f Sixth Series, Vol. XX— No. n Monday, December 4, 1978 Agrahayana 13, 1900 (Saka) LOK SABHA DEBATES (Sixth Session) JKWJ JpFI (Vol. X X contains Nos. 11—20) LOK SABHA SECRETARIAT NEW DELHI P rice : R s. 4.00 CONTENTS (Sixth Series, Volume XX, Sixth Session, 197*) No. 11, Monday, December4, *97*1 Agrahayana 13,1900 (Saka) C olu m n s M ember Sworn .......................................................................... 1 Welcan; to the British Parliamentary Delegation . 1 Oral Answers to Questions : •Starred Questions Nos. 202, 203,206,211, 213, 214, 217 and ...........................................................................................................................2 “ “ 43 Written Answers to Questions : St 1 ’red Q leUions Nos. 204, 205. 207 to 210, 212, 215, 216 and 218 to 220 . • 43 55 Unstarred Questions Nos. 1984 to 199 °> *992 to 2084 and 2086 to 2183 .........................................................................55-244 Papers Laid on the Table ...................................................... 245— 47 Messages from Rajya Sabha 247 Calling Attention to Matter of Urgent Public Importance- Reported strike by non-teaching staff of Delhi University- 247— 56 Shri Anant Ram J a i s w a l .............................................. 4 ^— 54 Dr. Pratap Chandra Chunder.............................................. 254-5S Shri Harikesh Bahadur ...•••• 254—•*56 Public Accounts Committee— s Mi vrty-Second and Ninety-Fifth Reports .... 25o Tbommittee on Petitions— 1 Sixth Report .............. ........................................................... 25 Matters Under Rule 377— (i) Rsported demand to increase the price of paddy in Southern States— Shri P. Rajagopal Naidu • ■ • 257”5 (ii) Film F i n a n c e Corporation and the Indian Motion Pic­ tures Export Corporation— Dr. Vasant Kumar Pandit . 25 (in) R ' i rrted failure of the Nationalised Banks in rendering sJtficicnr assistance to the weaker sections of the Society and to the Small Scale Sector— Shri K. Lakkappa . .......... 2 5 8 ^ 0 I 'M V > * • - i r »;iit incidents in the border town of Poonch. Dr. Karan S i n g h ....................................................... z6°^ ll th“ Ihe4U“ti°n (ii) C o l u m n s Motion Re. Situation arising out of recent communal riots in Different parts of the country 261— 366 * Prof. Samar Guha 261— 7* Shri Vasant Sathe . 271— 78 Shri Harikesh Bahadur 281— 87 Shri Yashwantrao Chavan 287— 92 Shri Rasheed Masood 292— 321 Shri Jyotirmoy Bosu 321— 28 Dr. Sushila Nayar 328— 32 S x. i M. N. Govindan Nair 332— 35 Shri Vijay Kumar Malhotra 335— 4° Shri G. M. Banatwalla . 340— 44 Shri Bilwant Singh Ramoowalia 345—49 Shri Abdul Ahad Vakil . 349—54 Shri Anant Ram Jaiswal . 354—60 . Shri C. K. Jaffer Sharief 360— 64 Dr. Subramaniam Swamy 364— 66 Half-an-Hour Discussion— Demolitions in Tughlakabad 366— 78 Shri P. Rajagopal Naidu . 367— 69 Shri Sikandar Bakbt 369 -7^ 375— 78 Shri A. R. Badri Narayan 370—73 Shri B. Rachaiah . 37^ Shri K. Mallanna . 