manufacture of spurious drugs in our country and other related issues.

10. Reports of the Committee on Petitions

Shri Bhagat Singh Koshyari presented the following Reports (in English and Hindi) of the Committee on Petitions:— (i) Hundred and Forty-first Report on the petition praying for development of Railway Network in Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh and others Himalayan States; and (ii) Hundred and Forty-second Report on the petition praying for grant of one rank one pension to the armed forces personnel. 12-04 p.m.

11. Report of the Committee on Government Assurances

Shri Shadi Lal Batra presented the Sixty-fifth Report (in English and Hindi) of the Committee on Government Assurances .

12. Reports of the Public Accounts Committee

Shri laid on the Table, a copy each (in English and Hindi) of the following Reports of the Public Accounts Committee (2011-12):— (i) Fortieth Report on 'Excesses Over Voted Grants and Charged Appropriations (2009-10)'; (ii) Forty-first Report on 'Negligent Scrutiny of Claims leading to Excess Payment' relating to the Ministry of Information & Broadcasting;

170 19TH DECEMBER, 2011 (iii) Forty-second Report on ‘Uneconomic Branch Lines in Indian Railways’ relating to the Ministry of Railways; (iv) Forty-third Report on ‘Idle Investment on a New Line’ relating to the Ministry of Railways; (v) Forty-fourth Report on Action Taken by the Government on the Observations/Recommendations of the Committee contained in their Eighty-first Report (Fourteenth Lok Sabha) on ‘Operation and Maintenance of an Aircraft Fleet in the Indian Air Force’ relating to the Ministry of Defence; (vi) Forty-fifth Report on Action Taken by the Government on the Observations/Recommendations of the Committee contained in their Eleventh Report (Fifteenth Lok Sabha) on ‘Non-compliance by Ministries/Departments in timely submission of Action Taken Notes on the non-selected Audit Paragraphs’ relating to the Ministry of Finance (Department of Expenditure); and (vii) Forty-sixth Report on Action Taken by the Government on the Observations/Recommendations of the Committee contained in their Thirteenth Report (Fifteenth Lok Sabha) on ‘Revenue Loss Due to Delay in Levy of Toll Fees’ relating to the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways. 12-05 p.m.

13. Re ports of the Committee on Public Undertakings

Shri Janardan Dwivedi laid on the Table, a copy each (in English and Hindi) of the following Reports of the Committee on Public Undertakings:— (i) Twelfth Report on Action Taken by the Government on the Observations and recommendations contained in the Thirty-fifth Report (Fourteenth Lok Sabha) on Food Corporation of India; and

(ii) Thirteenth Report on Action Taken by the Government on the Observations and recommendations contained in the Fifth Report (Fifteenth Lok Sabha) on National Aluminium Company Limited.

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14. Report of the Department-Related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Agriculture

Shri Shashi Bhushan Behera laid on the Table, a copy (in English and Hindi) of the Twenty-seventh Report of the Department-related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Agriculture on Action Taken by the Government on the Observations/Recommendations contained in the Eleventh Report of the Committee on Agriculture (2009-10) on ‘Deficient Monsoon and steps taken by the Government to mitigate its impact on the Agriculture Sector’. 12-06 p.m. 15. Statements by Ministers 1. Shri Salman Khursheed, Minister of Law and Justice and Minister of Minority Affairs, laid on the Table, a statement (in English and Hindi) on the status of implementation of recommendations contained in the Seventeenth Report of the Department-related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Social Justice and Empowerment (Fifteenth Lok Sabha) on Demands for Grants (2011-12) of the Ministry of Minority Affairs. 2. Shri R. P. N. Singh, Minister of State in the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas and Ministry of Corporate Affairs, laid on the Table, a statement (in English and Hindi) on the status of implementation of recommendations contained in the Thirty-seventh Report of the Department- related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Finance on Demands for Grants (2011-12).

16. Matter raised with permission Shri Rajeev Chandrasekhar raised a matter regarding demand to protect the farmers involved in sericulture in Karnataka by reversing the import duty on raw silk. 12-08 p.m.

17. Special Mentions Ò1. Shri Shantaram Naik raised a matter regarding the Golden Jubilee of liberation of Goa from the Portuguese Rule.

Ò Made in the House. 172 19TH DECEMBER, 2011 *12-12 p.m.

After taking sense of the House, the Deputy Chairman directed that the following Special Mentions may be treated as laid on the Table of the House:—

1. Shri Ambeth Rajan Demand for release of funds by Central Government to the State of Uttar Pradesh for maintenance and repair of National Highways.

2. Shri Kumar Deepak Das Demand for removal of Armed Forces Special Powers Act from North- Eastern States of the country.

3. Shri Mohd. Ali Khan Demand to introduce high speed bullet trains in the country.

4. Shri Shyamal Chakraborty Demand to increase the budgetary allocation in Health Sector to provide better health care facilities to the mother and child.

5. Shri Kaptan Singh Solanki Demand to ascertain the rate of royalty for coal on the basis of the recommendations of the Banerjee Committee Report.

