CONTENTS Fourteenth Series, Vol. XXXVII, Fifteenth Session, 2009/1930 (Saka) No.6, Thursday, February 19, 2009/ Magha 30, 1930 (Saka) S U B J E C T P A G E S WRITTEN ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS Starred Question Nos. 61 to 80 5-53 Unstarred Question Nos.283 to 429 54-277 PAPERS LAID ON THE TABLE 278-285 MESSAGE FROM RAJYA SABHA AND BILL AS AMENDED BY RAJYA SABHA 286-287 STANDING COMMITTEE ON FOOD, CONSUMER AFFAIRS AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION 28th Report 288 STANDING COMMITTEE ON COAL AND STEEL 39th Report 288 BUSINESS ADVISORY COMMITTEE 53rd Report 289 STATEMENT CORRECTING REPLY TO UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1963 DATED 11.12.2008 REGARDING NEW RAILWAY LINES IN GUJARAT ALONGWITH GIVING REASONS FOR DELAY IN CORRECTING THE REPLY Shri R. Velu 290 to 291 MATTERS UNDER RULE 377 292-302 (i) Need to release the full share of surplus water of Ravi and Beas rivers to Rajasthan. Shri Ram Singh Kaswan 292 (ii) Need to declare betel leave as an agricultural crop and extend the benefits of crop-insurance and other schemes meant for agriculture sector to it. Shri Virendra Kumar 293 (iii) Need to expedite the conduct of draw of lots for housing units built by D.D.A. and various co- operative housing societies in Delhi. Shri Mahavir Bhagora 294 (iv) Need to provide stoppages of important trains including Rajdhani Express at Pali, Rajasthan. Shri Pusp Jain 295 (v) Need to include 'Namosudh Bengali' and ' Mahara' & 'Mahar' castes of Chhatisgarh in the list of Scheduled castes. Shri Sohan Potai 296 (vi) Need to give approval to the Kochi Metro Rail Project in Kerala. Shri P. Karunakaran 297 (vii) Need to initiate a new set of economic measures to tackle the global economic recession affecting Indian economy. Shri Sunil Khan 298-299 (viii) Need to open Kendriya Vidyalayas in Hamirpur and Mahoba districts of Hamirpur Parliamentary Constituency in Uttar Pradesh. Shri Rajnarayan Budholia 300 (ix) Need to enhance the Provident Fund Pension of retired Government employees. Shri Ram Kripal Yadav 301 (x) Need to expedite the process for the inclusion of Bodo-Kacharis living in Karbi-Anglong and in North Cachar Hill Autonomous Districts in the S.T. (Hills) list of Assam. Shri Sansuma Khunggur Bwiswmuthiary 302 RE: RESERVATION OF POSTS FOR SCHEDULED CASTE AND SCHEDULED TRIBES 303-305 INTERIM RAILWAY BUDGET, 2009-10 DEMANDS FOR GRANTS ON ACCOUNT (RAILWAYS) -2009-10 DEMANDS FOR SUPPLEMENTARY GRANTS (RAILWAYS) 2008-09 DEMANDS FOR EXCESS GRANTS(RAILWAYS) -2006-07 306-333 Shri Rayapati Sambasiva Rao 307-308 Shri Virendra Kumar 309-312 Shri Abdullakutty 313-315 Shri Ashok Pradhan 316-318 Dr. Laxminarayan Pandey 319-321 Shri Lalu Prasad Yadav 322-328 APPROPRIATION (RAILWAYS) VOTE ON ACCOUNT BILL, 2009 334 Motion to Consider 334 Clauses 2, 3 and 1 335 Motion to Pass 335 APPROPRIATION (RAILWAYS) BILL, 2009 336 Motion to Consider 336 Clauses 2, 3 and 1 337 Motion to Pass 337 APPROPRIATION (RAILWAYS) NO. 2 BILL, 2009 338 Motion to Consider 339 Clauses 2, 3 and 1 340 Motion to Pass 340 STATUTORY RESOLUTION RE: APPROVAL OF 341-355 