RAJYA SABHA TUESDAY, THE 18TH FEBRUARY, 2014 (The Rajya Sabha met in the Parliament House at 11-00 a.m.) #11-02 a.m. (The House adjourned at 11-02 a.m. and re-assembled at 12-00 Noon) 1. Starred Questions Answers to Starred Question Nos. 341 to 360 were laid on the Table. 2. Unstarred Questions Answers to Unstarred Question Nos. 2487 to 2641 were laid on the Table. 12-00 Noon. 3. Papers Laid on the Table Shri Ghulam Nabi Azad (Minister of Health and Family Welfare and Minister of Water Resources) laid on the Table:- I. A copy each (in English and Hindi) of the following Notifications of the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (Department of Health and Family Welfare), under Section 34 of the Pre-conception and Pre-natal Diagnostic Technologies (Prohibition of Sex Selection) Act, 1994:— (1) G.S.R. 13 (E), dated the 10th January, 2014, publishing the Pre- conception and Pre-natal Diagnostic Techniques (Prohibition of Sex Selection) Amendment Rules, 2014. (2) G.S.R. 14 (E), dated the 10th January, 2014, publishing the Pre- conception and Pre-natal Diagnostic Techniques (Prohibition of Sex Selection) (Six Months Training) Rules, 2014. II. A copy each (in English and Hindi) of the following papers:— (i) (a) Annual Report and Accounts of the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI), New Delhi, for the year 2012-13, together with the Auditor's Report on the Accounts. (b) Review by Government on the working of the above Authority. (c) Statement giving reasons for the delay in laying the papers mentioned at (i) (a) above. # From 11-00 a.m. to 11-02 a.m., some points were raised. 306 18TH FEBRUARY, 2014 (ii) (a) Annual Report and Accounts of the Indian Pharmacopoeia Commission, Ghaziabad, for the year 2012-13, together with the Auditor's Report on the Accounts. (b) Review by Government on the working of the above Commission. (c) Statement giving reasons for the delay in laying the papers mentioned at (ii) (a) above. Shrimati Panabaka Lakshmi (Minister of State in the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas and Minister of State in the Ministry of Textiles) on behalf of Shri M. Veerappa Moily laid on the Table:- I. A copy each (in English and Hindi) of the following Notifications of the Ministry of Environment and Forests, under Section 26 of the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986:— (1) S.O. 3822 (E), dated the 27th December, 2013, amending Notification No. S.O. 489 (E), dated the 30th April, 2003, to substitute certain entries in the original Notification. (2) G.S.R. 771 (E), dated the 11th December, 2013, publishing the Environment (Protection) (Third Amendment) Rules, 2013. (3) G.S.R. 02 (E), dated the 2nd January, 2014, publishing the Environment (Protection) Amendment Rules, 2014. (4) S.O. 3489 (E), dated the 26th November, 2013, amending Notification No. S.O. 1174 (E), dated the 18th July, 2007, to substitute/insert certain entries in the original Notification. (5) S.O. 21 (E), dated the 3rd January, 2014, amending Notification No. S.O. 1174 (E), dated the 18th July, 2007, to substitute/insert certain entries in the original Notification. II. A compendium of 20 Notifications (in English and Hindi) of the Ministry of Environment and Forests regarding National Tiger Conservation Authority, under sub-section (2) of Section 63 of the Wild Life (Protection) Act, 1972. III. A copy each (in English and Hindi) of the Ministry of Environment and Forests Notification No. S.O. 3299 (E), dated the 1st November, 2013, amending Notification Nos. S.O. 262(E), dated the 22nd February, 2007 and S.O. 389 (E), dated the 17th February, 2010 to substitute certain entries in the original Notification, under sub-section (3) of Section 62 of the Biological Diversity Act, 2002. 307 RAJYA SABHA Shri Rajeev Shukla (Minister of State in the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs and Minister of State in the Ministry of Planning) on behalf of Shri Praful Patel 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) Sixtieth Annual Report and Accounts of the HMT Limited, Bangalore, along with that of it's subsidiary companies, for the year 2012-13, together with the Auditor's Report on the Accounts and the comments of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India thereon. (b) Statement by Government accepting the above Report. (2) Statement (in English and Hindi) giving reasons for the delay in laying the papers mentioned at (1) above. Shri Jyotiraditya Madhavrao Scindia (Minister of State (Independent Charge) in the Ministry of Power) laid on the Table a copy each (in English and Hindi) of the following Notifications of the Ministry of Power, under