RAJYA SABHA FRIDAY, THE 22ND MARCH, 2013

(The Rajya Sabha met in the Parliament House at 11-00 a.m.) 11-00 a.m. 1. Reference by the Chair The Chairman made a reference on the occasion of the World Water Day. #11-04 a.m. (The House adjourned at 11-04 a.m. and re-assembled at 12-00 Noon) 2. Starred Questions Answers to Starred Question Nos. 361 to 380 were laid on the Table. 3. Unstarred Questions Answers to Unstarred Question Nos. 2791 to 2945 were laid on the Table. 4. Short Notice Question Answer to Short Notice Question No. 5 was laid on the Table. *12-01 p.m.

5. Papers Laid on the Table Shri (Minister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture and Minister of State in the Ministry of Food Processing Industries) on behalf of Shri laid on the Table a copy each (in English and Hindi) of the following papers:— (i) (a) Annual Report of the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR), New Delhi, for the year 2012-13. (b) Annual Accounts of the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR), New Delhi, for the year 2011-12, and the Audit Report thereon. (c) Review by Government of the Annual Accounts of the above Council.

# From 11-02 a.m. to 11-04 a.m., some points were raised. * From 12-00 Noon to 12-01 p.m., some points were raised. 216 22ND MARCH, 2013 (d) Statement giving reasons for the delay in laying the papers mentioned at (i) (b) above. (ii) Report on the State of Indian Agriculture, for the year 2012-13. Shri M.M. Pallam Raju (Minister of Human Resource Development) laid on the Table a copy each (in English and Hindi) of the following papers:— (i) Outcome Budget, for the year 2013-14, in respect of the Department of School Education and Literacy in the Ministry of Human Resource Development; and (ii) Outcome Budget, for the year 2013-14, in respect of the Department of Higher Education in the Ministry of Human Resource Development. Shri Ashwani Kumar (Minister of Law and Justice) laid on the Table a copy (in English and Hindi) of the Outcome Budget, for the year 2013-14, in respect of the Ministry of Law and Justice. Shri Srikant Jena (Minister of State in the Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers) laid on the Table:- I.(1) A copy each (in English and Hindi) of the following papers, under sub-section (1) of Section 619A of the Companies Act, 1956:— (a) Forty-sixth Annual Report and Accounts of the Madras Fertilizers Limited (MFL), Chennai, for the year 2011-12, together with the Auditor's Report on the Accounts and the comments of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India thereon. (b) Statement by Government accepting the above Report. (2) Statement (in English and Hindi) giving reasons for the delay in laying the papers mentioned at (1) above. II. A copy each (in English and Hindi) of the following papers:— (i) (a) Thirty-second Annual Report and Accounts of the Krishak Bharati Cooperative Limited (KRIBHCO), 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 Cooperative. (c) Statement giving reasons for the delay in laying the papers mentioned at (a) above.

217 RAJYA SABHA (ii) Outcome Budget, for the year 2013-14, in respect of the Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers (Department of Chemicals and Petrochemicals). Shri Sachin Pilot (Minister of State (Independent Charge) in the Ministry of Corporate Affairs) laid on the Table a copy (in English and Hindi) of the Outcome Budget, for the year 2013-14, in respect of the Ministry of Corporate Affairs. Shri (Minister of State in the Ministry of Human Resource Development) laid on the Table:- I.(1) A copy each (in English and Hindi) of the following papers, under sub-section(4) of Section 31 of the Central Universities Act, 2009:— (a) Annual Accounts of the Dr. Harisingh Gour Viswavidyalaya, Sagar, Madhya Pradesh, for the year, 2009-10, and the Audit Report thereon. (b) Annual Accounts of the Central University of Jharkhand, for the year 2011-12, and the Audit Report thereon. (2) Statements (in English & Hindi) giving reasons for the delay in laying the papers mentioned at (1) above. II.(1) A copy (in English and Hindi) of the Annual Accounts of the Nagaland University, Kohima, for the year 2011-12, and the Audit Report thereon, under sub-section (4) of Section 32 of the Nagaland University Act, 1989. (2) Statement (in English and Hindi) giving reasons for the delay in laying the papers mentioned at (1) above. III.(1) A copy (in English and Hindi) of the Annual Accounts of the Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU), New Delhi, for the year 2011-12, and the Audit Report thereon, under sub-section (4) of Section 29 of the Indira Gandhi National Open University Act, 1985. (2) Statement (in English and Hindi) giving reasons for the delay in laying the papers mentioned at (1) above.

