EI.htll Serf., ·· Vol. ~LVIII. No. 30 ; Tuesd.y, April 11, 1989 Chaltra 21, 1911 (Saka) LOK SABHA DEBATES (English Version) Thirteenth SessioD (Eighth Lok Sabha) (Yol. XL Ylll 'contains NOI. 2110 30) tOK SABRA SECRETARlA'I NEW DELW Me. I R,. 1.(1) (Olt.lGINAL BNGLISH PIlOCBBD1NGS INCLUDBD IN ENGLISH VmwON AND OR.IGINAL HINDI P.. OCBBDINGS INCLUDiD IN HINDI VBlUION WILL BB TR.EATBD AS AUTBOB.ITAT1VB AND NO'I TBB TRANSLATION THBllBOP.] CONTENTS (Eighth &lMs, Vol. XLVIII, Thitteenth Session, 198911911 (Saka)] No. 30. Tuesday. April 11. 1989/Chaitra 21. 1911 (Saka) COUJMNS Oral Answers to Questions: 1-35 ·Starred Questions Nos. 574,582,583.585, 587,588,590,593 and 581 Written Answers to Questions: 35-474 Starred Questions Nos. 575 to 580, 584, 586 35-46 589,591,592 and 594 Unstarred Questions Nos. 5591 to 5772 46-474 Announcement by Speaker Re: formation of 475-479 Janata Oal Legislature Party in Lok Sabha Papers Laid on the Table 479-483 Committee on Private Member'S Bills and 484 Resolutions Sixty-fourth Report-presented Committee on Subordinate Legislation 484 Twenty-second Report-pressnt9d Petition Re: Enactment of Legislation 484 banning lockout, closure etc. Calling attention to matter of urgent 485-504 public importance Reported deaths due to meningitis Shri V. Kishore Chandra S. Oeo 485 488-493 Kumari Saroj Khaparde 486-488 Shri M. R. Saikia 493-4~5 • The Sing t marked above the name of a Mambar indicates that the question was actually asked on the floor of the House by that Member. (ii) CowMNS Shri Para; Chaliha 495-497 Shri Harish Rawat 497-500 Business Advisory Committee 504-505 Sixty-ninth Report--adopfed Matters Under Rule 3n 505-511 (i) Need to ensure drinking water supply to 505-506 Bolangir district of Orissa Shri Nityananda M~a (n) Need to provide funds for supply of water in 507-508 villages falling in Barmer, Jaisalmer and Jodhpur districts of Rajasthan under Accelerated Rural Water Supply Programme Shri Virdhi ·Chander Jain (iii) ..Need to provide financial assistance to the 508 Government of Rajasthan for tube-wells in drought affected ar_s of the State Shri Shankar Lal (Iv) Need to start work on Koel-Karo Hydro-electric 508-509 Project Shri Sarfaraz Ahmed (v) Need to oonstrud a permanent dam along 509 banks of river Ganga in Ganj Doondwara, Tehsil Patiali, Distrid Etah, Uttar Pradesh Shri Mohd. Mahfooz Ali Khan (VI) Need to check the erosion by river 509-510 Brahmaputra from Chapar to Chanderdinga in district Dhubri (Assam) Shri Abdul H-.nkt (i) CoLUMNS (vil Need tor slaps to avoid deIiy in issuing 510 passports in Kanda Prof. P.J. Kwien (viii) Need to develop KoIaishwari hils in Hazaribagh 511 disbiet of BiIa as • tourist resort Shri Yogeshwar Prasad Yogesh Motion Re: Interim and Final Reports of Thakkar 511-602 Commission Shri Rameshwar Neekhra 512-516 Prof. Saifuddin 50z 516-526 Shri P. Chidambaram 526-534 Shri Nar8sh Chandra Chaturvedi 534·540 Shri T. Basheer 540-544 Shri P.R. Das Munsi 544-555 Shri Shivraj V. Patil 555-563 Shri Sharad Dighe 563-570 Shri Hamobhai Mete. 570-579 Shri Girdhari LaI Vyas 579-581 Shri SomnaIh Ralh 581-585 S. Hula Singh 585--602 LOK SABHA DEBATES LOKSABHA STATEMENT (a) to (c). During the last six months ended 31-3-1989, 208 applications for grant Tuesday, April 11, 19891Chaitra 21, 1911 of industrial licence under the Industries (Saka) (Development & Regulation) Act, 1951 were received from various entrepreneurs includ- ing the State Public Sector Undertakings for setting up industries in the State of Mahar- The Lok Sabha met at Eleven of the Clock ashtra. Out of this, 38 applications have been approved and fetters of intent granted [MR. SPEAKER in the Chailj to the parties concerned while 45 have been rejected/otherwise disposed of and 125 are ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS under process. Detailed information regard- ing letters of intent issued are published in [English] the Monthly Newsletter of Indian Investment Centre and a copy is sent to the Parliament Grant of Industrial Licences In Mahar- Library. ashtra "- [ Translation] *574. SHRf BALASAHEB VIKHE PATIL: Will the Minister of INDUSTRY be SHAI BALASAHEB VIKHE PATIL: Mr. pleased to state: Speaker, Sir, out of 208 applications, only 38 applications have been approved while 45 (a) whether Maharashtra Government have been rejected and 125 are still under has recommended some applications to process. I would like to know from the hone Union Government for grant of industrial Minister how many of these 38 licences licences for setting up industrial units in the belong to private sector, public sector and State; co-operative sector? Also, how many of them have been issued in backward areas? (b) if