MONDAY, THE 3RD DECEMBER, 2007 (The met in the Parliament House at 11-00 a.m.) 11-00 a.m. 1. Starred Questions The following Starred Questions were orally answered:- Starred Question No.241 regarding Expenditure on education. Starred Question No.242 regarding Collection of electricity dues in rural areas. Starred Question No.244 regarding Increase in number of Old Age Homes. Starred Question No.247 regarding Production of equipments for renewable energy generation. Answers to remaining Starred Question Nos. 243, 245, 246 and 248 to 260 were laid on the Table. 2. Unstarred Questions Answers to Unstarred Question Nos. 1320 to 1474 were laid on the Table. 12-00 Noon. 3. Papers Laid on the Table Shri Sushilkumar Sambhajirao Shinde (Minister of Power) on behalf of Shri A. R. Antulay laid on the Tabla a copy each (in English and Hindi) of the following papers:— (a) Annual Report and Accounts of the Central Wakf Council, New Delhi, for the year 2006-2007, together with the Auditor's Report on the Accounts. (b) Review by Government on the working of the above Council. Shri Sushilkumar Sambhajirao Shinde (Minister of Power) laid on the Tabla :- I. A copy (in English and Hindi) of the Ministry of Power Notification G.S.R. 537 (E) dated the 6th August, 2007, publishing the Bureau of Energy Efficiency (Appointment of Members, Manner of Filling Vacancies, Fees and Allowances and Procedure For Discharging their Functions) Rules, 2007, under sub-section (1) of section 59 of the Energy Conservation Act, 2001. RAJYA SABHA II. A copy each (in English and Hindi) of the following Notifications of the Ministry of Power, under section 179 of the Electricity Act, 2003. (1) No.L-7/25(5)/2003-CERC, dated the 1st October, 2007, publishing the Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (Terms and Conditions of Tariff) (Third Amendment) Regulations, 2007. (2) G.S.R. 675 (E), dated the 22nd October, 2007, publishing the Central Electricity Regulatory Commission Fund (Constitution and the manner of application of the Fund) and Form and Time for Preparation of Budget Rules, 2007. (3) G.S.R. 676 (E), dated the 22nd October, 2007, publishing the Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (Form of Annual Statement of Accounts and Records) Rules, 2007. III. 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 Power Grid Corporation of India Limited (PGCIL), New Delhi, for the year 2006- 2007, 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. (ii) (a) Annual Report and Accounts of the National Hydroelectric Power Corporation Limited (NHPC), Faridabad, for the year 2006-2007, 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. (iii) (a) Annual Report and Accounts of the Satluj Jal Vidyut Nigam Limited (SJVNL), New Shimla, for the year 2006-2007, together with the Auditor's Report on the Accounts and the comments of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India thereon. 3RD DECEMBER, 2007 (b) Review by Government on the working of the above Company. (iv) (a) Twenty-first Annual Report and Accounts of the Power Finance Corporation Limited (PFC), New Delhi, for the year 2006-2007, 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. (v) (a) Thirty-eighth Annual Report and Accounts of the Rural Electrification Corporation Limited (REC), New Delhi, for the year 2006-2007, 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. IV. A copy each (in English and Hindi) of the following papers:— (a) Annual Report and Accounts of the Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE), New Delhi, for the year 2005-2006, together with the Auditor's Report on the Accounts. (b) Review by Government on the working of the above Bureau. (c) Statement giving reasons for the delay in laying the papers mentioned at (a) above. Shri P.R. Kyndiah (Minister of Tribal Affairs) laid on the Table:- I. A copy each (in English and Hindi) of the following papers, under sub-section (1) of section 619A of the Companies Act, 1956:— Sixth Annual Report and Accounts of the (a) National Scheduled Tribes Finance and Development Corporation (NSTFDC), New Delhi, for the years 2006-2007, together with the Auditor’s Report on the Accounts and the comments of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India thereon. Review by Government on the working (b) of the above Corporation. RAJYA SABHA II. A copy each (in English and Hindi) of the following papers :— Nineteenth Annual Report and Accounts of (a) the Tribal Cooperative Marketing Development Federation of India Limited (TRIFED), New Delhi, for the years 2006- 2007, together with the Auditor’s Report on the Accounts. Review by Government on the working of (b) the above Federation. Shri Hans Raj Bhardwaj (Minister of Law & Justice) laid on the Table a copy each (in English and Hindi) of the following papers:— Two Hundred and second Report of the (a) Law Commission of India on the ‘Proposal to Amend Section 304-B of Indian Penal Code’. Third Annual Statement on Pending Law (b) Commission Reports. Shrimati Meira Kumar (Minister of Social Justice & Empowerment) laid on the Table a copy each (in English and Hindi) of the following papers, under clause (6) of article 338 of the Constitution of India :— Seventh Annual Report of the National (a) Commission for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes, for the year 2001-2002. Action Taken Memorandum on the Seventh (b) Annual Report of the National Commission for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes for the period 2001-2002. Statement giving reasons for the delay in (c) laying the papers mentioned at (a) above. Shri Suresh Pachouri (Minister of State in the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions and Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs) on behalf of Shri Kapil Sibal laid on the Table I. 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) Eighteenth Annual Report and Accounts of the Bharat Immunologicals and

