RAJYA SABHA THURSDAY, THE 8TH AUGUST, 2013 (The Rajya Sabha met in the Parliament House at 11-00 a.m.)

@11-06 a.m. 1. Starred Questions Starred Question No. 61 regarding Increase in budgetary support to Kerala was orally answered.

#11-12 a.m. (The House adjourned at 11-12 a.m. and re-assembled at 12-00 Noon)

Answers to remaining Starred Question Nos. 62 to 80 were laid on the Table. 2. Unstarred Questions Answers to Unstarred Question Nos. 466 to 620 were laid on the Table. $12-01 p.m.

3. Papers Laid on the Table Dr. Girija Vyas (Minister of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation) laid on the Table a copy each (in English and Hindi) of the following papers:— (i) (a) Twenty-second Annual Report and Accounts of the Central Government Employees Welfare Housing Organization (CGEWHO), New Delhi, for the year 2011-12, together with the Auditor's Report on the Accounts. (b) Review by Government on the working of the above Organization. (c) Statement giving reasons for the delay in laying the papers mentioned at (i) (a) above.

@ From 11-00 a.m. to 11-06 a.m., some points were raised. # From 11-07 a.m. to 11-12 a.m., some points were raised. $ From 12-00 Noon. to 12-01 p.m., some points were raised. 28 8TH AUGUST, 2013 (ii) (a) Annual Report and Accounts of the Lakshadweep Building Development Board (LBDB), Kavaratti, for the year 2011-12, together with the Auditor's Report on the Accounts. (b) Review by Government on the working of the above Board. (c) Review by Government of the Annual Accounts of the above Board. (d) Statement giving reasons for the delay in laying the papers mentioned at (ii) (a) above. (iii) Memorandum of Understanding between the Government of (Ministry of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation) and the Hindustan Prefab Limited (HPL), for the year 2013-14. (iv) Memorandum of Understanding between the (Ministry of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation) and the Housing and Urban Development Corporation Limited (HUDCO), for the year 2013-14. Shri (Minister of State in the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs and Minister of State in the Ministry of Planning) on behalf of Shri G.K. Vasan laid on the Table:- I. A copy (in English and Hindi) of the Ministry of Shipping Notification No. G.S.R. 449 (E), dated the 2nd July, 2013, declaring ports or places of registry of Indian fishing boats and officers to be the Registrars for registration of Indian Fishing Boats, under sub-section (3) of Section 458 of the Merchant Shipping Act, 1958. II. A copy each (in English and Hindi) of the following papers:— (i) Memorandum of Understanding between the Government of India (Ministry of Shipping) and the Dredging Corporation of India Limited, for the year 2013-14. (ii) Memorandum of Understanding between the Government of India (Ministry of Shipping) and the Shipping Corporation of India Limited, for the year 2013-14. (iii) Memorandum of Understanding between the Government of India (Ministry of Shipping) and the Cochin Shipyard Limited, for the year 2013-14.

29 RAJYA SABHA Shri V. (Minister of Panchayati Raj and Minister of Tribal Affairs) laid on the Table a copy (in English and Hindi) of the Memorandum of Understanding between the Government of India (Ministry of Tribal Affairs) and the National Scheduled Tribes Finance and Development Corporation (NSTFDC), for the year 2013-14. Shrimati (Minister of State (Independent Charge) in the Ministry of Environment and Forests) laid on the Table:- I. A copy each (in English and Hindi) of the following Notifications of the Ministry of Environment and Forests, under Section 26 of the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986:— (1) S.O. 592 (E), dated the 8th March, 2013, amending Notification No. S.O. 1174 (E), dated the 18th July, 2007, to substitute certain entries in the original Notification. (2) S.O. 945 (E), dated the 12th April, 2013, amending Notification No. S.O. 1174 (E), dated the 18th July, 2007, to substitute certain entries in the original Notification. II. A copy (in English and Hindi) of the Ministry of Environment and Forests Notification No. G.S.R. 260 (E), dated the 22nd April, 2013, publishing the National Green Tribunal (Recruitment, Salaries and Other Terms and Conditions of Service of Officers and Other Employees) (Amendment) Rules, 2013, under sub-section (3) of Section 35 of the National Green Tribunal Act, 2010. III. A copy (in English only) of the Ministry of Environment and Forests Notification No. G.S.R. 482 (E), dated the 12th July, 2013, publishing corrigendum to Notification No G.S.R. 260 (E), dated the 17th April, 2013. IV. A copy each (in English and Hindi) of the following papers:— (i) (a) Annual Report and Accounts of the Indian Plywood Industries Research and Training Institute (IPIRTI), Bangalore, 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 (i) (a) above.

