RAJYA SABHA —— REVISED LIST OF BUSINESS Friday, May 7, 2010 11 A.M. ——— QUESTIONS QUESTIONS entered in separate lists to be asked and answers given. ———— PAPERS TO BE LAID ON THE TABLE I. Following Ministers to lay papers on the Table entered in the separate list: — 1. SHRI P. CHIDAMBARAM for Ministry of Home Affairs; 2. SHRI PRAFUL PATEL for Ministry of Civil Aviation; 3. SHRI SRIKANT JENA for Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers; 4. SHRIMATI D. PURANDESWARI for Ministry of Human Resource Development; 5. SHRI NAMO NARAIN MEENA for Ministry of Finance; 6. SHRI S.S. PALANIMANICKAM for Ministry of Finance; 7. SHRI GURUDAS KAMAT for Ministry of Communications and Information Technology; 8. PROF. K.V. THOMAS for Ministry of Agriculture and Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution; 9. SHRI DINESH TRIVEDI for Ministry of Health and Family Welfare; 10. DR. S. JAGATHRAKSHAKAN for Ministry of Information and Broadcasting; 11. SHRI S. GANDHISELVAN for Ministry of Health and Family Welfare; and 12. SHRI ARUN YADAV for Ministry of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises. II. SHRI NAMO NARAIN MEENA to lay on the Table, a copy each (in English and Hindi) of the following Reports, under clause (1) of article 151 of the Constitution:— (i) Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India for the year ended March, 2009: Report No.1 of 2008-09: Accounts of the Union Government, Union Government Finance Accounts and Appropriation Accounts (Civil, Postal Services, Defence Services) for the year 2008-09; (ii) Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India for the year ended March, 2009: Report No.23 of 2009-10 Union Government (Civil) – Autonomous Bodies; (iii) Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India for the year ended March, 2008: Report No.5 of 2010-11: Union Government 323 (Civil) (Performance Audit) – Non Lapsable Central Pool of Resources Scheme (Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region); (iv) Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India for the year ended March, 2008: Report No. 4 of 2010-11: Union Government (Civil) (Performance Audit)-Accelerated Irrigation Benefits Programme (AIBP) (Ministry of Water Resources); (v) Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India for the year ended March, 2009: Report No. 7 of 2009-10: Union Government (Direct Taxes) (Income Tax Refunds). ———— REPORT OF THE DEPARTMENT RELATED PARLIAMENTARY STANDING COMMITTEE ON DEFENCE SHRI PRAKASH JAVADEKAR SHRI K.B. SHANAPPA to lay on the Table, a copy (in English and Hindi) of the Seventh Report of the Department-related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Defence on Action Taken by the Government on the recommendations/observations contained in its First Report on “Demands for Grants (2009-10)” of the Ministry of Defence. ———— REPORTS OF THE DEPARTMENT RELATED PARLIAMENTARY STANDING COMMITTEE ON EXTERNAL AFFAIRS DR. KARAN SINGH DR. (SHRIMATI) NAJMA A. HEPTULLA to lay on the Table, a copy each (in English and Hindi) of the following Reports of the Department-related Parliamentary Standing Committee on External Affairs (2009-10):— (i) Fifth Report on Action Taken by the Government on the recommendations contained in its First Report (Fifteenth Lok Sabha) on “Demands for Grants (2009-10)” of the Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs; and (ii) Sixth Report on Action Taken by the Government on the recommendations contained in its Second Report (Fifteenth Lok Sabha) on “Demands for Grants (2009-10)” of the Ministry of External Affairs. ———— STATEMENTS BY MINISTERS 1. SHRI SHARAD PAWAR to make a statement regarding status of implementation of recommendations contained in the Second Report of the Department-related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Agriculture. 2. SHRI KAPIL SIBAL to make a statement regarding status of implementation of recommendations contained in Chapter III of the Two Hundred and Fourteenth Report on Demands for Grants (2008-09) of the Department of Higher Education of the Department-related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Human Resource Development. 3. SHRI SALMAN KHURSHEED to make a statement regarding status of implementation of recommendations contained in the Fifth Report of the Department-related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Finance. 4. SHRI E. AHAMMED to make a statement regarding status of implementation of recommendations contained in the Fourth Report of the Department-related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Railways. 