RAJYA SABHA Parliamentary Bulletin PART-II Nos.:53071-53079] TUESDAY, MARCH 17, 2015 No.53071 Table Office MEMBERS OF RAJYA SABHA (DISQUALIFICATION ON GROUND OF DEFECTION) RULES, 1985 Under Rule 4(2) of the Members of Rajya Sabha (Disqualification on Ground of Defection) Rules, 1985, every member is required to furnish to the Secretary-General, a statement of particulars giving details of his/her party affiliation and declaration as in Form III set out for the purpose in the Rules. Rule 4(3) of the said Rules further provides that a summary of information furnished by the members under sub-rule (2) of this Rule is required to be published in Bulletin-Part II. The requisite information as furnished by the following members elected in the bye-elections to the Rajya Sabha from the States of Maharashtra, Uttarakhand and West Bengal in March, 2015 are as detailed below:— Sl. No. Name of the Member Name of the Political Party / Legislature Party MAHARASHTRA 1. Shri Amar Shankar Sable Bharatiya Janata Party UTTARAKHAND 2. Shri Raj Babbar Indian National Congress WEST BENGAL 3. Ms. Dola Sen All India Trinamool Congress _________ 2 No.53072 Bill Office The Appropriation Bill, 2015 (As passed by Lok Sabha) (F. No. 4(1)-B(SD)/2015 dated 17th March, 2015 from Shri Arun Jaitley, Minister of Finance to the Secretary-General, Rajya Sabha) “The President having been informed of the subject matter of the Appropriation Bill, 2015 to authorise payment and the Appropriation of certain further sums from and out of the Consolidated Fund of India for the services of the financial year ending on the 31st day of March, 2015, recommends to the Rajya Sabha under article 117 (3) of the Constitution read with article 115, the consideration of the Appropriation Bill, 2015 as passed by the Lok Sabha”. _________ No.53073 Bill Office The Appropriation (Vote on Account) Bill, 2015 (As passed by Lok Sabha) (D. O. No. 2(10)-B(D)/2015 dated 17th March, 2015 from Shri Arun Jaitley, Minister of Finance to the Secretary-General, Rajya Sabha) “The President having been informed of the subject matter of the proposed Bill to provide for the withdrawal of certain sums from and out of the Consolidated Fund of India for the services of a part of the financial year 2015- 2016, recommends to the Rajya Sabha under clause (3) of article 117 of the Constitution of India read with clause (2) of article 116 thereof, the consideration of the Appropriation (Vote on Account) Bill, 2015 as passed by the Lok Sabha. _________ 3 No.53074 Legislative Section Private Members Resolutions for 20th March, 2015 As a result of draw of lot, the following Resolutions will, subject to compliance with the Rules, be set down for discussion on Friday, the 20th March, 2015. By Whom Contents of Resolution Remarks Shri Avinash “Having regard to the fact that: (Admitted, Pande secured first (i) the Jawaharlal Nehru National place in the Urban Renewal Mission (JnNURM) draw of lot) was launched by the Government of India on 3rd December 2005 as a flagship Scheme to encourage reforms and fast track planned development of identified cities with a focus on efficiency in urban infrastructure and service delivery mechanism, community participation and accountability of Urban Local Bodies (ULBs)/ Parastatal agencies towards citizens; (ii) the objective of the Mission included giving focused attention to integrated development of urban infrastructure and services in select 65 Mission cities with emphasis on provision of basic services to the urban poor including housing, water, supply, sanitation, slum improvement, community toilets etc.; (iii) the Mission called upon States/ cities to undertake fiscal, financial and institutional changes that are required to create efficient and equitable urban centres and the Mission is reform-driven, which 4 would largely meet the challenges of urban governance; (iv) although the scheme was initially designed for a period of 7 years, the Mission period was extended for a period of two years, upto 2013-14 for the completion of projects sanctioned upto March, 2012; (v) according to data provided by the Ministry of Urban Development, as on the 7th August, 2014, out of a total of 1635 sanctioned, 955 projects are still ongoing at various stages of completion; (vi) states have been hugely dependent on the Central Government for financial assistance to achieve completion of projects and an amount of Rs. 1,25,686.40 crores for Urban Infrastructure and Governance (UIG) sub-mission projects and Rs. 3,21,282 crore for Urban Infrastructure Development Scheme for Small and Medium Towns (UIDSSMT) sub-mission projects has been given to implementing agencies in States as Additional Central Assistance (ACA) over the last five years; and (vii) till 31st March, 2014, the Central Government