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RAJYA SABHA ______SYNOPSIS OF DEBATE ______(Proceedings other than Questions and Answers) ______Tuesday, August 13, 2013/Sravana 22, 1935 (Saka) ______MATTER RAISED WITH THE PERMISSION OF THE CHAIR Floods and Drought in Bihar SHRI RAM VILAS PASWAN: Bihar is facing the situation of devastating flood and drought. There is dangerous situation of flood in Radhopur Block of District Vaishali and Districts of Gopal Ganj, Purnia, Madhepura, Saharsa and Khagaria. Dozens of people died due to drowning and hundreds of houses have been washed away in the flood. On the other side, Central Bihar is facing horrible situation of drought. I demand from the Government to declare complete Bihar a famine affected area. Compensation of Rs.10 -10 lakh should be given to the family members of those who lost their lives by drowning in flood. Those persons should be rehabilitated whose houses have been washed away in flood. Electricity bills and land revenue of flood affected persons should be waived off. Fertilizer and fodder should be made available at cheaper rates. Relief measures should be started at war level. ______This Synopsis is not an authoritative record of the proceedings of the Rajya Sabha.

GOVERNMENT BILLS The Securities and Exchange Board of India (Amendment) Bill, 2013 THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF FINANCE (SHRI NAMO NARAIN MEENA): I move the following Motion:- “That this House concurs in the recommendation of the Lok Sabha that the Rajya Sabha do agree to leave being granted by the Lok Sabha to withdraw the Bill further to amend the Securities and Exchange Board of India Act, 1992, which was passed by the Rajya Sabha on the 11th March, 2013 and laid on the Table of the Lok Sabha on the 12th March, 2013.” The Bill was, by leave of the House, Withdrawn. The National Highways Authority of India (Amendment) Bill, 2012 THE MINISTER OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS (SHRI OSCAR FERNANDES), moving the motion for consideration of the Bill, said: This Bill seeks to amend the National Highways Authority of India Act, 1988. The process of amending the National Highways Authority of India Act, 1988 was initiated in response to Cabinet approval of September 2011 keeping in view the vastly increased scope of work of NHAI due to inclusion of a large number of national highways in the ambit of development and also the greatly increased participation envisaged for the private sector. NHAI is the implementing agency for NHDP comprising seven phases that are to be executed in a time-bound manner. Investment in road sector directly leads to economic transformation of the surrounding areas. Although the projects on Public-Private-Partnership have not taken off due to overall economic slowdown, it is hoped that this will take off in near future. Thus there is even greater need to strengthen the institutional capacity of NHAI.

DR. GYAN PRAKASH PILANIA: As far as the National Highways Authority of India is concerned, it is vital for the nation that it should function properly. But according to the World Health Organisation's report the number of road traffic deaths is very high in India. The report says that very few countries had adequate laws that addressed all the five risk factors. These risk factors are speed, drunken driving, not putting on helmets, seat belts and child restraints. Detection of violations is also very low. Something has to be done to stop this massacre and to improve our roads so that they do not become death traps. As far as your suggestion is concerned that one Member should be added here and two Members be added there, this will not improve the scenario. Roads are the real arteries and till they are not improved, things will not improve. As far as statistics is concerned, there was a target set by the authority, but it could not be achieved. You have mentioned that through the Public-Private- Partnership, things will improve, but it has not happened so. As far as complaints regarding toll charges and toll functions are concerned, complaints are in abundance. As far as trauma care is concerned this House would like to know how many trauma centres have been opened by now. It is also surprising that no study has been conducted in this context. DR. T. SUBBARAMI REDDY: It is a good news that you are proposing to increase part-time members from four to six. If a five year tenure is given to Chairman, it will be of great help. The projects on BOT basis virtually miserably failed. Land acquisition is the most challenging and burning problem. My question to the hon. Minister is , how is he going to achieve the target of construction of 21.5 km of National Highways per day. What is your plan? To achieve that target, what are the percentages of BOT projects and direct funding by the Government? They have formed a high powered committee in every State. But, most of the road projects are not able to get the land available or acquired. The Minister must have interaction with the Ministry of Environment and forests frequently. Land acquisition is a very important issue. I would request the Minister to monitor the performance of the high powered committee of each State. The NHAI has announced many