Biologicals Corporation Limited (BIBCOL), Bulandshahr, for the year 2006-2007, 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. 3RD DECEMBER, 2007 (ii) (a) Eighteenth Annual Report and Accounts of the Indian Vaccines Corporation Limited (IVCOL), Gurgaon, for the year 2006-2007, 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. II. A copy each (in English and Hindi) of the following papers:— (i) (a) Annual Report and Accounts of the National Institute of Immunology (NII), New Delhi, for the year 2006-2007, together with the Auditor's Report on the Accounts. (b) Statement by Government accepting the above Report. (ii) (a) Annual Report and Accounts of the National Centre for Cell Science (NCCS), Pune, for the year 2006-2007, together with the Auditor's Report on the Accounts. (b) Statement by Government accepting the above Report (iii) (a) Annual Report and Accounts of the Centre for DNA Fingerprinting and Diagnostics (CDFD), Hyderabad, for the year 2006-2007, together with the Auditor's Report on the Accounts. (b) Statement by Government accepting the above Report. (iv) (a) Annual Report and Accounts of the National Brain Research Centre (NBRC), Manesar, for the year 2006- 2007, together with the Auditor's Report on the Accounts. (b) Statement by Government accepting the above Report. (v) (a) Annual Report and Accounts of the National Institute for Plant Genome Research (NIPGR), New Delhi, for the year 2006-2007, together with the Auditor's Report on the Accounts. (b) Statement by Government accepting the above Report. (vi) (a) Annual Report and Accounts of the Institute of Bioresources and Sustainable Development (IBSD), Imphal, for the year 2006- 2007, together with the Auditor's Report on the Accounts. (b) Statement by Government accepting the above Report. RAJYA SABHA (vii) (a) Annual Report of the Institute of Life Sciences (ILS), Bhubaneswar, for the year 2006-2007. (b) Annual Accounts of the Institute of Life Sciences (ILS), Bhubaneswar, for the year 2006-2007, and the Audit Report thereon. (c) Statement by Government accepting the above Report. (viii) (a) Annual Report and Accounts of the Vigyan Prasar, Noida, for the year 2006-2007, together with the Auditor's Report on the Accounts. (b) Statement by Government accepting the above Report. (ix) (a) Annual Report and Accounts of the Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology, Dehradun, for the year 2006-2007, together with the Auditor's Report on the Accounts. (b) Statement by Government accepting the above Report. (x) (a) Annual Report and Accounts of the Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeobotany, Lucknow, for the year 2006-2007, together with the Auditor’s Report on the Accounts. (b) Statement by Government accepting the above Report. (xi) (a) Annual Report and Accounts of the Indian National Science Academy (INSA), New Delhi, for the year 2006- 2007, together with the Auditor’s Report on the Accounts. (b) Statement by Government accepting the above Report. (xii) (a) Annual Report and Accounts of the Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE), New Delhi, for the year 2006-2007, together with the Auditors Report on the Accounts. (b) Statement by Government accepting the above Report. (xiii) (a) Annual Report and Accounts of the Centre for Liquid Crystal Research, Bangalore, for the year 2006-2007, together with the Auditor’s Report on the Accounts. (b) Statement by Government accepting the above Report. 3RD DECEMBER, 2007 (xiv) (a) Annual Report and Accounts of the Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, , for the year 2006- 2007, together with the Auditor’s Report on the Accounts. (b) Statement by Government accepting the above Report. (xv) (a) Annual Report and Accounts of the Indian Institute of Geomagnetism, Navi Mumbai, for the year 2006-2007, together with the Auditor's Report on the Accounts. (b) Statement by Government accepting the above Report. (xvi) (a) Annual Report and Accounts of the National Centre for Antarctic and Ocean Research (NCAOR), Goa, for the year 2006-2007, together with the Auditor’s Report on the Accounts. (b) Review by Government on the working of the above Centre. (xvii) (a) Annual Report and Accounts of the Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology (IITM), Pune, for the year 2006-2007, together with the Auditor’s Report on the Accounts. (b) Review by Government on the working of the above Institute. Shrimati Renuka Chowdhury (Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Women & Child Development) laid on the Table a copy (in English and Hindi) of the Notification of the Ministry of Women and Child Development G.S.R. 548 (E) dated the 14th August, 2007, publishing corrigendum to Notification G.S.R. 450 (E) dated the 31st July, 2006, regarding the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights Rules, 2006, under sub-section (3) of Section 35 of the Commissions for Protection of Child Rights Act, 2005. Shri Vilas Muttemwar (Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy) laid on the Table a copy each (in English and Hindi) of the following papers:— (i) (a) Annual Report and Accounts of the Centre for Wind Energy Technology (C- WET), Chennai for the year 2006-2007, together with the Auditor's Report on the Accounts. (b) Review by Government on the working of the above Centre. RAJYA SABHA (ii) (a) Twentieth Annual Report and Accounts of the Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency Limited (IREDA), New Delhi, for the year 2006-2007, together with the Auditor's Report on the Accounts. (b) Review by Government on the working of the above Agency. (iii) (a) Ninth Annual Report and Accounts of the Sardar Swaran Singh National Institute of Renewable Energy (SSS-NIRE), Kapurthala, for the year 2006-2007, together with the Auditor's Report on the Accounts. (b) Review by Government on the working of the above Institute. (iv) Memorandum of Understanding between the Government of India (Ministry of New and Renewable Energy) and the Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency Limited (IREDA), New Delhi, for the year 2007-2008. Shri Md. Ali Ashraf Fatmi (Minister of State in the Ministry of Human Resource Development) laid on the Table a copy each (in English and Hindi) of the following papers:— (i) (a) Annual Report and Accounts of the Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan Society, U.T. Chandigarh, for the years 2003-2004 and 2004-2005, together with the Auditor's Report on the Accounts. (b) Annual Report and Accounts of the Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan Society, U.T. Chandigarh, for the year 2005-2006, together with the Auditor's Report on the Accounts. (c) Statement by Government accepting the above Reports. (d) Statement giving reasons for the delay in laying the papers mentioned at (a) and (b) above. (ii) (a) Annual Report and Accounts of the Rajya Shiksha Kendra, Rajiv Gandhi Shiksha Mission, (Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan), Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, for the year 2005-2006, 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 (a) above. 