MONDAY, THE 13TH AUGUST, 2012 (The Rajya Sabha met in the Parliament House at 11-00 a.m.) 11-00 a.m. 1. Felicitations to the Chairman Dr. Manmohan Singh, Prime Minister and Leader of the House, and the following Members offered felicitations to the Chairman:— 11-03 a.m. 1. Shri Arun Jaitley, Leader of the Opposition 11-06 a.m. 2. Shri Brajesh Pathak 11-07 a.m. 3. Shri Prasanta Chatterjee 11-10 a.m. 4. Shri Shivanand Tiwari 11-12 a.m. 5. Shri Derek O‟ Brien 11-14 a.m. 6. Prof. Ram Gopal Yadav 11-19 a.m. 7. Shri Tiruchi Siva 11-22 a.m. 8. Shri Tariq Anwar 11-24 a.m. 9. Shri Baishnab Parida 11-26 a.m. 10. Dr. V. Maitreyan 11-28 a.m. 11. Shri Devender Goud T. 11-29 a.m. 12. Dr. Farooq Abdullah, Minister of New and Renewable Energy 11-30 a.m. 13. Shri Ravi Shankar Prasad 11-32 a.m. 14. Dr. Ashok S. Ganguly 11-35 a.m. 15. Shri D. Raja 11-36 a.m. 16. Shri Birendra Prasad Baishya 11-38 a.m. 17. Shri Prem Chand Gupta 11-40 a.m. 18. Shri H. K. Dua 11-42 a.m. 19. Dr. Barun Mukherji 11-46 a.m. 20. Shri Mohammed Adeeb 11-49 a.m. 21. Sardar Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa 11-50 a.m. 22. Shri M. Rama Jois 11-52 a.m. 23. Shri Ahmad Saeed Malihabadi 11-55 a.m. 24. Dr. Najma A. Heptulla 11-59 a.m. 25. Shri K. Rahman Khan 12-01 p.m. 26. Shrimati Jaya Bachchan 12-04 p.m. 27. Shri Ram Vilas Paswan 12-06 p.m. 28. Chaudhary Munabbar Saleem 12-08 p.m. 29. Shrimati Naznin Faruque 12-09 p.m. 30. Shri Rajeev Shukla, Minister of State in the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs 17 RAJYA SABHA 12-12 p.m. The Chairman thanked the Prime Minister and other members for the felicitations. 12-17 p.m. 2. Felicitations to Indian Sportspersons, who won medals at London Olympics, 2012 The Chairman congratulated Shri Vijay Kumar, for winning the Silver Medal in the Twenty Five Metre Rapid Fire Pistol Shooting event; Shri Sushil Kumar, for winning the Silver Medal in the 66 kg Freestyle Wrestling; Shri Gagan Narang, for winning the Bronze Medal in Men‟s Ten Metre Air Rifle Shooting event; Ms. Saina Nehwal, for winning the Bronze Medal in the women‟s Badminton singles event; Ms. M. C. Mary Kom, for winning the Bronze Medal in the 51 kg Women‟s Flyweight Boxing; and Shri Yogeshwar Dutt, for winning the Bronze Medal in the 60 kg Men‟s free style Wrestling at the recently concluded Olympic Games, 2012 held at London. 3. Starred Questions Answers to Starred Question Nos. 42 to 60 were laid on the Table. 4. Unstarred Questions Answers to Unstarred Question Nos. 311 to 465 were laid on the Table. 12-18 p.m. 5. Papers Laid on the Table Shri Dinsha J. Patel (Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Mines) laid on the Table a copy (in English and Hindi) of the Ministry of Mines Notification No. G.S.R. 593 (E), dated the 27th July, 2012, publishing the Mineral Concession (Amendment) Rules, 2012, under sub-section (1) of Section 28 of the Mines and Minerals (Regulation and Development) Act, 1957. Prof. K.V. Thomas (Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution) laid on the Table a copy (in English and Hindi) of the Memorandum of Understanding between the Food Corporation of India and Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution, Department of Food & Public Distribution), for the year 2012-13. 18 13TH AUGUST, 2012 Dr. S. Jagathrakshakan (Minister of State in the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting) laid on the Table a copy (in English and Hindi) of the Memorandum of Understanding between the Government of India (Ministry of Information and Broadcasting) and the Broadcast Engineering Consultants India Limited (BECIL), for the year 2012-13. Shri Vincent Pala (Minister of State in the Ministry of Water Resources and Minister of State in the Ministry of Minority Affairs) laid on the Table:- I.(1) A copy each (in English and Hindi) of the following papers, under sub-section (1) of Section 619A of the Companies Act, 1956:— (a) Annual Report and Accounts of the U.P. Projects Corporation Limited, Lucknow, for the year 2009-10, together with the Auditor's Report on the Accounts and the comments of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India thereon. (b) Review by Government on the working of the above Corporation. (2) Statement (in English and Hindi) giving reasons for the delay in laying the papers mentioned at (1) above. Shri K.C. Venugopal (Minister of State in the Ministry of Power) laid on the Table a copy (in English and Hindi) of the Memorandum of Understanding between the Government of India (Ministry of Power) and the Rural Electrification Corporation Limited (REC), for the year 2012-13. 