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WEDNESDAY, THE 17TH AUGUST, 2011 (The Rajya Sabha met in the Parliament House at 11-00 a.m.) #11-01 a.m. (The House adjourned at 11-01 a.m. and re-assembled at 11-31 a.m.) 11-31 a.m. 1. Statement by Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh, Prime Minister, made a statement on the situation arising out of the agitation launched by Shri Anna Hazare. The following Members spoke:— 1. Shri Arun Jaitley, Leader of the Opposition 2. Dr. V. Maitreyan 3. Shri Tiruchi Siva 4. Shri D. Raja 5. Shri Shivanand Tiwari 6. Shrimati Brinda Karat 7. Shri Pyarimohan Mohapatra 8. Dr. Manohar Joshi @1-04 p.m. (The House adjourned at 1-04 p.m. and re-assembled at 1-50 p.m.) 1-50 p.m. 9. Shri Mohan Singh 10. Shri Birendra Prasad Baishya 11. Shri Salman Khursheed, Minister of Law and Justice and Minister of Minority Affairs 12. Shri Satish Chandra Misra 13. Shri Ashwani Kumar, Minister of State in the Ministries of Planning; Science and Technology and Earth Sciences 14. Shri Mohammed Adeeb 15. Shri Tariq Anwar 16. Shri Ram Jethmalani 17. Sardar Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa # From 11-00 a.m. to 11-01 a.m. some points were raised. @ From 12-18 p.m. to 12-25 p.m. see item nos. 4 to 13. 127 RAJYA SABHA 18. Shri M.V. Mysura Reddy 19. Shri Ram Vilas Paswan 20. Shri Rajniti Prasad 21. Dr. Prabha Thakur 2. Starred Questions Answers to Starred Question Nos. 221 to 240 were laid on the Table. 3. Unstarred Questions Answers to Unstarred Question Nos. 1706 to 1860 were laid on the Table. *4. Papers Laid on the Table Kumari Selja (Minister of Culture and Minister of Housing and Urban Povery Alleviation) laid on the Table a copy each (in English and Hindi) of the following papers:— (a) Annual Report and Accounts of the Lakshadweep Building Development Board (LBDB), Kavaratti, for the year 2009-10, together with the Auditor's Report on the Accounts. (b) Reviews by Government on the Annual Report and Accounts of the above Board. (c) Statement giving reasons for the delay in laying the papers mentioned at (a) above. Shri Mullappally Ramachandran (Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs) laid on the Table:- I. A copy (in English and Hindi) of the Ministry of Home Affairs Notification No 309/2010/F.No 6-6(1)/2003-PR, dated the 10th October, 2010, publishing the Andaman and Nicobar Islands (grant-in-aid to Panchayati Raj Institutions) Rules, 2010, under Section 204 of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands (Panchayats) Regulation, 1994, along with delay statement. II. A copy each (in English and Hindi) of the following papers :— (a) Separate Audit Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India on the Accounts of the Port Blair Municipal Council, Port Blair, for the year 1998-99. * At 12-18 p.m. 128 17TH AUGUST, 2011 (b) Separate Audit Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India on the Accounts of the Port Blair Municipal Council, Port Blair, for the year 1999-2000. (c) Separate Audit Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India on the Accounts of the Port Blair Municipal Council, Port Blair, for the year 2000-01. (d) Separate Audit Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India on the Accounts of the Port Blair Municipal Council, Port Blair, for the year 2001-02. (e) Separate Audit Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India on the Accounts of the Port Blair Municipal Council, Port Blair, for the year 2002-03. (f) Separate Audit Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India on the Accounts of the Port Blair Municipal Council, Port Blair, for the year 2003-04. (g) Separate Audit Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India on the Accounts of the Port Blair Municipal Council, Port Blair, for the year 2004-05. (h) Separate Audit Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India on the Accounts of the Port Blair Municipal Council, Port Blair, for the year 2005-06. (i) Statement giving reasons for the delay in laying the papers mentioned at (a to h) above. Shri Jyotiraditya Madhavrao Scindia (Minister of State in the Ministry of Commerce and Industry) laid on the Table:- I. A copy (in English and Hindi) of the Ministry of Commerce and Industry (Department of Commerce) Notification No G.S.R. 784 (E), dated the 28th September, 2010, publishing the Special Economic Zone (Fourth Amendment) Rules 2010, under sub-section (3) of Section 55 of the Special Economic Zones Act, 2005, along with Statement of Objects and Reasons. II.