projects. But the question is, how are you going to achieve this? In order to achieve the best economic growth and have inter-connectivity between all the States in the country to transport surplus food and other things from one State to another, roads need to be constructed. I suggest that the State Governments should come forward and extend full cooperation for the construction of roads. SHRI NARENDRA KUMAR KASHYAP: I would like to ask the hon. Minister whether he would consider to provide reservation to the people of neglected classes in this process as per the rights to reservation provided in the constitution of India. I associate myself with many hon. senior Members who have put very important ideas before the House. I think that non-construction and non-repairing of roads on time is the biggest reason of accident and chaos. Whether a contract is not properly checked? Whether it is not monitored? Why is there delay in road construction? This is a big issue. Work on several National Highways either has not begun or is going with very slow pace, as a result there is jam on these NHs. Today NCR has become a synonym of jam. I would like to know from the hon. Minister whether he would see that construction of NH-24, NH-58, NH-91 and all roads connecting NCR is completed within a fixed time limit. V.I.P. lane should always remain vacant for them only. Strict action should be taken against those toll tax booths where tax is being collected wrongly and some concrete steps should be taken to make N.C.R. free of jam. SHRI PRASANTA CHATTERJEE: This Bill is very important Bill concerning the National Highways. It has great importance for the progress of the country's economy and I hope, with the passing of this Bill, the functioning of NHAI in future will improve. The present functioning of NHAI is not up to the mark and contractor raj is going on in that Department at many places. The Government has failed to frame relevant rules and regulations. It is very necessary that the powers and duties of the members and the Chairman are defined categorically. I hope that the Minister will reply on this aspect. Now the Government wants to equip the Authority in the increase of the members, which is a good thing. Presently, roads are in a very bad condition and it is a pathetic condition.

There are reports of scams and corruption in BOT projects in the country. The estimates of BOT projects have been inflated unnecessarily. The condition of the National Highways is very bad. Toll plaza does not have the requisite staff strength. We support this Bill. SHRI D. BANDYOPADHYAY: Main reason for not achieving the target is that there is difficulty in land acquisition. In the reconstituted Committee, there is no representation of the State Governments. There should be a provision for representation of State Governments in the authority. Nominate four or five representatives of the State Governments depending on the density of National Highways in those states. There is a difficulty in case of an accident. There has to be some method for rescuing the people who are involved in accident. We support the Bill and also request the hon. Minister to take note that representation of States are made in the authority. SHRI ARVIND KUMAR SINGH: The development of a country is possible only when roads are good. National Highway Authority is constructing roads very slowly. Toll Tax Booth is made on the incomplete road between Lucknow and Kanpur. There are many cases of accidents occurring due to carelessness of NHAI. There is lack of facilities like over-bridges and approach roads on toll tax booths on NH-2. NDA Government increased rupees two as Cess on Petrol and Diesel which amassed a lot of money for NHAI. Estimate of Highways is made double of the required amount and there is no recovery because Contractors go bankrupt after being financed. These irregularities would be removed. From Lucknow to Varanasi there are 13 crossings and all are closed at a time. Roads' quality should be improved and the work should be expedited. Work on some of the National Highways is incomplete. It should be expedited. SHRI N.K. SINGH: This was an important opportunity for your Ministry to have addressed some of the more endemic problems of the highway sector. The objectives of this highway programme

really have so far not been realized. This Bill seeks to enlarge the number of membership of the Board. It would have been better if 'relevant discipline' could have been explained. You should make sure that you prevent a conflict of interest while appointing part-time members. The best way of attracting the best talent for the purposes of filling up the Chairmanship of the National Highway Authority is from public domain. There is far greater latitude on the extent of delegation of powers and authority to the Chairman. An important post of the Chairman was left vacant for 17 months is not good on the part of the Ministry. You wish to increase the number of members of the Board, on the other hand you continue to have vacant posts of members. You need to have a highways patrolling authority to prevent encroachment of highways to make sure that the crime which is committed in the highways is properly attended to. This Bill would make the objective that we have of much faster transit based on the best international practices. DR. K.P. RAMALINGAM: Whenever the Government introduces a good Bill, we will appreciate and support them. The full- time members should be five to ten, as scope of the National Highways Authority of India is expanding day by day. The funding pattern of road projects has undergone a vast change from public funding to private funding. It has become more necessary to bring in expertise in all disciplines. Road projects are running behind schedules in every State. Many road-projects are being delayed. Transfer of officials does not affect the schemes. SHRI RABINARAYAN MOHAPATRA: The reason behind amending this Bill is to increase the strength of full-time members and part-time members to allow induction of professional of repute to take strategic decisions. In Orissa at NH-5, three tolls have been set up within a length of sixty kilometers. It should be rectified as it contravenes the provisions of the Toll Policy. The State Government has formulated a very good transport policy. The condition of the road on NH-57, is very bad. It should be looked into. I urge upon the Government to set up modern trauma centre at Basant Manjary Swasthya Niwas. There is a thirty-kilometre link between

