25.08.2011 1 C O N T E N T S Fifteenth Series, Vol.XVIII, Eighth Session, 2011/1933 (Saka) No.17, Thursday, August 25, 2011/Bhadra 3, 1933(Saka) S U B J E C T P A G E S SUBMISSION BY MEMBER 4-5 Situation arising out of fast staged by Shri Anna Hazare on Lok Pal Bill ORAL ANSWER TO QUESTION *Starred Question No.321 6-10 WRITTEN ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS Starred Question Nos.322 to 340 11-103 Unstarred Question Nos.3681 to 3910 104-492 *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. 25.08.2011 2 PAPERS LAID ON THE TABLE 493-495 COMMITTEE ON PRIVATE MEMBERS’ BILLS 495 AND RESOLUTIONS 20th Report COMMITTEE ON PAPERS LAID 495 ON THE TABLE 7th Report STANDING COMMITTEE ON INFORMATION 495 TECHNOLOGY 25th Report MOTION RE:TWENTY-NINTH REPORT OF 496 BUSINESS ADVISORY COMMITTEE MATTERS UNDER RULE 377 497-516 (i) Need to start work on Srinagar Hydroelectric Power Project in Uttarakhand Shri Satpal Maharaj 498 (ii) Need to expedite work on new Sabari and Edappally-Guruvayoor rail line and augment railway services in Chalakudy Parliamentary Constituency, Kerala Shri K.P. Dhanapalan 499 (iii) Need to take measures to control flood caused by river Ghagra in Barabanki Parliamentary Constituency , Uttar Pradesh and provide immediate relief to the affected people of the region Shri P.L. Punia 500 (iv) Need to release funds for payment of stipend to children under National Child Labour Project in Udaipur Parliamentary Constituency, Rajasthan Shri Raghuvir Singh Meena 501 25.08.2011 3 (v) Need to accord permission for construction of multi- level and underground parking complexes in Delhi Shri Mahabal Mishra 502 (vi) Need to expedite the completion of Gosikhurd Project in Maharashtra and to give adequate compensation to the farmers whose lands have been acquired for the project Shri Vilas Muttemwar 503-504 (vii) Need to make FM Radio Station in Srikakulam district, Andhra Pradesh operational Dr. Kruparani Killi 505 (viii) Need to formulate new mass rapid public transport schemes for North East Delhi Parliamentary Constituency Shri Jai Prakash Agarwal 506 (ix) Need to fix a Minimum Support Price for Cardamom Shri P.T. Thomas 507 (x) Need to ensure works under Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme as per specified norms Shri Ganesh Singh 508 (xi) Need to sanction laying of new broad gauge railway line from Seoni to Katangi via Barghat in Madhya Pradesh Shri K.D. Deshmukh 509 (xii) Need to curb illegal infiltration from Bangladesh to India Shrimati Bijoya Chakravarty 510 25.08.2011 4 (xiii) Need to declare ‘land erosion’ as a national disaster Shri Ramen Deka 511 (xiv) Need to convert rail lines from Bareilly to Kasganj via Badaun and from Etawah to Mainpuri into broadgauge in Uttar Pradesh Shri Dharmendra Yadav 512 (xv) Need to construct a Railway Over Bridge on National Highway No. 34 at Ranaghat Mission Gate in Ranaghat Parliamentary Constituency, West Bengal Dr. Sucharu Ranjan Haldar 513 (xvi) Need to provide loan to garment sector on easy interest rate Shri C. Sivasami 514 (xvii) Need to make National Waterway No. 1 navigational for big ships from Farrakka barrage to Allahabad via Patna Shri Jagadanand Singh 515 (xviii) Need to fill up the vacant Central Government posts and regularize the services of employees working in Central Government offices in Jammu & Kashmir Dr. Mirza Mehboob Beg 516 