3RD DECEMBER, 2007 (iii) (a) Annual Report and Accounts of the Mahila Samakhya, Gujarat, for the year 2005-2006, 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 (a) above. (iv) (a) Annual Report and Accounts of the Mahila Samakhya, Uttar Pradesh, for the year 2005-2006, 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 (a) above. (a) Annual Report and Accounts of the Sarva (v) Shiksha Abhiyan Rajya Mission, Tripura, Agartala, for the year 2004-2005, 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 (a) above. (vi) (a) Annual Report of the National Institute of Open Schooling (NIOS), for the years 2006-2007. (b) Annual Accounts of the National Institute of Open Schooling (NIOS), for the years 2006-2007 and the Audit Report thereon. (c) Review by Government on the working of the above Institute. (d) Statement in respect of Annual Accounts and Audit report mentioned at (b). Shrimati Meira Kumar (Minister of Social Justice & Empowerment) on behalf of Shrimati Subbulakshmi Jagadeesan laid on the Table:- I. 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) Eighteenth Annual Report and Accounts of the National Scheduled Castes Finance and Development Corporation (NSFDC), New Delhi, for the year 2006-2007, together with the Auditor's Report on the Accounts and the comments of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India thereon. RAJYA SABHA (b) Review by Government on the working of the above Corporation. (ii) (a) Fifteenth Annual Report and Accounts of the National Backward Classes Finance and Development Corporation (NBCFDC), New Delhi, for the year 2006-2007, 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. II. (1) A copy each (in English and Hindi) of the following papers, under section 15 of the National Commission for Backward Classes Act, 1993:— Annual Report of the National Commission (a) for Backward Classes (NCBC), New Delhi, for the year 2005-2006. Review by Government on the working of (b) the above Commission. Memorandum of Action Taken on the (c) advices tendered by the National Commission for Backward Classes. (2) Statement (in English and Hindi) giving reasons for the delay in laying the papers mentioned at (1) above. Shrimati D. Purandeswari (Minister of State in the Ministry of Human Resource Development) laid on the Table:- I. A copy each (in English and Hindi) of the following papers, under sub-section (4) of section 30 of the Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University Act, 1994:— Annual Accounts of the Babasaheb (a) Bhimrao Ambedkar University, Lucknow, for the year 2003-2004 and the Audit Report thereon. Statement giving reasons for the delay in (b) laying the papers mentioned at (a) above. II. A copy each (in English and Hindi) of the following papers under sub-section (2) of section 29 and sub-section (4) of section 30 of the Maulana Azad National Urdu University Act, 1996:— (a) Ninth Annual Report of the Maulana Azad National Urdu University, Hyderabad, for the year 2006-2007. (b) Tenth Annual Accounts of the Maulana Azad National Urdu University, Hyderabad, for the year 2006-2007 and the Audit Report thereon. (c) Review by Government on the working of the above University. 3RD DECEMBER, 2007 III. A copy each (in English and Hindi) of the following papers:— (i) (a) Annual Accounts of the Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee, for the year 2005-2006, and the Audit Report thereon, under sub-section (4) of section 23 of the Institutes of Technology Act, 1961. (b) Statement giving reasons for the delay in laying the papers mentioned at (a) above. (ii) (a) Annual Accounts of the Nagaland University, Kohima, for the year 2003- 2004, and the Audit Report thereon, under sub-section (5) of section 32 of the Nagaland University Act, 1989. (b) Statement giving reasons for the delay in laying the papers mentioned at (a) above. (iii) (a) Annual Accounts of the University of Delhi, for the year 2004-2005, and the Audit Report thereon. (b) Statement giving reasons for the delay in laying the papers mentioned at (a) above. (iv) (a) Annual Accounts of the North Eastern Hill University, Shillong, for the year 2005- 2006, and the Audit Report thereon. (b) Statement giving reasons for the delay in laying the papers mentioned at (a) above. (v) (a) Annual Report and Accounts of the f Motilal Nehru National Institute o Technology, Allahabad, for the year 2005-2006, 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 (a) above. (vi) (a) Annual Report and Accounts of the National Institute of Technology, Durgapur, for the year 2005-2006, 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 (a) above. RAJYA SABHA (vii) (a) Annual Report and Accounts of the National Institute of Technology, Patna, for the year 2004-2005, 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 (a) above. (viii) (a) Annual Report and Accounts of the Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology, Surat, for the year 2005- 2006, 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 (a) above. (ix) (a) Annual Report of the Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology, Surat, for the year 2006-2007. (b) Review by Government on the working of the above Institute. (x) (a) Annual Report and Accounts of the Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology, Bhopal, for the year 2005- 2006, 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 (a) above. (xi) (a) Annual Report and Accounts of the National Institute of Technology, Srinagar for the year 2005-2006, 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 (a) above. (xii) (a) Annual Report and Accounts of the National Institute of Technology, Jamshedpur, for the year 2005-2006, 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 (a) above.