had released Rs.1546.72 crore from a total of Rs.2089 crore as ACA and part of the funds demarcated for JnNURM remained unutilized; this house is of the opinion that: 5 (a) there is nothing in the JnNURM guidelines that bars the Central Government from taking necessary measures to achieve 100% completion of projects, even after the Mission period ended; (b) the large number of ongoing projects, which are at various stages of completion cannot be completed using only the limited financial resources made available to States; (c) the ongoing projects must not to be abandoned mid-way as it would lead to massive wastage of public funds and expenditure that has already been incurred in the implementation of projects; (d) the Central Government cannot abdicate its responsibility to fulfill its commitments to State Governments and ensure completion of projects which have achieved partial completion after being duly sanctioned; (e) the refusal of the Central Government to sanction further release of funds for completion of ongoing projects under JnNURM runs contrary to the spirit of cooperative federalism; and (f) the Government must take necessary steps to ensure that the requisite funds are made available to the States to achieve the full completion of ongoing projects sanctioned under JnNURM.” 6 Shri K.N. “Having regard to the fact that:- (Admitted, Balagopal (i) integrative medicine combines secured modern medicine with established second place practices from around the world as in the draw by joining modern medicine with of lot) proven practices from other healing traditions, integrative practitioners are better able to relieve suffering, reduce stress, and maintain the well- being of their patients; (ii) proponents of integrative medicine say that the impetus for the adoption of integrative medicine stems in part from the fact that an increasing percentage of the population is consulting complementary medicine practitioners; (iii) some medical professionals feel a need to learn more about complementary medicine so that they can better advise their patients which treatments may be useful and which are ridiculous; (iv) some doctors and patients are unsatisfied with what they perceive as a focus on using pharmaceuticals to treat or suppress a specific disease rather than on helping a patient to become healthy as they are of the view that it is important to go beyond the specific complaint and draw upon a combination of conventional and alternative approaches to help create a state of health that is more than the absence of disease; (v) proponents of integrative medicine further suggest that physicians have become so specialized that their traditional role 7 of comprehensive caregiver who focuses on healing and wellness has been neglected and in addition, some patients may seek help from outside the medical mainstream for difficult- to-treat clinical conditions, such as fibromyalgia and Irritable Bowel Syndrome; (vi) integrative medicine is healing- oriented medicine that takes account of the whole person (body and mind), including all aspects of lifestyle and emphasizes on the therapeutic relationship and makes use of all appropriate therapies, both conventional and alternative; (vii) the efficacy and safety of drugs and therapies for various remedies is scientifically established through clinical validation carried out by the five (5) Research Councils under the Ministry of AYUSH, namely; Central Council for Research in Ayurvedic Sciences (CCRAS), Central Council for Research in Yoga & Naturopathy (CCRYN), Central Council for Research in Unani Medicine (CCRUM), Central Council for Research in Siddha (CCRS) and Central Council for Research in Homoeopathy (CCRH).; (viii) the diseases, conditions for which clinical validation of drugs/ remedies have since been carried out by the Councils include acute diarrhea in children, anaemia, amnesia, acute gastroenteritis, acute rhinitis in children, chikungunya, filariasis, influenza like illness, malaria, upper respiratory tract infections, attention deficit 8 hyperactivity disorder, benign, prostatic hyperplasia, bronchial asthma, cancer, chronic bronchitis, diabetes mellitus, irritable bowel syndrome, leucorrhoea, hepatitis, menopausal complaints, menstrual disorders, osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, urolithiasis, urticaria, anorexia etc.; and (ix) from the Indian experiences it is very clear that the rich tradition of our indigenous medical system and the systems of medicines we were practicing are very effective in dealing with the problems of patients in a holistic manner, this House is of the opinion that the active steps by the Government agencies to promote the practice of Integrated System of Medicine will give positive result to the Indian people and