Tenth Series, Vol. XXXIX, No. 16 Tuesday, April 25, 1995 Vaisakha 05, 1917 (Saka) LOK SABHA DEBATES (English Version) Thirteenth Session (Tenth Lok Sabha) (Vol. XXXIX contains Nos. 11 to 20) LOK SABRA SECRETARIAT NEW DELHI Price : Rs. 50.00 [ORIGINAL ENGUSH PROCEEDINGS INCLUDED IN ENGLISH VERSION AND OR,GINAL HINOI PAOCEEDINGS INCLUDED IN HINDI VERSION WILl. BE TREATED AS AUTHORITATIVE AND NOT THE TRANSLATION THEReOF.} Corril. enda to Lok Sabha Debates (English Version) TuesdaYI April 25 1 1995/Vaisakha 5, 1917 {Sakal Col./Line For Read 61/19 (from below) Shri Dharam Pal Shri Dharampal Singh Singh Malik Malik 127/25 Dr.Mahadeepak Dr. Mah,~deepak Sing Shakya Singh Shakya 128/5 (from below) Shri Lalit Draon Shri Lalit Oraon 131/21 Dr.Rajagopalan Dr.Ra.jagopa1an Sridharan 227/15 Shri Kamla Nath Shri Kamal Nath 238/8 (from below) Shri Vilasrao Shri Vilasrao Nagthrao Gundewar Nagnathrao Gundewar 242/15(from below} Undis this scheme Under this scheme 267/15(from below) Shri Loknath Shri Lokanath Choudhury Choudhury 356/19 Dr.Laxminarain Dr.Laxminarayan Pandeya Pandeya CONTENTS [Tenth Series, Vol. XXXIX, Thirteenth Session, 199511917 (Saka)] No. 16, Tuesday, April 25, 199~Naisakha 5, 1917 (Saka) COLUMNS ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS: *Starred Questions Nos. 301 to 303 1-22 WRITTEN ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS: ·Starred Questions Nos. 304 to 320 23-53 Unstarred Questions Nos. 3102 to 3331 53-251 RE : ALLEGED IRREGULARITIES IN PANCHAYAT ELECTIONS IN UTTAR PRADESH 251-259 RE : ALLEGED CONFLICT BETWEEN THE GOVERNER AND THE CHIEF MINISTER OF TAMIL NADU 259-267 PAPERS LAID ON THE TABLE 268-275 ASSENT TO BILLS 275 ESTIMATES COMMITIEE Forty-eighth Report and Minutes-Presented 275 PUBLIC ACCOUNTS COMMITTEE Ninety-fifth and Ninety-sixth Reports-Presented 275 COMMITIEE ON PUBLIC UNDERTAKINGS Action taken statements-Laid 276 COMMITTEE ON THE WELFARE OF SCHEDULED CASTES AND SCHEDULED TRIBES Forty-fourth, Forty-fifth, Forty-sixth and Forty-seventh Reports-Presented 276 JOINT COMMITTEE ON OFFICES OF PROFIT Seventh Report-Presented 277 STANDING COMMITTEE ON ENERGY Seventeenth and Eighteenth Reports-Presented '277 STANDING COMMITTEE ON COMMERCE Tenth and Eleventh Reports-Laid 278 STANDING COMMITTEE ON HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT Seventeenth, Eighteenth, Nineteenth, Twentieth and Twenty first Reports-Laid 278 STANDING COMMITIEE ON TRANSPORT AND TOURISM Thirteenth Report-Laid 278 ELECTIONS TO COMMITTEES 279-280 (i) Court of Aligarh Muslim University 279 (ii) Council of Indian )nstitutes of Technology 279 (iii) National Shipping Board 280 (iv) Animal Welfare Board 280 . DEMANDS FOR EXCESS GRANTS (RAILWAYS), 1992-93 280 NATIONAL HIGHWAYS (AMENDMENT) BU-INTRODUCED 281 MATTERS UNDER RULE 377 281-284 (i) Need to make operational the Rupsi airport in Dhubri district of Assam Shri Nurul Islam 281 (ii) Need to make Visweswaraiah Iron and Steels Limited, Kamataka Viable Stlri K.G. Shivappa 281 The Sign + marked abOve the name of a Member IncIcaeI8 hi the ql*1Ion was actually aSk_' on lhe.1Ioor of the House by lhat~. ii COLuMNS (iii) Need to instal a low power transmitter at Patan, Maharashtra Shri Prithviraj D. Chavan 282 (Iv) Need to p.rovlde mote employment opportunities to local people in industries set up in Chhatisgarh region of Madhya Pradesh Shri Khelan Ram Jangde 282 (v) Need to declare 'Giripar area' in Himachal Pradesh as Scheduled Tribes area Prof. Prem Dhumal 283 (vi) Need to direct State Governments of Uttar Pradesh and Haryana to release adequate quantity of water for Union Territory of Delhi Shri B.l. Sharma Prem 283 (vii) N&ed for early upgradation of Bagdogra airport in eastern zone Shri Subrata Mukherjee 284 (viii) Need to Include Sitamarhi Parliamentary constituency in Bihar under Integrated Child Development and Anganwadi Projects Shri Nawal Kishore Rai 284 MOTION OF THANKS ON THE PRESIDENT'S ADDRESS 285-390 Shri Mani Shankar Aiyar 285-305 Shri Rajnath Sonkar Shastri 305-319 Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee 319-328 Shri Krishan Dutt Sultanpuri 383-390 LOK SABHA DEBATES LOK, SABHA of the states' of the country. The route km per lakh of population in the four states mentioned in the question viz a viz the national average are as under : Tuesday, April 25, 1995/ Vaisakha 5, 1917 (S.aka) Andhra Pradesh 7.61 (The Lok Sabha met at Eleven of the Clock) Uttar Pradesh 6.43 [MR. SPEAKER in the Chaifj Bihar 6.12 ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS Madhya Pradesh 9.05 National Average 7.40 Railway lines (d) The following new lines are under construction + in these states which will increase the Railway line *301 SHRI DATTATRAYA- BANDARU kilometrage therein : SHRIMATI SHEELA GAUTAM : Andhra Pradesh Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state: Peddapalli-Nizamabad 177 kms (a) whether the Government have any proposal to Bihar increase railway lines in the