NH-5 and NH-57 from Sunakha to Chandpur which should also be provided the NH status. Road safety and other amenities should be provided in Orissa. While constructing the fly-overs and the underpasses, adequate compensation should be provided. DR. BHARATKUMAR RAUT: The Highways are really the highways of corruption, bribery and malpractices, whether it is the construction or the maintenance. Is it because of lack of monitoring by anybody or involvement of the Government officers in the process? This has to be corrected. I want to ask the Hon’ble Minister as to why he doesn’t take cognizance of this recommendations as suggested by the Committee. My suggestion to you is why don’t we have sub- authorities, regional authorities or State-wise authorities under this Authority? I am a sufferer of the bad maintenance of highways. There should be decentralization of work. Some powers must be given to members also. The role that the Government and the Minister would be playing, must be defined here. Contractors and agents are running this Authority. Hence, the situation needs to be improved. SHRI ANANDA BHASKAR RAPOLU: I request the Hon’ble Union Minister to study road-maintenance as well as highway planning of some advanced nations, including the various engineering models adopted by them for very complicated terrains. Keeping such terrains in mind, a model needs to be developed. I suggest the usage of toll plazas and such other island centres to be of immediate use for trauma care during accidents, first aid and other medical support mechanism. I come from the to-be-bifurcated State of Andhra Pradesh where 1300 plus kms were expected to be converted into national highways from the State highways. Shri Oscar Fernades promised a National Highway from Gudi Hatnur, Prakasam, to Vodarevu. There were several complaints to note about the maintenance of service roads. The service roads are almost neglected. I request the Hon’ble Minister to utilise the services of those who are experts in the field of transportation and the road improvement services.

SHRI BHARATSINH PRABHATSINH PARMAR: It is doubtful whether the situation of NHAI is to improve after this amendment. Shri C.P. Joshi had announced that the Narmada Brij would be completed within three years. I request the Minister that he should get the work started. The Prime Minister has said that the entire road on which Gandhiji has passed through would be declared National Highway and a notification to the effect was also issued. There should be progress in this matter. The Highways passing through Gujarat have very slow pace of construction. 45 percent of roads has been de notified. I urge upon the Government that the process should be expedited. SHRI PYARIMOHAN MOHAPATRA: A large number of posts of engineers of the rank from Manager, to Chief General Manager lying vacant. You have not been able to delegate adequate administrative or financial powers to the NHAI. Why is this dichotomy about Members being Additional Secretary or Chairman being Additional Secretary? Why do not you have a Chairman of the rank of Secretary? Your control must be diluted. Give adequate financial powers, give adequate administrative powers and hold them accountable. Then they will perform. The Hon'ble Minister, replying to the debate, said : We have launched a pilot programme only for the Gurgaon Highway. If any person meets with an accident there, the entire expenditure, up to an extent of Rs.30,000, will be taken care of. Within a couple of days we will be launching a similar project in two other States. I have visited most of the States and had a review in the State capitals. The Chairman, NHAI, the Secretary of our Department and my colleagues, both the Ministers, in the Ministry were there in some of the States. There was a mention of the Narmada River. I have been to that place where the repair works are being carried out. I assure that the moment we finish the concession agreement, within three years we will be able to have the bridge there. We will take all the Reports of the Standing Committee very seriously and try to implement these Reports.