3RD DECEMBER, 2007 12-01 p.m. 4. Report of the Committee on Public Undertakings Shri Dinesh Trivedi laid on the Table a copy (in English and Hindi) of the Twenty-third Report of the Committee on Public Undertakings on Action Taken by the Government on the recommendations contained in the Seventeenth Report (Fourteenth Lok Sabha) on “GAIL (India) Limited - A Comprehensive Examination”. 12-02 p.m. 5. Report of the Committee on Empowerment of Women Kumari Nirmala Deshpande laid on the Table a copy (in English and Hindi) of the Fourteenth Report of the Committee on Empowerment of Women (2007-2008) on the Action Taken by the Government on the recommendations contained in the Sixth Report of the Committee (Fourteenth Lok Sabha) on “National Overseas Scholarship Scheme for Scheduled Caste Students for Higher Studies Abroad”. 6. Report of the Department Related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Labour Shri Arjun Kumar Sengupta laid on the Table a copy (in English and Hindi) of the Twenty-Fifth Report of the Department-related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Labour on “The Unorganized Sector Workers’ Social Security Bill, 2007”. 12-03 p.m. 7. Statements of the Department Related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Petroleum and Natural Gas Shri Tapan Kumar Sen laid on the Table a copy each (in English and Hindi) of the Statements of the Department-related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Petroleum and Natural Gas showing further action taken by the Government on the recommendations contained in Chapter I and Chapter V of the following Reports of the Committee: - (i) Tenth Report (Fourteenth Lok Sabha) on Action Taken by the Government on the recommendations contained in the Sixth Report (Fourteenth Lok Sabha) on “Pricing of Petroleum Products”;

