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Teatb Series, Vol. IV, No. 32. Moaday, Aapst ~ Uf1 8lladra 4, 1913 (SIIka) LOK SA13HA DEBATES (English Version) · First Sessioo (Tenth Lok Sabha) (Vol. IV contains Nos. 31 to 40) LOK s~~BA SEC.ETARIAT NEW DELHI Price : b. -o ;ou CONTENTS [Tenth Series. Vol. IV, First Session. 1991/1913 {Saka)] No. 36. Friday. August 3 0 .1991/Bhadra 8.1913 (Saka) Co l u m n s Obituary Reference 1—2 Oral Answers To Questions: 2 -^ 7 ‘ Starred Question Nos. 630 to 635 Written Answers to Questions: 37-412 Starred Question Nos. 636 to 638. 640 to 648 and 37-~65 650 Unstarred Questbn Nos. 5152 to 5210. 5212 to 5228. 66—391 5230 to 5282 and 5284 to 5339 Papers Laid on the Table 413-427 Assent to Bills 427 Matters Under Rule 377 427-431 (i) Need to set up Doordarshan 427-428 Kendra at Hissar Shri Narain Singh Chaudhri (ii) Neet to take innmediate steps for 428 the all round development of Thannithodu region in Pathanan- thitta district Kerala Shri Kodikkunil Suresh «iie sign marked above the name of a Member indicates that the questbn was actually sked on the fkx>r of the House by that Member. (ii) C o l u m n s (iii) Need to lay railway line between 428— 429 Arrah and Sasaram Shri Ram Prasad Singh (iv) Need to set up cold storage and 429-430 air conditioning rooms in important market places and also to establish Food Processing Unit in Dindigul, Tamil Nadu Shri Chinnasamy Srinivasan (V) Need to provide Remote Area Allowance 430-431 to the Employees of Central Government posted in Himachal Pradesh Shri Krishan Dutt Sultanpuri (Vi) Need to construct a railway over- 431 bridge at railway crossing in Pilibhit, Uttar Pradesh Dr. P.R. Gangwar emands for Grants (General), 1991-92 431-465 Ministry of Agriculture Ministry of Food and Ministry of Rural Development Shri Sobhanadreeswara Rao Vadde 432--443 Shri Balin Kuli 443—448 Shri Muhi Ram Saikia 448—452 Shri Laeta Umbrey 452—456 Shri Rameswar Patidar 456--465 Bills Introduced 465-^96 High Court of Orissa (Establishment of a 465-^66 Permanent Benah at Sambalpur) Bill by Shri Sriballav Panigrahi (iii) Co l u m n s Constitution ^Amendment) Bill 466 (Insertion of new articles 23A, 23B and 23C) by Shrimati Basava Rajeswari Married Women (Protection of Rights) Bill 466-467 by Shrimari Basava Rajeswari Banning of Sex Determination Tests Bill 467 by Shrimari Basava Rajeswari Railway Protection Force (Amendment) Bill 467-468 (Substitution of new Long title for Long Title, etc.) by Shri Basu Deb Acharia Abolition of Begging Bill 468 by Shrimati Basava Rajeswari High Court of Gujarat (Establishment of 468-469 a Permanent Bench at Rajkot) Bill by Shri Dileep Bhai Sanghani High Court of Gujarat (Establishment of 469 a Permanent Bench at Rajkot) Bill by Shrimati Bhavna Chikhalia Public Premises (Eviction of Unauthorised 469—470 Occupants) Amendment Bill (Amendment of section 2 ) by Shri Sharad Dighe High Court of Andhra Pradesh (Establishment 470 of a permanent Bench at Guntur) Bill Shiri Sobhanadreeswara Rao Vadde Constitution (Amendment) Bill 470-471 (Amendment of Article 58, etc.) Shri V.N. Sharma (iv) C o l u m n s Representation of the People (Amendnnent) 490 Bill (Amendment of section 36) Shri Sobhanadreeswara Rao Vadde Constitution (Amendment) Bill 490-491 (Amendment of Eighth Sehedule) Shri Guman Mai Lodha Constitution (Amendment) Bill 491 (Amendment of Article 48, etc.] Shri Guman Mai Lodha Constitution (Amendment) Bill 491—492 (Amendment of Article 311) Shri Sudhir Girl Working Women Welfare Bill 492 Kumari Uma Bharti Mother’s Lineage Bill 492—493 by Kumari Uma Bharti Constitution (Amendment) Bill 493 (Amendment of Article 371) by Shri Harisinh Chavda Constitution (Scheduled Tribes) 493—494 Order (Amendment) Bill (Amendment of the Schedule) Prof. K.V. Thomas Constitution (Amendment) Bill 494 (Insertion of new Article 31) Shri Sudhir Giri (V) Co l u m n s Constitution (Amendment) Bill 494-495 (Amendment of Artcle 29. etc.) Shri Sudhir Giri Constitution (Amendment) Bill 495 (Amendment of Article 356) Shri Sudhir Giri Constitution (Amendment) Bi'l 495-496 (Amendment of article 81 etc.) — Withdrawn by Shri Ram Naik Infant Foods and Feeding Bottes (Regulation 496—522 of Production, Supply and Distribution) Bill by Shri Ram Naik— Withdrawn Motion to consider Shri Ram Naik 496—503 Prof. Rasa Singh Rawat 503—508 Dr. Laxminarayan Pandeya 508—510 Shri Krishan Dutt Sultanpuri 510—514 Shri Sriballav Panigrahi 514—517 Shri Chhedi Paswan 518—519 Kumari Mamata Banerjee 519-521 Constitution (Amendment) Bill 522—624 (Insertion of new Article 19A) by Shri Chitta Basu Motion to consider Shri Chitta Basu 522—524 LOK SABHA DEBATES LOK SABHA cil of Assam of which he was the President. Shri Choudhury worked for the reconstruc- tion of social, economic and political fabric of the Bodos. Friday, August 30, 1991 /Bhadra 8. 