30 8TH AUGUST, 2013 (ii) (a) Annual Report and Accounts of the Animal Welfare Board of India, Chennai, for the year 2011-12, together with the Auditor's Report on the Accounts. (b) Statement by Government accepting the above Report. (c) Statement giving reasons for the delay in laying the papers mentioned at (ii) (a) above. (iii) (a) Annual Report and Accounts of the National Biodiversity Authority, Chennai, for the year 2011-12, together with the Auditor's Report on the Accounts. (b) Review by Government on the working of the above Authority. (c) Statement giving reasons for the delay in the papers mentioned at (iii) (a) above. (iv) (a) Annual Report and Accounts of the Salim Ali Centre for Ornithology and Natural History (SACON), Coimbatore, for the year 2011-12, 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 (iv) (a) above. Shri Sarvey Sathyanarayana (Minister of State in the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways) laid on the Table a copy each (in English and Hindi) of the following Notifications of the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways, under Section 10 of the National Highways Act, 1956:— (1) S.O. 1713 (E), dated the 26th July, 2012, regarding rates of fee to be collected from the users of stretch, from K.M. 149.800 to K.M.166.000 (Amravati Bypass), on National Highway No. 6 in the State of Maharashtra, along with delay statement. (2) S.O. 115 (E), dated the 9th January, 2013, regarding rates of fee to be collected from the users of stretch, from K.M. 52.700 on National Highway No. 41 connecting Haldia Port on one end and Kolaghat on National Highway No. 6 on other end, in the State of West Bengal.

31 RAJYA SABHA (3) S.O. 193 (E), dated the 18th January, 2013, regarding rates of fee to be collected from the users of stretch, from K.M. 1022.494 (Old chainage K.M. 81.600) to K.M. 901.753 (old chainage K.M. 200.00) (Gundugolanu-Rajahmundry Section), on National Highway No. 5 in the State of Andhra Pradesh. (4) S.O. 290 (E), dated the 30th January, 2013, regarding rates of fee to be collected from the users of stretch, from K.M. 236.000 to K.M. 566.450 (Shivpuri-Dewas Section), on National Highway No. 3 in the State of Madhya Pradesh. (5) S.O. 315 (E), dated the 1st February, 2013, regarding rates of fee to be collected from the users of stretch, from K.M. 456.100 to K.M. 491.330 (new chainage K.M. 456.100 to K.M. 492.030) (Amritsar - Wagah Border Section), on National Highway No. 1 in the State of Punjab. (6) S.O. 365 (E), dated the 14th February, 2013, regarding rates of fee to be collected from the users of stretch, from K.M. 165.000 to junction of National Highway No. 76 on Kota Bypass (Deoli-Kota Section), on National Highway No. 12 in the State of . (7) S.O. 377 (E), dated the 15th February, 2013, regarding rates of fee to be collected from the users of stretch, from K.M. 148.000 to K.M. 230.000 (Kannur-Vengalam Section), on National Highway No. 17 in the State of Kerala. (8) S.O. 435 (E), dated the 22nd February, 2013, regarding rates of fee to be collected from the users of stretch, from K.M. 15.600 on National Highway No. 75 to K.M. 236.000 (Gwalior-Shivpuri Section), on National Highway No. 3 in the State of Madhya Pradesh. (9) S.O. 465 (E), dated the 26th February, 2013, regarding rates of fee to be collected from the users of stretch, from K.M. 220.000 to K.M. 288.513 (Orai - Barah Section), on National Highway No. 25 in the State of Uttar Pradesh. (10) S.O. 485 (E), dated the 27th February, 2013, regarding rates of fee to be collected from the users of stretch, from K.M. 192.000 to K.M. 198.000 (Vadodara-Surat Section), on National Highway No. 8 in the State of Gujarat.

