FRIDAY, THE 7TH AUGUST, 2009 (The met in the Parliament House at 11-00 a.m.)

11-00 a.m. 1. Oath or Affirmation The following Members made and subscribed oath and took their seats in the House :— ORISSA 1. Shri Kishore Kumar Mohanty NCT OF 2. Shri Parvez Hashmi

11-03 a.m. 2. Starred Questions The following Starred Questions were orally answered:- Starred Question No. 481 regarding Failure to check spurious drugs. Starred Question No. 483 regarding Treatment of Swine Flu patients. Starred Question No. 484 regarding Polio affected countries. Answers to remaining Starred Question Nos. 482 and 485 to 500 were laid on the Table. 3. Unstarred Questions Answers to Unstarred Question Nos. 3656 to 3810 were laid on the Table. 12-00 Noon 4. Statement by Minister Correcting Answer to Question Shri Pradeep Jain, Minister of State in the Ministry of Rural Development, laid on the Table, a statement (in English and Hindi) correcting the answer to Unstarred Question 1157 given in Rajya Sabha on the 14th July, 2009 regarding “Bharat Nirman Yojana”.

RAJYA SABHA 12-01 p.m. 5. Papers Laid on the Table Shrimati (Minister of Information and Broadcasting) laid on the Table: I. A copy each (in English and Hindi) of the following papers, under sub-section (1) of Section 31 of the Prasar Bharati (Broadcasting Corporation of ) Act, 1990:— (a) Annual Report of the Prasar Bharati (Broadcasting Corporation of India), , for the year 2007-08. (b) Review by Government on the working of the above Corporation. II. Statement (in English and Hindi) giving reasons for the delay in laying the papers mentioned at (I) above. Shri Pradeep Jain (Minister of State in the Ministry of Rural Development) on behalf of Shri C.P. Joshi laid on the Table:- I. A copy each (in English and Hindi) of the following Notifications of the Ministry of Rural Development (Department of Rural Development), under sub-section (2) of Section 29 of the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, 2005:— (1) S.O. 2999 (E), dated the 31st December, 2008, amending Schedule II of the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, 2005. (2) S.O. 513 (E), dated the 19th February, 2009, amending Schedule II of the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, 2005. (3) G.S.R. 162 (E), dated the 12th March, 2009, regarding nomination of members to the Central Employment Guarantee Council. (4) G.S.R. 309 (E), dated the 5th May, 2009, publishing the National Rural Employment Guarantee (Central Council) Amendment Rules, 2009. (5) S.O. 1387 (E), dated the 1st January, 2009, amending Notification S.O. 1 (E), dated 1st January, 2009, to substitute certain entries in the original Notification. 7TH AUGUST, 2009 (6) S.O. 1824 (E), dated the 24th July, 2009, amending Schedule I of the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, 2005. II. A copy (in English and Hindi) of the Ministry of Rural Development (Department of Rural Development) Notification G.S.R. 134 (E), dated the 27th February, 2009, publishing the National Rural Employment Guarantee (Central Council) Amendment Rules, 2009, under sub-section (1) of Section 33 of the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, 2005. Shri Salman Khursheed (Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Corporate Affairs and Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Minority Affairs) laid on the Table a copy (in English and Hindi) of the Ministry of Corporate Affairs Notification S.O. 1847 (E), dated the 28th July, 2009, publishing the M/S. Bharat Refractories Limited and the M/S. Steel Authority of India Limited Amalgamation Order, 2009, under sub- section (5) of Section 396 of the Companies Act, 1956. 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 (4) of Section 619A of the Companies Act, 1956:— (a) Annual Report and Accounts of the Brahamputra Cracker and Polymer Limited, Dibrugarh, for the year 2007-08, 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. (2) Statement (in English and Hindi) giving reasons for the delay in laying the papers mentioned at (I) above. II. A copy each (in English and Hindi) of the following papers:— (i) (a) Seventeenth Annual Report and Accounts of the Institute of Pesticide Formulation Technology (IPFT), Gurgaon, for the year 2007-08, 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 (ii) Memorandum of Understanding between the (Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers, Department of Chemicals and Petrochemicals) and the Indian Drugs and Pharmaceuticals Limited (IDPL), for the year 2009-10.

