RAJYA SABHA —— REVISED LIST OF BUSINESS Tuesday, December 17, 2013 11 A.M. ——— QUESTIONS QUESTIONS entered in separate lists to be asked and answers given. ———— PAPERS TO BE LAID ON THE TABLE Following Ministers to lay papers on the Table entered in the separate list: — 1. SHRI GHULAM NABI AZAD for Ministry of Health and Family Welfare; 2. SHRI PRAFUL PATEL for Ministry of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises; 3. SHRI JYOTIRADITYA MADHAVRAO SCINDIA for Ministry of Power; 4. SHRI K.H. MUNIYAPPA for Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises; 5. SHRI SACHIN PILOT for Ministry of Corporate Affairs; 6. SHRIMATI PANABAKA LAKSHMI for Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas; 7. SHRI NAMO NARAIN MEENA for Ministry of Finance; 8. SHRIMATI SANTOSH CHOWDHARY for Ministry of Health and Family Welfare; and 9. SHRI JESUDASU SEELAM for Ministry of Finance. ———— 111 REPORT OF DEPARTMENT RELATED PARLIAMENTARY STANDING COMMITTEE ON COMMERCE SHRI SHANTA KUMAR SHRI ISHWARLAL SHANKARLAL JAIN SHRI RANGASAYEE RAMAKRISHNA to present the One Hundred and Thirteenth Report (in English and Hindi) of the Department Related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Commerce on Action Taken by Government on the observations/recommendations of the Committee contained in its One Hundred and Eighth Report on Demands for Grants (2013-14) of the Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion, Ministry of Commerce and Industry. ———— REPORT OF THE DEPARTMENT RELATED PARLIAMENTARY STANDING COMMITTEE ON PERSONNEL, PUBLIC GRIEVANCES, LAW AND JUSTICE SHRI SHANTARAM NAIK SHRI SUKHENDU SEKHAR ROY to present the Sixty-sixth Report (in English and Hindi) of the Department-related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Personnel, Public Grievances, Law and Justice on the Right to Information (Amendment) Bill, 2013. ———— REPORTS OF THE DEPARTMENT RELATED PARLIAMENTARY STANDING COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORT, TOURISM AND CULTURE SHRI SITARAM YECHURY SHRI NARENDRA KUMAR KASHYAP SHRIMATI BIMLA KASHYAP SOOD to present the following Reports (in English & Hindi) of the Department-related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Transport, Tourism and Culture:- (i) *Two Hundred First Report on “Functioning of National Akademis and other Cultural Institutions- Issues and Challenges”; (ii) @Two Hundred Second Report on “The Merchant Shipping (Second Amendment) Bill, 2013”; and (iii) @Two Hundred Third Report on “Privatization of Services at Airports”. ———— * The Report was presented to the Chairman, Rajya Sabha on 17th October, 2013. @ These Reports were presented to the Chairman, Rajya Sabha on 20th November, 2013. 112 REPORTS OF THE DEPARTMENT RELATED PARLIAMENTARY STANDING COMMITTEE ON COAL AND STEEL SHRI SANJAY RAUT DR. PRADEEP KUMAR BALMUCHU to lay on the Table, a copy each (in English and Hindi) of the following Reports of the Department-related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Coal and Steel:- (i) Forty-first Report on Action Taken by the Government on the observations/recommendations contained in the Thirtieth Report of the Committee on ‘Review of Performance of Coal Mines Provident Fund Organisation (CMPFO)’ pertaining to the Ministry of Coal; (ii) Forty-third Report on Action Taken by the Government on the observations/recommendations contained in the Thirty-second Report of the Committee on ‘CSR Activities in Coal India Ltd. and its Subsidiaries’ pertaining to the Ministry of Coal; (iii) Forty-fourth Report on Action Taken by the Government on the observations/recommendations contained in the Thirty-third Report of the Committee on ‘Demands for Grants (2013-14)’ pertaining to the Ministry of Coal; (iv) Forty-fifth Report on Action Taken by the Government on the observations/recommendations contained in the Thirty-fourth Report of the Committee on ‘Demands for Grants (2013-14)’ pertaining to the Ministry of Mines; (v) Forty-seventh Report on Action Taken by the Government on the observations/recommendations contained in the Thirty-ninth Report of the Committee on ‘Promotion of Steel Usage’ pertaining to the Ministry of Steel; and (vi) Forty-eighth Report on Action Taken by the Government on the observations/recommendations contained in the Fortieth Report of the Committee on ‘Functioning of MSTC Ltd.’ pertaining to the Ministry of Steel. ———— REPORT OF THE DEPARTMENT RELATED PARLIAMENTARY STANDING COMMITTEE ON EXTERNAL AFFAIRS SHRI N.K. SINGH SHRI H.K. DUA to lay on the Table, a copy (in English and Hindi) of the Twenty-third Report of the Department-related Parliamentary Standing Committee on External Affairs on ‘The Nalanda University (Amendment) Bill, 2013’. ———— REPORTS OF THE DEPARTMENT RELATED PARLIAMENTARY STANDING COMMITTEE ON INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SHRI MOHAMMED ADEEB SHRI SALIM ANSARI to lay on the Table, a copy each (in English and Hindi) of the following Reports of the