32 8TH AUGUST, 2013 (11) S.O. 505 (E), dated the 4th March, 2013, regarding rates of fee to be collected from the users of stretch, from K.M. 0.830 (Design Chainage K.M. 0.000) of National Highway No. 79 to K.M. 509.295 (Design Chainage 555.480) (Kishangarh- -Ahmedabad Section), on National Highway No. 8 in the States of Rajasthan and Gujarat. (12) S.O. 544 (E), dated the 6th March, 2013, regarding rates of fee to be collected from the users of stretch, from K.M. 103.000 on National Highway No. 3 joining at K.M. 16.000, on National Highway No. 75 in the State of Madhya Pradesh. (13) S.O. 581 (E), dated the 8th March, 2013, rescinding the Notification No. S.O. 1088 (E), dated the 5th May, 2008. (14) S.O. 593 (E), dated the 8th March, 2013, regarding rates of fee to be collected from the users of stretch, from K.M. 398.750 to K.M. 515.236 (Barwa Adda – Panagarh Section), on National Highway No. 2 in the States of Jharkhand and West Bengal. (15) S.O. 594 (E), dated the 8th March, 2013, regarding rates of fee to be collected from the users of stretch, from K.M. 18.700 to K.M. 165.000 (Jaipur-Deoli Section), on National Highway No. 12 in the State of Rajasthan. (16) S.O. 623 (E), dated the 12th March, 2013, regarding rates of fee to be collected from the users of stretch, from K.M. 283.300 to K.M. 358.080 (Kundapur-Surathkal Section), from K.M. 375.300 to K.M. 376.700 (Mangalore-Kerala Border Section) and from K.M. 3.700 to K.M. 17.200 (Mahaveer Circle-Kerala Border Section), on National Highway No. 17 (new National Highway No. 66) in the State of Karnataka. (17) S.O. 624 (E), dated the 12th March, 2013, regarding rates of fee to be collected from the users of stretch, from K.M. 183.500 to K.M. 254.000 (Bamanbore-Garamore Section), on National Highway No. 8A in the State of Gujarat. (18) S.O. 626 (E), dated the 12th March, 2013, regarding rates of fee to be collected from the users of stretch, from K.M. 364.125 to K.M. 58.245 (Kishangarh-Ajmer-Beawar Section), on National Highway No. 8 in the State of Rajasthan.

33 RAJYA SABHA (19) S.O. 682 (E), dated the 13th March, 2013, regarding rates of fee to be collected from the users of the Shahjahanpur Bridge (Garrah river bridge) at K.M. 325.000 on National Highway No. 24 in the State of Uttar Pradesh. (20) S.O. 835 (E), dated the 26th March, 2013, regarding rates of fee to be collected from the users of stretch, from K.M. 363.300 (design chainage K.M. 363.300) to K.M. 450.800 (design chainage K.M. 445.853) (Rohtak-Bawal Section), on National Highway No. 71 in the State of Haryana. (21) S.O. 836 (E), dated the 26th March, 2013, regarding rates of fee to be collected from the users of stretch, from K.M. 58.300 to K.M. 138.320 (Hoskote-Dobbaspet Section), on National Highway No. 207 in the State of Karnataka. (22) S.O. 837 (E), dated the 26th March, 2013, regarding rates of fee to be collected from the users of stretch, from K.M. 4.200 to K.M. 122.420 (Ahmedabad-Godhra Section), on National Highway No. 59 in the State of Gujarat. (23) S.O. 839 (E), dated the 26th March, 2013, regarding rates of fee to be collected from the users of stretch, from K.M. 144.400 to K.M. 249.000 (Pune-Solapur Section), on National Highway No. 9 in the State of Maharashtra. (24) S.O. 842 (E), dated the 28th March, 2013, regarding acquisition of land, with or without structure, from K.M. 506.700 to K.M. 531.100 via Bikaner Bypass, on National Highway No. 11 in Bikaner District in the State of Rajasthan, along with delay statement. 12-02 p.m. Shri Rajeev Shukla (Minister of State in the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs and Minister of State in the Ministry of Planning) on behalf of Shri laid on the Table a copy (in English and Hindi) of the Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India – Union Government (Commercial): No.13 of 2013: (Compliance Audit Observations) for the year ending March, 2012, under clause (1) of article 151 of the Constitution.

