WEDNESDAY, THE 13TH MAY, 2015 (The Rajya Sabha met in the Parliament House at 11-00 a.m.) 11-00 a.m. 1. Reference to the victims of earthquake in Nepal and The Chairman made a reference to the massive earthquake of magnitude 7.3 on the Richter scale which struck Nepal and India, on the 12th of May, 2015 for the second time in a short span of less than a month, in which more than 60 persons reportedly lost their lives and more than 1000 others were injured in Nepal and more than 16 persons reportedly lost their lives and more than 38 were injured in the States of Bihar, and West Bengal. The House observed silence, all Members standing, as a mark of respect to the memory of those who lost their lives in this earthquake. 11-02 a.m.

2. Papers Laid on the Table Shrimati (Minister of State (Independent Charge) in the Ministry of Commerce and Industry) on behalf of Shri Bandaru Dattatreya laid on the Table a copy (in English and Hindi) of the Ministry of Labour and Employment Notification No. G.S.R. 182 (E), dated the 12th March, 2015, publishing the Minimum Wages (Central) (Amendment) Rules, 2015, under Section 30A of the Minimum Wages Act, 1948. Shri (Minister of State (Independent Charge) in the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change) laid on the Table a copy each (in English and Hindi) of the following papers: — (a) Annual Report and Accounts of the Central Zoo Authority (CZA), 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 Authority. (c) Statement giving reasons for the delay in laying the papers mentioned at (a) above.

248 13TH MAY, 2015 Shrimati Nirmala Sitharaman (Minister of State (Independent Charge) in the Ministry of Commerce and Industry) laid on the Table a copy each (in English and Hindi) of the following papers:— (i) Foreign Trade Policy, 2015–20 (for the period from 1st April, 2015 to 31st March, 2020). (ii) Handbook of Procedures of Foreign Trade Policy (FTP), 2015–20, (for the period from 1st April, 2015 to 31st March, 2020). (iii) (a) Annual Report and Accounts of the Delhi Industrial Corridor Project Implementation Trust Fund (DMIC PITF), New Delhi, for the year 2013-14, 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 (iii) (a) above. Shri Haribhai Parthibhai Chaudhary (Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affaris) on behalf of Shri laid on the Table:- I. A copy (in English and Hindi) of the Ministry of Home Affairs Notification No. G.S.R. 188 (E), dated the 13th March, 2015, publishing the Central Reserve Police Force Group 'B' and 'C' (Radio Operator, Crypto, Technical, Radio Fitter, Draughtsman) (Non-Gazetted) Male or Female Ranks (Signals) Recruitment (Amendments) Rules, 2015, under sub-section (3) of Section 18 of the Central Reserve Police Force Act, 1949. II. A copy (in English and Hindi) of the Ministry of Home Affairs Notification No. G.S.R. 319 (E), dated the 24th April, 2015, publishing the Central Industrial Security Force, Security Wing, Sub-Inspector (Executive) Recruitment (Amendment) Rules, 2015, under sub-section (3) of Section 22 of the Central Industrial Security Force Act, 1968. III.(1) A copy each (in English and Hindi) of the following papers, under sub-section (1) of Section 70 of the Disaster Management Act, 2005:— (a) Annual Report of the National Institute of Disaster Management (NIDM), New Delhi for the year 2013-14. (b) Review by the Government on the working of the above Institute. (2) Statement (in English and Hindi) giving reasons for the delay in laying the papers mentioned at (1) above.

249 RAJYA SABHA 11-03 a.m. 3. Message from - Reported The Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisiton, Rehabilitation and Resettlement (Amendment) Second Bill, 2015 Secretary-General, reported to the House the following message received from the Lok Sabha, signed by the Secretary-General of the Lok Sabha:- ―I am directed to inform you that Lok Sabha, at its sitting held on Tuesday, the 12th May, 2015, adopted the enclosed motion in regard to the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement (Amendment) Second Bill, 2015. 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 appointed to the Joint Committee, may be communicated to this House. MOTION ‗That the Bill further to amend the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013, be referred to a Joint Committee of the Houses consisting of 30 members, 20 from this House, namely:- 1. Shri Anandrao Adsul 2. Shri S.S. Ahluwalia 3. Shri Kalyan Banerjee 4. Shri R.K. Bharathimohan 5. Shri P.P. Chaudhary 6. Km. Shobha Karandlaje 7. Shri B. Vinod Kumar 8. Shri Murali Mohan Maganti 9. Shri Bhartruhari Mahtab 10. Shri Chirag Paswan 11. Shri Nityanand Rai 12. Shri Ravindra Rai 13. Smt. Krishna Raj 14. Shri Udit Raj 15. Shri Mohammad Salim

