14.03.2017 1 C O N T E N T S Sixteenth Series, Vol. XXII, Eleventh Session, 2017/1938 (Saka) No. 10, Tuesday, March 14, 2017/Phalguna 23, 1938 (Saka) S U B J E C T P A G E S ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS Starred Question Nos. 161 to 165 13-52 WRITTEN ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS Starred Question Nos. 166 to 180 53-100 Unstarred Question Nos. 1841 to 2070 101-657 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. 14.03.2017 2 PAPERS LAID ON THE TABLE 658-665 STATEMENTS BY MINISTER 666-672 (i) Recent attack on security forces at Sukma, Chhattisgarh Shri Rajnath Singh 666-670 (ii) Status of implementation of the recommendations contained in the 22nd Report of the Standing Committee on Chemicals and Fertilizers on Demands for Grants (2016-17), pertaining to the Department of Chemicals and Petrochemicals, Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers Shri Mansukh L. Mandaviya 671 MOTION RE: FORTIETH REPORT OF BUSINESS ADVISORY COMMITTEE 672-673 GOVERNMENT BILLS - Introduced (i) Footwear Design and Development Institute Bill, 2017 674 (ii) Inter-State River Water Disputes (Amendment) Bill, 2017 675-681 SUBMISSION BY MEMBER Re: Need to conduct CBI probe into the death of former Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu 683-684, 715 14.03.2017 3 MATTERS UNDER RULE 377 685-714 (i) Need to enhance the salary and improve service conditions of para-teachers in the country Dr. Ravindra Kumar Ray 686 (ii) Need to promote sale and use of indigenous consumer products in the country Shri Subhash Chandra Baheria 687 (iii) Need to develop Charkhari fort in Hamirpur Parliamentary Constituency, Uttar Pradesh as a tourist place Kunwar Pushpendra Singh Chandel 688 (iv) Need to establish a girls' school and degree college in Amroha Parliamentary Constituency, Uttar Pradesh Shri Kanwar Singh Tanwar 689 (v) Need to run a local train between Mumbai and Bhiwandi in Maharashtra Shri Kapil Moreshwar Patil 690 (vi) Need to provide stoppage of Gandhidham-Garba Express (Train No. 12937) and Gandhidham - Kamakhya Express (Train No. 15667) at Gangapur city railway station, Rajasthan and also provide the facility of escalator at the railway station Shri Sukhbir Singh Jaunapuria 691 (vii) Need to ensure extension of benefits of Fasal Bima Yojana to farmers in Bihar Dr. Bhola Singh 692 14.03.2017 4 (viii) Need to develop places of religious and historical importance in Jalgaon and surrounding areas in Maharashtra under Pilgrimage Rejuvenation and Spirituality Augmentation Drive scheme Shri A. T. Nana Patil 693 (ix) Need to provide sufficient mobile medical vans in Palamu Parliamentary Constituency, Jharkhand Shri Vishnu Dayal Ram 694 (x) Need to send a team of doctors to Maharajganj Parliamentary Constituency, Uttar Pradesh to report and suggest remedial measures on prevalence of chicken pox in the region Shri Pankaj Chaudhary 695 (xi) Need to construct sluice gates on rivers originating from Nepal and flowing through Bihar Shri Birendra Kumar Chaudhary 696 (xii) Need to accord priority to contract labourers in regular appointment in Heavy Engineering Corporation Limited, Ranchi, Jharkhand Shri Ram Tahal Choudhary 697 (xiii) Need to compensate the farmers who lost pulse crop due to seeds afflicted with disease in Jalaun Parliamentary Constituency, Uttar Pradesh Shri Bhanu Pratap Singh Verma 698 (xiv) Need to enact law to ban protests on National Highways and railway tracks Shri Ramen Deka 699 14.03.2017 5 (xv) Need to construct a Railway Over Bridge at Jugsalai in Jamshedpur Parliamentary Constituency, Jharkhand Shri Bidyut Baran Mahato 700 (xvi) Need to accord sanction for the proposed Kendriya Vidyalaya at Konni in Pathanamthittta Parliamentary Constituency of Kerala Shri Anto Antony 701 (xvii) Regarding alleged harassment of women delegates Shri M. I. Shanavas 702 (xviii) Need to set up a Kendriya Vidyalaya at Pudukottai in Tamil Nadu Shri P. Kumar 703 (xix) Need to grant interim relief to the fishermen of Tamil Nadu affected by recent oil spill Shri T. G. Venkatesh Babu 