The scope of the Bill is to increase the number of permanent members and also the part-time members. We will definitely describe what is going to be the responsibility of the Chairman and what is going to be the responsibility of the members. If rules and regulations have to be looked into, we will definitely look into them. We need to do a lot in the technological side. Maintenance of roads is a very important aspect, whether it be the National Highways or other highways. I have told our engineers that all the repair works have to be done before the setting of monsoon. Our ultimate aim is to have maintenance-free roads. We are discussing this aspect and we will soon see that this technology will be introduced in our working. I am very concerned about the corruption. I will do everything possible to streamline the system so that there is no room for corruption. The motion for consideration of the Bill was adopted. Clauses etc., as amended, were adopted. The Bill, as amended, was passed. The Registration of Births and Deaths (Amendment) bill, 2012 THE MINISTER OF COMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND THE MINISTE OF LAW AND JUSTICE (SHRI KAPIL SIBAL), moving the motion for consideration of the Bill, said : Distinguished Members of the House are probably aware that this is an issue that has been a matter of concern for a long time. The Supreme Court has directed that marriages of all citizens of India belonging to various religious denominations should be made compulsorily registrable wherever such marriages are solemnized in various States. It has also directed that the Central Government should enact a comprehensive legislation in this regard. In the report of the Committee on Empowerment of Women on the plight of Indian women deserted by Non Resident Indian also, it was also expressed that all marriages, irrespective of religion should be compulsorily registered and the Government of India should come up with a comprehensive legislation. The 18th Law Commission of India in its 205th Report also echoed the same

opinion. But rather than having a comprehensive stand alone legislation, we thought that we could use the Registration of Births and Deaths Act, 1969 because that Act also was applicable to all the States in India, and incorporate compulsory registration of marriages in that legislation. The broad contours of the Bill are : all marriages in India are compulsorily registrable. Any marriage registrable either under the State Act or under the Central Act or the Anand Marriage Act is valid. There are also, within the Bill, provisions that whenever a marriage is to take place, there are procedures provided under this Bill in terms of which, within a certain period of time, information is to be given to the appropriate authority, whether under the State Act or the Central Act, to provide details of the marriages that take place, like the names of persons. There is a time-frame given under the Bill in terms of which these details are to be provided. There are also provisions which suggest that if the information given is wrong, there is a procedure provided under the Bill in terms of which that information can be corrected. When the Supreme Court rendered this judgement, it said that after the comprehensive legislation is passed, we should place it before the court for scrutiny. But, this kind of a direction by the Court is somewhat out of order. The distinguished Members of this House will join me in our sentiments that these are not the kind of directions which are contemplated under the Constitution. Some people do have an opinion that, in the event, someone does not comply with the provisions of this Act, there must be a punitive provision. Personally, I don't think that should be done because there are a lot of people in this country who are not entirely familiar with the provisions either of this Act or of State Acts. If they do not register, they will be liable to consequences of non-registration. But I don't think that there should be any punitive provision under this particular Act. SHRI BASAWARAJ PATIL : Birth, marriage and death, these three events are very important events in a person's life and it is absolute necessary to keep their record of these events. Since a large number of marriages are solemnized in a large country like India and

these marriages are solemnized through different systems, the Government have kept several provisions to validate these marriages. If any wrong information is given, there is a provision to correct it. If the state Government is unable to implement it properly, the central Government has a right to guide the state Government by amending the rules. While welcoming this Bill, I request the Government to either keep a consolidated record of birth, marriage and death or it should be computerised so that it could be obtained immediately. SHRI SHADI LAL BATRA : I support the Bill. This Bill will make registration of marriages compulsory. It will also remove the anomalies which arise after the marriages at various levels. It will guarantee the rights of wife to women. This Bill makes registration of marriages compulsory for everyone irrespective of their religion, caste or community. It will encourage feeling of oneness among us. Fine prescribed in the Bill is not sufficient. Provision should be made for stringent action. Who will be responsible for providing information of marriage? Even people who got married before enactment of this Bill can also register their marriage under the same. SHRI VEER SINGH: It is an important bill which makes provision to amend the Registration of Births and Deaths Act, 1969. Hon'ble Supreme Court in its decision of 14-02-2006 had directed that registration of marriages should be made compulsory for every citizen of all the communities of the country. Women empowerment committee had recommended the compulsory registration of marriages for all the religions in its 12th report in view miserable condition of Indian women to stop harassment. Provision of punishment for non registration of marriage is not sufficient. Digital record should be accepted as desired information. It will save time and money. SHRI C.P. NARAYANAN: I support this welcome legislation. I think that the Supreme Court came into the picture because there were complaints of couples who go outside the country that they are not registered and a lot of problems are there. We have to give enough publicity and enough time for the couples who have got

