C ON T E N T S Fourteenth Series, Vol. XXXVI, Fourteenth Session (Part-II), 2008/1930 (Saka) No.14, Wednesday, December 17, 2008/ Agrahayana 26, 1930 (Saka) S U B J E C T P A G E S ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS *Starred Question Nos.261 to 265 1-50 WRITTEN ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS Starred Question Nos. 266 to 280 51-93 Unstarred Question Nos.2683-2912 94-455 * The sign + marked above the name of a Member indicates that the Question was actually asked on the floor of the House by that Member. PAPERS LAID ON THE TABLE 456-491 MESSAGES FROM RAJYA SABHA 492-493 ESTIMATES COMMITTEE 19th and 20th Reports 494 PUBLIC ACCOUNTS COMMITTEE 78th to 80th Reports 494 COMMITTEE ON PETITIONS 43rd to 45th Reports 495 STANDING COMMITTEE ON HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT 212th Report 496 STATEMENT BY MINISTERS 497-508 (i) Status of implementation of the recommendations contained in the 70th Report of the Standing Committee on Finance on Demands for Grants (2008-09), pertaining to the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation. Shri G.K. Vasan 497-499 (ii) Status of implementation of the recommendations contained in the 204th Report of the Standing Committee on Human Resource Development on Demands for Grants (2007-08), pertaining to the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports. Dr. M.S. Gill 500 (iii) Status of implementation of the (a) recommendations contained in the 23rd Report of the Standing Committee on Personnel, Public Grievances, Law and Justice on the Government's policy of appointment on compassionate ground, pertaining to the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions (b) Status of implementation of the recommendations contained in the 189th Report of the Standing Committee on Science and Technology, Environment and Forests on Demands for Grants (2008-09), pertaining to the Department of Space. Shri Prithviraj Chavan 501-502 (iv) Status of implementation of the recommendations contained in the 20th Report of the Standing Committee on External Affairs on Demands for Grants (2008-09), pertaining to the Ministry of External Affairs. Shri Anand Sharma 503-508 MATTERS UNDER RULE 377 528-536 (i) Need to develop the historical city of Kalpi in Jalaun Parliamentary Constituency as a tourist place. Shri Bhanu Pratap Singh Verma 528 (ii) Need to open an Indian Institute of Technology in Jodhpur, Rajasthan and accord Central University status to Jai Narayan Vyas University, Jodhpur. Shri Jaswant Singh Bishnoi 529 (iii) Need to accord the status of a Central University to Kumaon University, Uttarakhand. Shri Bachi Singh Rawat 'Bachda' 530 (iv) Need to set up an Indian Council of Veterinary Research in the Country. Shri Santosh Gangwar 531 (v) Need to set up an Airport in Ajmer, Rajasthan. Prof. Rasa Singh Rawat 531 (vi) Need to initiate necessary measures to save the Cashew Industry from the aftermath of global economic recession. Shri P. Rajendran 532 (vii) Need to provide financial assistance to the Government of West Bengal for the relief and reconstruction work in the flood-affected areas of the State Shri Prasanta Pradhan 532 (viii) Need to review the sharing of Betwa river water between Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh. Shri Chandra Pal Singh Yadav 533 (ix) Need to undertake repair work of National Highways in Bihar Shri Ram Kripal Yadav 533 (x) Need to extend the Agriculture Debt Waiver Scheme to the financial organisations giving loans to SCs, STs and OBCs. Shri Prasanna Acharya 534 (xi) Need to review the commissioning of Hydro- Power projects in Arunachal Pradesh keeping in view its environmental impact on Assam. Dr. Arun Kumar Sarma 535 (xii) 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 S.K. Bwiswmuthiary 536 UNORGANISED WORKERS' SOCIAL SECURITY 537-575 BILL, 2008 Motion to Consider 537-541 Shri Oscar Fernandes 537-541 Clauses 2 to 17 and 1 542-574 Motion to pass 575 NATIONAL INVESTIGATION AGENCY BILL, 2008 576-764 AND UNLAWFUL ACTIVITIES (PREVENTION) AMENDMENT BILL, 2008 Motions to Consider 577 Shri P. Chidambaram 576-585 739-764 Shri L.K. Advani 586-598 Shri Kapil Sibal 600-616 Shri Basu Deb Acharia 617-625 Shri Mohan Singh 626-632 Shri Devendra Prasad Yadav 633-638 Shri Anant Gangaram Geete 639-645 Shri Tathagata Satpathy 647-651 Shri Gurudas Dasgupta 652-656 Shri A. Krishnaswamy 657-658 Shri Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa 659-661 Shri Kharabela Swain 662-674 Shri Kirip Chaliha 676-679 Prof. M. Ramadass 679-682 Shri J.M. Aaron Rashid 683-685 Shri Pralhad Joshi 686 Shri M.P. Veerendra Kumar 687-689 Shri Sarbananda Sonowal 690-691 