RAJYA SABHA (ii) Eleventh Report (Fourteenth Lok Sabha) on Action Taken by the Government on the recommendations contained in the Seventh Report (Fourteenth Lok Sabha) on “Exploration of Oil and Natural Gas including Coal Bed Methane”; and (iii) Thirteenth Report (Fourteenth Lok Sabha) on Action Taken by the Government on the recommendations contained in the Ninth Report (Fourteenth Lok Sabha) on “Demands for Grants (2006-2007) of the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas”. 8. Statements of the Department Related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Urban Development Shri Krishan Lal Balmiki laid on the Table a copy each (in English and Hindi) of the following statements:-— (i) Statement showing Action Taken by the Government on the recommendations contained in the 16th Report (Fourteenth Lok Sabha) of the Committee relating to the Action Taken by the Government on the recommendations contained in their 8th Report (Fourteenth Lok Sabha) on ‘The Delhi Development Authority (DDA)’; (ii) Statement showing Action Taken by the Government on the recommendations contained in the 18th Report (Fourteenth Lok Sabha) of the Committee relating to the Action Taken by the Government on the recommendation contained in their 14th Report (Fourteenth Lok Sabha) on 'Demands for Grants of the Ministry of Urban Development' for the year 2006-2007; and (iii) Statement showing Action Taken by the Government on the recommendations contained in the 19th Report (Fourteenth Lok Sabha) of the Committee relating to the Action Taken by the Government on the recommendations contained in their 15th Report (Fourteenth Lok Sabha) on 'Demands for Grants of the Ministry of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation' for the year 2006-2007. 3RD DECEMBER, 2007 12-04 p.m. 9. Statement by Minister Shri Suresh Pachouri, Minister of State in the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions and Minister of State in the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs, laid on the Table a statement (in English and Hindi) on the status of implementation of recommendations contained in the One Hundred Seventy-third Report of the Department-related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Science and Technology, Environment and Forests. 12-05 p.m. 10. Matters raised with permission (1) Shri D. Raja raised a matter regarding reported resistance against setting up of POSCO plant in Orissa 12-07 p.m. (2) Shri Shreegopal Vyas** raised a matter regarding apprehension of attack on Tirupati Temple. 12-09 p.m. (3) Shrimati N.P. Durga raised a matter regarding World Disabled Day. 12-11 p.m. (4) Shri Abu Asim Azmi$$ raised a matter regarding reported difficulties being faced by traders in bringing animals for Id-ul-Juha in Mumbai. 12-15 p.m. 11. Special Mentions (1) Shri Lalit Kishore Chaturvedi** raised a matter regarding need for immediate steps to extend benefits to all the people included in the BPL in Rajasthan. 12-17 p.m. (2) Shri Ramadhar Kashyap** raised a matter regarding need to probe embezzlement of funds meant for construction of Schools under the Sarva Siksha Abhiyan in Chhattisgarh. ______** Spoke in Hindi. $$ Spoke in Urdu. RAJYA SABHA 12-19 p.m. (3) Shri Tarlochan Singh raised a matter regarding need for conversion of 100, Lodhi Estate into Choudhary Devi Lal Trust. 12-21 p.m. (4) Shrimati Supriya Sule raised a matter regarding need for clearance of irrigation projects of Maharashtra. 12-22 p.m. (5) Shri ** raised a matter regarding need to review the decision to shift Burla Research Centre in Orissa. 12-24 p.m. (6) Dr. P.C. Alexander raised a matter regarding India's drop by two points to the 128th Rank in the Human Development Index ranking according to the Human Development Report released by the U.N. on the 26th November, 2007 in Delhi. 12-26 p.m. (7) Shri Su. Thirunavukkarasar raised a matter regarding need to increase the Minimum Support Price for paddy. 12-28 p.m. 12. Government Bills — Passed (I) The Payment of Bonus (Amendment) Bill, 2007, as passed by Lok Sabha. Shri Vayalar Ravi (Minister of Overseas Indian Affairs) on behalf of Shri Oscar Fernandes moved:- "That the Bill to amend the Payment of Bonus Act,1965, as passed by Lok Sabha, be taken into consideration." The following Members took part in the discussion:— 12-29 p.m. 1. Shri Ajay Maroo** 12-34 p.m. 2. Shri G. Sanjeeva Reddy** ______** Spoke in Hindi.