so, the number and details of such I would also like to know the extent to which applications received during the last six employment opportunities are likety to be months as on 31st March, 1989 and how created in each industry. H some of these many of them have been cleared; and licences relate to food processing industries, what-is their number? How many of them are (c) the details of such units, industry- going to be set up in rural areas and how wise, and the districts where such units will many in urban areas and how many people be set up? are likely to get employment in it? I would like the hone Ministerto furnish information sepa- THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE rately for rural and urban areas. DEPARTMENT OF INDUSTRIAL DEVEL- OPMENT IN THE MINISTRY OF INDUS- [English) TRY (SHRI M. ARUNACHALAM): (a) to (c). A statement is given below. SHRI M. ARUNACHALAM: Sir. during 3 Oral Answers APRil 11. 1989 • the past six months, the total number of of backwad area was 73. In 1988. the-. applications received was 208; 38 letters of number of schemes registered was 209 and intent have been issued; 45 applications the share mbackward area was 95. Upt, have been rejected or otherwise disposed Feb. 1989. the total number of schemes of; and 125 applications are at various registered was 19 and the share of backWard statges of processing. I would like to tell the area was 6. House through you, Sir that out of 125 appIi· cations, 77 applications have been received Sir. 32 applications are pending with the only during the last two months, that is within Food Processing Ministry. It is not with Our the stipulated period. Ministry. Sir, regarding backward and other ar- DR. DAITA SAMANT: Sir. Maharash- eas, I will pass on the information to the hone tra has got one-hundred-yaar old industries. Member. In public sector and private sector. Such industries are there in Bombay. Pune we have received a number of applications. and Thana Zones. There is a tendency to I will find out and pass on the information to close down the industries. About 240 big the hone Member. industries and 14000 small industries have been closed. Onefadory of Hindustan lever SHRI BALASAHEB VIKHE PATIL: Mr. had been closed. On the other hand. they Speaker. Sir, when they scrutinise, sanction had given licence to Apollo Industries for and issue letter of intent and licence. they producing the same product. Poddar Mills, should look into how many are in the back- Khatau Mills and Bombay MiHs have been ward areas; how much employment will be closed. but the other industry has started created and at thp same time whether the producing new products. Sir. these things rural area will be benefited or not. are happening. By the process of dosing down the okI industries and starting new I would like to ask another question. In industries. taking money from the Govem- Maharashtra, letters of intent have been ment. etc. the big houses are benefded. The issued to a number of spinning mills. But for Government should take note of one point at the last four years, no central financial insti- the time of issuing new licences in Mahar- tution is .giving any loan on the plea that ashtra or anywhere that alleast the people already the target for the Seventh Plan was who are employed in those jactories are not over. The Government should keep in view thrown out of the employment. You need not at the time of issuing licences, that the loan give anything additional It is a very impor- should be disbursed property so that the tant process. t want to know whether the cooperatives in particular would not suffer.' Government win take not~ of this and imple- In the rural areas, employment potential is ment the same. very much there. I want to know, how much this question will be looked into. Maharash- SHRI J. VENGAl RAO: Sir. you know tra is very potential for Vanaspathi. I want to very weHr as per the recent policy of the know the policy of the Government of India in Government. we are not giving licences to regard to issue of licence for the production the factories situated within SO KMs radius of Vanaspathi. from Bombay and other metropolitan cities. That is why, we are giving licences to the THE MINISTER OF INDUSTRY (SHRI rural and\backward areas only ... (Interrup- J. VENGAL RAO): The total number of tions) schemes registered in 1985 was 151, in which the share of backward area was 67. In DR. DArrA SAMANT: Why are you 1986, the total number of schemes regis- encouraging closing down of the tered was 277 and the share of backward industries? .. (lntemJptions) area was 132. In 1987, the total number of schemes registered was 217 and the share SHRI J.