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Tenth Series, Vol. xLI, No. 33 Thuesday, May 23, 1995 Jyaishtha 2, 1917 (Saka) 'LOK SABHA DEBATES (English Version) Thirteenth Session (Tenth Lok Sabha) (Vol. XLI contains Nos. 31 to 4IJ) LOK SABRA SECRETARIAT 'NEW DELHI Price: Rs. 50.00 _Jtorrige~da to Lok Sabba Debates Inglish Version) TUesday, May 23, 1995/jyaishtha 2, 1917 (Saka) :rQr Thlesd~ Tuesday : 1)/1lf and last SHaI SURIA NARAIN YALAV SHRI SURIA NA.RAYAN IADAV 21/33 SOO SNITA NAPil.YAN JATIYA DR. BATnlARlYll JATIYA /)';)/16 (frOO1 below) SHRI GIRDHARl LA.!. BHARG..l.YA. SRRI GIRDHARI LAL BHARGA.VA SBRI !e R.l..11NT!.APPA SHRI K. H.MUNIYAPPA 229/3 dale te 'the work of ' 2lf1/11 repaired spent CONTENTS [Tenth Series, Vol. XLI, Thirteenth Session, 1995/1917 (Saka)] No. 33, Tuesday, May 23, 1995/Jyaistha 2, 1917 (Saka) CoLUMNS ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS 'Starred Questions Nos. 663-666 1-28 WRITTEN ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS Starred Questions Nos. 661, 662 and 667 to 680 28-45 Unstarred Questions Nos. 6716-6945 45-225 EARLY RECONSTRUCTION OF HOUSES DAMAGED AT CHARAR-E-SHARIEF 225-230 ONGOING PRACTICE OF CARRYING NIGHTSOIL ON HEAD BY THE SCAVENGERS IN THE COUNTRY (1) Shrl Ram Vilas Paswan 231-232 (2) Shrl Surya Naraln Yadav 232 (3) Shrl Rajveer Singh 232-233 (4) Shri Nlrmal Kanti Chatterjee 233 (5) Maj. Gen. (Reid.) Bhuwan Chandra Khandurl 233 (6) Shrl Chandrajeet Yadav 233-234 (7) Shrl Bhogendra Jha 234 (8) Shrl Ram Prasad Singh 234 (9) Shrl Mangal Ram Preml 234-235 (10) Shrl Chitta Basu 235 (11) Shri A. Charles 235 (12) Shri Devendra Prasad Yadav 235-236 (13) Prof. (Smt.) Savithirl Lakshmanan 236 (14) Shri Prabhu Dayal Katherlla 236 (15) Shri K.H. Muniyappa 236 (16) Shri Buta Singh 237 PAPERS LAID ON THE TABLE 242-245 STATEMENT BY MINISTERS (i) Price Policy for Copra Shri Bal Ram Jakhar 246 (ii) Plight of Sugarcane Growers of uttar Pradesh Due to Non-Payment of their Dues by the Sugar Mills Shri Ajit Singh 246-248 BUSINESS ADVISORY COMMlnEE Fiftieth report - Adopted 248 Rice-Milling Industry (Regulation) Repeal Bill - Introduced 249 MAnERS UNDER RULE 377 249-252 (i) Need to direct NABARD to remove discrepancies in the prices of pumpsets In Orissa Dr. Kartlkeswar Patra 249 (iI) Need to clear proposals from Kerala Government to set up Export Promotion Industrial Park Prof. SavitH'ri Lakshmanan 249-250 (iii) Need to set up agro based industries in Saharsa and Supaul districts of Bihar Shri Surya Narain Yadav 250 The Sign + marked above the name of a Member incicates that the question was actually asked on the IIoor of the House by that Member. (i) (ii) COLUMNS (iv) Need to clear the proposals from Madhya Pradesh for cleaning polluted rivers in the State Dr. Satynarayan' Jatiya 250-251 . (v) Need to open L.P.G. outlets in Ashta, Shirala, Patan and Ubraj towns of Maharashtra Shri Prithviraj D. Chavan 251 (vi) Need to provide air link between Bareilly, U.P. and other metro cities Shri Santosh Kumar Gangwar 251-252 (vii) Need to extend reservation benefits to Muslims in the Country Shri Mohammad Ali Ashraf Fatmi 252 FINANCE BILL, 1995 252-330 Motion to consider Shri Sriballav Panigrahi 252-256 Shri Govind Ghandra Munda 257 Shri Mohan Rawale 257-259 Shri Inder Jit 260-265 Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee 