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Eleventh Sc riot, Vol. XIV, No. 9 Tuetday, May 13,1997 Vaiialtha 23,1919 (Sain) LOK SABHA DEBATES (English Version) 41: »• Fourth Session % (Part-IV) 7 (Eleventh Lok Sabha) ( Vol. XIV contains Nos. 1 to 1 2 ) LOK SABHA SECRETARIAT NEW DELHI EDITORIAL BOARD Shri S. Gopalan Secretary-General Lok Sabha Shri Surendra Mishra Additional Secretary Lok Sabha Secretariat Shri P. C. Bhatt Chief Editor Lok Sabha Secretariat Shri Y. K. Abrol Senior Editor Shri S. C. Kala Assistant Editor [ Original English Proceeding* Included in English Verstons and Original Hindi Proceedings included in Hindi Versions wfflt treated as authoritative and notthe translation thereof.] JBgbftt-gS (English Version) Tuesday, May 13, 1997/Vaisakha 23,1919 (Saka) £ & l ^ L i B 9 > For Read 82/8 53540000 5340000 (from below) 82/2 370775 37075 (from below) 82/Last line 585320838 58532038 202/14 25408245 2540825 220/2 Shri Promothes Shri Pramothes Mu kherjee Mukherjee 228/6 Shri Veerbhadram Shri Veerabhadram Thammineni Thammineni 241/13 875579 874579 (from below) 416/23 Shri K.S.Rayadu Shri K.S.Rayudu 464/13 Shri P.Nangyal Shri P.Namgyal 481/29 making not of taking note of 493/last line But, it should be But, it should be taking of that taken care of that CONTENTS (Eleventh Series, Vol. XIV, Fourth Session, Part-IV, 1997/1919 (Sake) No. 9, TuMday, May 13,1997/Vaisakha 23,1919 (8aka) S ubject Columns ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS : ’ Starred Questions Nos.521 - 524............................................................................................................ 1-67 WRITTEN ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS : ‘Starred Questions Nos. 525 * 540..........................................................................................................65-100 Unstarred Questions Nos. 5780 - 6009.................................................................................................100-420 PAPERS LAID ON THE TABLE .................................................................................................................... 420-427 BUSINESS ADVISORY COMMITTEE.......................................................................................................................427 Thirteenth Report JOINT COMMITTEE ON OFFICES OF PROFIT...................................................................................................... 427 First Report STATEMENT OF MINISTER Incidents dring Bihar Bandh on 3rd May, 1997 Shri Indrajit Gupta................................................................................................................. 427-428 MATTERS UNDER RULE 377 ....................................................................................................................... 463-467 (i) Need to issue licences for setting up of sugar mills in Machhalisahar, U.P. Dr. Ramvilas Vedanti................................................................................................................ 463-464 (ii) Need to raise strength of Ladakh Scouts and give it the status of a Regiment Shri P. Namgyal................................................................................................................................464 (iii) Need to retain original plan of Siddhmukh Canal Project to solve water scarcity in Churu Parliamentary Constituency, Rajasthan. Shri Narendra Budania............................................................................................................. 464-465 (iv) Need to issue commemorative stamp in the memory of great novelist Tarashankar Bandopadhyay Dr.Ram Chandra Dome...................................................................................................................<65 The Sign + marked above the name of a Member indicates that the question was actually asked on the floor of the House by that Member. Su bject Columns (v) Need to take up the work of construction of a road between Kakrahawa and Lumbini (Nepal) with Nepalese Government Shri Brij Bhushan Tiwari............................................................................................................. 465-466 (vi) Need to send a team of experts to look into reasons of decaying of trees in Magdapur and Aurangabad areas of Khiri district, U.P. Shri Iliyas Azmi ..................................................................................................................................466 (vii) Need to direct State Government of Haryana for setting up sugar mill at tehsil Gohana in Sonepat district under time bound programme Dr. Arvind Sharma......................................................................................................................466-467 (viii) Need to bring J & K state under common pool of entrance examination for admission in Medical colleges Shri Chaman Lai Gupta..................................................................................................................... 