324 5. SHRI JITIN PRASADA to make a statement regarding status of implementation of recommendations contained in the Twenty-fifth Report on "Marketing Supply, Distribution, Dealerships and Pricing of Kerosene and other Petroleum Products" of the Department-related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Petroleum and Natural Gas. ———— GOVERNMENT LEGISLATIVE BUSINESS Bill for withdrawal 1. SHRI P. CHIDAMBARAM to move for leave to withdraw the Lotteries ∗The Lotteries (Prohibition) Bill, 1999. (Prohibition) Bill, 1999 ALSO to withdraw the Bill. Bill for consideration and passing 2. SHRI GHULAM NABI AZAD to move that the Bill to provide for the The Clinical registration and regulation of clinical establishments in the country and for matters Establishment connected therewith or incidental thereto, as passed by Lok Sabha, be taken into (Registration & consideration. Regulation) Bill, 2010 ALSO to move that the Bill be passed. ———— (FROM 2.30 P.M. TO 5.00 P.M.) PRIVATE MEMBERS’ BUSINESS (RESOLUTIONS) FURTHER DISCUSSION on the following Resolution moved by Shri N.K. Singh on the 12th March, 2010:— “That this House resolves to constitute an Environment Adaptation and Mitigation Fund by innovative fiscal policies to finance the cost of technology, promote research and development of renewable energy and lower the burden to meet the inevitable costs of adaptation arising from Global Warming and Climate Change.” 2. SHRI BHAGAT SINGH KOSHYARI to move the following Resolution:— "Having regard to the fact that— (i) the State of Andhra Pradesh was formed in the year 1956 after amalgamating Telugu speaking areas and due to wrong policies, some areas remained neglected in the fields of education, employment, irrigation, development, etc., and this neglect and backwardness have led to an acute feeling of alienation among the people of the Telangana region, who have been demanding a separate state since 1969; (ii) Telangana consists of ten districts of Andhra Pradesh, namely, Hyderabad, Rangareddy, Mahboobnagar, Medak, Nalgonda, Khammam, Warangal, Karimnagar, Adilabad and Nizamabad, out of which nine districts have been recognized by the Government of India as backward despite the fact that this region houses many natural resources, the benefits of which have failed to reach its people; ∗ The Bill was introduced on the 23rd December, 1999. 325 (iii) Vidarbha was part of CP & Berar i.e., Central Province and became part of Maharashtra in 1960; (iv) Nagpur Pact and Akola Pact are two important promises given to Vidarbha but have largely remained unfulfilled; (v) the backwardness of Vidarbha continued to grow even after programme of backlog removal was adopted in the wake of the Report of eminent economist, Prof. V.M. Dandekar; (vi) the backwardness of Vidarbha is visible if compared with other regions of the state in respect of irrigation, technical education, per capita income, outward migration, industry, employment generation, agriculture, animal husbandry and all indicators of development prove the backwardness of Vidarbha; (vii) studies have proved that Vidarbha will be a viable state and there is continued agitation for separate state of Vidarbha. (viii) the proposed Gorkhaland area in West Bangal, i.e., Darjeeling District and adjoining Dooars area which are under Jalpaiguri District were parts of two kingdoms of Sikkim and Bhutan before the advent of the British; (ix) the Government of India Act, 1919 constituted a Legislative Council for Bengal but Darjeeling had no representation, as it was declared an Excluded Area and kept outside the purview of the Legislature of the Bengal Presidency; (x) Post Independence, Darjeeling and the Dooars became part of West Bengal; (xi) the State Re-organization Commission in 1956 recommended creation of 14 states on linguistic lines; (xii) the census of 1951 for Darjeeling District projected the Nepali- speaking population as a miniscule minority by showing Nepali- speaking population only 17 per cent which was actually 66 per cent and thereby denied them separate state on linguistic lines; (xiii) the Indian Gorkhas having a distinct socio-cultural identity and concentrated in contiguous districts of North Bengal are fighting for the formation of a separate state within the Indian Union in order to preserve, protect and promote their distinct identity; (xiv) the Gorkhas, Bhutias and the Lepchas have a social, cultural and linguistic affinity with the tribals of the Dooras region, i.e., Santhals, Uraons, Mundas, Totas, Rabhas, Mechey and Raj Bangshis and Nepali is their lingua franca and is spoken throughout the region of Dooars; (xv) the demand, when fulfilled, will ensure the protection of the Gorkhas' distinct socio-cultural identity and will bring them into the mainstream and inculcate a sense of belonging; (xvi) the Ladakh region with the area of 86,904 square kilometers has only one representative in Parliament and two in State Assembly, due to this people's political voice is lost and there is poor recognition of their needs and requirement; (xvii) there is an urgent requirement to identify the aspiration and needs
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