PROCLAMATION BY THE PRESIDENT IN RELATION TO THE STATE OF JHARKHAND JHARKHAND INTERIM BUDGET, (GENERAL DISCUSSION) 2009-10 DEMANDS FOR GRANTS ON ACCOUNT (JHARKHAND), 2009-10 AND DEMANDS FOR SUPPLEMENTARY GRANTS (JHARKHAND), 2008-09 Dr. Shakeel Ahmad 341 Shri Uday Singh 345-346 JHARKHAND APPROPRIATION (VOTE ON ACCOUNT) 356-357 BILL, 2009 Motion to Consider 356 Clauses 2, 3 and 1 357 Motion to Pass 357 JHARKHAND APPROPRIATION BILL, 2009 358-359 Motion to Consider 358 Clauses 2, 3 and 1 359 Motion to Pass 359 STATUTORY RESOLUTION RE: DISAPPROVAL OF 362-417 HIGH COURT AND SUPREME COURT JUDGES (SALARIES AND CONDITIONS OF SERVICE) AMENDMENT ORDINANCE, 2009 AND HIGH COURT AND SUPREME COURT JUDGES (SALARIES AND CONDITIONS OF SERVICE) AMENDMENT BILL, 2008 Motion to Consider 362-363 Shri Varkala Radhakrishnan 363-371 Shri H.R. Bhardwaj 371-376 403 Prof. Rasa Singh Rawat 377-379 Shri S.K. Kharventhan 380-382 Shri Prasanna Acharya 383-386 Shri Rewati Raman Singh 387-388 Shri Ajoy Chakraborty 389-391 Shri Bachi Singh Rawat 'Bachda' 392-393 Shri Vijay Bahuguna 394-395 Dr. Sebastian Paul 396-397 Shrimati P. Satheedevi 398-399 Shri Ramdas Athawale 400-401 Shrimati Tejasvini Gowda 402 Clauses 2 to 15 and 1 413-417 Motion to Pass 417 NATIONAL CAPITAL TERRITORY OF DELHI LAWS (SPECIAL PROVISIONS) BILL, 2009 418-456 Motion to consider 419-420 Shri S. Jaipal Reddy 418-420 Shri Syed Shahnawaz Hussain 421-425 Shri Sajjan Kumar 426-431 Shri Rajesh Ranjan alias Pappu Yadav 432-435 Shri Sudhangshu Seal 436-438 Shri Braja Kishore Tripathy 439-442 Shrimati Krishna Tirath 443-444 Shri P.C. Thomas 445 Shri Jagdish Tytler 446-448 Shri Ajay Maken 449-456 Clauses 2 to 6 and 1 456 Motion to Pass 456 STATUTORY RESOLUTION RE: DISAPPROVAL OF CENTRAL UNIVERSITIES ORDINANCE, 2009 AND CENTRAL UNIVERSITIES BILL, 2009 457-539 Motion to Consider 457 Shrimati D. Purandeswari 457, 523- 531 Prof. Rasa Singh Rawat 458-461 Shri S.K. Kharventhan 462-465 Prof. Basudeb Barman 466-471 Shri Ramji Lal Suman 472-474 Shri Ram Kripal Yadav 474-479 Shri B. Mahtab 480-484 Shri Suravaram Sudhakar Reddy 485-489 Shri Bachi Singh Rawat 'Bachda' 489-492 Shri J.M. Aaron Rashid 493-494 Shri Balasaheb Vikhe Patil 495-498 Shri P.C. Thomas 499-500 Shri P. Rajendran 501 Shri Giridhar Gamang 502 Shri Virendra Kumar 503-504 Shri K.C. Singh 'Baba' 505-506 Shri K. Francis George 507-508 Prof. Chander Kumar 509-511 Shri Alok Kumar Mehta 512-513 Shrimati Tejasvini Gowda 514-515 Shri Sansuma Khunggur Bwiswmuthiary 516-520 Shri Varkala Radhakrishnan 521-522 Clauses 2 to 47 and 1 533-539 Motion to Pass 539 ANNEXURE -I Member-wise Index to Starred Questions 559 Member-wise Index to Unstarred Questions 560-562 ANNEXURE-II Ministry-wise Index to Starred Questions 563 Ministry-wise Index to Unstarred Questions 564 OFFICERS OF LOK SABHA THE SPEAKER Shri Somnath Chatterjee THE DEPUTY-SPEAKER Shri Charnjit Singh Atwal PANEL OF CHAIRMEN Shri Giridhar Gamang Dr. Satyanarayan Jatiya Shrimati Sumitra Mahajan Dr. Laxminarayan Pandey Shri Balasaheb Vikhe Patil Shri Varkala Radhakrishnan Shri Arjun Sethi Shri Mohan Singh Shrimati Krishna Tirath Shri Devendra