250 13TH MAY, 2015 16. Shri Rajeev Shankarrao Satav 17. Shri Ganesh Singh 18. Shri Anurag Thakur 19. Prof. K.V. Thomas 20. Dr. V.P. Velagapalli and 10 Members from the Rajya Sabha; that in order to constitute a sitting of the Joint Committee the quorum shall be one-third of the total number of members of the Joint Committee; that the Committee shall make a report to this House by the first day of the first week of the next Session; that in other respects the Rules of Procedure of this House relating to Parliamentary Committees shall apply with such variations and modifications as the Speaker may make; and that this House do recommend to Rajya Sabha that Rajya Sabha do join the said Joint Committee and communicate to this House the name of ten members to be appointed by Rajya Sabha to the Joint Committee.‘ The above motion was adopted by Lok Sabha at its sitting held on Tuesday, the 12th May, 2015.‖ 11-04 a.m. 4. Report of the Department Related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Water Resources Prof. Mrinaal Miri laid on the Table, a copy (in English and Hindi) of the Fourth Report of the Department-related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Water Resources (2014-15) on "Issues concerning flood management, compensation and status of ownership of submerged and eroded land in the country including compensation to farmers for loss of their crops destroyed by floods and right to disposal of the sand left in the fields of the farmers" pertaining to the Ministry of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation.

251 RAJYA SABHA 5. Corrigendum to the Report of the Public Accounts Committee Shri Shantaram Naik laid on the Table, a copy (in English and Hindi) of the Corrigendum to the *Eighth Report of the Public Accounts Committee (2014-15) on the subject 'Water Pollution in India' withdrawing the Corrigendum laid on the Table of the Rajya Sabha on the 29th April, 2015. 11-05 a.m. 6. Statements by Ministers (i) Shri , Minister of Finance, Corporate Affairs and Information and Broadcasting, laid on the Table, a statement (in English and Hindi) regarding Status of implementation of recommendations contained in the Eighty-first Report of the Department-related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Finance on the action taken by the Government on the Sixth Report of the Committee on "Inflation and Price Rise" pertaining to the Ministry of Finance. (ii) Shri , Minister of Tribal Affairs, laid on the Table, a statement (in English and Hindi) regarding Status of implementation of recommendations contained in the Forty-fourth Report of the Department- related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Social Justice and Empowerment on the subject "Working of Ashram Schools in Tribal Areas" pertaining to the Ministry of Tribal Affairs. 11-06 a.m. 7. Ruling by the Chair

The Deputy Chairman gave the following ruling:— ―Hon‘ble Members may recall that on 7th May, 2015 Shri Naresh Agrawal had raised a Point of Order with regard to certain recommendations of the Committee of Privileges as contained in its 61st Report. The said report dealt with a case of alleged breach of privilege arising out of accessing the Call Detail Records of the then Leader of Opposition, Shri Arun Jaitley by Delhi Police and some individuals. Dissenting with the recommendations of the Committee, Shri Agrawal had requested that the Committee of Privileges should re-examine the issue. Many other Members joined him and desired that the matter be recommitted to the Committee on Privileges.