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12-03 p.m. 4. Messages from — Reported (I) Motion Re. Nomination of two Members to the Committee on Public Accounts (II) Motion Re. Nomination of a Member to the Committee to the Committee on Welfare of Scheduled castes and Scheduled Tribes Secretary-General reported to the House the following messages received from the Lok Sabha, signed by the Secretary-General of the Lok Sabha:- (I) ―I am directed to inform you that Lok Sabha, at its sitting held on Wednesday, the 7th August, 2013, adopted the following motion:- ―That this House do recommend to Rajya Sabha that Rajya Sabha do agree to nominate two members from Rajya Sabha to associate with the Committee on Public Accounts of the House for the un-expired portion of the term of the Committee vice Shri E.M. Sudarsana Natchiappan, appointed as Minister and Dr. V. Maitreyan retired from Rajya Sabha and do communicate to this House the names of the members so nominated by Rajya Sabha.‖ 2. I am to request that the concurrence of Rajya Sabha in the said motion, and also the names of the members of Rajya Sabha so nominated, may be communicated to this House.‖ (II) ―I am directed to inform you that Lok Sabha, at its sitting held on Wednesday, the 7th August, 2013, adopted the following motion:- ―That this House do recommend to Rajya Sabha that Rajya Sabha do agree to nominate one member from Rajya Sabha to associate with the Committee on the Welfare of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes of the House for the un-expired portion of the term of the Committee vice Shri D. Raja, retired from Rajya Sabha and do communicate to this House the name of the member so nominated by Rajya Sabha.‖

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2. I am to request that the concurrence of Rajya Sabha in the said motion, and also the name of the member of Rajya Sabha so nominated, may be communicated to this House.‖ 12-04 p.m. 5. Statement of the Department Related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Agriculture Shri Satyavrat Chaturvedi laid on the Table, a copy (in English and Hindi) of the Statement showing further action taken by the Government on the Forty-third Report on action taken by the Government on the Recommendations contained in the Thirty-fifth Report on ‗Demand for Grants (2012-13)‘ of the Ministry of Agriculture (Department of Animal Husbandry, Dairying and Fisheries). 12-05 p.m. 6. Statement regarding Government Business Shri Rajeev Shukla, Minister of State in the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs and in the Ministry of Planning, made a statement regarding Government Business in the Rajya Sabha during the week commencing on Monday, the 12th of August, 2013. 12-06 p.m. 7. Government Bills — Introduced (I) The Parliament (Prevention of Disqualification) Amendment Bill, 2013 Shri (Minister of Communications and Information Technology and Minister of Law and Justice) moved for leave to introduce a Bill further to amend the Parliament (Prevention of Disqualification) Act, 1959. Shri Kapil Sibal introduced the Bill.