12-19 p.m. 6. Reports of the Department Related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Finance Shri Vijay Jawaharlal Darda laid on the Table, a copy each (in English and Hindi) of the following Reports of the Department-related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Finance (2011-12):— (i) Fifty-seventh Report on „The Companies Bill, 2011‟ relating to the Ministry of Corporate Affairs; and (ii) Fifty-eighth Report on „The Benami Transactions (Prohibition) Bill, 2011‟ relating to the Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue). 19 RAJYA SABHA 12-20 p.m. 7. Motion for Election to the Joint Committee on Offices of Profit A motion for election of one member to the Joint Committee on Offices of Profit was moved and adopted. 12-21 p.m. 8. Matter raised with permission Shri M. Venkaiah Naidu raised a matter regarding issue of Black money and corruption in public life. Shrimati Ambika Soni, Minister of Information and Broadcasting, responded. Shri Rajeev Shukla, Minister of State in the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs, also responded. %12-37 p.m. (The House adjourned at 12-37 p.m. and re-assembled at 12-47 p.m.) 12-51 p.m. (The House adjourned at 12-51 p.m. and re-assembled at 2-00 p.m.) @2-01 p.m. 9. Government Bill — Passed The National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro-Sciences, Bangalore Bill, 2010 Shri Ghulam Nabi Azad (Minister of Health and Family Welfare) moved:- “That the Bill to declare the institution known as the National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro-Sciences, Bangalore, to be an institution of national importance and to provide for its incorporation and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto, be taken into consideration.” % From 12-25 p.m. to 12-37 p.m. some points were raised. From 12-47 p.m. to 12-51 p.m. some points were raised. @ From 2-00 p.m. to 2-01 p.m. some points were raised. 20 13TH AUGUST, 2012 The following Members took part in the discussion:— ^ ! 2-10 p.m. 1. Shri Basawaraj Patil & 2-21 p.m. 2. Shri K. Rahman Khan !2-30 p.m. 3. Shri Narendra Kumar Kashyap 2-40 p.m. 4. Dr. T. N. Seema !2-44 p.m. 5. Shri Bashistha Narain Singh 2-54 p.m. 6. Shri D. Bandyopadhyay !3-03 p.m. 7. Prof. Ram Gopal Yadav 3-10 p.m. 8. Shri Tiruchi Siva 3-17 p.m. 9. Shri Baishnab Parida 3-25 p.m. 10. Shri A. W. Rabi Bernard 3-29 p.m. 11. Dr. Ashok S. Ganguly 3-33 p.m. 12. Dr. Barun Mukherji 3-40 p.m. 13. Shri M. Rama Jois 3-47 p.m. 14. Shrimati Renuka Chowdhury 3-59 p.m. 15. Shri D. Raja 4-09 p.m. 16. Shri Kumar Deepak Das 4-14 p.m. 17. Shri Rangasayee Ramakrishna 4-16 p.m. Shri Ghulam Nabi Azad replied to the debate. 4-43 p.m. The motion for consideration of the Bill was adopted. Clauses 2 to 4 were adopted. Clause 5, as amended, was adopted. Clause 6 was adopted. Clause 7, as amended, was adopted. New Clause 7A was adopted. Clause 8, as amended, was adopted. Clauses 9 to 11 were adopted. Clause 12, as amended, was adopted. ! Spoke in Hindi. ^ From 2-09 p.m. to 2-10 p.m. see item no. 10. & From 2-19 p.m. to 2-21 p.m. some points were raised. 21 RAJYA SABHA Clause 13, as amended, was adopted. Clauses 14 to 32 were adopted. Clause 1, as amended, was adopted. The Enacting Formula, as amended, was adopted. The Title was adopted. 4-47 p.m. The motion moved by Shri Ghulam Nabi Azad that the Bill, as amended, be passed was adopted and the Bill, as amended, was passed. &10. Government Bill — Introduced The Armed Forces Tribunal (Amendment) Bill, 2012 Shri M. M. Pallam Raju (Minister of State in the Ministry of Defence) moved for leave to introduce a Bill further to amend the Armed Forces Tribunal Act, 2007. 4-48 p.m. 11. Special Mentions 1. Dr. Gyan Prakash Pilania raised a matter regarding need to take steps to achieve 100 percent target of institutional births in the country. 4-51 p.m. 2. Shri Tarun Vijay raised a matter regarding need to extend the scheme of pre-matric Scholarship to students belonging to poor sections of the Hindu community in the country.