Thirteenth Series. Vol. XXXII, No. 20 Monday, April 7.2003 Cbaitra J7. 1925 (Sakal LOK SABHA DEBATES (English Version) Twelfth Session (Thirteenth Lok Sabha) Gaz(!tt~3 ", ("'~l1tes Unit Parliam::;-,) Li'J~Ji'l GUllding BOOin I't ..' to B -U2.5 ~Iock 'G' (Vol. XXXII contains Nos. II to 20) LOK SABHA SECRETARIAT NEW DELHI Price : Rs. 50.00 EDITORIAL BOARD G.C. Malhotra Secretary-General Lok Sabha Dr. P.K. Sandhu Joint Secretary Sharda Prasad Principal Chief Editor Kiran Sahni Chief Editor Parrnesh Kumar Sharma Senior Editor Sarita Nagpal Editor [ORIGINAL ENGLISH PROCEEDINGS INCLUDED IN ENGlISH VERSION AND ORIGINAL HINDI PROCEEDINGS INCLUDED IN HINDI VERSION WILL DE TREATED AS AUll10RlTATIVE AND NOT nte TRANSlATION lliEREOF.] CONTENTS [Thirteenth Series, Vol. XXXII, Twelfth Session. 200311925 (SakaJ) No. 20, Monday, AprH 7, 2CICJ3ICMItni 17, 1925 (Sekll) SUBJECT OBITUARY REFERENCES .............................................................................................................................. SUSPENSION OF QUESTION HOUR Regarding situation in Iraq ....•.........................•.•...•••.•.•••.•.......•...•••.•.•....•.........•..........•...•.....•.......... ... 2--30 WRITIEN ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS ·Starred Question Nos. 341-360 ................•.•...•............................•.....•....•.•...•.••••••..•••...•.•...............••. 3()-..61 Unstarred Question Nos. 3491-3720 .....................................................................•............................. 61-406 PAPERS LAID ON THE TABLE .................................................................................................................... 409-10 MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT ............................................................................................................. 410-11 STANDING COMMITIEE ON EXTERNAL AFFAIRS Eleventh Report ...............................................................................................................................•....• 411 STANDING COMMITIEE ON INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY Forty-Sixth to Forty-eighth Reports ..................................................................................................... 411 INDIAN COUNCIL OF WORLD AFFAIRS (AMENDMENT) BILL-Intmduced .............................................. 411--412 MATIERS UNDER RULE 3n (i) Need to introduce a local train between Ahmedabad and Abu Road and extend Arawall Express upto Mumbai Central Shri Haribhai Chaudhary .............................................................................................. 412 (ii) Need to withdraw excise duty and sales tax under VAT. Imposed on powerIoom industry in Rajasthan Prof. Rasa Singh Rawat .............................................................................................. 413 (iii) Need to ensure proper utilisation of fundi for development of forest land particularly In Himachal Pradesh Shri Maheshwar Singh ................................................................................................. 413--414 (iv) Need to develop Wilson Hill in Dharampur area of BaIear Partiamentary Con8IItuency. Gujarat as place of tourist Importance Shri Manibhai Rarnjlbhai Chaudhri ............................................................................. 414 (v) Need to set up Food Procalling Indultries in Domariaganj P8I'Iiana1tary ConeIIUncy, U.P. Shri RarnpaI SIf91 .................. _ ................................................................................. 414-415 (ii) ColuMNs SUbJECT (vi) Need to ensure proper maintenance of National Highway No. 28 A between Indo-Nepal border and Raxaul in Bihar Dr. M.P. Jaiswal ........................................................................................................... 415 (vii) Need to upgrade the old Kanpur Railway Station as a major station Shri Shriprakash Jaiswal ............................................................................................. 415 (viii) Need to provide financial assistance to the Government of Orissa for upgradation of Angul- Tikarpara road in Orissa Shri K.P. Singh Deo .................................................................................................... 416 (ix) Need to provide better telephone facilities in Barmer and Jaisalmer districts, Rajasthan Col. (Retd.) Sona Ram Choudhary ........................................................................... 416 (xl Need to take steps; to solve the problems faced by depositors of Postal Savings Accounts in Kerala Shri Ramesh Chennithala ............................................................................................ 