RAJYA SABHA Parliamentary Bulletin
PART - I
(TWO HUNDRED AND THIRTY SECOND SESSION) No. 5117] MONDAY, JULY 7, 2014 Brief Record of the Proceedings of the Meeting of the Rajya Sabha held on the 7th July, 2014 11-00 a.m. 1. National Anthem National Anthem was played. 11-01 a.m. 2. Oath or Affirmation The following Members made and subscribed oath/affirmation and took their seats in the House :— ANDHRA PRADESH 1. Shrimati Nirmala Sitharaman
ARUNACHAL PRADESH 2. Shri Mukut Mithi
BIHAR 3. Shri Gulam Rasool Balyawi 4. Shri Pavan Kumar Varma 5. Shri Sharad Yadav
KARNATAKA 6. Shri Rajeev Gowda M.V. 7. Shri B.K. Hariprasad
34397 34398 MADHYA PRADESH 8. Shri Prakash Javadekar
MAHARASHTRA 9. Shri Praful Manoharbhai Patel
ODISHA 10. Shri Anubhav Mohanty 11. Shri Bhupinder Singh
UTTAR PRADESH 12. Shri Vishambhar Prasad Nishad
11-12 a.m. 3. Obituary Reference The Chairman made a reference to the passing away of Dr. Shanti G. Patel, ex- Member. The House observed silence, all Members standing, as a mark of respect to the memory of the departed.
11-15 a.m. 4. Felicitations to the successful launch of PSLV C-23 The Chairman made a reference to India’s Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV C-23) which successfully launched five satellites belonging to France, Germany, Canada and Singapore into their orbits from ISRO’s Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota on the 30th of June, 2014 and congratulated the scientists, engineers, technicians and all others of ISRO, who were associated with the project.
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5. Dispensing with Question Hour
On a request made by Shri Ghulam Nabi Azad, Leader of the Opposition and Leaders of some other political parties for suspension of Question Hour to enable discussion on Price Rise and Food Inflation and as agreed to by Shri Arun Jaitley, Leader of the House and by the House too, the Chairman dispensed with the Question Hour and took up discussion on the said subject.
11-20 a.m. 6. Discussion on Price Rise and Food Inflation Shri Ghulam Nabi Azad, Leader of the Opposition, raised a discussion on Price Rise and Food Inflation. The following Members took part in the discussion:— 11-33 a.m. 1. Km. Mayawati 11-42 a.m. 2. Shri Derek O’ Brien 11-48 a.m. 3. Shri S. Muthukaruppan 11-49 a.m. 4. Shri Naresh Agrawal 11-57 a.m. 5. Shri Sharad Yadav @12-12 p.m. 6. Shri Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi 12-21 p.m. 7. Shri Sitaram Yechury 12-35 p.m. 8. Shri Kalpataru Das 12-43 p.m. 9. Shri Y.S. Chowdary 12-45 p.m. 10. Shri Praful Manoharbhai Patel 12-54 p.m. 11. Shrimati Kanimozhi
1-01 p.m. The House adjourned and re-assembled at 2-01 p.m.
2-01 p.m. 12. Shri Anil Desai 2-08 p.m. 13. Sardar Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa 2-14 p.m. 14. Shri M.P. Achuthan 2-20 p.m. 15. Shri Motilal Vora 2-29 p.m. 16. Shri Rajeev Chandrasekhar
@ From 12-08 p.m. to 12-11 p.m., see items at Sl. Nos. 7, 8, 9, 10 and 11 and From 12-11 p.m. to 12-12 p.m., some points were raised.
34400 2-35 p.m. 17. Shri K.C. Tyagi 2-41 p.m. 18. Shri Vishambhar Prasad Nishad 2-46 p.m. 19. Shri Pramod Tiwari 2-56 p.m. 20. Shri Vijay Goel 3-03 p.m. 21. Shri Ramvilas Paswan, Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution 3-18 p.m. 22. Shrimati Rajani Patil
3-25 p.m.
Shri Arun Jaitley, Leader of the House and Minister of Finance, Corporate Affairs and Defence replied to the debate.
