RAJYA SABHA —— REVISED LIST OF BUSINESS Friday, August 6, 2010 11 A.M. ——— QUESTIONS QUESTIONS entered in separate lists to be asked and answers given. ———— PAPERS TO BE LAID ON THE TABLE I. Following Ministers to lay papers on the Table entered in the separate list: — 1. SHRI SRIKANT JENA for Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers; 2. SHRIMATI D. PURANDESWARI for Ministry of Human Resource Development; and 3. PROF. K.V. THOMAS for Ministry of Agriculture and Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution. II. SHRI NAMO NARAIN MEENA to lay on the Table, under clause (1) of article 151 of the Constitution, a copy each (in English and Hindi) of the following Reports:— (i) Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India for the year ended March, 2009: Report No.11 of 2010-11: Union Government (Indirect Taxes Central Excise) (Performance Audit) - Performance Audit on Excise Duty on Pharmaceutical Products. (ii) Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India for the year ended March, 2009: Report No.12 of 2010-11: Union Government (Defence Services) Army and Ordnance Factories; and (iii) Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India for the year ended March, 2009: Report No.15 of 2009-10: Union Government (Indirect Taxes - Customs) (Performance Audit) - Performance Audit on natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones, precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof, imitation jewellery, coin (Chapter 71 of Customs Tariff Heading). ———— 83 MOTION FOR ELECTION TO THE COURT OF THE ALIGARH MUSLIM UNIVERSITY SHRI KAPIL SIBAL to move the following Motion:— “That in pursuance of item (xxiv) of clause (1) read with clause (2) of Statute 14 of the Statutes of the Aligarh Muslim University appended to the Aligarh Muslim University (Amendment) Act, 1981, in terms of Section 28 thereof, this House do proceed to elect, in such manner as the Chairman may direct, one Member from amongst the Members of the House to be a member of the Court of the Aligarh Muslim University in the vacancy caused due to the retirement of Shrimati Mohsina Kidwai from the membership of Rajya Sabha on the 29th June, 2010." ———— STATEMENTS BY MINISTERS 1. SHRI SHARAD PAWAR to make a statement regarding status of implementation of recommendations contained in the First Report of the Department-related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Agriculture on Demands for Grants (2009-10) of the Department of Agriculture and Cooperation. 2. SHRI SRIKANT JENA to make a statement regarding status of implementation of recommendations contained in the Second Report of the Department-related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Chemicals and Fertilizers (2009-10) of the Department of Fertilizers. ________ CLARIFICATIONS ON THE STATEMENT BY MINISTER MEMBERS to seek clarifications on the Statement made by Shri P. Chidambaram, Minister of Home Affairs on the 4th August, 2010 on the 'Situation in Jammu and Kashmir'. ________ LEGISLATIVE BUSINESS Bill for introduction The Central 1. SHRI KAPIL SIBAL to move for leave to introduce a Bill to amend the Educational Central Educational Institutions (Reservation in Admission) Act, 2006. Institutions (Reservation in ALSO to introduce the Bill. Admission) Amendment Bill, 2010. Bill for consideration and passing The Trade 2. SHRI ANAND SHARMA to move that the Bill further to amend the Marks Trade Marks Act, 1999, as passed by Lok Sabha, be taken into consideration. (Amendment) Bill, 2009. ALSO to move that the Bill be passed. ———— 84 (FROM 2.30 P.M. TO 5.00 P.M.) PRIVATE MEMBERS’ BUSINESS (RESOLUTIONS) 1. FURTHER DISCUSSION on the following Resolution moved by SHRI N.K. SINGH on the 12th March, 2010:— “That this House resolves to constitute an Environment Adaptation and Mitigation Fund by innovative fiscal policies to finance the cost of technology, promote research and development of renewable energy and lower the burden to meet the inevitable costs of adaptation arising from Global Warming and Climate Change.” 2. SHRI M.P. ACHUTHAN to move the following Resolution: — "Having regard to the fact that the social, economic and geographical conditions are different in different states and various centrally sponsored developmental schemes under different Ministries cannot be implemented as per uniform guidelines and norms in all the States, this House urges upon the Government to have a flexible approach and allow the State Government(s) to formulate their own schemes and fix norms and conditions so as to suit the interests of different States for implementing the centrally sponsored and funded schemes within a general guidelines and approach." 