DISCUSSION UNDER RULE 193 517-535 (i) Situation arising out of widespread corruption in the country Shri Satpal Maharaj 517-523 Shri Hansraj G. Ahir 524-527 Dr. Manmohan Singh 528-534 Shrimati Sushma Swaraj 535 25.08.2011 5 (ii) Steps taken by Government of India for relief 536-635 and resettlement of Tamils in Sri Lanka and other measures to promote their welfare Shri T. R. Baalu 536-547 Shri Jaswant Singh 548-553 Shri N.S.V. Chitthan 554-559 Shri Shailendra Kumar 560-562 Shri Dhananjay Singh 563-565 Shri Sharad Yadav 566-568 Shri P.R. Natarajan 569-573 Dr. Prasanna Kumar Patasani 574-576 Dr. M. Thambidurai 577-585 Shri P. Lingam 586-589 Shri A. Ganeshamurthi 590-595 Shri Adhir Chowdhury 596-600 Dr. Raghuvansh Prasad Singh 601-606 Shri Arjun Ram Meghwal 607 Shri Nripendra Nath Roy 608-609 Shri Prasanta Kumar Majumdar 610-611 Dr. Charles Dias 612 Dr. Tarun Mandal 613-615 Shri Mahendrasinh P. Chauhan 616 Shri Thol Thirumaavalavan 617-621 Shri Virendra Kumar 623 Shri Naranbhai Kachhadia 624 Shri S.S. Ramasubbu 625-626 Shri E. Ahamed 627-635 25.08.2011 6 CUSTOMS (AMENDMENT AND VALIDATION) 636-670 BILL, 2011 Shri Uday Singh 636-643 Shri Shailendra Kumar 644-645 Shri Vijay Bahadur Singh 646-647 Shri Arjun Roy 648-651 Shri R. Thamaraiselvan 652-653 Dr. K.S.Rao 654-655 Shri P.R. Natarajan 656 Shri Bhartruhari Mahtab 657-660 Shri S. Semmalai 661-662 Dr. Raghuvansh Prasad Singh 663-664 Shri Namo Narain Meena 665-669 Clauses 2 and 1 670 Motion to Pass 670 INDIAN INSTITUTE OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, 671-690 DESIGN AND MANUFACTURING, KANCHEEPURAM BILL, 2011 Motion to consider 671 Shrimati D. Purandeshwari 671 Shri Hukmdeo Narayan Yadav 673-674 Shri P. Vishwanathan 675-676 Shri Shailendra Kumar 677 Shri Vijay bahadur Singh 678 Shri P.R. Natarajan 679 25.08.2011 7 Shri R. Thamaraiselvan 680-681 Shri S. Semmalai 682-683 Dr. K. S. Rao 684-685 Shri Kapil Sibal 686-689 Clauses 2 to 34 and 1 690 Motion to Pass 690 ANNEXURE – I Member-wise Index to Starred Questions 717 Member-wise Index to Unstarred Questions 718-722 ANNEXURE – II Ministry-wise Index to Starred Questions 723 Ministry-wise Index to Unstarred Questions 724 25.08.2011 8 OFFICERS OF LOK SABHA THE SPEAKER Shrimati Meira Kumar THE DEPUTY SPEAKER Shri Karia Munda PANEL OF CHAIRMEN Shri Basu Deb Acharia Shri P.C. Chacko Shrimati Sumitra Mahajan Shri Inder Singh Namdhari Shri Francisco Cosme Sardinha Shri Arjun Charan Sethi Dr. Raghuvansh Prasad Singh Dr. M. Thambidurai Dr. Girija Vyas Shri Satpal Maharaj SECRETARY GENERAL Shri T.K. Viswanathan 25.08.2011 9 LOK SABHA DEBATES __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ LOK SABHA ---------- Thursday, August 25, 2011/Bhadra 3, 1933(Saka) The Lok Sabha met at Eleven of the Clock [MADAM SPEAKER in the Chair] 25.08.2011 10 MADAM SPEAKER: Question Hour; Q. 321. … (Interruptions) SHRI BASU DEB ACHARIA (BANKURA): Madam Speaker, I have given notice for suspension of Question Hour.… (Interruptions) MADAM SPEAKER: I have disallowed all the notices. Let us go on with the Question Hour; Shri Bhoopendra Singh. … (Interruptions) gÉÉÒ ¶ÉèãÉäxp BÉÖEàÉÉ® (BÉEÉè¶ÉÉà¤ÉÉÒ): ªÉc ºÉ®BÉEÉ® º{É−] BÉE®å, càÉxÉä xÉÉäÉÊ]ºÉ ÉÊnªÉÉ cè* BÉEɪÉÇ ºlÉMÉxÉ A´ÉÆ |ɶxÉBÉEÉãÉ ºlÉMÉxÉ BÉEÉ...(´ªÉ´ÉvÉÉxÉ) 11.01 hrs At this stage, Shri Manohar Tirkey, Sk. Saidul Haque and some other hon. 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