372-73 Shri Yuvrai • 373—75 LOK SABBA DEBATES i 2 LO K SABHA ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS Monday, Deember 4, itflBfArgrtcnma 13, OTTO* t iw r r t ir 1900 {Saka) + Tht L'tk Sabha met at Eleven of the Clock * 2 0 2 . : FMr. Speaker in t/u chair] MEMBER SWORN w ff ir «rlr ftn rrf r o t *nrr Shri Ajit Kumar Mehta (Samasti- pur) • fa*** JJf ^cTRTT iptt ^ far : WELCOME TO THE BRITISH ( * ) 3* Trnff % ?mT wt | PARLIAMENTARY DELEGATION 1 9 7 7 -7 8 ^ 'TT* MR. SPEAKER : Hon’blc Members, *prnsr’ m f r m ' % ir tfa at the outset, I have to make an announce* ment. <rrft jfi^rrr^ ^rre ?T«rr fvrrf^g’ On my own behalf and on behalf of the t ; Hon’ble Members of the House. I have great ( * ) 1 9 7 7 -7 8 % 3f c R pleasure in welcoming the Rt. Hon. t o srt^RT % sR^rap r m Earl of Listowel and Hon’ble Members of the British Parliamentary Delegation % *rr-w fsnrnr *mr fa* ; who an* on a visit to India as our honoured (*t) % tnffr for uests. The other Hon’ble Members of the de­ 9 RVT7 8TRTF<TTf l i t VRTBTRlfr legation are :— ^ vf$ivt t o « m T (1) Mr. Hugh, Alexis Louis Rossi, M.P. S 1TRT ^T^rr ; «ftr (а) Mr. Ivor M. Clemitson, M.P. ( w ) w* 1 9 7 8 -7 9 % t f T R (3) Mir. Hugh McCartney, M.P. x m f«FcRT srram fo r - (4) Mr. Eric John Sever, M.P. fr?r fatrc *ptt ? (5) Miss Janet Evelyn Fookes, M.P. X (б) Mr. Ivan Lawrence, M.P. THE MINISTER OF STATE IN rTHE MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE 1 The delegation Arrived here on Saturday, AND IRRIGATION (SHRI BHANU the 2nd December, 1978. PRATAP SINGH) : (a) During 1977*78, 'Food for Work programme* was taken They are now seated in the Special Bov. up or implementation in 14 States, namely Through them we convey our greetings and Assam, Bihar, Himachal itauMb, Kar* belt wUies to the Bn-Uitnent and iriend- natmka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maha- \y people of Britain. mhtra, Ori«a, Punjab, Rajasthan, Uttar Pnuiesh and West wngal. 109618— 1 I Oral Anmoer* DECEMBER 4 1978 Oral Answtn 4 (b) A statement showing the schemes tories free of cost as an additionality to their implemented is various States during resource*. 1977-78 is enclosed (Statexneat-I). (d) The statement indicating the quan- titim of distributed to (c) The fbodgrains under the schcnut an State d u r ^ T ^ c ) is enclosed (State- supplied to the State Govts./Unfan Terri- ment-II). Statement—I Stattmtnt indicating tkt idmus implenwnted in Q vm * SiaU* 1, Assam ..... Maintenance of irrigation and Flood Control works Roads and Bridges. 3. B i h a r '.......................................Construction of Minor Irrigation works;*fid roads, main­ tenance of roads, soil conservation. 5. Himachal Pradesh . Maintenance of Rural Rftads and irrgation works. 4. Karnataka....................................Maintenance of Major, Medium and minor irrigation works, roads, afforestation. , Construction of Minor irrigation works, village roads, buildings and b^lwadies. 6. Madhya Pradesh . Construction and maintenance of roads, major and minor irrigation works and water conveyance system afforestation, Soil conservation works, local commum* works belonging to Panchayats. 