218 22ND MARCH, 2013 IV.(1) A copy (in English and Hindi) of the Annual Accounts of the Indira Gandhi National Tribal University, Amarkantak, Madhya Pradesh, for the year 2011-12, and the Audit Report thereon, under sub-section (4) of Section 35 of the Indira Gandhi National Tribal University Act, 2007. (2) Statement (in English and Hindi) giving reasons for the delay in laying the papers mentioned at (1) above. V.(1) A copy (in English and Hindi) of the Annual Accounts of the University of Allahabad, Allahabad, for the year 2011-12, and the Audit Report thereon, under sub-section (4) Section 32 of the University of Allahabad Act, 2005. (2) Statement (in English and Hindi) giving reasons for the delay in laying the papers mentioned at (1) above. VI. A copy each (in English and Hindi) of the following papers:— (i) (a) Annual Report and Accounts of the State Society of Lakshadweep implementing the Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan (RMSA) Lakshadweep, for the year 2010-11, 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 (i) (a) above. (ii) (a) Annual Report and Accounts of the State Society of Lakshadweep implementing the Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan (RMSA) Lakshadweep, 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 State Society of Arunachal Pradesh implementing the Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan (RMSA), Itanagar, for the year 2009-10, 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.

219 RAJYA SABHA (iv) (a) Annual Report and Accounts of the State Society of Arunachal Pradesh implementing the Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan (RMSA) Itanagar, for the year 2010-11, 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 (iv) (a) above. (v) (a) Annual Report and Accounts of the State Society of Andaman and Nicobar Islands implementing the Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan (RMSA), Port Blair, 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 (v) (a) above. (vi) (a) Annual Report and Accounts of the State Society of Delhi, implementing the Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan (RMSA) Delhi, 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 (vi) (a) above. (vii) (a) Annual Report and Accounts of the State Society of Maharashtra, implementing the Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan (RMSA) Maharashtra, for the year 2010-11, 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 (vii) (a) above. (viii) (a) Annual Report and Accounts of the State Society of Odisha, implementing the Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan (RMSA) Odisha, for the year 2010-11, 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 (viii) (a) above.

220 22ND MARCH, 2013 (ix) (a) Annual Report and Accounts of the State Society of Daman & Diu, implementing the Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan (RMSA) Daman & Diu, 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 (ix) (a) above. (x) (a) Annual Report and Accounts of the State Society of Manipur, implementing the Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan (RMSA) Manipur, 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 (x) (a) above. (xi) (a) Annual Report and Accounts of the State Society of Goa, implementing the Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan (RMSA) Goa, 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 (xi) (a) above. (xii) (a) Annual Report and Accounts of the Jharkhand Secondary Education Project Council (JSEPC) State Society of Jharkhand, implementing the Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan (RMSA), Ranchi, Jharkhand, 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 (xii) (a) above. (xiii) (a) Annual Accounts of the Kendriya Hindi Shikshan Mandal (Kendriya Hindi Sansthan), Agra, for the year 2011-12, and the Audit Report thereon. (b) Statement by Government accepting the above Report. (c) Statements giving reasons for the delay in laying the papers mentioned at (xiii) (a) above.

221 RAJYA SABHA (xiv) (a) Annual Accounts of the Shri Lal Bahadur Shastri Rashtriya Sanskrit Vidyapeetha, New Delhi, for the year 2011-12, and the Audit Report thereon. (b) Statement giving reasons for the delay in laying the papers mentioned at (xiv) (a) above. (xv) (a) Annual Accounts of the Rashtriya Sanskrit Vidyapeetha, Tirupati, for the year 2011-12, and the Audit Report thereon. (b) Statement giving reasons for delay in laying the papers mentioned at (xv) (a) above. (xvi) (a) Annual Accounts of the Maharshi Sandipani Rashtriya Veda Vidya Pratishthan, Ujjain, for the year 2011-12, and the Audit Report thereon. (b) Statement giving reasons for the delay in laying the papers mentioned at (xvi) (a) above. (xvii) (a) Annual Report and Accounts of the Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA), U.P. Education for All Project Board, Lucknow, 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 (xvii) (a) above. (xviii) (a) Annual Report and Accounts of the Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan Rajya Mission (SSA), Tripura, Agartala, 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 (xviii) (a) above. (xix) (a) Annual Report and Accounts of the Mizoram Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan Mission (SSA), Aizawl, for the year 2008-09, 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 (xix) (a) above.