417 (xi) Need to consider the altemative proposals of the Govemment of West Bengal for construction of East-West Corridor of the National Highway running through northem part of Jalpaiguri district, West Bengal Shrimati Minati Sen ...................................................................................................... 417-418 (xii) Need to provide additional Central assistance for welfare of tribals in Parvathipuram Parliamentary Constituency of Andhra Pradesh Dr. D.V.G. Shankar Rao ............................................................................................. 418 (xiii) Need to have a transparent policy on disinvestment Shri Ramji Lal Suman ................................................................................................ 418--419 (xiv) Need to expedite completion of oil refinery project at Paradeep, Orissa Shri Trilochan Kanungo ............................................................................................... 419 (xv) Need to open more post offices in Ponnani and entire district of Malappuram in Kerala Shri G.M. Banatwalla ................................................................................................... 419-420 LOK SABHA DEBATES LOK SABHA 11.01 hra. (The Members then stood in silence for a short while.) McxIday, Apd 7, 2OO3'ChaiI1a 17, 1925 (Saka) The Lok Sabha met at Eleven of the Clock 11.03 hr•. [MR. SPEAKER in the Chair) SUSPENSION OF QUESTION HOUR OBITUARY REFERENCES Regarding Situation In Iraq {English] (English] MR. SPEAKER: Hon. Members, I have to inform the ... (lnterruptions) House of the sad demise of one of our former colleagues, Shri Gopal Outt Mengi. SHRI PRIVA RANJAN OASMUNSI (Raiganj): Sir, we have given notice for Adjournment Motion on the on· Shri Gopal Outt Mengi was a Member of the Third going crisis in Iraq . ... (lnterruptions) lok Sabha from 1962 to 1967 representing the State of Jammu and Kashmir. MR. SPEAKER: I have received several notices of Adjournment Motion and also a notice for suspension of Earlier, Shri Mengi was a Member of the Jammu Question Hour has been received by me. The notices on and Kashmir legislature during 1946. Adjournment Motion are on 'Aggression on Iraq by the United States and UK Coalition Forces'. The notices have A person with a religious bent of mind, Shri Mengi been received from the following Members. They are, was President of Jammu and Kashmir Rajya Hindu Sabha Shri Ram Vilas Paswan, Shri Ramji Lal Suman, Shri and member of Shri Sanatan Oharam Sabha, Jammu Subodh Roy, Shri Basu Deb Acharia, Kunwar Akhilesh and Oogri Sanstha, Jammu. Singh, Shri G.M. Banatwalla, Shri Priya Ranjan Oasmunsi, Shri Jaipal Reddy, Shri Rupchand Pal, Shri Somnath Shri Mengi was an active social and political worker. Chatte~ee and Shri Sunil Khan. He took active part in labour and co-operative movements. There is also a notice from Shri Basudeb Acharia, Shri Gopal Outt Mengi passed away on 11 February, Shri Ajoy Chakraborty and Shri V. Radhakrishnan 2003 at Jammu at the age of 89. regarding an alleged attack by police on Members of Parliament while demonstrating in different parts of Kerala We deeply mourn the loss of this friend and I am on 17th March, 2003. sure the House would join me in conveying our condolences to the bereaved family. Shri Ramdas Athawale also has given a notice regarding killing of a dalit in Nandurburg district in As the hon. Members are aware, 24 persons were Maharashtra. massacred by terrorists at Nadimarg village in Pulwama district of Jammu and Kashmir on 24 March, 2003. Shri J.S. Brar has given a notice regarding political murder of the former Home Minister of Gujarat. These We deeply mourn the loss of lives of these innocent are all the notices that I have received. people and strongly deplore this inhuman and cowardly I have also received several notices regarding act of violence. suspension of Question Hour for discussing 'Aggression The House may place on record its deep sense of on Iraq by the United States and UK Coalition Forces'. grief on this tragedy. These notices have been given by Shri Basu Oeb Acharia, Shri Priya Ranjan Oasmunsi, Shri G.M. Banatwalla, The House may now stand in silence for a short Kunwar Akhilesh Singh, Shri M.O.H. Farooq, while as a mark of respect to the memory of the departed Shri Rupchand Pal, Shri K.H. Muniyappa, Shri E.M.S. souls. Natchiappan and Shri Ram Vilas Paswan. Suspension of Question Hour 4 APRil 7, 2003 3 Suspension of Question Hour This is the most urgent matter. That is why we want I have also received a notice from the hon. Minister that the Question Hour should be suspended and we of External Affairs. He wants to make a statement in the should immediately take up the Adjournment Motion on House on the seme subject. this unprovoked attack on Iraq and the failure of the Therefore, when the issue will come up for a Govemment of India to take a clear stand on the issue. discussion here,. [Translation] ..