RAJYA SABHA Parliamentary Bulletin PART - I (TWO HUNDRED AND TWENTY SIXTH SESSION) No. 5005] FRIDAY, AUGUST 17, 2012 Brief Record of the Proceedings of the Meeting of the Rajya Sabha held on the 17th August, 2012 11-00 a.m. 1. Dispensing with Question Hour The Chairman made the following announcement:— “I have to inform Members that I have received requests from several quarters to suspend the Question Hour to take up discussion on the topic of attacks on migrants from North-East Region of the country in various States. In the light of the request made, I have decided to suspend the Question Hour and take up the discussion immediately. It has been further decided that one person from each Party will speak and every speaker will be given five minutes, after which the mike will be switched off and nothing will go on record". 11-01 a.m. Shri M. Venkaiah Naidu raised a matter regarding attacks on migrants from North-Eastern Region in different parts of the country. The following Members also spoke:— 11-07 a.m. 1. Dr. Karan Singh 11-10 a.m. 2. Shri Birendra Prasad Baishya 11-13 a.m. 3. Shri K. N. Balagopal 11-15 a.m. 4. Prof. Ram Gopal Yadav 11-20 a.m. 5. Shri Biswajit Daimary 11-24 a.m. 6. Shri Mangala Kisan 11-27 a.m. 7. Shri Arun Jaitley, Leader of the Opposition 32965 32966 11-29 a.m. 8. Dr. Manmohan Singh, Prime Minister and Leader of the House 11-32 a.m. 9. Shri Kunal Kumar Ghosh 11-37 a.m. 10. Shri Brajesh Pathak 11-41 a.m. 11. Shri Sanjay Raut 11-46 a.m. 12. Shri Ram Kripal Yadav 11-53 a.m. 13. Dr. V. Maitreyan 11-55 a.m. 14. Shri Shivanand Tiwari 12-00 Noon 15. Shri Tariq Anwar 12-03 p.m. 16. Shrimati Kanimozhi 12-07 p.m. 17. Shri Ram Vilas Paswan 12-13 p.m. 18. Shri Devender Goud T. 12-17 p.m. 19. Shri Balwinder Singh Bhunder 12-21 p.m. 20. Shri M. P. Achuthan 12-24 p.m. 21. Dr. Barun Mukherji 12-26 p.m. Thereafter, the Chairman placed the following Resolution before the House:–– “This House expresses its serious concern at the feeling of persecution of our brothers and sisters of the North Eastern states, who are leaving various cities and returning back to the North East. All sections of this House and all political parties are of the firm opinion that as citizens of this country people of North East have a right to live in any part of India. Full security should be provided to them in all parts of India. This House appeals to all those, who are returning to North East, not to be misled by false rumours and to come back to their place of study or work. Their presence in various parts of the country promotes national unity. The mischief mongers and anti-national elements behind the electronic campaign to create panic should be urgently investigated by the authorities”. The Resolution was adopted by the House unanimously. 3. Starred Questions Answers to Starred Question Nos. 101 to 120 were laid on the Table. Answers to Starred Question Nos. 81 to 100 put down in the List of August 16, 2012 were also laid on the Table. 32967 4. Unstarred Questions Answers to Unstarred Question Nos. 776 to 930 were laid on the Table. Answers to Unstarred Question Nos. 621 to 775 put down in the List of August 16, 2012 were also laid on the Table. 12-27 p.m. 5. Papers Laid on the Table The following papers were laid on the Table:— 1. A copy each (in English and Hindi) of the following Notifications of the Ministry of Human Resource Development (Department of School Education and Literacy), under Section 38 of the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act, 2009, along with Explanatory Statement:— (1) S.O. 1264 (E), dated the 1st June, 2012, granting relaxation to the State of Odisha in respect of the minimum qualification norms notified by the National Council for Teacher Education for appointment of teachers. (2) S.O. 1390 (E), dated the 20th June, 2012, granting relaxation to the State of Meghalaya in respect of the minimum qualification notified by the National Council for Teacher Education for appointment of teachers. (3) S.O. 1391 (E), dated the 20th June, 2012, granting relaxation to the State of Tripura in respect of the minimum qualification notified by the National Council for Teacher Education for appointment of teachers. 2.(1) A copy each (in English and Hindi) of the following papers, under sub-section (4) of Section 22 of the National Institutes of Technology Act, 2007:– (a) Annual Report of the Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology (NIT), Bhopal, for the year 2010-11. (b) Annual Accounts of the Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology (NIT), Bhopal, for the year 2010-11, and the Audit Report thereon. (c) Review by Government on the working of the above Institute. (2) Statement (in English and Hindi) giving reasons for the delay in laying the papers mentioned at (1) above. 