222 22ND MARCH, 2013 (xx) (a) Annual Report and Accounts of the Chandigarh Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan Mission Society (SSA), Union Territory of Chandigarh, 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 (xx) (a) above. (xxi) (a) Annual Report and Accounts of the UEE Mission Delhi, implementing the Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan Mission (SSA), Delhi, 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 (xxi) (a) above. (xxii) (a) Annual Report and Accounts of the Bihar Education Project Council (Bihar Shiksha Pariyojna Parishad), Patna, for the year 2009-10, 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 (xxii) (a) above. (xxiii) (a) Annual Report and Accounts of the Bihar Education Project Council (Bihar Shiksha Pariyojna Parishad), Patna, for the year 2010-11, 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 (xxiii) (a) above. (xxiv) (a) Annual Report and Accounts of the Ujala Society implementing the Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan, Jammu and Kashmir, for the year 2010-11, 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 (xxiv) (a) above.

223 RAJYA SABHA (xxv) (a) Annual Report and Accounts of the Ujala Society implementing the Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan, Jammu and Kashmir, 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 (xxv) (a) above. Shri (Minister of State in the ) laid on the Table a copy (in English and Hindi) of the Outcome Budget, for the year 2013-14, in respect of the Ministry of Coal. Shri (Minister of State in the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs and Minister of State in the Ministry of Planning) on behalf of Dr. laid on the Table:- I.(1) A copy each (in English and Hindi) of the following papers, under sub-section (4) of Section 23 of the Institutes of Technology Act, 1961:–– (a) Annual Accounts of the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Bhubaneswar, for the year 2011-12, and the Audit Report thereon. (b) Annual Accounts of the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kharagpur, for the year 2011-12, and the Audit Report thereon. (c) Annual Accounts of the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kanpur, for the year 2011-12, and the Audit Report thereon. (2) Statements (in English & Hindi) giving reasons for the delay in laying the papers mentioned at (1) above. II.(1) A copy each (in English and Hindi) of the following papers, under sub-section (3) of Section 24 and sub-section (4) of 26 of the Auroville Foundation Act, 1988:— (a) Annual Report and Accounts of the Auroville Foundation, Auroville, Tamil Nadu, for the year 2011-12, together with the Auditor's Report on the Accounts. (b) Statement by Government accepting the above Report. (2) Statement (in English and Hindi) giving reasons for the delay in laying the papers mentioned at (1) above.

224 22ND MARCH, 2013 III. A copy each (in English and Hindi) of the following papers:— (i) (a) Annual Report and Accounts of the School of Planning and Architecture (SPA), Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh, for the year 2011-12, together with the Auditor's Report on the Accounts. (b) Review by Government on the working of the above School. (c) Statement giving reasons for the delay in laying the papers mentioned at (i) (a) above. (ii) (a) Annual Report of the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Bhubaneswar, for the year 2011-12. (b) Review by the Government on the working of the above Institute. (c) Statement giving reasons for the delay in laying the papers mentioned at (ii) (a) above. (iii) (a) Annual Report of the Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan, New Delhi, for the year 2011-12. (b) Annual Accounts of the Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan, New Delhi, for the year 2011-12, and the Audit Report thereon. (c) Review by Government on the working of the above Sangathan. (d) Statement giving reasons for the delay in laying the papers mentioned at (iii) (a) and (b) above. (iv) (a) Annual Report and Accounts of the National University of Educational Planning and Administration (NUEPA), 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 Institute. (c) Statement giving reasons for the delay in laying the papers mentioned at (iv) (a) above. (v) (a) Annual Report of the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Hyderabad, for the year 2011-12. (b) Review by Government on the working of the above Institute. (c) Statement giving reasons for the delay in laying the papers mentioned at (v) (a) above.