* The Report was laid on the Table of the Rajya Sabha on the 11th December, 2014. 252 13TH MAY, 2015 Speaking on the subject Shri Anand Sharma had desired that while re-examining the issue, the Committee should enlarge the scope of examination by including the matter of telephone tapping of sitting Members of Parliament. Some other Members also supported him. I had then observed that there was no problem in revisiting the Committee Report for which there was unanimity in the House. As far as the issue of enlarging the scope of Committee‘s examination, I had said that I would come back to the House after examining the matter. I have gone through the rules relating to question of privileges as contained in the Rules of Procedure and Conduct of Business in the Rajya Sabha. As per Rule 195, the mandate of the Committee is to examine every question referred to it and determine with reference to the facts of each case whether a breach of privilege is involved and, if so, the nature of the breach, the circumstances leading to it and make such recommendations as it may deem fit. It is thus clear that the Committee does not take any matter suo-moto and examines only those matters which are referred to it either by the House under Rule 191 or by the Chairman under Rule 203. In view of the position, as explained by me, if Shri Anand Sharma or any other Member of the House wants that the issue of telephone tapping of the sitting members be also examined by the Committee of Privileges, he should either give a notice and after seeking the leave of the House move the motion for a decision of the House or alternatively he can give the notice to the Chairman, Rajya Sabha. As regards the issue of revisiting the 61st Report of the Committee of Privileges, it stands recommitted to the Committee of Privileges for review since there was unanimity in the House on this matter when it was raised in the House on 7th May, 2015.‖ 11-16 a.m. 8. Government Bill — Under Consideration The Companies (Amendment) Bill, 2014, as passed by Lok Sabha Further consideration of the motion moved by Shri Arun Jaitley, Minister of Finance, Corporate Affairs and Information and Broadcasting, on the 12th of May, 2015, continued.

 From 11-08 p.m. to 11-16 p.m., some points were raised.  Also see item at Sl. No. 13. 253 RAJYA SABHA The following Members took part in the discussion:—

11-16 a.m. 1. Shri K. Rahman Khan 11-31 a.m. 2. Shri V. P. Singh Badnore 11-39 a.m. 3. Shri Vivek Gupta 11-41 a.m. 4. !Shri Naresh Agrawal 11-46 a.m. 5. Shri Paul Manoj Pandian 11-50 a.m. 6. !Shri Narendra Kumar Kashyap 11-53 a.m. 7. Shri Bhupinder Singh 11-56 a.m. 8. Shri Naresh Gujral 11-59 a.m. 9. !Shri Ishwarlal Shankarlal Jain 12-02 p.m. 9. Starred Questions The following Starred Questions were orally answered:- Starred Question No. 181 regarding Police modernization scheme. Starred Question No. 182 regarding Laying of gas pipeline from Bathinda to Srinagar. Starred Question No. 183 regarding Programmes for tribal women. Starred Question No. 184 regarding Making Section 498A of IPC a compoundable offence. Starred Question No. 185 regarding Intelligence report on terrorists sneaking via sea route to attack Mumbai. Starred Question No. 186 regarding Fire in oil well of ONGC at Olpad, Surat. Answers to remaining Starred Question Nos. 187 to 195 were laid on the Table. 10. Unstarred Questions Answers to Unstarred Question Nos. 1865 to 2024 were laid on the Table.

! Spoke in Hindi.  From 12-00 noon. to 12-02 p.m., some points were raised. 254 13TH MAY, 2015

1-00 p.m. 11. Statements by Minister Correcting Answers to Questions Prof. (Dr.) , Minister of State in the Ministry of Human Resource Development, laid on the Table, Statements each (in English and Hindi) —

(i) Correcting Annexure-I to answer to Unstarred Question 3403 given in the Rajya Sabha on the 11th August, 2014 regarding ‗Protection of Sanskrit Language‘; and

(ii) Correcting the answer to Unstarred Question 334 given in the Rajya Sabha on the 27th April, 2015 regarding ‗Review of working of UGC‘. 1-04 p.m. 12. Government Bill — Motion for Reference of the Bill to a Joint Committee — Adopted The Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement (Second Amendment) Bill, 2015 Shri Birender Singh (Minister of Rural Development, Panchayati Raj, Drinking Water and Sanitation) moved the following motion:—

―That this House concurs in the recommendation of the Lok Sabha that this House do join in the Joint Committee of the Houses further to amend the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013 and resolves that the following ten Members of the Rajya Sabha be nominated to serve on the said Joint Committee:— 1. Shri Prabhat Jha 2. Shri Ram Narain Dudi 3. Shri Digvijaya Singh 4. Shri Jairam Ramesh 5. Shri P. L. Punia 6. Prof. Ram Gopal Yadav