Department-related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Information Technology (2013-14):— (i) Forty-eighth Report on Action Taken by the Government on the Recommendations/Observations of the Committee contained in their Forty-fourth Report (Fifteenth Lok Sabha) on ‘Demands for Grants 113 (2013-14)’ relating to the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology (Department of Electronics and Information Technology); (ii) Forty-ninth Report on Action Taken by the Government on the Recommendations/Observations of the Committee contained in their Forty-sixth Report (Fifteenth Lok Sabha) on ‘Demands for Grants (2013-14)’ relating to the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting; (iii) Fiftieth Report on Action Taken by the Government on the Recommendations/Observations of the Committee contained in their Forty-fifth Report (Fifteenth Lok Sabha) on ‘Demands for Grants (2013-14)’ relating to the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology (Department of Posts); and (iv) Fifty-first Report on Action Taken by the Government on the Recommendations/Observations of the Committee contained in their Forty-third Report (Fifteenth Lok Sabha) on ‘Demands for Grants (2013-14)’ relating to the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology (Department of Telecommunications). ———— REPORTS OF THE DEPARTMENT RELATED PARLIAMENTARY STANDING COMMITTEE ON WATER RESOURCES DR. GYAN PRAKASH PILANIA SHRIMATI WANSUK SYIEM to lay on the Table, a copy each (in English and Hindi) of the following Reports of the Department-related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Water Resources (2013-2014):— (i) Nineteenth Report on Action Taken by the Government on the Observations/Recommendations contained in the Sixteenth Report (Fifteenth Lok Sabha) on ‘Repair, Renovation and Restoration of Water Bodies’; and (ii) Twentieth Report on Action Taken by the Government on the Observations/Recommendations contained in the Seventeenth Report (Fifteenth Lok Sabha) on ‘Demands for Grants (2013-14)’ of the Ministry of Water Resources. ———— STATEMENTS OF THE DEPARTMENT RELATED PARLIAMENTARY STANDING COMMITTEE ON WATER RESOURCES DR. GYAN PRAKASH PILANIA SHRIMATI WANSUK SYIEM to lay on the Table, a copy each (in English and Hindi) of the following Statements of the Department-related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Water Resources (2013-2014):— (i) Statement showing Further Action Taken by the Government on the Recommendations/Observations contained in the Ninth Report (Fifteenth Lok Sabha) on Action Taken by the Government on the Recommendations/Observations contained in the Fourth Report (Fifteenth Lok Sabha) on ‘Working of Brahmaputra Board’; and (ii) Statement showing Further Action Taken by the Government on the Recommendations/Observations contained in the Eighteenth Report (Fifteenth Lok Sabha) on Action Taken by the Government on the 114 Recommendations/Observations contained in the Fourteenth Report (Fifteenth Lok Sabha) on ‘Demands for Grants (2012-13)’ of the Ministry of Water Resources. ———— STATEMENTS BY MINISTERS 1. SHRI GHULAM NABI AZAD to make a statement regarding Status of implementation of recommendations contained in the Sixty-first to Sixty-fourth Reports of the Department-related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Health and Family Welfare on Demands for Grants (2012-13) of the Department of AYUSH, Department of AIDS Control, Department of Health Research and Department of Health and Family Welfare, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. 2. SHRI OSCAR FERNANDES to make a statement regarding Status of implementation of recommendations contained in the One Hundred and Eighty-seventh Report of the Department-related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Transport, Tourism and Culture on Demands for Grants (2012-13) pertaining to the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways. 3. SHRI PRAFUL PATEL to make the following statements regarding:–– (i) Status of implementation of recommendations contained in the Two Hundred and Thirty-eighth Report of the Department-related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Industry on Action Taken Note on the Two Hundred and Thirty-fourth Report of the said Committee on Demands for Grants (2012-13) pertaining to the Department of Heavy Industry, Ministry of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises; and (ii) Status of implementation of recommendations contained in the Two Hundred and Forty-third Report of the Department-related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Industry on Demands for Grants (2013-14) pertaining to the Department of Heavy Industry, Ministry of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises. 4. SHRI JAIRAM RAMESH to make a statement regarding Status of implementation of recommendations contained in the Thirty-eighth Report of the Department-related Parliamentary Standing Committee