32968 3. A copy each (in English and Hindi) of the following papers:— (i) (a) Annual Accounts of the Nagaland University, Kohima, for the year 2010-11, and the Audit Report thereon, under sub-section (4) of Section 32 of the Nagaland University Act, 1989. (b) Statement giving reasons for the delay in laying the papers mentioned at (i) (a) above. (ii) (a) Annual Report and Accounts of the Ujala Society, Directorate of Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan, Jammu and Kashmir, for the year 2009-10, together with the Auditor's Report on the Accounts. (b) Statement by Government accepting the above Report. (c) Statement giving reasons for the delay in laying the papers mentioned at (ii) (a) above. (iii) (a) Annual Report and Accounts of the Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA Rajya Mission Authority), Itanagar, Arunachal Pradesh, for the year 2008-09, together with the Auditor's Report on the Accounts. (b) Statement by Government accepting the above Report. (c) Statement giving reasons for the delay in laying the papers mentioned at (iii) (a) above. (iv) (a) Annual Report and Accounts of the Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA Rajya Mission Authority), Itanagar, Arunachal Pradesh, for the year 2009-10, together with the Auditor's Report on the Accounts. (b) Statement by Government accepting the above Report. (c) Statement giving reasons for the delay in laying the papers mentioned at (iv) (a) above. (v) (a) Annual Report and Accounts of the Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA Rajya Mission Authority), Itanagar, Arunachal Pradesh, for the year 2010-11, together with the Auditor's Report on the Accounts. (b) Statement by Government accepting the above Report. (c) Statement giving reasons for the delay in laying the papers mentioned at (v) (a) above. 32969 (vi) (a) Annual Report and Accounts of the Orissa Primary Education Programme Authority (OPEPA), Bhubaneswar, for the year 2010-11, together with the Auditor's Report on the Accounts. (b) Statement by Government accepting the above Report. (c) Statement giving reasons for the delay in laying the papers mentioned at (vi) (a) above. (vii) (a) Annual Report and Accounts of the Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan State Mission Authority, Manipur, for the year 2010-11, together with the Auditor's Report on the Accounts. (b) Statement by Government accepting the above Report. (c) Statement giving reasons for the delay in laying the papers mentioned at (vii) (a) above. (viii) (a) Annual Report and Accounts of the Indian Institute of Advanced Study (IIAS), Shimla, for the year 2010-11, together with the Auditor's Report on the Accounts. (b) Review by Government on the working of the above Institute. (c) Statement giving reasons for the delay in laying the papers mentioned at (viii) (a) above. (ix) (a) Annual Report of the Indian Institute of Information Technology (IIIT), Allahabad, for the year 2010-11. (b)Annual Accounts of the Indian Institute of Information Technology (IIIT), Allahabad, for the year 2010-11, and the Audit Report thereon. (c) Statements giving reasons for the delay in laying the papers mentioned at (ix) (a) and (ix) (b) above. (x) (a) Annual Report and Accounts of the Indian Council of Historical Research (ICHR), New Delhi, for the year 2010-11, together with the Auditor’s Report on the Accounts. (b) Review by Government on the working of the above Council. (c) Statement giving reasons for the delay in laying the papers mentioned at (x) (a) above. (xi) (a) Annual Report and Accounts of the Jharkhand Education Project 32970 Council, Ranchi, for the year 2010-11, together with the Auditor's Report on the Accounts. (b) Statement by Government accepting the above Report. (c) Statement giving reasons for the delay in laying the papers mentioned at (xi) (a) above. (xii) (a) Annual Report and Accounts of the Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan, Tamil Nadu, for the year 2009-10, together with the Auditor's Report on the Accounts. (b) Statement by Government accepting the above Report. (c) Statement giving reasons for delay in laying the papers mentioned at (xii) (a) above. (xiii) (a)Annual Report and Accounts of the Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan, Karnataka, for the year 2009-10, together with the Auditor's Report on the Accounts. (b) Statement by Government accepting the above Report. (c) Statement giving reasons for delay in laying the papers mentioned at (xiii) (a) above. (xiv) (a) Annual Report and Accounts of the Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan, Jammu and Kashmir, for the year 2009-10, together with the Auditor's Report on the Accounts.