3. SHRI VIJAY JAWAHARLAL DARDA to move the following Resolution:— "Having regard to the fact that - (i) India's water crisis has worsened in the wake of the projected demand of water to double by 2030, as revealed by a study conducted by an International Water Resource Group; (ii) the estimated rise in demand is from present 700 billion cubic meters to 1498 billion cubic meters by 2030; (iii) the biggest deficits are likely to be in the most populous river basins - the Ganga, Krishna and Indus which is a serious threat to our capabilities to sustain economic growth; (iv) under-ground water in Punjab, Haryana and Rajasthan is depleting at the rate of one foot per year; (v) water insecurity is happening due to poor hydrological management and absence of water harvesting culture and conservation techniques; (vi) agriculture being chief consumer of water the shortages may further strain the existing irrigation network; (vii) chronic shortage of power to activate water pumps has been further lowering water availability for irrigation; (viii) reckless cutting of forests is causing floods and contributing to non-absorption of rain water in the soil; (ix) growing increase in setting up of mega and small power generation plants leave abysmally low quantity of water available for irrigation purpose and potability of our teeming population, cattle, livestock, etc; (x) contamination through unchecked release of industrial waste in the rivers like Ganga, Yamuna, etc., makes river water unfit for any use; 85 (xi) erratic monsoon condition is jeopardizing the rain-fed crop cultivation and obsolete system of irrigation leading to high incidence of wastage of water; (xii) devastating floods destroy crops, livestock, huts of poor rural population and further contribute to need for 'already-short- availability' of water resources; (xiii) inadequate availability of water is causing low yield of crops and leading to farmers' suicides, gravest incident being in Vidarba region of Maharashtra; (xiv) large scale pollution of water is causing water-borne diseases, thus becoming major health hazards; (xv) insufficient availability of rain water for irrigation purposes is forcing excessive use of fertilizers and pesticides, thereby increasing cost of crop-growing inputs; and (xvi) global warming also has its colossal adverse effects on water availability; this House urges upon the Government to - (a) evolve modalities for better understanding of nexus between climate change and water crisis; (b) create new effective strategies to combat climate changes and conservation; (c) preserve and maintain existing water bodies through better water management; (d) take active help from international bodies like UNESCO for setting up Water Technology and Management Centers in tune with the Delhi Technical University; (e) focus on low-cost water technologies for water treatment and waste water recycling; (f) launch special campaigns to increase awareness, at all levels, to conserve water and to control polluting water resources; (g) motivate upcoming technical education centres to conduct research and innovate technology for water conservation and management; (h) organize seminars, rural camps, interactive sessions, etc. at all levels, to focus on local needs while retaining a global perspective; (i) bring together academia, industry, R&D organizations and government agencies for adopting a concerted approach through mutual sharing of experiences and studies conducted respectively, towards water conservation, rain harvesting, restrictive but judicious setting up of power plants and their operational needs of water; (j) launch target campaigns, through electronic and print media, in regional languages urging large-scale adoption of techniques of water conversation, rain-water harvesting, etc.; (k) create a much larger reservoir capacity for the river stretches along the metro cities and putting in place waste water technologies to prevent untreated waste water going directly into our rivers; (l) provide farmers with seed, money and insurance of crops and also change in existing cropping patterns, rotation of crops, 86 etc., as per universally accepted standards and assure the farmers of due compensation in case of loss in their usual income; (m) adopt basic water conservation measures in agriculture e.g. drip irrigation and no-till farming (without using ploughs) technique, etc.; and (n) study the concept of 'weather mastering' as shown by China during 2008 Olympic Games by keeping off the rains from Beijing and harnessing the latest technological developments to insulate our farmers from the vagaries of droughts or torrential rains and consequential losses." 4. SHRI PRAKASH JAVADEKAR to move the following Resolution:— "Having regard to the fact that:— (i) the State of Andhra Pradesh was formed in the year 1956 after amalgamating Telugu speaking areas and due to wrong policies,