From 1-01 p.m. to 1-04 p.m., Shri Ishwarlal Shankarlal Jain continued his speech on consideration of the Government Bill at Sl. No.8. 255 RAJYA SABHA 7. Shri Sharad Yadav 8. Shri Derek O‘ Brien 9. Shri Rajpal Singh Saini 10. Shri Sharad Pawar‖. 1-06 p.m. The motion was adopted. 1-07 p.m. 13. Government Bill — Passed The Companies (Amendment) Bill, 2014, as passed by Lok Sabha Further consideration of the Bill resumed. The following Members took part in the discussion:—

1-07 p.m. 1. Dr. Ashok S. Ganguly 1-10 p.m. 2. Shri S. Thangavelu 1-13 p.m. 3. Shri Pyarimohan Mohapatra 1-16 p.m. 4. Shri Anil Desai 1-21 p.m. 5. !Shri Prem Chand Gupta 1-25 p.m.

Shri Arun Jaitley, Minister of Finance, Corporate Affairs and Information and Broadcasting, replied to the debate. 1-34 p.m. The motion for consideration of the Bill was adopted. Clauses 2 and 3 were adopted. Clause 4, as amended, was adopted Clauses 5 to 18 were adopted. New Clause 18A was adopted. Clauses 19 to 21 were adopted. New Clause 22 was adopted. Clause 1, as amended, was adopted The Enacting Formula, as amended, was adopted The Title was adopted. 1-38 p.m. The motion moved by Shri Arun Jaitley that the Bill, as amended, be passed was adopted and the Bill, as amended, was passed. (The House adjourned at 1-39 p.m. and re-assembled at 2-09 p.m.) ______! Spoke in Hindi. 256 13TH MAY, 2015 2-41 p.m. 14. Government Bill — Returned The Black Money (Undisclosed Foreign Income and Assets) and Imposition of Tax Bill, 2015, as passed by Lok Sabha Shri Arun Jaitley (Minister of Finance, Corporate Affairs and Information and Broadcasting) moved:- ―That the Bill to make provisions to deal with the problems of the Black Money that is undisclosed foreign income and assets, the procedure for dealing with such income and assets and to provide for imposition of tax on any undisclosed foreign income and asset held outside India and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto, as passed by Lok Sabha, be taken into consideration.‖ The following Members took part in the discussion:— 2-42 p.m. 1. Dr. E. M. Sudarsana Natchiappan 2-57 p.m. 2. !Shri R. K. Sinha 3-15 p.m. 3. !Prof. Ram Gopal Yadav 3-28 p.m. 4. !Dr. Anil Kumar Sahani 3-34 p.m. 5. Shri Derek O' Brien 3-45 p.m. 6. Shri Sitaram Yechury 3-54 p.m. 7. Shri A. Navaneethakrishnan 4-01 p.m. 8. !Shri Satish Chandra Misra 4-07 p.m. 9. Shri Bhupinder Singh 4-13 p.m. 10. Shri Praful Patel *4-21 p.m. 11. !Shri Sanjay Raut 4-27 p.m. 12. Dr. Bhalchandra Mungekar 4-45 p.m. 13. Shri D. Raja 4-52 p.m. 14. Shri Pyarimohan Mohapatra 4-56 p.m. 15. Shri Ram Jethmalani 5-14 p.m. 16. Shri Tiruchi Siva 5-21 p.m. 17. ^Shri Ghulam Nabi Azad, Leader of the Opposition

