22.02.2011 1 C O N T E N T S Fifteenth Series, Vol. XV, Seventh Session, 2011/1932 (Saka) No. 2, Tuesday, February 22, 2011/Phalguna 3, 1932(Saka) S U B J E C T P A G E S INTRODUCTION OF MINISTERS 3 STATEMENT BY PRIME MINISTER 4-11 Constitution of a Joint Parliamentary Committee on the allocation of 2G Spectrum ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS ∗Starred Question Nos. 1 to 3 12-41 WRITTEN ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS 42-732 Starred Question Nos. 4 to 20 42-140 Unstarred Question Nos. 1 to 230 141-732 ∗ 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. 22.02.2011 2 PAPERS LAID ON THE TABLE 733-735 ASSENT TO BILLS 736 STANDING COMMITTEE ON FINANCE 737 31st Report STANDING COMMITTEE ON HOME AFFAIRS 737 (i) 148TH Report (ii) Evidence STATEMENT BY MINISTER Intent of the Governemnt to initiate a national debate on the need to have legislation for the development of sports at the national level and to deal with all matter connected therewith Shri Ajay Maken 738-739 ELECTIONS TO COMMITTEES 740-743 (i) Committee on Estimates 740 (ii) Committee on Public Accounts 740 (iii) Committee on Public Undertakings 741-742 (iv) Committee on Scheduled Castes and 743 Scheduled Tribes MATTERS UNDER RULE 377 766-778 (i) Need for provision of Hard Area Allowance to government servants working in all the islands of Lakshadweep and Nicobar Group of Islands Shri Hamdullah Sayeed 766 (ii) Need to strengthen security mechanism in trains and ensure running of trains as per their scheduled times Shri Anto Antony 767 (iii) Need to roll back the steep hike in price of Cement in the country Shri K. Sudhakaran 768 22.02.2011 3 (iv) Need to formulate a Central scheme for providing irrigation facilities to Adivasis who have been allotted land in Gadchiroli-Chimur Parliamentary Constituency of Maharashtra Shri Marotrao Sainuji Kowase 769 (v) Need to renovate Khadi Bhawans run by Khadi and Village Industries Commission and regularize the services of trading staff working in South Zone Shri Charles Dias 770 (vi) Need to set up a Wagon factory in Kazipet in Warangal Parliamentary Constitutuency, Andhra Pradesh Shri Rajaiah Siricilla 771 (vii) Need to approve the proposals submitted by the Govern ment of Madhya Pradesh for setting up de-addiction cum rehabilitation centres in the State and sacntiuon Central grants for the purpose Shri K. D. Deshmukh 772 (viii) Need to fill up the vacancies of Judges in Gujarat High Court Shrimati Jayshreeben Patel 772 (ix) Need to provide light and heavy duty cranes to Himachal Pradesh under National Highway Accident Relief service Scheme Shri Virender Kashyap 773 (x) Need to defer the levying of toll tax on Indore-Dewas by-pass of NH-3 till the six lanning of the by-pass is completed Shrimati Sumitra Mahajan 774 22.02.2011 4 (xi) Need to improve train services between Patna and Saharsa via Supaul in Bihar Shri Vishwa Mohan Kumar 775 (xii) Need to protect the Indian fishermen from the alleged excesses of Sri Lankan Navy Shri R. Thamaraiselvan 775 (xiii) Need to enact a law ensuring teaching of one regional language of the State especially mother tongue in the schools of the country Shri A. Sampath 776 (xiv) Need to strengthen the Wild Life Protection Laws and ensure its effective implementation to protect wild animals from poachers Shri Ganeshrao Nagorao Dudhgaonkar 777 (xv) Need to revive the unit of Cement Corporation of India in Adilabad, Andhra Pradesh Shri Ramesh Rathod 777 (xvi) Need to construct a four lane National Highway between Chhapra and Gopalganj in Bihar under phase- III of National Highways Development Project Shri Om Prakash Yadav 778 MOTION OF THANKS ON THE PRESIDENT’S ADDRESS 779-867 Shri P.C. Chacko 779-797 Shri Manish Tiwari 799-804 Shri Rajnath Singh 805-826 Shri Mulayam Singh Yadav 828-835 22.02.2011 5 Dr. Shafiqur Rahman Barq 836-841 Shri Sudip Bandyopadhyay 842-851 Shri Arjun Charan Sethi 852-855 Shri Anandrao Adsul 856-858 Shrimati Supriya Sule 859-865 Shri Jagdambika Pal 866-867 BUSINESS ADVISORY COMMITTEE 827 23rd Report OBSERVATION