225 RAJYA SABHA (vi) (a) Annual Report of the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Guwahati, for the year 2011-12. (b) Review by Government on the working of the above Institute. (c) Statement giving reasons for the delay in laying the papers mentioned at (vi) (a) above. Shri Tariq Anwar (Minister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture and Minister of State in the Ministry of Food Processing Industries) laid on the Table:- I. A copy each (in English and Hindi) of the following Notifications of the Ministry of Agriculture (Department of Agriculture and Cooperation), under sub-section (6) of Section 3 of Essential Commodities Act, 1955:— (1) S.O. 380 (E), dated the 15th February, 2013, fixing the specifications of Potassium Magnesium Sulphate (30:10:17) to be imported into India for a period of two years. (2) S.O. 381 (E), dated the 15th February, 2013, fixing the specifications of Colemanite to be imported into India for a period of two years. (3) S.O. 382 (E), dated the 15th February, 2013, notifying the specifications in respect of provisional fertilizer Urea Ammonium Phosphate (24:24:0) fortified with 8% Sulphur to be manufactured in India for a period of two years. (4) S.O. 383 (E), dated the 15th February, 2013, fixing the specifications of Calcium Cyanamide to be imported into India for a period of one year. II. A copy (in English and Hindi) of the following Notifications of the Ministry of Agriculture (Department of Agriculture & Co-operation), under Section 97 of the Protection of Plant Varieties and Farmers Rights Act, 2001:— (1) G.S.R. 115 (E), dated the 21st February, 2013, publishing the Protection of Plant Varieties and Farmers' Rights (Amendment) Rules, 2013. (2) G.S.R. 116 (E), dated the 21st February, 2013, publishing the Protection of Plant Varieties and Farmers' Rights (Amendment) Regulations, 2013.

226 22ND MARCH, 2013 III.(1) A copy each (in English and Hindi) of the following papers, under sub-section (1) of Section 619A of the Companies Act, 1956:— (a) Twenty-seventh Annual Report and Accounts of the Jammu and Kashmir State Agro Industries Development Corporation Limited, Srinagar, for the year 1996-97, together with the Auditor's Report on the Accounts and the comments of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India thereon. (b) Twenty-eighth Annual Report and Accounts of the Jammu and Kashmir State Agro Industries Development Corporation Limited, Srinagar, for the year 1997-98, together with the Auditor's Report on the Accounts and the comments of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India thereon. (c) Reviews by Government on the working of the above Corporation. (2) Statements (in English and Hindi) giving reasons for the delay in laying the papers mentioned at (1) above. Shri Porika Balram Naik (Minister of State in the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment) on behalf of Shri K.J. Surya Prakash Reddy laid on the Table:- I.(1) A copy each (in English and Hindi) of the following papers, under sub-section (1) of Section 619A of the Companies Act, 1956:— (i) (a) Annual Report and Accounts of the Braithwaite & Co. Ltd., Kolkata, for the year 2011-12, together with the Auditor's Report on the Accounts and the comments of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India thereon. (b) Review by Government on the working of the above Company. (ii) (a) Annual Report and Accounts of the Mumbai Railway Vikas Corporation Limited (MRVC), Mumbai, for the year 2011-12, together with the Auditor's Report on the Accounts and the comments of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India thereon. (b) Review by Government on the working of the above Corporation. (2) Statements (in English and Hindi) giving reasons for delay in laying the papers mentioned at (1) above.

227 RAJYA SABHA Dr. (Shrimati) Kruparani Killi (Minister of State in the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology) laid on the Table:- I. A copy (in English and Hindi) of the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology (Department of Posts) Notification No. G.S.R. 734 (E), dated the 1st October, 2012, publishing the Indian Post Office (First Amendment) Rules, 2012, along with delay statement, under sub-section (4) of Section 74 of the Indian Post Offices Act, 1898.

II. A copy (in English and Hindi) of the Outcome Budget, for the year 2013-14, in respect of the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology (Department of Posts).