265-272 Shri K.T. Vandayar 272-273 Shri Bolla Bulli Ramaiah 273-275 Shrimati Chandra Prabha Urs 275-279 Maj. Gen. R.G. Williams 279-281 Dr., Vasant Niwrutti Pawar 281~283 Shri Ram Kripal Yadav 284-285 Shri Manmohan Singh 285-297 Clauses 2 to 92 and 1 297-319 Motion to Pass Shri Manmohan Singh 319,325-328 Shri Nirmal Kanti Chatterjee 319-320 Shri Somnath Chatterjee 320-323 Shri Srikanta Jena 323-324 Shri Jaswant Singh 324-325 Shri Ram Nagina Mishra 325 LOK SABHA D'EBATES LOK SABHA ANNEXURE-I Tuesday, May 23, 19951 Jyaistha 2, 1917 (Saka) 10 Ouinquinnial Review Teams (aRTs) were constituted by the ICAR for assessment of the (The Lok Sabha met at Eleven of the Clock) performance of 183 Krishi Vigyan Kendras (KVKs) as [MR. SPEAKER in the Chair) per details given below : ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS S.No. Region Name of the State covered by aRTs. {English] 1. I (A) Hilly Districts of U.P., Himachal Krishi Vigyan Kendra. Pradesh and Jammu and Kashmir States. *663. DR. KARTIKESWAR PATRA : Will the 2,- I (B) Punjab Minister of AGRICULTURE be pleased to state: 3. II Assam and West Bengal (a) whether the Government have made any assessment of performance of the Krishi Vigyan Kendras 4. III North-Eastern Hilly States functioning in the country; ~. IV (A) Plains of Uttar Pradesh (b) if so, the details thereof; 6. IV (B) Bihar (c) whether all the Krishi Vigyan Kendras 7. V Eastern Madhya Pradesh, Orissa established till date have started functioning fully; and Andhra Pradesh (d) if not, the names of such Krishi Vigyan Kendras 8. VI Rajasthan, Gujarat and Haryana which have not started functioning fully; 9. VII Goa, Maharashtra and Western (e) the details of hurdles noticed by the Government Madhya Pradesh in their being operational; 10. VIII Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu and (f) the action being taken by the Government to Union Territory of Pondicherry. remove these hurdles; and (g) the time by which the said Krlshi Vigyan Kendras These Committees have observed after assessment will start functioning fully? of the functioning of KVKs that during the last five years, THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF these K VKs have concentrated their efforts in organising AGRICULTURE (SHRI ARVIND NETAM) : (a) to (g). A short term vocational training programmes in Crop statement is laid on the Table of the Lok Sabha. Production, Horticulture, Livestock Production, Fisheries, Home Science and other related vocations for the benefit of farmers, farm women and rural youths. Besides, this, STATEMENT large number of extension activities Including field demonstrations were also conducted to create (a) Yes, Sir. awareness and facilitate adoption of modem agricultural (b) The details are given in Annexure-I. technology. Many KVKs have established excellent (c) to (e). 