467 RE: APPROACH PAPER TO NINTH FIVE YEAR PLAN - Contd. ....................................................................467-512 Shri Shivraj V. Patil.....................................................................................................................468-480 Prof. Rasa Singh Rawat.............................................................................................................480-494 Shri C. Narayana Swamy.......................................................................................................... 494-503 Shri Sontosh Mohan D ev...........................................................................................................503-504 Shri Samik Lahiri.........................................................................................................................504-508 Prof. Prem Singh Chandumajra ................................................................................................ 508-512 (ii) LOK SABHA DEBATES LOK SABHA through local volunteers. Reviews of the scheme^ “Agricultural Extension through Voluntary Organisations" Tuesday, May 13, 1997/Vaisakha23, 1919 (Saka) have shown integration of the efforts of these organisations with the main extension system, improved linkages with The Lok Sabha met Two Minutes past Eleven of the the research system and that extension supportin the Clock project areas has been activated through demonstrations, farmers training and study tours. [S hri B asudeb A charia in the Chaii] Annexure I ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS The Salient Features of the Schemes [English] A. WOMEN IN AGRICULTURE Review of Agricultural Schemee The objective of thescheme isto motivate and mobilise *521. SHRIMATI SUMITRA MAHAJAN : Will the farm women to organisethem into groups sothat agricultural Minister of AGRICULTURE be pleased to state : support such as input, technology and extension support could be channelised through network of these groups. (a) whether the Government have reviewed the schemes called "Women in Agriculture” and "Agricultural Under Implementation on pilot basis since 93-64 in Extension"; seven selected States of the country viz. Kerala, Maharashtra, U.P., HP, Rajasthan, Haryana and Punjab (b) if so, the details thereof; covering one district in each State. (c) the names of NGOs involved in these schemes; Thetotal budget outlay forthe plan period is Rs.164.27 and lacs. (d) the role played by each of the NGOs in these A composite package of training and extension in the schemes? form of village based training/refresher training, link worker [Translation] training, result demonstrations, study tours and Mahila Goshties are imparted to the farm women. THE MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE (EXCLUDING THE DEPARTMENT OF ANIMAL HUSBANDRY AND B. AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION THROUGH DAIRYING) AND MINISTER OF CIVIL SUPPLIES, VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS CONSUMER AFFAIRS AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION The objective of the scheme is to integrate efforts of AND MINISTER OF FOOD (SHRI CHATURANAN selected NGOs with that of main extension system. MISHRA) : (a) to (d) A Statement is laid on the Table of the House. Under implementation on pilot basis since 94-95 in 8 Statement selected States viz. Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, UP, MP, Bihar, West Bengal, Manipur and Tripura covering 14 (a) Yes, Sir. The Central Government has, from time districts. to time, reviewed the schemes entitled "Women in Agriculture" and “Agricultural Extensionthrough Voluntary The total budget outlay for the plan period is Rs .200.00 Organisations". lacs. The Central Government has also recently constituted The selected NGOs are involved in carrying out an “Expert Committee on Women in Agriculture"to examine documentation of farming system, preparation of audio and evaluate the various on-going programmes/schemes visual aids, organisation of demonstrations, farmers training of the DAC and to assess their usefulness and impact on and study tours. women farmers and suggest appropriate measures for Annexure II their improvement. The Committee is in the process of finalizing the draft of its first Interim Report. Nemes of NGOs involved in Implementation of Schme - Agricultural Extension through Voluntary Organisations (b) The salient features of the schemes are enclosed at Annexure-I .The performance of theschemes is reviewed 1. Sri Aurobindo Institute of Rural Development through in field reviews, annual meeting-cum-workshops, Gaddipalli - 508 201. visits of inter-disciplinary teams and internal-consultancy Distt. Nalgonda, A.P. studies. Reviews of the scheme ’’Women in Agriculture” have revealed that the process of Transfer of Technology 2. Youth for Action, to the women farmers in the project areas