12-02 p.m. 6. Report of the Department Related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Agriculture Shri Satyavrat Chaturvedi laid on the Table, a copy (in English and Hindi) of the Forty-fifth Report of the Department-related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Agriculture on ‘The National Cooperative Development Corporation (Amendment) Bill, 2012’. 12-03 p.m. 7. Statements of the Department Related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Labour Shri Thaawar Chand Gehlot laid on the Table, a copy each (in English and Hindi) of the following Statements of the Department-related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Labour :— (i) Statement showing further action taken by the Government on the recommendations contained in Thirtieth Action Taken Report (Fifteenth ) of the Committee on the recommendations/observations contained in the Seventeenth Report (Fifteenth Lok Sabha) on ‘Welfare of Beedi Workers’; and (ii) Statement showing further action taken by the Government on the recommendations/observations contained in Thirty-fourth Action Taken Report (Fifteenth Lok Sabha) of the Committee on the recommendations contained in the Twenty-ninth Report (Fifteenth Lok Sabha) on ‘Demands for Grants (2012-13)’ of the .

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12-04 p.m. 8. Statement by Minister Shri Sachin Pilot, Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Corporate Affairs, laid on the Table, a Statement (in English and Hindi) on the status of implementation of recommendations contained in the Fifty-fifth Report of the Department-related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Finance on Demands for Grants (2012-13) pertaining to the Ministry of Corporate Affairs.

12-05 p.m. 9. Leave of Absence Ms. Rekha (Nominated) was granted leave of absence from the sittings of the House, from 21st February to 22nd March, 2013, during the current (228th) Session of the Rajya Sabha. 12-06 p.m. 10. Motion for election to the Committee on Public Accounts A motion for election of seven members to the Committee on Public Accounts was moved and adopted. 12-07 p.m. 11. Motion for election to the Committee on the Welfare of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes A motion for election of ten members to the Committee on the Welfare of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes was moved and adopted. 12. Motion for election to the Committee on Public Undertakings A motion for election of seven members to the Committee on Public Undertakings was moved and adopted. 12-08 p.m. 13. Farewell to the retiring Member The Vice-Chairman (Dr. E. M. Sudarsana Natchiappan) bade farewell to Prof. M. S. Swaminathan, Nominated Member of the Rajya Sabha, whose term of office is expiring on the 9th April, 2013. 12-09 p.m. Prof. M. S. Swaminathan responded. 229 RAJYA SABHA 12-14 p.m.

14. Matter raised with permission

Shri K.C. Tyagi made a reference to Sardar Bhagat Singh, Shri Raj Guru and Shri Sukhdev. 12-17 p.m. 15. Government Bill — Introduced The National Waterway (Lakhipur-Banga Stretch of the Barak River) Bill, 2013 Shri G.K. Vasan (Minister of Shipping) moved for leave to introduce a Bill to provide for the declaration of the Lakhipur-Bhanga Sketch of the Barak River to be a national waterway and also to provide for the regulation and development of the said Stretch or that river for the purposes of shipping and navigation on the said waterway and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto. $12-23 p.m. (The House adjourned at 12-23 p.m. and re-assembled at 2-30 p.m.) 2-30 p.m. 16. Statement by Minister Shri Salman Khursheed, Minister of External Affairs, laid on the Table, a statement (in English and Hindi) regarding return of two Italian Marines to India accused in the killing of two Indian fishermen. *2-32 p.m. 17. Private Members’ Bills — Introduced (1) The Compulsory Registration of Callers Using Public Telephone Booths Bill, 2013 was introduced by Shri Parshottam Khodabhai Rupala. 2-33 p.m. (2) The National Authority for Rehabilitation and Welfare of Persons Living around Railway Tracks Bill, 2013 was introduced by Shri Parshottam Khodabhai Rupala.

$ From 12-18 p.m. to 12-23 p.m., some points were raised. * From 2-31 p.m. to 2-32 p.m., some points were raised. 230 22ND MARCH, 2013 2-34 p.m.

(3) The Constitution (Amendment) Bill, 2013 (amendment of article 72) was introduced by Shri Parshottam Khodabhai Rupala. (Due to continued interruptions, the House was adjourned for the day.)

(The House adjourned at 2-35 p.m. till 11-00 a.m. on Monday, the 22nd April, 2013)

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