Shrimati (Minister of State in the Ministry of External Affairs) laid on the Table a copy (in English and Hindi) of the Ministry of External Affairs (Legal and Treaties Division) Notification S.O. 1661 (E), dated the 8th July, 2009, publishing the Prevention and Suppression of Terrorism (Implementation of Security Council Resolutions) Amendment Order, 2009, under sub-section (2) of Section 53 of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967. Prof. K.V. Thomas (Minister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture and Minister of State in the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution) laid on the Table:- I. A copy (in English and Hindi) of the Ministry of Agriculture (Department of Agriculture and Cooperation) Notification G.S.R. 534 (E), dated the 18th July, 2009, publishing the Organic Agricultural Produce Grading and Marking Rules, 2009, under sub-section (2) of Section 3 of the Agricultural Produce (Grading and Marking) Act, 1937. II. A copy (in English and Hindi) of the Ministry of Agriculture (Department of Agriculture and Cooperation) Notification G.S.R 452 (E), dated the 30th June, 2009, publishing the Protection of Plant Varieties and Farmers Rights (Criteria for Distinctiveness Uniformity and Stability for Registration) Regulations, 2009, under Section 97 of the Protection of Plant Varieties and Farmers’ Right Act, 2001. 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) Thirty-fourth Annual Report and Accounts of the Karnataka Meat and Poultry Marketing Corporation Limited, Bangalore, for the year 2007-08, 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. 7TH AUGUST, 2009 (c) Thirty-sixth Annual Report and Accounts of the Goa Meat Complex Limited, Panjim, for the year 2006-07, together with the Auditor's Report on the Accounts and the comments of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India thereon. (d) Review by Government on the working of the above Company. (2) Statements (in English and Hindi) giving reasons for the delay in laying the papers mentioned at (1) above. IV. A copy each (in English and Hindi) of the following papers:— (i)(a) Annual Report and Accounts of the Consumer Coordination Council, NOIDA, Uttar Pradesh, for the year 2007-08, together with the Auditor's Report on the Accounts. (b) Review by Government on the working of the above Council. (ii) (a) Annual Report and Accounts of the VOICE Society, New Delhi, for the year 2007-08. (b) Review by Government on the working of the above Society. (iii) (a) Annual Report and Accounts of the Federation of Indian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (FICCI), New Delhi, for the year 2007-08, together with the Auditor's Report on the Accounts. (b) Review by Government on the working of the above Federation. Shri (Minister of Health and Family Welfare) on behalf of Shri Dinesh Trivedi laid on the Table:- I.(1) A copy each (in English and Hindi) of the following papers, under Section 18 and Section 19 of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences Act, 1956:— (a) Fifty-second Annual Report and Accounts of the All India

Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi, for the year 2007-08, together with the Auditor's Report on the Accounts. (b) Review by Government on the working of the above Institute. RAJYA SABHA (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 Statements giving reasons for not laying the Annual Reports and Audited statement of Accounts of the following Institutions within stipulated period:— (i) Indian Red Cross Society, New Delhi, for the year 2004-05, 2005-06, 2006-07 and 2007-08. (ii) Indian Nursing Council, New Delhi, for the year 2007-08. (iii) Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, , for the year 2007-08. (iv) National Institute of Biologicals, New Delhi, for the year 2007- 08. (v) Regional Institute of Medical Sciences, Imphal, Manipur, for the year 2007-2008. (vi) Indian Medicines Pharmaceutical Corporation Limited, Mohan, Uttarakhand, for the year 2007-08. Shri Ghulam Nabi Azad (Minister of Health and Family Welfare) on behalf of Shri S. Gandhiselvan laid on the Table a copy each (in English and Hindi) of the following papers:— (a) Annual Report and Accounts of the Central Council for Research in Unani Medicine, New Delhi, for the year 2007-08, together with the Auditor's Report on the Accounts. (b) Review by Government on the working of the above Council. (c) Statement giving reasons for the delay in laying the papers mentioned at (a) above. 12-02 p.m. 6. Statements by Ministers (1) Prof. K.V. Thomas, Minister of State in the Ministries of Agriculture and Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution, laid on the Table, a statement (in English and Hindi) on the status of implementation of recommendations contained in the Twenty-ninth and Thirty-ninth Reports of the Department-related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Agriculture. 7TH AUGUST, 2009 12-03 p.m. (2) Shri E. Ahammed, Minister of State in the Ministry of Railways, on behalf of laid on the Table, a statement (in English and Hindi) on the status of implementation of recommendations contained in the Forty-fifth Report of the Department-related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Agriculture. (3) Shri E. Ahammed, Minister of State in the Ministry of Railways, laid on the Table, a statement (in English and Hindi) on the status of implementation of recommendations contained in the Fortieth and Forty-first Reports of the Department-related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Railways. 12-04 p.m. 7. Matters raised with permission ^(1) Shri raised a matter regarding failure to check the spread of swine flu in the country and death of a young girl due to swine flu in Pune. ^Shri Avtar Singh Karimpuri, ^Prof. Ram Gopal Yadav and Shri Bharatkumar Raut also spoke. 2-15 p.m. ^(2) Shri Brij Bhushan Tiwari raised a matter regarding the reported construction of atomic reactor in Myanmar. 12-17 p.m. ^(3) Shri R.C. Singh raised a matter regarding strike by the employees of the Nationalised Banks in the country. Shri Tapan Kumar Sen and Shri Rama Chandra Khuntia also spoke. 12-23 p.m. (4) Shri Kumar Deepak Das raised a matter regarding cross-border infiltration despite heightened vigil along the international border.