3RD DECEMBER, 2007 12-45 p.m. 3. Shri K. Chandran Pillai 12-54 p.m. 4. Shri Veer Pal Singh Yadav** 12-57 p.m. 5. Shri S. Anbalagan# 1-06 p.m. 6. Shri D. Raja 1-07 p.m. 7. Shri Silvius Condpan 1-09 p.m. 8. Shri Tiruchi Siva 1-10 p.m. Shri Oscar Fernandes, Minister of State of the Ministry of Labour and Employment, replied to the debate. 1-20 p.m. The motion for consideration of the Bill was adopted. Clauses 2 to 5 were adopted. Clause 1, the Enacting Formula and the Title were adopted. 1-21 p.m. The motion moved by Shri Oscar Fernandes that the Bill be passed was adopted and the Bill was passed. 1-22 p.m. (II) The National Tribal University Bill, 2007. Shri Arjun Singh (Minister of Human Resource Development) moved:- "That the Bill to establish and incorporate a teaching and affiliating University at Amarkantak in the State of Madhya Pradesh to facilitate and promote avenues of higher education and research facilities for the tribal population in India and to provide for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto, be taken into consideration." The following Members took part in the discussion:— 1-26 p.m. 1. Shri Shreegopal Vyas** 1-47 p.m. 2. Ms. ** 2-04 p.m. 3. Shri Kamal Akhtar** 2-11 p.m. 4. Shri Matilal Sarkar 2-27 p.m. 5. Shri Rajniti Prasad** ______** Spoke in Hindi. # Spoke in Tamil. RAJYA SABHA 2-33 p.m. 6. Shri Ravula Chandra Sekar Reddy 2-39 p.m. 7. Shri Laxminarayan Sharma** 2-44 p.m. 8. Dr. 3-01 p.m. 9. Dr. Barun Mukherjee 3-11 p.m. 10. Shri Bashistha Narain Singh** 3-17 p.m. 11. Shri Kumar Deepak Das 3-22 p.m. 12. Shrimati Brinda Karat 3-28 p.m. 13. Shri Bhagirathi Majhi** 3-30 p.m. Shri Arjun Singh replied to the debate. 3-45 p.m. The motion for consideration of the Bill was adopted. Clauses 2 to 50 and the Schedule were adopted. Clause 1, the Enacting Formula and the Title were adopted. 3-53 p.m. The motion moved by Shri Arjun Singh that the Bill be passed was adopted and the Bill was passed. 3-54 p.m. (III) The Tyre Corporation of India Limited (Disinvestment of Ownership) Bill, 2007, as passed by Lok Sabha. Shri Sontosh Mohan Dev (Minister of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises) moved:- "That the Bill to provide for disinvestment of Government's equity in the Tyre Corporation of India Limited 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:— 3-55 p.m. 1. Shri Surendra Lath** 4-09 p.m. 2. Shri V. Narayanasamy 4-18 p.m. 3. Shri Tapan Kumar Sen