1913 (Saka) Shri Choudhury edited a Bodo weekly "RADAB” and authored a number of pam- phlets in Assamese. The Lok Sabha met at Shri Choudhury Lost his life in tragic Eleven of the Clock circumstances when he fell to an assassin’s bullet on 27 August, 1991 at Guwahati at the [MR. SPEAKER in the Chair] age of 59. OBITUARY REFERENCE While condemning the militants’ activi- ties in various parts of the country, we deeply [English] mourn the loss of this friend and I am sure the House will join me in conveying our condo- MR. SPEAKER: Hon. Members. I have lences to the bereaved family. to inform the House of the sad demise of one of our former colleagues Shri Samar Brahma The House may now stand in silence for Choudhury. a short while as a mark of respect to the deceased. Shri Choudhury represented Kokrajhar constituency of Assam in the Eighth Lok (The Members then stood in silence for a Sabha from December, 1985 to November, short \^/hile) 1989. Earlier, he had served with distinction as a member of the Assam Legislative As- sembly and a Minister in the State Council of Ministers. ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS Shri Choudhury was an active political Inoome Tax Arrears and social worker. He served as President of Kachugaon Anchalik Panchayat during 1964> [English] 67. He was associated with various social and students’ institutions in different capaci- *630 SHRI RAM KAPSE; Will the Minis- ties. ter of FINANCE be pleased to state. Shri Choudhury actively worked for (a) the amount in arrears on account of '•^proving the lot of the weaker sections of income tax as on March 31, 1990; the society, particularly the tribals of the State. He organised the Plains Tribals Coun- (b) the steps taken or proposed to be Oral Answers AUGUST 30. 1991 OralAr)$wers taken by the Government to recover these (iv) Chief Commissioners hSve also arrears; and been advised to ensure that assessments involving big de- (c) the reasons leading to accumulation mands are finalised by the end of of these arrears? December. 1991. THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE (v) They have also been advised MINISTRY OF FINANCE (SHRI RAMESH- that PresidentA/ice PreskJent of WAR THAKUR): (a) to (c). A statement is Income Tax Appellate Tribunal laid on the Table of the House. should be requested to take appeals involving large demands STATEMENT for expeditious disposal. (a) The Income Tax arrears as on March (vi) In cases where large demands 31, 1990 amounted to Rs. 6958 crores have been stayed by courts, the (provisional). Chief Commissioners have been advised to get the stay vacated, (b) Appropriate measures are continu- wherever possible. A a result of ously taken to reduce the arrears. Some of these measures, the arrear the important measures are:- demand as on 31-3-1990 was reduced by Rs. 3596 crores upto (i) Targets have been laid down for 31-3-1991. After including ar- collection/reduction of arrears rears of the current demand and current demands in the raised between 1.4.1990 to Central Action Plan of the In- 31.3.1991 on completion of in- come-tax Department. Perform- come tax assessments, the total ance of each Chief Commis- outstanding demand as on sioner’s region is regularly moni- 31.3.1991 was Rs. 6560 crores tored by the Central Board of (provisional) as against Rs. 6958 Direct Taxes. crores as on 31.3.1990. (ii) Dossiers of bigger demands are (c) The main reasons leading to the reviewed every quarter by the accumulation of these arrears are:- Commissioner of Income tax and by the higher authorities. (i) A sizeable portion of the current demand does not become due for payment by 31 st March, although it (iii) Chief Commissioners of Iricome is included in the figure of outstand- tax have been directed to moni- ing arrears at the end of the year. tor the disposal of top 100 first appeals pending with the Com- (ii) There has been an increase in the missioners (Appeals) in their current demand over the years as region. indicated below:- SI. No. Financial Year Current demand raised (Rs. in crores) 1 1 1985-86 6171 2 1986-87 6913 Oral Answers BHADRA 8. 1913 (S>4/C/^) Oral Answers 3 1987-88 7266 4 1988-89 9449 5 1989-90 12482 6 1990-91 12462 A substantial portion of the current ings are taking place, assesses demand raised is disputed in ap- who have left India and who have peals. no known assets, cases of smug- glers where assets have been (iii) Disputed dennand remains uncol- confiscated, companies which had lected till the disputes are finalised. become sick, cases of name-lend- Litigation pending in the Courts, ers, cases where demands cannot Thbunals or before the Income-tax be realized for various reasons of Appellate authorities and Settle- genuine hardship etc.