______^ Spoke in Hindi. RAJYA SABHA 12-26 p.m. (5) Dr. K. Malaisamy raised a matter regarding menace caused by monkeys in South Avenue in New Delhi endangering human life. 12-29 p.m. ^(6) Shri Rudra Narayan Pany raised a matter regarding corruption in mining activities in Orissa and request for a CBI inquiry. 12-35 p.m. (7) Shri Moinul Hassan raised a matter regarding situation arising out of the Maoist attacks in different parts of the country. 12-38 p.m. (8) Shri P. Rajeeve raised a matter regarding discrimination against women candidates in the recruitment process of the State Bank of India. 12-40 p.m. ^(9) Shri Rajniti Prasad raised a matter regarding supply of spurious milk in Maharashtra. 12-45 p.m. 8. Special Mentions 1. Shrimati Maya Singh raised a matter regarding need for Presidential assent to the organized crime laws relating to the States of Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh. 12-47 p.m. 2. Shri Prakash Javadekar raised a matter regarding need to resolve the issue of wage revision of bank employees in the country. 12-49 p.m. 3. Shri O.T. Lepcha raised a matter regarding need to take steps to give reservation to the Limboo and Tamang Tribes in the Legislative Assembly of Sikkim. ______^ Spoke in Hindi. 7TH AUGUST, 2009 12-51 p.m. 4. Shri N. Balaganga raised a matter regarding need to redress the grievances of the Loco running staff of Indian Railways. 2-54 p.m. ^5. Dr. Ram Prakash raised a matter regarding need to have consensus at national level before making any law regarding homosexuality in the country. 12-56 p.m. 6. Dr. Barun Mukherjee raised a matter regarding need to fill up the vacancies at National Library in Kolkata. 12-58 p.m. ^7. Shri Mahendra Mohan raised a matter regarding need for proper implementation of the provisions of the Act pertaining to domestic violence against women. 1-00 p.m. ^8. Shri Brij Bhushan Tiwari raised a matter regarding need to bring out the Hindi and English translated versions of the ‘Ritu Samhar’ written by Kalidas. 1-01 p.m. 9. Shri B.S. Gnanadesikan raised a matter regarding need to provide the facility of electric trains in Madurai. 1-03 p.m. 10. Shri P. Rajeeve raised a matter regarding need to withdraw the rules pertaining to new LIC agents allegedly threatening their job security. 1-05 p.m. 11. Shri Varinder Singh Bajwa raised a matter regarding need to take preventive measures to check adulteration in edible oil, ghee and other food items in the country. ______^ Spoke in Hindi. RAJYA SABHA 1-06 p.m. 12. Shri raised a matter regarding need to take measures to check the circulation of fake currency in the country 1-07 p.m. 13. Shri Vijay Jawaharlal Darda raised a matter regarding need to give more powers to the Central Vigilance Commission to exercise check on corruption in Government and Public Sector in the country. 1-09 p.m. 14. Shri Shyamal Chakraborty raised a matter regarding need to withhold the proposal of disinvestment in BHEL. 1-11 p.m. 15. Shri Kumar Deepak Das raised a matter regarding need for amicable settlement of Dimaraji issue in North Cachar Hills District of Assam. 1-13 p.m. ^16. Shri Saman Pathak raised a matter regarding need to amend the rules for determining BPL status to extend the benefits of PDS to all poor people in the country. 1-15 p.m. ^17. Shri Rudra Narayan Pany raised a matter regarding need to remove anomalies in the pay scales of Railway Engineers/Technical Supervisors in view of the recommendations of the Sixth Pay Commission. 1-18 p.m. ^18. Shri Prabhat Jha raised a matter regarding beggars being at the verge of death due to hunger and their proclivity towards criminal activities because of soaring prices in the country. 1-21 p.m. 19. Shri K.B. Shanappa raised a matter regarding drought conditions in several parts of Karnataka. (The House adjourned at 1-24 p.m. and re-assembled at 2-32 p.m.) ______^ Spoke in Hindi. 7TH AUGUST, 2009 2-32 p.m. 9. Announcement by the Chair The Deputy Chairman made the following announcement:— “Hon’ble Members would recall that discussion on a Private Members’ Resolution on relationship between Legislature and Judiciary moved by Shri Ramdas Agarwal on the 24th July, 2009 had remained inconclusive. The Resolution was carried forward to the next day allotted for Private Members’ Resolutions i.e. today. Since it was earlier decided to cancel the Private Members’ Resolutions scheduled for today, if the House agrees, the part discussed Private Member’s Resolution scheduled for today may betaken up as the first item on the first day allotted for Private Members’ Resolution in the next Session.” The House agreed unanimously. 2-33 p.m. 10. Government Bill — Passed The Metro Railways (Amendment) Bill, 2009 Shri S. (Minister of Urban Development) moved:- ”That the Bill further to amend the Metro Railways (Construction of Works) Act, 1978 and to amend the Delhi Metro Railway (Operation and Maintenance) Act, 2002, as passed by , be taken into consideration.” The following Members took part in the discussion:— ^2-37 p.m. 1. Shri S. S. Ahluwalia 2-45 p.m. 2. Shri Rama Chandra Khuntia 2-53 p.m. 3. Shri Prasanta Chatterjee ^2-58 p.m. 4. Shri Brij Bhushan Tiwari 3-01 p.m. 5. Shri N. Balaganga 3-06 p.m. 6. Shri Syed Azeez Pasha 3-11 p.m. 7. Shri P.R. Rajan ______^ Spoke in Hindi. RAJYA SABHA

3-14 p.m. Shri S. Jaipal Reddy replied to the debate. 3-33 p.m. The motion for consideration of the Bill was adopted. Clauses 2 to 16 were adopted. Clause 1, the Enacting Formula and the Title were adopted.

3-34 p.m. The motion moved by Shri S. Jaipal Reddy that the Bill be passed was adopted and the Bill was passed. 3-35 p.m. 11. Farewell to the retiring Nominated Members The Chairman bade farewell to six nominated Members of the Rajya Sabha, namely, Dr. Bimal Jalan, Shri Dara Singh, Shrimati Hema Malini, Dr. Chandran Mitra, Dr. Narayan Singh Manaklao and Shri Ram Jethmalani, whose terms of office would expire on the 26th August, 2009. Dr. Bimal Jalan, Dr. Chandan Mitra and Dr. Narayan Singh Manaklao responded to the sentiments expressed by the Chairman. 3-46 p.m. 12. Valedictory Remarks The Chairman made valedictory remarks on the conclusion of the Session. 3-49 p.m. 13. National Song National Song (Vande Mataram) was played.

(The House adjourned sine die at 3-50 p.m. )

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