6. Shri Moinul Hassan Demand to frame a concrete policy for protection of the rich bio-diversity in the Himalayas.

7. Shri Rama Chandra Concern over non-utilization of Khuntia MPLADS funds in Odisha due to poor implementation of the Scheme in the State.

* From 12-09 p.m. to 12-12 p.m. some points were raised. 173 RAJYA SABHA 8. Dr. T. N. Seema Demand to take steps to remove procedural irregularities so as to release the Indians languishing in the jails in Gulf countries.

9. Ms. Mabel Rebello Demand for special care and financial assistance to women and children affected from natural disasters.

10. Miss Anusuiya Uikey Demand to include the cities of Madhya Pradesh in the Master Plan for availability of power for industrial development in the country.

11. Shri Rajeev Chandrasekhar Demand to take action to strengthen the capabilities of the Indian Army.

12. Shri K. N. Balagopal Demand to bring the projects under Public Private Partnership Scheme under the purview of RTI Act.

13. Dr. Gyan Prakash Pilania Concern over increasing number of people affected by cancer in Malwa region of Punjab.

14. Dr. Janardhan Waghmare Demand to set up the Second States Reorganisation Commission to consider creation of new states in the country.

15. Dr. Bharatkumar Raut Demand to issue directives to regularize fee structure of casual workers in the News Services Division of the All India Radio and Doordarshan.

16. Shri M. Rama Jois Demand to evolve an effective anti- alcohol policy to discourage use of alcohol by the youths in the country.

174 19TH DECEMBER, 2011 17. Shri Tapan Kumar Sen Demand to include the provisions of same wages for same work for contract workers by amending the Contract Labour Act. **12-26 p.m. (The House adjourned at 12-26 p.m. and re-assembled at 12-36 p.m.) (The House adjourned at 12-36 p.m. and re-assembled at 2-00 p.m.) ^2-01 p.m. 18. Short Duration Discussion Shri , Minister of Agriculture and Minister of Food Processing Industries, replied to the discussion on the situation arising out of the present agrarian crisis resulting in suicides by the farmers in the country, raised by Shri M. on the 15th December, 2011. Shri Pranab Mukherjee, Minister of Finance, also spoke. 3-27 p.m. 19. Government Bills — Passed

(1) The Cable Television Networks (Regulation) Amendment Bill, 2011, as passed by Lok Sabha Shrimati Ambika Soni (Minister of Information and Broadcasting) moved:- “That the Bill further to amend the Cable Television Networks (Regulation) Act, 1995, as passed by Lok Sabha, be taken into consideration.” The following Members took part in the discussion:— 3-29 p.m. 1. Shri Rajiv Pratap Rudy !3-40 p.m. 2. Shri Narendra Budania !3-56 p.m. 3. Shri Veer Singh 4-02 p.m. 4. Shri K. N. Balagopal

** From 12-14 p.m. to 12-19 p.m. some points were raised and From12-21 p.m. to 12-26 p.m. some points were raised. ^ From 2-00 p.m. to 2-01 p.m. some points were raised. ! Spoke in Hindi. 175 RAJYA SABHA 4-09 p.m. 5. Shrimati Vasanthi Stanley 4-18 p.m. 6. Shri M. P. Achuthan 4-22 p.m. 7. Shri A. W. Rabi Bernard 4-28 p.m. 8. Dr. Bharatkumar Raut 4-37 p.m. 9. Shri Shantaram Naik

4-45 p.m. Shrimati Ambika Soni replied to the debate.

5-08 p.m. The motion for consideration of the Bill was adopted. Clauses 2 to 13 were adopted. Clause 1, the Enacting Formula and the Title were adopted.

5-09 p.m.

The motion moved by Shrimati Ambika Soni that the Bill be passed was adopted and the Bill was passed.

5-10 p.m. (2) The Damodar Valley Corporation (Amendment) Bill, 2011, as passed by Lok Sabha Shri K. C. Venugopal (Minister of State in the Ministry of Power) moved:- “That the Bill further to amend the Damodar Valley Corporation Act, 1948, as passed by Lok Sabha, be taken into consideration.” The following Members took part in the discussion:— 5-14 p.m. 1. Shri V. P. Singh Badnore 5-31 p.m. 2. Shri P. Bhattacharya 5-39 p.m. 3. Shri Shyamal Chakraborty 5-48 p.m. 4. Shri Shashi Bhusan Behera 5-53 p.m. 5. Shri D. Bandyopadhyay !5-55 p.m. 6. Shri R. C. Singh !5-59 p.m. 7. Shri Narendra Kumar Kashyap !6-05 p.m. 8. Shri Jai Prakash Narayan Singh 6-09 p.m. 9. Dr. Bhalchandra Mungekar

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6-12 p.m. Shri K. C. Venugopal replied to the debate.

6-24 p.m. The motion for consideration of the Bill was adopted. Clauses 2 to 7 were adopted. Clause 1, the Enacting Formula and the Title were adopted.

6-25 p.m.

The motion moved by Shri K. C. Venugopal that the Bill be passed was adopted and the Bill was passed. (The House adjourned at 6-26 p.m. till 11-00 a.m. on Tuesday, the 20th December, 2011) ______

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