______** Spoke in Hindi. 3RD DECEMBER, 2007

4-34 p.m. Shri Sontosh Mohan Dev replied to the debate. 4-45 p.m. The motion for consideration of the Bill was adopted. Clauses 2 to 6 were adopted. Clause 1, the Enacting Formula, the Preamble and the Title were adopted. 4-46 p.m. The motion moved by Shri Sontosh Mohan Dev that the Bill be passed was adopted and the Bill was passed. 4-47 p.m. (IV) The Payment and Settlement Systems Bill, 2007, as passed by Lok Sabha. Shri Pawan Kumar Bansal (Minister of State in the Ministry of Finance) moved:- "That the Bill to provide for the regulation and supervision of payment systems in India and to designate the as the authority for that purpose 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:— 4-52 p.m. 1. Shri S.S. Ahluwalia** 5-10 p.m. 2. Shri Jesudasu Seelam 5-17 p.m. 3. Shri Banwari Lal Kanchhal** 5-27 p.m. 4. Shri Tapan Kumar Sen 5-41 p.m. 5. Shri D. Raja 5-45 p.m. 6. Shri Sitaram Yechury

5-46 p.m. Shri P. Chidambaram, Minister of Finance, replied to the debate.

______** Spoke in Hindi. RAJYA SABHA

6-07 p.m. The motion for consideration of the Bill was adopted. Clauses 2 to 38 were adopted. Clause 1, the Enacting Formula and the Title were adopted. 6-08 p.m. The motion moved by Shri P. Chidambaram that the Bill be passed was adopted and the Bill was passed. ∅6-10 p.m. (V) The Armed Forces Tribunal Bill, 2005. Shri A.K. Antony (Minister of Defence) moved:- "That the Bill to provide for the adjudication or trial by Armed Forces Tribunal of disputes and complaints with respect to commission, appointments, enrolment and conditions of service in respect of persons subject to the Army Act, 1950, the Navy Act, 1957 and the Air Force Act, 1950 and also to provide for appeals arising out of orders, findings or sentences of courts-martial held under the said Acts and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto, be taken into consideration." The following Members took part in the discussion:— 6-11 p.m. 1. Dr. Gyan Prakash Pilania 6-35 p.m. 2. Shri Silvius Condpan 6-38 p.m. 3. Shri P.R. Rajan 6-45 p.m. 4. Shri N. Jothi 6-59 p.m. 5. Shri Rajniti Prasad** 7-01 p.m. 6. Shrimati N.P. Durga 7-08 p.m. 7. Shrimati Prema Cariappa 7-10 p.m. 8. Shri Rajeev Chandrasekhar 7-14 p.m. Shri A.K. Antony replied to the debate. ______∅ From 6-09 p.m. to 6-10 p.m. see item no.13. ** Spoke in Hindi.

3RD DECEMBER, 2007 7-29 p.m. The motion for consideration of the Bill was adopted. Clause 2 was adopted. Clause 3, as amended, was adopted. Clauses 4 and 5 were adopted. Clause 6, as amended, was adopted. Clause 7 was adopted. Clause 8, as amended, was adopted. Clauses 9 to 43 were adopted. Clause 1, as amended, was adopted. The Enacting Formula, as amended, was adopted. The Title was adopted. 7-32 p.m. The motion moved by Shri A.K. Antony that the Bill, as amended, be passed was adopted and the Bill, as amended, was passed. ♠13. Message from Lok Sabha — Reported The Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Petroleum Technology Bill, 2007 Secretary-General reported to the House the following message received from the Lok Sabha, signed by the Secretary General of the Lok Sabha:- "In accordance with the provisions of rule 120 of the Rules of Procedure and Conduct of Business in Lok Sabha, I am directed to inform you that Lok Sabha, at its sitting held on the 3rd December, 2007, agreed without any amendment to the Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Petroleum Technology Bill, 2007, which was passed by Rajya Sabha at its sitting held on the 30th November, 2007."

(The House adjourned at 7-33 p.m. till 11-00 a.m. on Tuesday, the 4th December, 2007) ______

______♠ At 6-09 p.m.

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