 From 2-09 p.m. to 2-41 p.m., some points were raised. ! Spoke in Hindi.  From 3-42 p.m. to 3-45 p.m., some points were raised. * From 4-20 p.m. to 4-21 p.m., see item at Sl No. 15.  From 4-44 p.m. to 4-45 p.m., some points were raised.  From 4-57 p.m. to 4-59 p.m., and From 5-10 p.m. to 5-14 p.m. some points were raised. ^ Spoke in Urdu. 257 RAJYA SABHA 5-25 p.m. Shri Arun Jaitley replied to the debate. 5-51 p.m. The motion for consideration of the Bill was adopted. Clauses 2 to 88 were adopted. Clause 1, the Enacting Formula and the Title were adopted. 5-52 p.m. The motion moved by Shri Arun Jaitley that the Bill be returned was adopted and the Bill was returned. 15. Message from Lok Sabha reported The Negotiable Instruments (Amendments) Bill, 2015 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 Negotiable Instruments (Amendment) Bill, 2015, as passed by Lok Sabha at its sitting held on the 13th May, 2015.‖ 16. Government Bill Laid on the Table Secretary-General, laid on the Table, a copy of the Negotiable Instruments (Amendment) Bill, 2015, as passed by Lok Sabha. 5-53 p.m. 17. Statement by Minister Shri , Minister of State in the Ministry of Minority Affairs and in the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs, laid on the Table, a statement (in English and Hindi) regarding attempt to commit suicide by four girl trainees of Sports Authority of India's Special Area Games Water Sports Centre at Alappuzha, Kerala. Thereafter, some Members sought clarifications.

 At 4-20 p.m. 258 13TH MAY, 2015 6-05 p.m. 18. Special Mentions The following Special Mentions were laid on the Table of the House:— 1. Shrimati Gundu Demand for more allocation of Urea to Sudharani Telangana in the Kharif season. 2. Shri Abdul Wahab Demand to take steps for rehabilitation of nurses evacuated from Yemen, Libya and other Gulf countries. 3. Shri K. K. Ragesh Concern over inactivity of the AICTE in ensuring quality of technical education. 4. Shri Derek O Brien Need to adopt e-payment system in all State Treasuries on the line of the State of West Bengal. 5. Shri Bhupinder Singh Demand to withdraw the decision to abolish the Backward Region Grant Fund (BRGF) scheme for the KBK region of . 6. Shri Tarun Vijay Demand to include Tamil as essential qualification for the post of Director General of Museums and set up an enquiry into the missing of a burial urn of great significance of Tamil heritage. 7. Shrimati Viplove Demand to take immediate steps to pass Thakur Women's Reservation Bill in the Lok Sabha. 8. Shri Sukhendu Sekhar Demand to remove disparity in charging Roy license fee from various service providers of TV channels. 9. Shri Husain Dalwai Need to discontinue the practice of charging for qurbani by the Haj Committee from Hajis.

 From 5-56 p.m. to 6-05 p.m., some points were raised. 259 RAJYA SABHA 10. Shri Motilal Vora Demand to review the decision to stop central assistance to states affected from Maoist terror. 11. Shri Ravi Prakash Demand to establish National Health Verma Service Cadre in the country. 12. Dr. Sanjay Sinh Demand to include one crop of small and marginal farmers under MGNREGA. 13. Shri Shantaram Naik Concern over increasing number of Chinese products being certified by the Bureau of Indian Standards. 14. Shri Ali Anwar Ansari Demand to give the status of Scheduled Tribes to Van Gujjars migrated from Jammu & Kashmir in Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh. 15. Dr. Anil Kumar Sahani Demand to address the problems of chemists in Bihar and review Section-42 of the Pharmacy Act, 1948, the Drugs & Cosmetics Act 1940 and rules made thereunder. 16. Dr. K.P. Ramalingam Demand to take steps for early payment of the dues of sugarcane farmers in the country. 17. Dr. Ashok S. Ganguly Demand to take effective measures to address the challenges before the economy of the country. 18. Shrimati Kanimozhi Demand to take action in the matter of alleged sexual harassment of a woman

worker in Parliament premises. 19. Shri Pramod Tiwari Demand to fill up the vacant posts of Constitutional bodies. 20. Shri Mahendra Singh Demand to allocate adequate quota of Mahra Kerosene Oil to Uttarakhand.

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13TH MAY, 2015 6-07 p.m. 19. Valedictory Remarks The Chairman made valedictory remarks on the conclusion of the Session. 6-11 p.m. 20. National Song National Song (Vande Mataram) was played.

(The House adjourned sine die at 6-12 p.m.)

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