Prasad Yadav SECRETARY-GENERAL Shri P.D.T. Achary LOK SABHA DEBATES LOK SABHA ---------- Thursday, February 19, 2009/ Magha 30, 1930 (Saka) The Lok Sabha met at Eleven of the Clock (MR. SPEAKER in the Chair) . (Interruptions) SHRI KINJARAPU YERRANNAIDU (SRIKAKULAM): Sir, I have given notice for suspension of the Question Hour.. (Interruptions) I would like to raise an issue concerning Andhra Pradesh. (Interruptions) MR. SPEAKER: Do not record anything. (Interruptions)* . 11.01 hrs. (At this stage, Shri A. K. Moorthy and some other hon. Members came and stood on the floor near the Table.) 11.01? hrs. (At this stage, Shri E. Dayakar Rao and some other hon. Members came and stood on the floor near the Table.) MR. SPEAKER: What can I say if you do not want the Parliament to function? . (Interruptions) MR. SPEAKER: I hope that all of you are defeated in the election. All of you should be defeated in the election. (Interruptions) MR. SPEAKER: I hope the people will give their verdict properly. You have to be taught a lesson. (Interruptions) MR. SPEAKER: I will hear all of you, one by one, after the Question Hour. (Interruptions) 11.04 hrs. (At this stage, Shri Ilyas Azmi and some other hon. Members came and stood on the floor near the Table.) 11.04? hrs. (At this stage, Shri Ramdas Athawale and some other hon. Members came and stood on the floor near the Table.) * Not recorded 11.04? hrs. (At this stage, Dr. Satyanarayan Jatiya and some other hon. Members came and stood on the floor near the Table.) MR. SPEAKER: I am not going to adjourn it. Go on shouting till 12 o'clock. No adjournment of the House. (Interruptions) Comment [r1]: Fld.. by b1 MR. SPEAKER: Let them shout. (Interruptions) MR. SPEAKER: Let the people of this country see this Parliament. I hope you are identified by the people. (Interruptions) MR. SPEAKER: If the Bill comes, you can oppose that Bill. What is the good of shouting here? . (Interruptions) : जब ब , तब ज यह य ह ह ह ? .( य ) MR. SPEAKER: I think the Parliament should be adjourned sine die. This House of People should be adjourned sine die. People's money will be saved. Useless allowances should not be given to all of you. I think that is the best thing to do. You do not deserve one paisa out of public money. (Interruptions) : ह , .( य ) MR. SPEAKER: People of this country give their verdict. Wait till then. But you are behaving in a most condemnable manner. I cannot but express my greatest annoyance and greatest condemnation. You are taking this House for granted. You are insulting the people of this country. You are not helping your cause. I am sure the people of this country would give their verdict. I am not going to adjourn. Go on shouting. (Interruptions) MR. SPEAKER: When the Bill comes, you can oppose it - if the Bill at all comes. I do not know whether the Bill will come or not. But you are not prepared to behave in a decent manner. You are burying democracy in this country. You have already done it. Nobody bothers. You had full opportunity yesterday. Again, you are shouting. You are shouting for no reason. The Bill cannot be passed from here.