married in the past to get registered. In other countries, it is the local bodies who have got officials to register births, deaths and also marriages. So, I want to know whether we can have it in our country also. So, that also has to be examined. This Bill only pertains to registration of people who have got married. It will be a protection for women in various parts of the country who have been suffering from very unequal relations between men and women. SHRI PYARIMOHAN MOHAPATRA: This legislation will benefit lots of exploited women who are exploited by marriages which are not registered. Bill really does not address that problem fully because the responsibility for registration, particularly of the male partner, has not been made compulsory. This ought to be made compulsory. You have to think of lots of women who are being exploited in the country itself. I do not know why there is so much of reluctance in forcing any registering authority. It can be temple or church. In this matter, they have to make to reports. SHRI SHASHI BHUSAN BEHERA: I support the Bill. This Bill has originated from the principal Act, the Registration of Births and Deaths Act, 1969. The objective is very broad. The Bill intends to protect the women who may be harassed by their male counterparts through different processes. There may be rarest of the rare case where male is harassed. All marriages must compulsorily be registered irrespective of caste, creed or religion. This Act would require a great publicity to make it accessible, affordable and simpler. This Bill is very much the need of the hour. SHRI AVINASH RAI KHANNA : The process for registration of marriages should be simplified. I Suggest that the marriage certificate should be issued in two languages i.e. one in local language and other in English language. This marriage certificate should be made admissible in embassies and it should be given legal status. People may ask to furnish marital status at the time of registration of their marriage. They should bring a certificate issued by the magistrate or embassy of the concerned country to the effect that they are unmarried. How will technicality regarding the change in

name after the marriage of woman will be tackled? Public awareness campaign should be launched in this regard. PROF. RAM GOPAL YADAV: I support the Bill. This amendment is a welcome step as registration of marriage will solve many problems. How live-in relationship will be registered as in a recent decision court has accepted this as a married relationship. Whether despite first marriage a Hindu person his/her second marriage will be registered. There should be a provision for registration of marriage with the Panchayats. SHRI MD. NADIMUL HAQUE: This Bill is good. But in remote areas, where the people are facing a lot of difficulties, will face a lot of difficulties in getting the registration done for the births, marriages as well as deaths. I suggest that concrete steps should be taken to make the registration easy for the poor. A concrete plan should come up to spread awareness and a Budget should be allocated so that it is spread everywhere. DR. BHARATKUMAR RAUT: I welcome this Bill because that seems to be inevitable. There was no need to bring in marriage in this. If you bring in marriage, then, you should also bring in the provisions for end of marriage. If the person, man or woman, tries to get into a second marriage, then, either he or she has to provide a certificate of death of his or her spouse or the decree of divorce. It is necessary to use the words, ‘birth, marriage, divorce and death’. There are such tribals who have no practice of registration of marriages even now. In this case, unless there is a provision in the law, you cannot expect the registration to be foolproof. SHRIMATI VASANTHI STANLEY : I fully support the Bill. I welcome the provision for having the Registrar General of India for this registration. Then, instead of the provision for fine and punishment for 30 days, one year or more, it may be insisted upon that if married people don't come forward for a proper registration, the birth of their children would not be registered. Instead of waiting for the Supreme Court's direction in such cases, we suo motu make laws according to the need of the society.

The Hon'ble Minister, replying to the debate, said: I express my gratitude to distinguished Members of this House, who have unanimously supported this legislation. The one point that comes across very effectively in the course of our discussion is that the message that marriages must be registered must reach everybody in this country. I think that State Governments and the Central Government, put together, make a national effort to make the message of this Act reach the people of India. If two people decide to live together and don't choose to register the marriage, we cannot force them. I don't think that we should penalize people for non-registering. Section 15 of this Act, says that you can rectify the entries made therein very easily. This Act is not meant as a quasi-judicial determination of whether a marriage is valid or not. There are enough provisions in the Bill which allow the State Governments to actually enact different rules for different areas of their States depending upon the nature of habitations there. We are not providing for the State Governments a uniform law; we are providing a uniform platform under which the Central Government can make rules. The State Government can make rules and appropriately pass laws to serve the interests of the society. I don't think we should mix up issues of divorce and marriage in this particular Bill. The motion for consideration of the Bill was adopted. Clause etc, as amended, were adopted. The Bill, as amended was passed.

The Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2011 THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS (SHRI MULLAPPALLY RAMACHANDRAN) moving, the motion for the consideration of the Bill, said: It provides for the acquisition of citizenship after the commencement of the Constitution by birth, descent, registration, naturalisation and incorporation of territory and for termination and deprivation of citizenship under certain circumstances. A substantial part of the proposed amendments relate to Overseas Indians. We have decided to

merge the OCI and the PIO cards into single facility. In the light of the recommendations of the Standing Committee, it was decided to bring about three amendments to the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2011. In addition to these amendments hon. Member Shri Prakash Javadekar proposed another amendment which is accepted by the Government. The Amendment Bill, 2011 is intended to make foreigner spouse of an Overseas Indian Card Holder eligible for an Overseas Indian Card and amend the sub-clause (2) of clause 7C. Minors' rights to apply for citizenship have also been defined. The proposed amendments shall make re-acquisition of Indian Citizenship easier for erstwhile citizens of India and also for the persons of Indian Orgin SHRI THAAWAR CHAND GEHLOT: I support the Bill. The Act was enacted in 1955. Overseas citizens of India were facing lots of difficulties due to legal provisions. The amendment proposed in Section-2, Section-3, Section-5 and Schedule-3 of this Bill will simplify the laws which were earlier stringent one. The Indian living in other countries could visit India very easily and as a result the country will be benefitted by the prosperity they achieved abroad. As this Bill is in the favour of Indians settled abroad, I support the Bill. SHRI AVTAR SINGH KARIMPURI: I support the Bill on the behalf of my Party. The Indians who have settled abroad and have taken the citizenship of that country are being denied visa even at the time when they want to take part in the cremation of their family members in India. The Bill certainly will provide relief to such people. It will not only increase their attachment towards their country but also will be beneficial for the progress of the country. I would urge upon the Government to create a sense of security and safety amongst the NRIs who are investing their hard earned money in the property in India but their property has been occupied by others. The NRIs are having a huge contribution in our economy.

I would also urge upon the hon. Minister to resolve the problem of people settled in J&K after partition and who are not having the Indian citizenship till now. SHRI K.N. BALAGOPAL: On behalf of my Party, I support the Bill. The great grandson of the persons who were citizens of India at the time of Independence or when the Constitution of India came into force can be an Overseas Indian Cardholder. These amendments would certainly help the Indians living abroad who were earlier not being allowed to attend the funeral or marriages of their relatives living in India. This Bill proposes a very important thing. If somebody is staying outside India, he should come to India as a cardholder. But the questions of dual citizenship and voting right of the NRIs have to be discussed very seriously. Some amendment is required for that also. SHRI D. BANDYOPADHYAY: I support the Bill. But I would like to know that as per Clause 7D, how do you prove that an overseas Indian cardholder has shown disaffection? There is no provision here to provide a reasonable opportunity to the person whose registration you are thinking of cancelling. I would request the hon. Minister to kindly consider giving reasonable opportunity to the Overseas Indian cardholders to be heard in order to prove their loyalty and affection to India. Similarly, on Clause 7D (d) I would like to say that an imprisonment doesn't necessarily mean criminal imprisonment. If somebody because of default committed somewhere gets into a civil imprisonment, how could you debar him from citizenship as a criminal? So, I would like the hon. Minister to consider these two points. SHRI BAISHNAB PARIDA: I rise to support the Bill. It clarifies the rights of those who have taken citizenship in foreign land. They can hold any post as the President or Vice-President or a Member of this House or the other House. Another thing is that once an Indian takes citizenship in some other country that should be

intimated to the Government of India immediately. According to the Indian rules his rights in his mother country should be decided. There are some 25 lakh Indians living abroad. Their children want to come back to their motherland to serve the country. We must welcome it. So far as dual citizenship is concerned, we must be very careful about it. We should be very careful about their attitude and their intentions. The rights of the Indian citizens and the rights of those who are having dual citizenship should not be equal.

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SHUMSHER K. SHERIFF, Secretary-General. [email protected] ______**Supplement covering rest of the proceedings is being issued separately.