Section 179 of the Electricity Act, 2003 along with delay Statement:- (1) No. L-1/12/2010-CERC, dated the 11th July, 2013, publishing the Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (Terms and Conditions for recognition and issuance of Renewable Energy Certificate for Renewable Energy Generation) (Second Amendment) Regulations, 2013. (2) No. L-1/44/2010-CERC, dated the 29th August, 2013, publishing Corrigendum to Notification No. S. No. 229, dated the 25th November, 2011. (3) No. L-7/143/158/2012-CERC, dated the 3rd September, 2013, publishing the Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (Procedure, Terms and Conditions for grant of trading licence and other related matters) (Second Amendment) Regulations, 2013. (4) No. L-7/105(121)/2007-CERC, dated the 11th September, 2013, publishing the Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (Open Access in inter-State Transmission) (Second Amendment) Regulations, 2013. 308 18TH FEBRUARY, 2014 (5) No. JERC-11/2010, dated the 25th October, 2013, publishing the Joint Electricity Regulatory Commission for Goa & UTs (Electricity Supply Code) Second Amendment Regulations, 2013. (6) No. JERC-1/2009, dated the 25th October, 2013, publishing the Joint Electricity Regulatory Commission for Goa & Union Territories (Conduct of Business) Second amendment Regulations, 2013. Shri K.H. Muniyappa (Minister of State (Independent Charge) in the Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises) laid on the Table a copy each (in English and Hindi) of the following papers:— (i) (a) Annual Report and Accounts of the MSME-Technology Development Centre (Central Footwear Training Institute), Tamil Nadu, for the year 2012-13, together with the Auditor's Report on the Accounts. (b) Statement by Government accepting the above Report. (ii) (a) Annual Report and Accounts of the Indian Institute of Entrepreneurship (IIE), Guwahati, for the year 2012-13, together with the Auditor's Report on the Accounts. (b) Statement by Government accepting the above Report. (iii) (a) Annual Report and Accounts of the National Institute for Entrepreneurship and Small Business Development (NIESBUD), NOIDA, for the year 2012-13, together with the Auditor's Report on the Accounts. (b) Statement by Government accepting the above Report. Shrimati Panabaka Lakshmi (Minister of State in the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas and Minister of State in the Ministry of Textiles) on behalf of Shri Sachin Pilot laid on the Table a copy (in English and Hindi) of the Fifty-seventh Annual Report on the Working and Administration of the Companies Act, 1956, for the year ended March 31, 2013, under Section 638 of the Companies Act, 1956. 309 RAJYA SABHA Shrimati Panabaka Lakshmi (Minister of State in the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas and Minister of State in the Ministry of Textiles) laid on the Table:- I.(1) A copy each (in English and Hindi) of the following papers, under sub-section (4) of Section 20 of the Oil Industry (Development) Act, 1974:— (a) Annual Report and Accounts of the Oil Industry Development Board (OIDB), New Delhi, for the year 2012-13, 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 Board. (2) Statement (in English and Hindi) giving reasons for the delay in laying the papers mentioned at (1) above. II.(1) A copy each (in English and Hindi) of the following papers, under sub-section (1) of Section 619A of the Companies Act, 1956:— (i) (a) Annual Report and Accounts of the Biecco Lawrie Limited (BIECCO), Kolkata, for the year 2012-13, 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 Company. (ii) (a) Ninth Annual Report and Accounts of the Indian Strategic Petroleum Reserves Limited (ISPRL), New Delhi, for the year 2012-13, 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 Company. (2) Statements each (in English and Hindi) giving reasons for the delay in laying the papers mentioned (1) above. III. A copy each (in English and Hindi) of the following papers:— (i) Production Sharing Contract (PSC) between the Government of India (Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas) and the Reliance Industries Limited and NIKO Resources Limited, for the contract area identified as Block -KG-DWN-98-3. 310 18TH FEBRUARY, 2014 (ii) Production Sharing Contract (PSC) between the Government of India (Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas) and the Reliance Industries Limited and NIKO Resources Limited, for the contract area identified as Block NEC-OSN-97-2. (iii) Production Sharing Contract (PSC) between the Government of India (Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas) and Cairn Energy India PTY.