08.05.2012 1 C O N T E N T S Fifteenth Series, Vol. XXV, Tenth Session, 2012/1934 (Saka) No. 24, Tuesday, May 8, 2012/Vaisakha 18, 1934 (Saka) S U B J E C T P A G E S WELCOME TO PARLIAMENTARY DELEGATION 2 FROM THE KINGDOM OF SAUDI ARABIA OBITUARY REFERENCE 3 ORAL ANSWER TO QUESTION Starred Question No.441 4-7 WRITTEN ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS Starred Question Nos.442 to 460 9-75 Unstarred Question Nos.5061 to 5290 76-612 08.05.2012 2 REFERENCE BY THE SPEAKER Birth Anniversary of Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore 613 PAPERS LAID ON THE TABLE 614-621 MESSAGE FROM RAJYA SABHA 622 STANDING COMMITTEE ON EXTERNAL AFFAIRS 623 13th and 14th Reports STANDING COMMITTEE ON COAL AND STEEL (i) 25th and 26th Reports 623 (ii) Statements 624 STANDING COMMITTEE ON HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE 58th and 59th Reports 625 STATEMENTS BY MINISTERS (i) Status of implementation of the recommendations contained in the 23rd Report of the Standing Committee on Agriculture on Demands for Grants (2011-12) and further action based on the comments contained in the 29th Report of the Committee, pertaining to the Department of Agricultural Research and Education (DARE), Ministry of Agriculture Dr. Charan Das Mahant 626 (ii)Status of implementation of the recommendations contained in the 152nd Report of the Standing Committee on Home Affairs on “Revamping and Revitalization of Civil Defence in the country”, pertaining to the Ministry of Home Affairs. Shri Mullapally Ramachandran 627 (iii) Status of implementation of the recommendations contained in the 14th Report of the Standing Committee on Urban Development on Demands for Grants (2011-12), pertaining to the Ministry of Urban Development Prof. Saugata Roy 628 08.05.2012 3 (iv)(a)Status of implementation of the recommendations contained in the 21st Report of the Standing Committee on Agriculture on Infrastructural Facilities for Development of Food Processing Industries, pertaining to the Ministry of Food Processing Industries 629 (iv) (b)Status of implementation of the recommendations contained in the 25th Report of the Standing Committee on Agriculture on Demands for Grants (2011-12), pertaining to the Ministry of Food Processing Industries Dr. Charan Das Mahant 629 MATTERS UNDER RULE 377 631-647 (i) Need to develop the Berhampur Court railway station in Murshidabad district, West Bengal as a model station and create the requisite infrastructure. Shri Adhir Chowdhury 632 (ii) Need to provide stoppage of various trains at railway stations in Bhiwani-Mahendragarh Parliamentary constituency, Haryana Shrimati Shruti Choudhry 633 (iii) Need to construct a FCI godown at Chamarajanagar district headquarters and also enhance the additional beneficiaries under Antyodaya Anna Yojana in Chamarajanagar district in Karnataka. Shri R. Dhruvanarayana 634 (iv) Need to expedite the construction of a Trauma Centre in Faizabad Parliamentary Constituency, Uttar Pradesh Dr. Nirmal Khatri 635 08.05.2012 4 (v) Need to evolve a policy to place social work education under a recognized council. Shrimati Botcha Jhansi Lakshmi 636 (vi) Need to establish a new Kendriya Vidyalaya in Sabarkantha Parliamentary Constituency, Gujarat Dr. Mahendrasinh P. Chauhan 637 (vii) Need to start train service from Katihar in Bihar to southern parts of the country Shri Nikhil Kumar Choudhary 638 (viii) Need to expedite presidential assent to the proposal of Legislative Assembly of Gujarat to include Gujarati as one of the official languages of Gujarat High Court Shrimati Jayshreeben Patel 639 (ix) Need to formulate a comprehensive policy for the agriculture sector Shri Virendra Kumar 640 (x) Need to accord the status of University to P.G. College, Attara in Chitrakoot Mandal, Uttar Pradesh and also to provide funds for establishment of Universities in each Mandal of the State Shri R.K. Singh Patel 641 (xi) Need to set up a Central University in Bihar Shri Kaushalendra Kumar 642 (xii) Need to start interlinking of Pennar and Palar rivers in Tamil Nadu. Shri Abdul Rahman 643 08.05.2012 5 (xiii) Need to set up a Passport Seva Kendra in Palakkad district, Kerala. Shri P. K. Biju 644 (xiv) Need to commence train service from Tenkasi to Thiruvananthapuram-Kanyakumari-Tuticorinn Tiruchendur and Tirunelveli in Tamil Nadu. Shri P. Lingam 645 (xv) Need to start work on setting up of land port at Hili in Balurghat Parliamentary Constituency, West Bengal. Shri Prasanta Kumar Majumdar 646 (xvi) Need to provide piped natural gas to the people in Palghar Parliamentary Constituency, Maharashtra Shri Baliram Jadhav 647 FINANCE BILL, 2012 648-765 Motion to Consider 648-717 Shri Kalyan Banerjee 648-653 Shri T.R. Baalu 654-658 Shri Dara