36 8TH AUGUST, 2013 12-07 p.m. (II) The Registration (Amendment) Bill, 2013 Shri (Minister of Rural Development) moved for leave to introduce a Bill further to amend the Registration Act, 1908. Shri Jairam Ramesh introduced the Bill. 12-08 p.m. (The House adjourned at 12-08 p.m. and re-assembled at 12-30 p.m.) *12-32 p.m. (The House adjourned at 12-32 p.m. and re-assembled at 2-00 p.m.) .2-03 p.m. 8. Government Bill — Passed The Companies Bill, 2012, as passed by Lok Sabha Further consideration of the motion moved by Shri on the 6th August, 2013, continued. The following Members took part in the discussion:— 2-03 p.m. 1. Shri Mani Shankar Aiyar (Continued his speech from 7-8-2013) 2-24 p.m. 2. Shri V.P. Singh Badnore !2-40 p.m. 3. Prof. S.P. Singh Baghel (The House adjourned at 2-50 p.m. and re-assembled at 3-00 p.m.) 3-11 p.m. 4. Shri P. Rajeeve !3-22 p.m. 5. Shri Vivek Gupta 3-29 p.m. 6. Dr. Ashok S. Ganguly 3-37 p.m. 7. Shri N.K. Singh 3-44 p.m. 8. Shri Rabinarayan Mohapatra 3-53 p.m. 9. Shri D. Raja

* From 12-30 p.m. to 12-32 p.m., some points were raised. . From 2-00 p.m. to 2-03 p.m., some points were raised. ! Spoke in Hindi.  From 3-00 p.m. to 3-07 p.m., Prof. S. P. Singh Baghel continued his speech and From 3-07 p.m. to 3-11 p.m., some points were raised.  From 3-51 p.m. to 3-53 p.m., some points were raised. 37 RAJYA SABHA 4-00 p.m. 10. Shri Hishey Lachungpa !4-06 p.m. 11. Shri Piyush Goyal 4-33 p.m. 12. Shri Anil Desai !.4-39 p.m. 13. Dr. Prabha Thakur 4-41 p.m. Shri Sachin Pilot replied to the debate. 5-06 p.m. The motion for consideration of the Bill was adopted. Clauses 2 to 470 were adopted. The Schedule I, as amended, was adopted. The Schedule II was adopted. The Schedule III, as amended, was adopted. The Schedule IV was adopted. The Schedule V, as amended, was adopted. The Schedule VI was adopted. The Schedule VII was adopted. Clause 1, as amended, was adopted. The Enacting Formula, as amended, was adopted. The Title was adopted. 5-15 p.m. The motion moved by Shri Sachin Pilot that the Bill, as amended, be passed was adopted and the Bill was passed. 9. Message from Lok Sabha — Reported The Securities and Exchange Board of India (Amendment) Bill, 2013 Secretary-General reported to the House the following message received from the Lok Sabha as signed by the Secretary-General of the Lok Sabha:- ―I am directed to inform you that Lok Sabha, at its sitting held on Thursday, the 8th August, 2013, adopted the following motion in regard to the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Amendment) Bill, 2013, which was passed by Rajya Sabha on the 11th March, 2013 and laid on the Table of Lok Sabha on the 12th March, 2013:-

! Spoke in Hindi. . From 4-37 p.m. to 4-39 p.m., see item at Sl. No. 9.  At 4-37 p.m. 38 8TH AUGUST, 2013 MOTION ―That this House recommends to Rajya Sabha that Rajya Sabha do agree to leave being granted by this House to withdraw the Bill further to amend the Securities and Exchange Board of India Act, 1992, which was passed by Rajya Sabha on the 11th March, 2013 and laid on the Table of this House on the 12th March, 2013.‖ 5-16 p.m. 10. Special Mentions

1. Shri S. Thangavelu Demand to take immediate steps to solve the problems being faced by staff of Central Institute of Classical Tamil at Chennai.

2. Shri Ambeth Rajan Demand to formulate a comprehensive scheme for the welfare of orphans in the country.

3. Shri Mansukh L. Demand to take steps to reduce stress Mandaviya among students in the country.

4. Shri Anil Desai Demand to restart the Telegram Services in the country.

(The House adjourned at 5-18 p.m. till 11-00 a.m. on Monday, the 12th August, 2013)

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