backward areas; Dum ka-Mandar Hill-Rampurhat 130 kms (b) if so, the details thereof; Madhya Pradesh (c) whether Uttar Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh, Bihar and Madhya Pradesh are less developed then other Dallirajahara-Jagdalpur 235 kms States in this respect; and Dewas-Maksi-Dahod-Indore 316 kms (partly in (d) if so, the steps taken by the Government to Gujarat) increase the railway lines in these States? Uttar Pradesh THE MINISTER OF RAILWiws (SHRI C.K. JAFFER Chhitauni-Bagaha 28 kms SHARIEF) : (a) to (d). A statement is laid on the Table Katra-Faizabad 7 kms of the Sabha. SHRI DATTATRAYA BANDARU : In the Eighth Five STATEMENT Year Plan the Railway Ministry has proposed 12000 kms. of new railway lines in the country. Still a large (a) Yes, Sir. number of backward areas are left over. Even in district (b) The following new lines are at present under centres and hilly areas there is no .railway line till today. construction in backward areas : I want to ask the hon. Minister that when the situation is like this that the backward areas have no railway i. Amravati-Narkher (138 km in Maharashtra) lines, why the Ministry has given priority to the gauge ii. Jogighopa-Guwahati ( 142 km in Assam) conversion. That is, for too metre-gauge to board-gauge iii. Pedapally-Nizamabad (117 km in Andhra conversion a large number of kilometres have been Pradesh) given priority in this Eighth Five Year Plan. I want to know from the Minister why this priority has been given. iv. Lanjigarh .Road-Junagarh (54 km in Orissa) The second part of the question is, still how many v. Khurda Road-Bolangir (28 km in Orissa) kilometres are because you have mentioned 12000 kms. vi. Dumka-Mandar Hill-Rampurhat (130 kms in within the 8th Five Year Plan-given in the backward Bihar) areas. What is the budgetary provision? Has any priority been given to the backward areas with budgetary The follo~ing lines though taken up as Project lines provision? ' will also serve backward areas and will help in their development : This is a question in two parts; firstly why the Government has given priority for the gauge conversion; i. Koraput-Rayagada (164 kms in Orissa) why the backward areas have been neglected and why ii. Talcher-Sambalpur (174 kms in Orissa) budgetary prOVision is not properly made. iii. Eklakhi-Balurghat (87 kms in West Bengal) SHRI C.K. JAFFER SHARIEF : What the hon iv. Dallirajahara-Jagdalpur (235 kms in Madhya Member is saying is totally different from what the Pradesh) question is. The question is related to the new lines. What he is saying is about the gauge conversion I am v. fndore-D1I.hod-Dewas-Ma,ksi (31.6 kms in answering whatever he just now said before all Madhya Pradesh and Gujarat). SHRI DATTATRAYA BANDARU : New lines, all right vi. Daltari-8anspani (147 Kms jn Orissa). My point is, when a large number districts, that IS (c) No, Sir. There are less developed areas in most backward areas and hilly areas,. are lel1 over in this 7 Oral Answers APRIL 25, 1995 Oral Answers 8 (c) the extent of such shift and its effect on the patterns? Does it cover the Sundelkhand area of Madhya production of foodgrains, pulses and edible oils and Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh as well? the consumption patterns; SHRI SALRAM JAKHAR : Mr. Speaker, Sir, the hon. (d) whether the Government have formulated any Member must be knowing the answer to the question policy on crop pattern to maintain proper balance in the he has asked because he has been a Member of this production of cereal vis-a-vis cash crops; House for the last four years . ... (lnterruption) (e) rt so, the details thereof; and SHRI RAJENDRA AGNIHOTRI: Hon. Minister, Sir, (1) the effect of the crop pattern on the import and I have been demanding since then that the farmers do not get remunerative prices for the.ir produce. export of agricultural products? THE MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE (SHRI SALRAM SHRI SAL RAM JAKHAR : I am trying to make the JAKHAR) (a) to (f). A statement is laid on the Table of things clear. It is as simple as that. The Government has the Sabha. done a lot for this sector during the last three years; the minimum support price which they used to get earlier ... (Interruption) STATEMENT SHRI RAJENDRA AGNIHOTRI: What was my (a) An Expert Group under the Chairmanship of Dr. C.H. Hanumantha Rao the then Member, Planning question? Commission was constituted during 1985 to study the SHRI SALRAM JAKHAR : You were asking about cropping patterns in different regions of the country. the price they get. (b) There has been some diversion of area from SHRI RAJENDRA AGNIHOTRI : That was not so. cereals to cash crops in recent period. MA. SPEAKER : Please don't do like that. (c) Despite marginal diversion in area from coarse SHRI SAL RAM JAKHAR : You asked that they are cereals to other crops total production of foodgrains not getting adequate remuneration.