BY THE SPEAKER Amendments to the Motion of Thanks on the President’s Address 798 ANNEXURE – I 868-872 Member-wise Index to Starred Questions 868 Member-wise Index to Unstarred Questions 869-872 ANNEXURE – II 873-874 Ministry-wise Index to Starred Questions 873 Ministry-wise Index to Unstarred Questions 874 22.02.2011 6 OFFICERS OF LOK SABHA THE SPEAKER Shrimati Meira Kumar THE DEPUTY SPEAKER Shri Karia Munda PANEL OF CHAIRMEN Shri Basu Deb Acharia Shri P.C. Chacko Shrimati Sumitra Mahajan Shri Inder Singh Namdhari Shri Francisco Cosme Sardinha Shri Arjun Charan Sethi Dr. Raghuvansh Prasad Singh Dr. M. Thambidurai Shri Beni Prasad Verma Dr. Girija Vyas SECRETARY GENERAL Shri T.K. Viswanathan 22.02.2011 7 LOK SABHA DEBATES __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ LOK SABHA Tuesday, February 22, 2011/Phalguna 3, 1932(Saka) The Lok Sabha met at Eleven of the Clock [MADAM SPEAKER in the Chair] 22.02.2011 8 MADAM SPEAKER: Hon. Prime Minister. … (Interruptions) +ÉvªÉFÉ àÉcÉänªÉÉ : +ÉÉ{É {ãÉÉÒWÉ ¤Éè~ VÉÉ<A* …(´ªÉ´ÉvÉÉxÉ) MADAM SPEAKER: Nothing will go on record. (Interruptions) … ∗ +ÉvªÉFÉ àÉcÉänªÉÉ : +ÉÉ{É ãÉÉäMÉ ¤Éè~ VÉÉ<A* +ÉÉ{É ãÉÉäBÉEiÉÆjÉ BÉEÉÒ ¤ÉÉiÉ BÉEÉÊ®ªÉä àÉMÉ® <ºÉBÉEÉä xÉÉÒSÉä ®ÉÊJɪÉä* …(´ªÉ´ÉvÉÉxÉ) ∗ Not recorded 22.02.2011 9 11.01 hrs. INTRODUCTION OF MINISTERS THE PRIME MINISTER (DR. MANMOHAN SINGH): Hon. Madam Speaker, with your permission, I wish to introduce to you and, through you, to this august House my colleagues who have recently been inducted in the Council of Ministers. Cabinet Ministers 1. Shri Praful Patel - Minister of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises 2. Shri Shriprakash Jaiswal - Minister of Coal 3. Shri Salman Khursheed - Minister of Water Resources with additional charge of the Office of the Minister of Minority Affairs Minister of State (Independent Charge) 4. Shri Beni Prasad Verma - Minister of State of the Ministry of Steel Ministers of State 5. Shri Ashwani Kumar - Minister of State in the Ministries of Planning, Parliamentary Affairs, Science and Technology, and Earth Sciences 6. Shri K.C. Venugopal - Minister of State in the Ministry of Power 22.02.2011 10 11.02 hrs. STATEMENT BY PRIME MINISTER Constitution of Joint Parliamentary Committee on the allocation of 2G Spectrum THE PRIME MINISTER (DR. MANMOHAN SINGH): Madam Speaker, On account of the controversy relating to the allocation of 2G spectrum, the precious Winter Session of Parliament was lost. Our country can ill-afford a situation where Parliament is paralyzed and important legislative business is not allowed to be considered. In paralyzing Parliament, I believe, we all do disservice to those who have elected us. Madam, our Government is committed to root out corruption and has acted expeditiously and transparently in this direction. A CBI investigation into the allocation of 2G spectrum is being supervised by the Supreme Court. Also, the Public Accounts Committee of Parliament is seized of the matter and the Government is fully cooperating with it. We also have the report of the Independent Inquiry Committee set up under the Chairmanship of Justice Shivraj Patil, which is in the public domain. The Ministry of Communications and Information Technology has also acted with expedition. Madam, our Government believed that as all effective steps were being taken, we might have been able to persuade the Opposition not to insist on a JPC. We could not succeed in spite of our sincere efforts. We can ill-afford a situation where Parliament is not allowed to function during the crucial Budget Session. It is in these special circumstances that our Government agrees to the setting up of a Joint Parliamentary Committee. Madam, we are a functioning democracy and must strive to resolve our differences in a spirit of accommodation and collaboration, not confrontation. This, I hope, will renew our confidence in India's forward march. I am, therefore, requesting the hon. Speaker to proceed with the formation of a Joint Parliamentary Committee. 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