The discussion was concluded.
7. Starred Questions Answers to Starred Question Nos. 1 to 20 were laid on the Table. 8. Unstarred Questions Answers to Unstarred Question Nos.1 to 128 were laid on the Table.
#9. Introduction of Minister by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, Prime Minister, introduced 1 Minister of State to the House.
$10. Papers Laid on the Table The following papers were laid on the Table:— 1. A copy each (in English and Hindi) of the following papers:— (a) Annual Report and Accounts of the Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan, Authority, Punjab, Chandigarh, for the year 2012-13, together with the Auditor's Report on the Accounts. (b) Statement by Government accepting the above Report.
# At 12-08 p.m. $ At 12-09 p.m.
34401 (c) Statement giving reasons for the delay in laying the papers mentioned at (a) above.
2. (1) A copy each (in English and Hindi) of the following papers, under sub-section (5) of Section 45 of the Damodar Valley Corporation Act, 1948:— (a) Annual Report and Accounts of the Damodar Valley Corporation, Kolkata, for the year 2012-13, together with the Auditor's Report on the Accounts. (b) Review by Government on the working of the above Corporation. (2) Statement (in English and Hindi) giving reasons for the delay in laying the papers mentioned at (1) above.
*11. Panel of Vice-Chairmen The Chairman announced that the Panel of Vice-Chairmen has been re-constituted w.e.f. the 25th of June, 2014 with the following Members:—
1. Shri Satyanarayan Jatiya; 2. Dr. E.M. Sudarsana Natchiappan; 3. Shri Tiruchi Siva; and 4. Shri V.P. Singh Badnore. 3-54 p.m. 12. Government Bill — Passed The National Institute of Design Bill, 2013. Shrimati Nirmala Sitharaman, Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Minister of State in the Ministries of Finance and Corporate Affairs, moved motion for consideration of the Bill. The following Members took part in the discussion:—
3-59 p.m. 1. Shri Tarun Vijay 4-05 p.m. 2. Shri Anand Sharma 4-18 p.m. 3. Shri K.N. Balagopal 4-23 p.m. 4. Shri D.P. Tripathi 4-30 p.m. 5. Shri Narendra Kumar Kashyap 4-37 p.m. 6. Shri V.P. Singh Badnore
* At 12-10 p.m.
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4-43 p.m.
Shrimati Nirmala Sitharaman replied to the debate.
4-54 p.m. The motion for consideration of the Bill was adopted. Clauses 2 to 41 were adopted. Clause 1, as amended, was adopted. The Enacting Formula, as amended, was adopted. The Title was adopted.
4-56 p.m.
The motion moved by Shrimati Nirmala Sitharaman that the Bill, as amended, be passed was adopted and the Bill, as amended, was passed.
4-57 p.m.
13. Special Mentions
1. Shri Mansukh L. Mandaviya raised a matter regarding need to install electronic indicators for displaying details of stations in all trains.
4-59 p.m. 2. Shri Tarun Vijay raised a matter regarding need to establish a memorial of Dr. Shyama Prasad Mookerjee in Srinagar and abolish two flag system in Jammu & Kashmir. 5-01 p.m. @3. Dr. R. Lakshmanan raised a matter regarding need to open a Kendriya Vidyalaya in Villupuram District in Tamil Nadu. 4. Dr. K.P. Ramalingam raised a matter regarding need to step up safety measures at the vital installations of oil and natural gas industries. 5-03 p.m. 5. Shri Satyanarayan Jatiya raised a matter regarding need to take steps to remove pollution from sacred rivers, particularly Shipra in Madhya Pradesh.
@ Laid on the Table.
34403 5-04 p.m. 14. Recommendations of the Business Advisory Committee The Deputy Chairman announced the recommendations made by the Business Advisory Committee in its meeting held on the 7th of July, 2014. 5-05 p.m. The House adjourned till 11-00 a.m. on Tuesday, the 8th July, 2014.
SHUMSHER K. SHERIFF, Secretary-General