16.12.2015 1 C O N T E N T S Sixteenth Series, Vol.XIV, Sixth Session, 2015/1937 (Saka) No. 15, Wednesday, December 16, 2015/Agrahayana 25, 1937 (Saka) S U B J E C T P A G E S ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS Starred Question Nos.241 to 246 12-66 WRITTEN ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS Starred Question Nos. 247 to 260 67-113 Unstarred Question Nos.2761 to 2990 114-534 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. 16.12.2015 2 PAPERS LAID ON THE TABLE 535-544, 552-555, 558 COMMITTEE ON PRIVATE MEMBERS BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS 17th Report 545 PUBLIC ACCOUNTS COMMITTEE 27th to 29th Reports 546 STANDING COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE 17th to 21st Reports 547 STANDING COMMITTEE ON DEFENCE 12th and 13th Reports 548 STANDING COMMITTEE ON PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS 8th and 9th Reports 549 STANDING COMMITTEE ON COAL AND STEEL 15th and 16th Reports 550 STANDING COMMITTEE ON SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT Statements 551 STATEMENTS BY MINISTERS (i) Status of implementation of the recommendations contained in the 7th Report of the Standing Committee on Information Technology on Demands for Grants (2015-16), pertaining to the Department of Telecommunications, Ministry of Communications and Information Technology. Shri Ravi Shankar Prasad 556 16.12.2015 3 (ii) Status of implementation of the recommendations contained in the 44th Report of the Standing Committee on Social Justice and Empowerment on `Working of Ashram Schools in Tribal Areas‟, pertaining to the Ministry of Tribal Affairs. Shri Mansukhbhai Dhanjibhai Vasava 556 (iii) 21st Conference of Parties held from 30th November, 2015 to 12th December, 2015 at Paris (France) under the United Nations Framework Conventions on climate change. Shri Prakash Javadekar 556 (iv) Status of implementation of the recommendations contained in the 259th Report of the Standing Committee on Science and Technology, Environment and Forests on Demands for Grants (2015-16), pertaining to the Department of Biotechnology, Ministry of Science and Technology. Shri Y.S. Chowdary 557 (v) Initiatives of the Government for regional connectivity with focus on North-Eastern States of the Country. Shri Nitin Gadkari 594-596 SUBMISSION BY MEMBERS Re: Reported CBI raid at Delhi Chief Minister's Office and resultant infringement on the federal polity. 563-570 MATTERS UNDER RULE 377 597-624 (i) Need to formulate a scheme for proper education of differently-abled children in the country. Shri Ajay Misra Teni 598 16.12.2015 4 (ii) Regarding proposed demarcation of eco-sensitive zone around Sanjay Gandhi Rashtriya Udyan, Mumbai. Dr. Kirit Somaiya 599 (iii) Need to spread awareness programme for donation of organs Shri Rattan Lal Kataria 600 (iv) Need to take welfare measures to mitigate the sufferings of widows in the country. Dr. Nepal Singh 601 (v) Need to provide adequate compensation to farmers distressed due to loss of crops caused by heavy rains and hailstorms in Eastern Uttar Pradesh particularly in Salempur parliamentary constituency in the State. Shri Ravindra Kushwaha 602 (vi) Need to run branch of Union Bank of India from village Duari situated in Raipur Karchuliyan block in Rewa district, Madhya Pradesh. Shri Janardan Mishra 603 (vii) Need to provide post-retirement benefits to retired employees and dependant family members of deceased employees of Ganesh Sugar Mills, Anandnagar, Maharajganj, Uttar Pradesh under National Textile Corporation Limited. Shri Pankaj Chowdhary 604 (viii) Need to impress upon Government of Rajasthan to withdraw circulars issued by the State Government relating to issuance of caste certificates having 'Meena' surname. Shri Harish Meena 605 16.12.2015 5 (ix) Need to set up adequate number of procurement centres in Shrawasti parliamentary constituency in Uttar Pradesh for purchase of paddy from farmers. Shri Daddan Mishra 606 (x) Need to take steps for early completion of North Koel Reservoir Project and other irrigation projects in Jharkhand. Shri Sunil Kumar Singh 607 (xi) Need to provide funds under Additional Central Assistance for Left Wing Extremism Affected Districts in Bihar particularly in Aurangabad parliamentary constituency, Bihar. Shri Sushil Kumar Singh 608 (xii) Need to set up institutes of technical education in Bhind and Datia districts of Madhya Pradesh. Dr. Bhagirath Prasad 609 (xiii) Need to undertake financial revival of units of Bharat Wagon and Engineering Company Limited at Muzaffarpur and Mokama in Bihar. Shri Ajay Nishad 610 (xiv) Need for electrification of rural areas of Dibrugarh in Assam. Shri Rameshwar Teli 611 (xv) Need to open branches of nationalised banks at every gram panchayat level particularly in Bangalore Rural parliamentary constituency, Karnataka. Shri