Shri Asaduddin Owaisi 692-697 Shri S.K. Kharventhan 698-700 Shri K. Francis George 701-706 Shri Francis Fanthome 707 Dr. Thokchom Meinya 708-709 Shri Bikram Keshari Deo 710-712 Shri Shailendra Kumar 713-714 Shri Vijay Bahuguna 715-716 Shri Ram Kripal Yadav 717-719 Md. Salim 720-722 Shri M. Shivanna 723 Shri Kinjarapu Yerrannaidu 724-725 Shri S.K. Bwiswmuthiary 726-727 Shri Ramdas Athawale 728-729 Shri Tapir Gao 730 Dr. Vallabhbhai Kathiria 731-733 Shrimati Jhansi Lakshmi Botcha 734-736 Shrimati Tejasvini Gowda 737-738 NATIONAL INVESTIGATION AGENCY BILL, 2008 Clauses 2 to 25 and 1 748-751 Motion to pass 751 UNLAWFUL ACTIVITIES (PREVENTION) AMENDMENT BILL, 2008 Clauses 2 to 16 and 1 752-764 Motion to pass 764 ANNEXURE -I Member-wise Index to Starred Questions 766 Member-wise Index to Unstarred Questions 767-770 ANNEXURE -II Ministry-wise Index to Starred Questions 771 Ministry-wise Index to Unstarred Questions 772-773 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 ---------- Wednesday, December 17, 2008/ Agrahayana 26, 1930 (Saka) The Lok Sabha met at Eleven of the Clock (MR SPEAKER in the Chair) SHRI BASU DEB ACHARIA (BANKURA): Sir, I have given a notice to suspend the Question Hour. (Interruptions) MR. SPEAKER: I will call you first after the Question Hour. (Interruptions) ( ): , अलग-अलग ल ...( ) MR. SPEAKER: I will call you also. Give me an opportunity to call you, please. (Interruptions) SHRI MADHUSUDAN MISTRY (SABARKANTHA): Sir, this matter was already raised. (Interruptions) MR. SPEAKER: I do not know. You are his friend, you know this matter. इ ग . (Interruptions) MR. SPEAKER: All matters will be considered and possibly allowed to be raised after the Question Hour. (Interruptions) ( ) : , ल ...( ) MR. SPEAKER: I have just been told about the notice and I will look into it. I can assure you that so long I occupy this seat, not for much longer period, no MP is allowed to be harassed by anybody in this country. I will take action. Please allow me to even go through the notice. Mr. Suman, now you are the leader, you must cooperate. Now, Q. 261 - Shri Sugrib Singh (Q. No. 261) SHRI SUGRIB SINGH: Sir, the expenditure of our GDP on health care is not sufficient to meet the demands of people of our country. I appreciate the move of the Central Government to increase the Budgetary Outlay for health sector. But at the same time, I am unhappy for shifting the Central- State financing ratio from the current 80:20 to 60:40. The Government has put several national programmes under the umbrella of NRHM. The financial soundness of all the backward States, particularly of Orissa, is not very good. Therefore, I would like to know from the hon. Minister whether he will exempt some of the poor States, like Orissa, from this new pattern of financial ratio and let them remain in the old system so that the objectives of NRHM in such States can be obtained. MR. SPEAKER: I am sure, you have understood it. I do not know. DR. ANBUMANI RAMADOSS: Sir, for the first time in the country that huge resources have been invested into the health sector. I would just like to compare that when I took over as a Minister about four and a half years ago, the total Budget for the Health Ministry was approximately about Rs.6,000 crore. Today, it is about Rs.16,500 crore; just in four years. The Tenth Plan spending for the health was approximately about Rs. 40,000 to Rs.42,000 crore. For the Eleventh Plan, the Prime Minister has planned to allocate Rs. 1,40,000 crore; just from Rs.40,000 crore to Rs.1,40,000 crore. This shows the seriousness of the Government on spending on health. Today, under the National Rural Health Mission, States like Orissa, Madhya Pradesh, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, plus these three newly formed States, North-East, Jammu & Kashmir and Himachal Pradesh, that is, about 18 States have been on focus. This includes Orissa also. In Orissa, we have focused a lot on that and huge investments have been done. Sir, this year, when I said, the health budget for the Health Ministry is approximately about Rs.16,500 crore, about Rs.12,000 crore to Rs.12,500 crore has been earmarked only for the National Rural Health Mission. This shows that for the first time, in the country, huge investments are being there parked in very health facility in this country. I would categorically state that every Public Health Centre in the country, whether from the sub-centres, primary health centres, community health centres, District Headquarters Hospitals, the primary public health centres, all the centres are having large resources, both financial resources and material resources as well as infrastructure.