Tenth Series, Vol. XLI, No. 40 Thursday, June 1, 1995 Jyaistha 11, 1917 (Saka) LOK SABRA DEBATES (English Version) Thirteenth Session (Tenth Lok Sabba) I . (Vol. XLI contains Nos. 31 to 40) LOK SABHA SECRETARIAT NEW DELHI Price: Rs. 50.00 (Ol'IIGIHAL ENGLISH PROCEEDINGS lNeLUDED IN ENGLISH VERS.QN ANO ORIGINAL HINDI· PROCE£D.'MGS !t:'CLUoED, IN HINDI VERSION WIll ~fTREATfiD AS AUTH,)RITATlVE> AND HOT THE T~ANSLATJON THEREOF .• ] Thursday, JUne l,l99S/Jyaietha 11,1917 (saka)r- ,_ •••• Col./Line -For -Read 21l11~(from below) 12.07 hra. 2:.(3/2~(frall below) The ~11rd rt~t' for Welfare The Minister of Wal£.,. (an:! Sit& nmll Reed) (Shri sita R8ftI Ke8rl) 268/25(fr.an below) It 14.03 hrs." ma::" be deleteC: 62/12 13.0 513.0 62/13 68.0 168.0 62/14 58.0 258.0 62115 60.0 160.0 82/2 (frca below) o 610 CONTENTS [Tenth Series, Vol. XLI, Thirteenth Session, 199511917 (Saka)] [No. 40, Thursday, June 1,19951Jyaistha 11, 1917 (Saka)] COLUMNS ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS 'Starred Questions Nos. 801--803 1-21 WRITTEN ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS 'Starred Questions Nos. 804-820 21-43 Unstarred Questions Nos. 8110--8278 43-211 RE: FAST BY SHRI SUNDER LAL BAHUGUNA IN RELATION TO TEHRI DAM 211-215 RE: RESERVATIONS IN PROMOTIONS FOR SCHEDULED CASTES AND SCHEDULED TRIBES 215-229 PAPERS LAID ON THE TABLE 229-237 MESSAGES FROM RAJYA SABHA 237 BILLS, AS PASSED BY RAJYA SABHA -Laid 237 STANDING COMMITTEE ON FINANCE Sixteenth, Seventeenth and Eighteenth Reports -Presented 237-238 WATER (PREVENTION AND CONTROL OF POLLUTION) CESS (AMENDMENT) BILL -Introduced 238-239 MATTERS UNDER RULE 377 240-241 (i) Need to re-start heavy water plant at Talcher 240 Shri Sriballav Panigrahi (ii) Need to take steps to protect the interests of domestic silk growers 240 Shri K.H. Muniyappa (iii) Need to set up heavy industry in Chhota Udaipur area in Gujarat 240-241 Shri N.J. Rathva RE: RESOLUTION SEEKING EXTENSION OF PRESIDENT'S RULE IN J & K 241-246 MATTERS UNDER RULE 377 -Contd. 246-249 (iv) Need to check infiltration of terrorists from across the border at Kutch, Gujarat 246 Shrimati Bhavna Chikhlia (v) Need to provide better telephone services in Bareilly, UP 246 Shri Santosh Kumar Gangwar (vi) Need to provide better railway facilities at Allahabad, U.P. 247 Shri Ram Pujan Patel (vii) Need to take expeditious steps for inclusion of notified forest villages in and around 10 kms. belt of the international boundary in the Bodoland Council area 247 Shri Satyendra Nath Brohmo Chaudhury (viii) Need for expeditious settlement of claims of Indians affected by Iraq-Kuwait war 247-248 Shri V.S. Vijayaraghavan • 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. COLUMNS ASSAM UNIVERSITY (AMENDMENT) BILL 249-265 As passed by Rajya Sabha Motion to consider 250 Kumari Selja 250 Shri Kabindra Purkayastha 250-252 Shri Bijoy Krishna Handique 252-253 Shri Uddhab Barman 253-255 Shrimali Girija Devi 255-256 Shri Kirip Ch~liha 256-258 Prof. Rasa Singh Rawat 259 Shri Ramashray Prasad Singh 261 Shri Mohan Singh (Deoria) 262 Clauses 2 and 1 Motion to pass 264-265 Kumari Selja 265 DELHI RENT BILL 265-286 As passed by Rajya Sabha Motion to consider Shrimati Sheila Kaul 265-268 Shri Kalka Das 268-272 Shri Hannan Mollah 272-277 Shri Mohan Singh (Deoria) 277 Shri Sriballav Panigrahi 278-281 Shri Syed Shahabuddin 281-285 Shri Girdhari .Lal Bhargava 285-286 HALF-AN-HOUR DISCUSSION Unutilised Foreign Loans 286-302 Shri Ram Vilas Paswan 286-288 Dr. K.D. Jeswani 288-290 Shri Santosh Kumar Gangwar 290 Prof. Rasa Singh Rawa! 290-291 Shri Sobhanadreeswara Rao Vadde 291 Shri Manmohan Singh 291-302 LOK SABHA DEBATES LOKSABHA CAPT. SATISH KUMAR SHARMA: Sir, as the hon. Member is aware, up to 1988-89 the oil pool account was in Thursday, June 1, 19951Jyaistha 11, 1917 (Saka) a state of balance and in the present situation as the hon. Member is mentioning, in 1994-95 there is a cumulative The Lok Sabha met at Eleven of the Clock. deficit. The deficit is cumulative outstanding to the oil companies. But as far as the current account-1994-95-is [MR. SPEAKER in the Chai~ concerned, there is an estimated surplus of Rs. 1,250 crore. ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS As regards the estimated subsidy, during 1994-95, the subsidy for HSD was Rs. 430 crore, for SKO, i.e., kerosene [English] Rs. 3740 crore, for LPG Rs. 1410 crore, for naphtha (F) Rs. 520 crore, for furnace oil (F) Rs. 200 crore, for LSHS, i.e., fertilizer Rs. 130 crore, for bitumen Rs. 110 crore and Deficit in Oil Pool Account for wax Rs. 20 crore. The total subsidy for this year is Rs. 6,560 crore. '801. SHRI SANAT KUMAR MANDAL: Will the Minister of PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS be pleased to state: SHRI SANAT KUMAR MANDAL: Sir, I would like to know from the han. Minister what is the impact of higher (a) the estimated cumulative deficit in the oil pool consumption in the context 01 outgo of subsidy on products account during 1994-95; like kerosene, LPG for domestic use and naphtha for manufacturing fertilizer leading to increased imports and the (b) the reasons for deficit in the oil pool account; heavy deficit in the oil pool account. (c) the role of the Oil Coordination Committee with And Sir, it is a somewhat fantastic situation that even regard to oil pool account; and with the existence of mechanism of retention pricing operating right from the stage of crude oil processing in the (d) the mechanism being adopted by the Government refineries, the petroleum subsidy burden has gone up sharply to check huge deficit in the oil. pool account? leading to such a huge deficit in the oil pool account. THE MINISTER OF STATE OF THE MINISTRY OF CAPT. SATISH KUMAR SHARMA: Sir, as we are all PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS (CAPT. SATISH KUMAR aware, till 1989, the peak production level was the highest SHARMA) : (a) The estimated deficit in the current account ever at 34 million tonnes and it started sliding down. The of Oil Pool is likely to be about Rs. 3800 crores on 31.3.95 problem started then. The important thing is that in this year, on cumulative basis. on the current account, there is a surplus. The reason is, our oil production is going up and efforts are being made in the (b) Pool Accounts are expected to be self balancing in medium-term to increase our oil production, to increase our the long run, though there may be imbalances for some relining capacity so that we have more of indigenous oil periods. Deficits have arisen in the pool account because the production. This year, our oil production has gone up to five sales realisation from the products did not fully cover the million tonnes more. For the first time since 1989, from a low costs incurred. production level 01 26.9 million tonnes, we have now come to a level where the oil production has gone up by five million tonnes more. Next year, il will be ten million tonnes more. (c) The Oil Coordination Committee maintains and administers the pool account according to the pricing On the relining front also, as the Members are aware, mechanism in existence .. new refineries are coming up. In collaboration with Oman, we are setting up two refineries; one is on the anvil and lOG (d) The position of the oil pool account is periodically is negotiating with Kuwait Petroleum Corporation. Besides, reviewed and corrective action taken. various refineries are coming up in the private sector. So, once the oil production goes up, once the refining capacity, SHRI SANAT KUMAR MANDAL: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I which we are short of, is increased in the country, would like to know under what circumstances the ~eported automatically this will have a positive impact on the oil pool Rs. 5,000 crore deficit in oil pool account resulted account and then it will get into a state of balance. contrary to Government's expectation that the oil pool account was perfectly balanced at the end of 1994-95. DR. MUMTAZ ANSARI: Mr. Speaker, Sir, the deficit has Now, will the hon. Minister please state the break up 01 risen in the oil pool account to the tune of Rs. 3,800 crore Rs. 3,800 crore deficit referred to in part (a) of the reply- and it has been stated by the hon. Minister that this deficit industry's claim on the oil pool account and the subsidy has arisen due to the fact that the costs have not been on petroleum products? covered. So, I would like to know from the han, Minister 3 Oral Answers JUNE 1. 1995 Oral Answers 4 which of the costs have not been covered, whether it is the SHRI ANNA JOSHI: This deficit shows that the cost of administrative cost or production cost or selling cost. Which production is more than the prices for which we are giving it of the costs have not been covered by the sale realisation? to the customer. My first question is. from your study, which At the same time, I would also like to know from the hon. will be the break-even point, when we will not have the deficit Minister whether there is any proposal to reduce this subsidy as well as the profit also, but our two ends can meet.