183 KVKs sanctioned before the 8th Plan Demonstration Units and forged harmonious linkages in various parts of the country have been established with Research Institutes on one hand and a number of and activities like training of farmerslfarm women, field developmental organizations on the other. demonstrations on farm testing/research etc. have been The Committees have given specific started. At some places, certain category of staff is yet recommendations on various aspects of functioning of to be pOSitioned due to recurring problem of transfer, KVKs. These aspects Includes mandate of the KVKs, ban on recruitment etc. Certain farm equlpments in functions of KVKs, 'survey of villages, training, technical some KVKs Is yet to be acquired by them. 78 KVKs programmes, impact of KVKs, linkages, Local sanctioned in 8th Plan are in various stages of Management Committees, instructional farm, buildings establishment (list given in Annexure-II). Major hurdles and Demonstration Units, personnel management in making the newly sanctioned KVKs operational Include. non-av.allability of 50 acres of representative (recruitment and transfer, Incentives and promotions, cultivable land, new pattern of funding, ban on staff training etc.), financial management, revolving fund, recruitment of staff etc. monitoring of KVKs, guidelines tor selection of site for new KVKs etc. (f) and (g). The Council is intensively persuading the host Institutions to overcome these hurdles. The •• In the light of these recommendations, the KVKs Krlshi Vlgyan Kendra are likely to start functioning as are being revitalised by taking appropriate action by soon as these hurdle. get resoived. the Council and the host institutions. 3 Oral Answers MAY 23, 1995 Oral Answers 4 ANNEXURE-II 2 3 List of 78 KVKs which are yet to be fully functional 42. Khandwa S.No. State Districts 43. Raigrh 44. Sarguja 2 3 45. Seoni 1. Andhra Pradesh Adilabad 46. Shivpuri 2. Khammam 47. Meghalaya Cherrapunji 3. West Godawari 4B. Mizoram Lunglei 4. Arunachal Pradesh Lohit 49. Nagaland Mokukchung 5. Assam Cachar 50. Orissa Angul 6. Golaghat 51. Dhenkanal 7. Sibsagar 52. Kendrapada B. Bihar Bhojpur 53. Pondicherry Keraikal 9. Jamui 54. Punjab Jullunder 10. Palamau 55. Faridkot 11. Bihar West Champaran 56. Sangrur 12. Delhi Delhi 57. Rajasthan Baran 13. Gujarat Bharuch 5B. Dausa 14. Surat 59. Rajsamand Tamil Nadu Dharmapuri 15. Vadodara 60. Kamrajar 16. Haryana Ambala 61. Madurai 17. Panipat 62. 63. Kottayam 1 B. Rohtak 64. Salem 19. Himachal Pradesh Kangra 65. Kattabaman 20. Mandi 66. Tripura North Tripura Una 67. Uttar Pradesh Azamgarh 21. Jammu and Kashmir Leh 6B. Deoria 22. Karnataka Belgaum 69. Farrukhabad 23. Bellary 70. Lukhnow 24. Kolar 71. Mainpuri 25. Mysore 72. Moradabad 26. Raichur 73. Muzaffarnagar 27. Kerala Idukki 74. Pithoragarh 2B. Kottayam 75. Shahjahanpur 29. Pethenamthitta 76. West Bengal Burdwan 30. Quilon 77. Nadia 31. Maharashtra Akola 7B. Birbhum 32. Buldana 33. Kolhapur DR. KARTIKESWAR PATRA (Balasore) Mr. 34. Latur Speaker, Sir, I thank the hon. Minister for AgricuHure for 35 Nanded giving a detailed statement which he laid on the Table. On the recommendations of the quinquennial review 36 Nasik team, the Government is taking proper action; I welcome 37 Nagpur the Government for this. According to the statement laid 3B Parbhani on the Table of the House, 1B3 KVKs are sanctioned 39 Raigarh before the Eighth Plan in various parts of the country. I want to know from the hen.' Minister, out of these 183 40 Solapur KVKs sanctioned so far, how manY- KVKs -h!Ve their 41 Madhya Pradesh Guna own buildings, that means, how many building have 5 Oral Answers JYAISTHA 2, 1917 (Sakal Oral Answers 6 been constructed and in how many KVKs the buildings ·Scheduled Castes people in majority.