D.K. Suresh 612 16.12.2015 6 (xvi) Regarding issue of No Objection Certificate (NoC) for construction of fly-over bridge on National Highway No. 7 in Salem, Tamil Nadu. Shri V. Panneerselvam 613 (xvii) Need to set up an Information Technology (IT) Park in Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu. Shri K. Parasuraman 614 (xviii) Need to take necessary steps for promotion of Joynagar Moya, a traditional Bengali sweet. Shrimati Pratima Mondal 615 (xix) Need for Central assistance to address the problems being faced by the Tea Garden workers in West Bengal. Shri Bijoy Chandra Barman 616 (xx) Regarding drought situation prevailing in Kalahandi and Nuapada districts of Odisha. Shri Arka Keshari Deo 617 (xxi) Need to grant pension to those employees of LIC and Nationalised Insurance companies who resigned as well as sought voluntary retirement. Shri Gajanan Kirtikar 618 (xxii) Need for creation of a new railway zone in Andhra Pradesh with Vishakhapatnam as its headquarters. Shri Muthamsetti Srinivasa Rao (Avanthi) 619 16.12.2015 7 (xxiii) Need to include Sangareddy Municipality of Telangana in the list of AMRUT Scheme. Shri Kotha Prabhakar Reddy 620 (xxiv) Need to ensure implementation of the Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act in letter and spirit in Andhra Pradesh. Shrimati Kothapalli Geetha 621 (xxv) Need to construct a new railway line from Behrampore to Krishnanagar in West Bengal. Shri Md. Badaruddoza Khan 622 (xxvi) Need to set up AIIMS like institute in Purnia district, Bihar. Shri Santosh Kumar 623 (xxvii) Need to review the Bodoland Territorial Council (BTC) accord Shri Naba Kumar Sarnia 624 COMMERCIAL COURTS, COMMERCIAL 625-707 DIVISION AND COMMERCIAL APPELLATE DIVISION OF HIGH COURTS BILL, 2015 Shri B. Senguttuvan 625-632 Shri Kirit Azad 633-637 Shrimati Arpita Ghosh 638-640 Shri Tathagata Satpathy 641-644 Shri Vinayak Bhaurao Raut 645-647 Dr. Ravindra Babu 648-650 Shri B. Vinod Kumar 651-653 16.12.2015 8 Shri M.B. Rajesh 654-658 Shri Varaprasad Rao Velagapalli 659-662 Shri P.P. Chaudhary 663-671 Dr. Arun Kumar 672-673 Shri Santosh Kumar 674-675 Shri Dushyant Chautala 676-677 Shri N.K. Premachandran 678-685 Shri Sher Singh Ghubaya 686-687 Shri Daddan Mishra 688-690 Shri Rajesh Ranjan 691-692 Shri D.V. Sadananda Gowda 693-699 Clauses 2 to 23 and 1 699-707 Motion to Pass 707 STATUTORY RESOLUTION RE: DISAPPROVAL 708-717 OF ARBITRATION AND CONCILIATION (AMENDMENT) ORDINANCE, 2015 AND ARBITRATION AND CONCILIATION (AMENDMENT) BILL, 2015 Shri N.K. Premachandran 709, 712-717 Shri D.V. Sadananda Gowda 709-711 ANNEXURE – I Member-wise Index to Starred Questions 718 Member-wise Index to Unstarred Questions 719-724 ANNEXURE – II Ministry-wise Index to Starred Questions 725 Ministry-wise Index to Unstarred Questions 726-727 16.12.2015 9 OFFICERS OF LOK SABHA THE SPEAKER Shrimati Sumitra Mahajan THE DEPUTY SPEAKER Dr. M. Thambidurai PANEL OF CHAIRPERSONS Shri Arjun Charan Sethi Shri Hukmdeo Narayan Yadav Shri Anandrao Adsul Shri Pralhad Joshi Dr. Ratna De (Nag) Shri Ramen Deka Shri Konakalla Narayana Rao Shri Hukum Singh Shri K.H. Muniyappa Dr. P. Venugopal SECRETARY GENERAL Shri Anoop Mishra 16.12.2015 10 LOK SABHA DEBATES LOK SABHA ---------- Wednesday, December 16, 2015/Agrahayana 25, 1937 (Saka) The Lok Sabha met at Eleven of the Clock [HON. SPEAKER in the Chair] 16.12.2015 11 HON. SPEAKER: Hon. Members, I have received notices of Adjournment Motion from Sarvashri Mallikarjun Kharge, Jyotiraditya M. Scindia, Ninong Ering, Gaurav Gogoi and Kumari Susmita Dev regarding alleged interference by the Governor of Arunachal Pradesh. The conduct of Governor can be discussed only on a substantive motion drawn in proper form. I have disallowed the notices of Adjournment Motion. I have also received notices of Adjournment Motion from Prof. Saugata Roy, Sarvashri Bhagwant Mann, Prem Singh Chandumajra, N.K. Premachandran, Shrimati P.K. Sreemati Teacher and Shri P. Karunakaran on different issues. The matters though important enough do not warrant interruption of business of the day. The matters can be raised through other opportunities. I have, therefore, disallowed all the notices of Adjournment Motion. … (Interruptions) HON. SPEAKER: Now, Question Hour. Question No. 241 – Dr. Heena Vijaykumar Gavit. … (Interruptions) 11.02 hours (At this stage, Shri Bhagwant Mann, Shri K. Suresh and some other hon. Member came and stood on the floor near the Table.) … (Interruptions) 16.12.2015 12 11.02 ½ hours ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS HON. SPEAKER : Q. No. 241, Dr. Heena Vijaykumar Gavit. (Q. 241) DR. HEENA VIJAYKUMAR GAVIT: Madam, in order to prevent the catastrophic damages, the Indian Railways has introduced the On Board Condition Monitoring System which is one of its kind and it is currently operational in UK and US.… (Interruptions)