7. Maharashtra , Canals of major and medium irrigation projects mim ; irrigation works, soil and moisture conservation, land development afforestation, road* etc. Orissa ..... Roads, irrigation (Major & Minor) soil conservation works Development of pastures control of stream bank erosion, plantation etc. 9. Punjab ..... Link Roads, State high-ways, maintenance of buildings water supply s ?he ne t, construction of tanks and check dams, Flood cantrol measures plantation and main* tenance of canals. 10. Rajasthan .... Repair and restoration of fbod damage J works. 11. * » • P-W.D. Roads, R ^ d f ia W»ndj Saniitjtt, irrigation. *orks, foreit wirfci, Pmchayati Raj works etc. 19 . W ejtJfeogtf ifipw *M#r w»yi, r«pau«» tt) «mba®lu»<!Ots village R >ii), b >.*3 bivK is Mwratfeft «f tanks M canals,sail o starvation and affxeayttfofl* O m Answers AG RAH AYANA 13, 1900 (SAKA) Oral Answers 6 ■MtauaHB PX 3 3 \Z S3 OF IM ?LEM 3N TATION OF FOOD FOR WORK PROGRAMME IQtMtities of foodgrains allt t k d and released during 1978-79. (M. Tonnes) * Quantities of foodgrains Quantities offood- State allocatcd during the grains released during year 1978-79. >978-79 (M. Tonnes) Wheat Rice 1. Andhra Pradesh 55000 36000 10,000 2. Assam 3. Bihar 300000 100000 25,000 4. Gujarat 50000 15000 • * 3. Haryana I4OOO 2000 •• ti. Himachal Pradeah 3000 •• •* 7. Karnataka 50000 15000 •• ■8. Kerala . 50000 10000 • • ■9. Madhya Pradesh 13500 56000 • • n»o. Maharashtra. 71000 • • 11. Orissa . 300000 155000 25,000 ns. Puiyab . 63000 16000 .. •ttti ■■ , rig. Rajasthan 138000 9500 ~ 14. Tripura . lOOOO 4000 •• 15. Uttar Pradrsh 1 IIOOO 45000 •• «6. West Bengal . 305000 87500 12,500 17. Mizoram 1200 1200 •• 1336200 637700 72,500 P r t snrj ?wr fM far *fpJ fanT TTO w w w m : aritr i $ *TPr4ta ifcft * r m r w * *r, W vr ^r ^ ^rjprr fv w * f^rer jtW it *?m ft fr.ffc t[«rTt «r««Trf if jujtht n rr »l?fr «ft *n flra% :'w m , % * i% forr nn i ^rsr ™ vrftw r ? fcr art «mr v t ^ t TTvr *«r-**nr 7 Oral Answers DECEMBER 4, 1978 Oral Answers & far tTTTo q^fo rro sfa if ^ 5FT s f t w r c ’ ^TSJT *Fl[|[| fW M r fflTT ? WT f T O fa R wrnrf <rc # ^h trt | ^ ^ s i w z m w u t *tht t *rr ?r$r ? 'TT SWltfl f I j """SHRI JYOTIRMOY BOSU : WiJlthc . «ft h r s s t n f?qr: s t m , hon. Minister kindly state the stattwuc rogranime formulated for 1978-79 and. ffT.t f^TT ^n^TT f % ^ JTi^PTT «FT employment generated for 1977-78 and’ whether only rice will be given to areas %^?T ^ T T T T t <37*ft SFT^H ^ *TT which are primarily rice eating areas? ffnffar «Nlf 3r Tr^nrrr f b m r «n i Whether outright cash assistance to en­ hance the bargaining power of the agricul­ $*rct wt?t t ^ T^rr g fa; s?r tural labourers with the owners of the land will be considered ; if not, why not ? JTT3FTT ^ rr^FT $ srHPTTOT f f^RH t rsv flnrrRT srT?n f t SHRI BHANU PRATAP SINGH : In the year 1977-78, 2,04,580 tonnes of | fa? S 3TC5FT «FW(fadV vm&x f o r r s f oodgrains were allocated. The quantity already utilised by the State Government farcni sm > i m pm r wr$ *?t i generated employment for about 1.4 lakh persons. In terms of mandays, it is 393/ f*T TT55T flR V R % feFTPFT HT *P© equivalent to 1.41 lakh manycars.