RAJYA SABHA —— REVISED LIST OF BUSINESS
Wednesday, December 28, 2011
11 A.M. ——— PAPERS TO BE LAID ON THE TABLE
Following Ministers to lay papers on the Table entered in the separate list: — 1. SHRI KAPIL SIBAL for Ministry of Communications and Information Technology; 2. SHRI AJAY MAKEN for Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports;
3. SHRI CHOUDHURY MOHAN JATUA for Ministry of Information and Broadcasting;
4. SHRI D. NAPOLEON for Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment;
5. SHRI VINCENT PALA for Ministry of Water Resources; and
6. SHRI JITENDRA SINGH for Ministry of Home Affairs ———— REPORTS OF THE PUBLIC ACCOUNTS COMMITTEE
SHRI PRASANTA CHATTERJEE SHRI PRAKASH JAVADEKAR to lay on the Table, a copy each (in English and Hindi) of the following Reports of the Public Accounts Committee (2011-12):— (i) Forty-seventh Report on 'Supply Chain Management of Rations in Indian Army' relating to the Ministry of Defence; (ii) Forty-eighth Report on 'Canteen Stores Department' relating to the Ministry of Defence; (iii) Forty-ninth Report on Action Taken by the Government on the Observations/Recommendations of the Committee contained in their Fourteenth Report (Fifteenth Lok Sabha) on 'Administration of Universal Service Obligation (USO) Fund' relating to the Ministry of Communications & Information Technology, (Department of Telecommunications); (iv) Fiftieth Report on Action Taken by the Government on the Observations/Recommendations of the Committee contained in their Sixteenth Report (Fifteenth Lok Sabha) on ‘Disaster Management and Land Management in Indian Railways’ relating to the Ministry of Railways; and (v) Fifty-first Report on Action Taken by the Government on the Observations/Recommendations of the Committee contained in their Nineteenth Report (Fifteenth Lok Sabha) on 'Freight and Wagon Management on Indian Railways' relating to the Ministry of Railways.
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STATEMENTS BY MINISTERS
1. SHRI PAWAN KUMAR BANSAL to make a statement regarding Status of implementation of recommendations contained in the Eighth Report of the Department-related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Water Resources.
2. SHRI MUKUL WASNIK to make the following Statements regarding:— (i) Status of implementation of recommendations contained in the Fourth Report of the Department-related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Social Justice and Empowerment; and (ii) Status of implementation of recommendations contained in the Eleventh Report of the Department-related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Social Justice and Empowerment related with Scholarship schemes for Scheduled Castes and Other Backward Classes.
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LEGISLATIVE BUSINESS
Bills for introduction The Rani 1. SHRI SHARAD PAWAR to move for leave to introduce a Bill to Lakshmi Bai provide for the establishment and incorporation of a University for the Central Bundelkhand region for the development of agriculture and for the furtherance of Agricultural the advancement of learning and prosecution of research in agriculture and allied University Bill, sciences in that region. 2011. ALSO to introduce the Bill.
The Higher 2. SHRI KAPIL SIBAL to move for leave to introduce a Bill to promote Education and autonomy of higher educational institutions and universities for free pursuit of Research Bill, knowledge and innovation and to provide for comprehensive and integrated 2011. growth of higher education and research keeping in view the global standard of educational and research practices and for that purpose to establish the National Commission for Higher Education and Research to facilitate determination, co-ordination, maintenance and continued enhancement of standards of higher education and research including university education, vocational, technical, professional and medical education other than agricultural education and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.
ALSO to introduce the Bill.
Bills for consideration and passing
The Constitution 3. SHRI SHARAD PAWAR to move that the Bill further to amend the (One Hundred Constitution of India, as passed by Lok Sabha, be taken into consideration. and Eleventh Amendment) ALSO to move that the Bill be passed. Bill, 2009.
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4. SHRI KAPIL SIBAL to move that the Bill further to amend the Institutes #The Institutes of of Technology Act, 1961, as passed by Lok Sabha, be taken into consideration. Technology ALSO to move that the Bill be passed. (Amendment) Bill, 2011.
5. SHRI KAPIL SIBAL to move that the Bill to amend the National #The National Institutes of Technology Act, 2007, as passed by Lok Sabha, be taken into Institutes of consideration. Technology (Amendment) ALSO to move that the Bill be passed. Bill, 2011.
6. FURTHER CONSIDERATION of the following motion moved by The Educational Shri Kapil Sibal on the 31st August, 2010:–– Tribunals Bill, 2010. “That the Bill to provide for the establishment of Educational Tribunals for effective and expeditious adjudication of disputes involving teachers and other employees of higher educational institutions and other stake holders (including students, universities, institutions and statutory regulatory authorities), and to adjudicate penalties for indulging in unfair practices in higher education and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto, as passed by Lok Sabha, be taken into consideration.”
SHRI KAPIL SIBAL to move that the Bill be passed.
7. SHRI GHULAM NABI AZAD to move that the Bill to declare the The National Institution known as the National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro-Sciences, Institute of Bangalore, to be an institution of national importance and to provide for its Mental Health incorporation and for matters connected therewith, be taken into consideration. and Neuro- Sciences, ALSO to move that the Bill be passed. Bangalore Bill, 2010. 8. FURTHER CONSIDERATION of the following motion moved by The Copyright Shri Kapil Sibal on the 20th December, 2011:–– (Amendment) Bill, 2010. “That the Bill further to amend the Copyright Act, 1957, be taken into consideration.”
SHRI KAPIL SIBAL to move that the Bill be passed.
9. SHRI KAPIL SIBAL to move that the Bill to amend the Right of Children The Right of to Free and Compulsory Education Act, 2009, be taken into consideration. Children to Free and Compulsory ALSO to move that the Bill be passed. Education (Amendment) Bill, 2010.
10. FURTHER CONSIDERATION of the following motion moved by The Architects Shri Kapil Sibal on the 14th December, 2011:–– (Amendment) Bill, 2010. “That the Bill further to amend the Architects Act, 1972, be taken into consideration.”
SHRI KAPIL SIBAL to move that the Bill be passed.
NEW DELHI; V.K. AGNIHOTRI, December 27, 2011. Secretary-General.
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