Singh Chauhan 659-661 Shri Bansa Gopal Chowdhury 662-666 Shri Nama Nageswara Rao 667-670 Shri Chelurvaraya Swamy 671-674 Shri Prem Das Rai 675-676 Dr. Tarun Mandal 677-679 Shri Kameshwar Baitha 680-681 Shri Deepender Singh Hooda 682-685 Shri Badruddin Ajmal 686-687 08.05.2012 6 Shri Sanjay Singh Chauhan 687 Shri Neeraj Shekhar 688 Shri Kaushalendra Kumar 689-691 Shri M.B. Rajesh 692-693 Shri L.K. Advani 694-695 Shri Pranab Mukherjee 695-716 Clauses 2 to 156 and 1 717-764 Motion to Pass 765 RIGHT OF CHILDREN TO FREE AND COMPULSORY EDUCATION (AMENDMENT) BILL, 2012 766 Motion to Consider 766 Shri Kapil Sibal 766 ANNEXURE – I Member-wise Index to Starred Questions 767 Member-wise Index to Unstarred Questions 768-773 ANNEXURE – II Ministry-wise Index to Starred Questions 774 Ministry-wise Index to Unstarred Questions 775 08.05.2012 7 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 Dr. Girija Vyas Shri Satpal Maharaj SECRETARY GENERAL Shri T.K. Viswanathan 08.05.2012 8 LOK SABHA DEBATES __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ LOK SABHA ---------- Tuesday, May 8, 2012/Vaisakha 18, 1934 (Saka) The Lok Sabha met at Eleven of the Clock [MADAM SPEAKER in the Chair] 08.05.2012 9 WELCOME TO PARLIAMENTARY DELEGATION FROM THE KINGDOM OF SAUDI ARABIA MADAM SPEAKER: Hon. Members, I have to make an announcement. On behalf of the hon. Members of the House and on my own behalf, I have great pleasure in welcoming His Excellency Dr. Abdullah Bin Mohammed Bin Ibrahim Al Al-Sheikh, Speaker of Majlis Ash Shura (Consultative Council) and the accompanying Parliamentary Delegation from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia who are on a visit to India as our honoured guests. They arrived in India on Monday, the 7th May, 2012. They are now seated in the Special Box. We wish them a fruitful and enjoyable stay in our country. Through them, we also convey our greetings and best wishes to His Majesty King Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud, the Government and the friendly people of Saudi Arabia. 08.05.2012 10 11.02 hrs OBITUARY REFERENCE MADAM SPEAKER: Hon. Members, I have to inform the House about the sad demise of our former colleague, Shri Tek Lal Mahato. Shri Tek Lal Mahato was a Member of the Fourteenth Lok Sabha representing the Giridih parliamentary constituency of Jharkhand. Earlier, he was also a Member of Bihar and Jharkhand Legislative Assemblies. An able parliamentarian, Shri Mah ato served as a Member of various Committees in Lok Sabha. He passed away on 27th September, 2011 at Ranchi at the age of 67. We deeply mourn the loss of our friend and I am sure the House would join me in conveying our condolences to the bereaved family. The House may now stand in silence for a short while as a mark of respect to the memory of the departed. 11.02 ¼ hrs. The Members then stood in silence for a short while. MADAM SPEAKER: Q..441. Shri Adhir Chowdhury. 08.05.2012 11 … (Interruptions) gÉÉÒ BÉEÉÆÉÊiÉ ãÉÉãÉ £ÉÚÉÊ®ªÉÉ (®iÉãÉÉàÉ): àÉcÉänªÉÉ, àÉvªÉ |Énä¶É ºÉ®BÉEÉ® ÉÊBÉEºÉÉxÉÉå BÉEÉÒ ciªÉÉ cÉä ®cÉÒ cè, ãÉÉ~ÉÒSÉÉVÉÇ cÉä ®cÉ cè*...(BªÉ´ÉvÉÉxÉ) +ÉvªÉFÉ àÉcÉänªÉÉ : +ÉÉ{É ãÉÉäMÉ ¤Éè~ VÉÉ<A* …(´ªÉ´ÉvÉÉxÉ) MADAM SPEAKER: Nothing else will go on record. (Interruptions) … ∗ MADAM SPEAKER: Nothing else will go on record. (Interruptions) … * SHRI P. KUMAR (TIRUCHIRAPPALLI): The Home Minister Shri P. Chidambaram should resign. … (Interruptions) 11.04 hrs At this stage, Shri P. Kumar and some other hon. Members came and stood on the floor near the Table. … (Interruptions) MADAM SPEAKER: Please take your seats. What is all this going on? The House stands adjourned to meet again at Twelve of the clock. 11.05 hrs The Lok Sabha then adjourned till Twelve of the Clock. ∗ Not recorded. 08.05.2012 12 12.00 hrs The Lok Sabha re-assembled at Twelve of the Clock. (Madam Speaker in the Chair) REFERENCE BY THE SPEAKER Birth Anniversary of Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore MADAM SPEAKER: Hon. Members, as you are aware, today marks the 151st birth anniversary of Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore, author of the National Anthem - Jana Gana Mana. Shri Tagore was a versatile literary figure whose novels and poetry enthralled the freedom fighters. He was the first non-European to win the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1913 for his work Gitanjali. On this occasion, the House fondly remembers this great son of India and poet par excellence. 08.05.2012 13 12.02 hrs PAPERS LAID ON THE TABLE MADAM SPEAKER: Now, Papers to be laid on the Table. … (Interruptions) 12.02 ¼ hrs At this stage, Shri K. Sugumar and some other hon. Members came and stood on the floor near the Table MADAM SPEAKER: Nothing else will go on record.