704-705 (xx) Need to provide technical guidance and financial assistance for flood management in Arambagh Parliamentary Constituency, West Bengal Shrimati Aparupa Poddar 706 (xxi) Regarding divestment of Alloy Steel Plant (ASP), Durgapur, Bengal Chemicals and Bridge and Root Company Prof. Saugata Roy 707 14.03.2017 6 (xxii) Regarding renovation and conservation of Gadakhai Heritage Project under Cuttack Municipal Corporation in Odisha Shri Bhartruhari Mahtab 708 (xxiii) Need to introduce a direct daily train from Vijayawada to Velanakanni Shri Kesineni Srinivas 709 (xxiv) Need to provide stoppage of express trains running between Nizamabad/Kamareddy and Hyderabad- Secunderabad Shri Bhimrao B. Patil 710 (xxv) Regarding problem faced by Indians working in Kharfi National Company in Kuwait Shri P. Karunakaran 711 (xxvi) Need to take urgent steps to stop pollution caused by ITC Paper Mill in Telangana Shri P. Srinivasa Reddy 712 (xxvii) Need to consider the amount of compensation paid by Maharashtra Government to the Municipal Corporations while calculating compensation to be paid under Goods and Services Tax Shrimati Supriya Sule 713 (xxviii) Need to ban organisations promoting anti-national sentiments in the country Kunwar Haribansh Singh 714 14.03.2017 7 STATUTORY RESOLUTION RE: DISAPPROVAL OF ENEMY PROPERTY (AMENDMENT AND VALIDATION) FIFTH ORDINANCE, 2016 AND ENEMY PROPERTY (AMENDMENT AND VALIDATION) BILL, 2016 (Amendments made by Rajya Sabha) 716-794 Motion to Consider 716 Shri N.K. Premachandran 716 724-734 784-785 Shri Hansraj G. Ahir 721-723 Shri Hukum Singh 739-745 Shri Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury 746-749 Prof. Saugata Roy 750-756 Shri Thota Narasimham 757-759 Shri Konda Vishweshwar Reddy 760-761 Shri Mohammad Salim 762-766 Shri Mekapati Raja Mohan Reddy 767-768 Shri Arvind Sawant 769-771 Shri Jai Prakash Narayan Yadav 772-773 Shri Kaushalendra Kumar 774 Shri Rajnath Singh 775-783 Resolution - Negatived 786 Clauses 2 to 22 and 1 786-794 Amendments agreed to 794 14.03.2017 8 DEMANDS FOR GRANTS (GENERAL), 2017-2018 Ministry of Railways 795-984 Shri K.H. Muniyappa 796-803 Cut Motions 804-808 Yogi Adityanath 809-820 Shri C. Gopalakrishnan 821-824 Shri Dinesh Trivedi 825-833 Shri Balabhadra Majhi 834-842 Shrimati V. Sathyabama 843-845 Shri Arvind Sawant 846-851 Prof. Richard Hay 852-853 Shri Sunil Baliram Gaikwad 854 Shri Rameshwar Teli 855 Shri Jayadev Galla 856-863 Shri Chintaman Navasha Wanga 864 Shri K. Ashok Kumar 865 Shri V. Elumalai 866-869 Shri T.G. Venkatesh Babu 870-875 Shri Sankar Prasad Datta 876-877 Dr. Boora Narsaiah Goud 878-886 Shri M.B. Rajesh 887-893 Shri R. Vanaroja 894-896 Shri B. Vinod Kumar 897-899 Dr. Mamtaz Sanghamita 900-901 Dr. P. Venugopal 902-907 Shri Rabindra Kumar Jena 908-912 Shri Mekapati Raja Mohan Reddy 913-917 Shri Nishikant Dubey 918-921 Dr. Heena Vijaykumar Gavit 922-923 14.03.2017 9 Shri D. K. Suresh 924-928 Shri Ajay Misra Teni 929 Shri Rajeev Satav 930-934 Shri Jagdambika Pal 935-942 Shrimati Supriya Sule 943-948 Shri P. K. Biju 949-953 Shrimati Arpita Ghosh 954-957 Shri Pralhad Joshi 958-964 Shri Rahul Kaswan 965-966 Shri Prem Singh Chandumajra 967-970 Shri Jai Prakash Narayan Yadav 971-974 Shrimati Jyoti Dhurve 975-977 Dr. Satya Pal Singh 978-981 Shri Tamradhwaj Sahu 982-984 ANNEXURE – I Member-wise Index to Starred Questions 985 Member-wise Index to Unstarred Questions 986-991 ANNEXURE – II Ministry-wise Index to Starred Questions 992 Ministry-wise Index to Unstarred Questions 993 14.03.2017 10 OFFICERS OF LOK SABHA THE SPEAKER Shrimati Sumitra Mahajan THE DEPUTY SPEAKER Dr. M. Thambidurai PANEL OF CHAIRPERSONS Shri Arjun Charan Sethi Shri Hukmdeo Narayan Yadav Shri Anandrao Adsul Shri Pralhad Joshi Dr. Ratna De (Nag) Shri Ramen Deka Shri Konakalla Narayana Rao Shri Hukum Singh Shri K.H. Muniyappa Dr. P. Venugopal SECRETARY GENERAL Shri Anoop Mishra 14.03.2017 11 LOK SABHA DEBATES LOK SABHA ---------- Tuesday, March 14, 2017/Phalguna 23, 1938 (Saka) The Lok Sabha met at Eleven of the Clock [HON. 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