(1) A copy each (in English and Hindi) of the following papers, under sub-section (1) of Section 619 A of the Companies Act, 1956:— 129 RAJYA SABHA (a) Twenty-sixth Annual Report and Accounts of the STCL Limited, Bangalore, for the year 2008-09, together with the Auditor's Report on the Accounts and the comments of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India thereon. (b) Twenty-seventh Annual Report and Accounts of the STCL Limited, Bangalore, for the year 2009-10, together with the Auditor's Report on the Accounts and the comments of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India thereon. (c) Reviews 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. III. A copy each (in English and Hindi) of the following papers:— (a) Forty-fifth Annual Report and Accounts of the Indian Council of Arbitration (ICA), New Delhi, for the year 2009-10, 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. Shri M.M. Pallam Raju (Minister of State in the Ministry of Defence) laid on the Table a copy each (in English and Hindi) of the following papers:— (a) Memorandum of Understanding between the Government of India (Ministry of Defence, Department of Defence Production) and the Mazagon Dock Limited, for the year 2011-12. (b) Memorandum of Understanding between the Government of India (Ministry of Defence, Department of Defence Production) and the Mishra Dhatu Nigam Limited, for the year 2011-12. Prof. Saugata Ray (Minister of State in the Ministry of Urban Development) laid on the Table a copy each (in English and Hindi) of the following papers:— (i)(a) Annual Report and Accounts of the National Institute of Urban Affairs (NIUA), New Delhi, for the year 2009-10, together with the Auditor's Report on the Accounts. 130 17TH AUGUST, 2011 (b) Statement by Government accepting the above Report. (c) Statement giving reasons for the delay in laying the papers mentioned at (a) above. (ii) Memorandum of Understanding between the Government of India (Ministry of Urban Development) and National Buildings Construction Corporation Limited (NBCC), for the year 2011-12. 12-19 p.m. 5. Reports of the Department Related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Transport, Tourism and Culture Shri Sitaram Yechury presented the following Reports (in English and Hindi) of the Department-related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Transport, Tourism and Culture:— (i) One Hundred and Seventy-first Report on the Functioning of Sahitya Akademi, Lalit Kala Akademi, Sangeet Natak Akademi and National School of Drama; and (ii) One Hundred and Seventy-second Report on the Development of Tourism in North-Eastern Region. 12-20 p.m. 6. Reports of the Department Related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Coal and Steel Shri Kishore Kumar Mohanty laid on the Table, a copy each (in English and Hindi) of the following Reports of the Department-related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Coal and Steel (2010-11):— (i) Thirteenth Report on Action Taken by the Government on the observations/recommendations contained in the Fourth Report on ‘Demands for Grants (2010-11)’ of the Ministry of Coal; (ii) Fourteenth Report on Action Taken by the Government on the observations/recommendations contained in the Fifth Report on ‘Demands for Grants (2010-11)’ of the Ministry of Mines; and (iii) Fifteenth Report on Action Taken by the Government on the observations/recommendations contained in the Sixth Report on ‘Demands for Grants (2010-11)’ of the Ministry of Steel. 131 RAJYA SABHA 12-21 p.m. 7. Reports of Committee on Empowerment of Women Dr. Prabha Thakur laid on the Table, a copy each (in English and Hindi) of the following Reports of the Committee on Empowerment of Women (2010-11):— (i) Ninth Report on Action Taken by the Government on the recommendations contained in the Sixth Report (Fifteenth Lok Sabha) of the Committee on the subject 'Women in Paramilitary Forces'; and (ii) Tenth Report on the subject ‘Women in Armed Forces'. 12-22 p.m. 8. Reports of the Department Related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Energy Shrimati Shobhana Bhartia laid on the Table, a copy each (in English and Hindi) of the following Reports of the Department-related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Energy (2010-11):— (i) Seventeenth Report on Action Taken by the Government on the recommendations contained in the Eleventh Report (Fifteenth Lok Sabha) on ‘Renewable Energy for Rural Applications’; (ii) Eighteenth Report on ‘Demands for Grants (2011-12)’ of the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy; and (iii) Nineteenth Report on ‘Demands for Grants (2011-12)’ of the Ministry of Power. 9. Statements of the Department Related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Energy Shrimati Shobhana Bhartia laid on the Table, a copy each (in English and Hindi) of the following Statements of the Department-related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Energy (2010-11):— (i) Action Taken by the Government on the recommendations contained in Chapter-I