23.02.2011 1 C O N T E N T S Fifteenth Series, Vol.XV, Seventh Session, 2011/1932 (Saka) No.3, Wednesday, February 23, 2011/ Phalguna 4, 1932(Saka) S U B J E C T P A G E S ORAL ANSWER TO QUESTION *Starred Question No.21 2-9 WRITTEN ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS Starred Question Nos.22 to 40 10-146 Unstarred Question Nos.231 to 460 147-556 ∗ 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. 23.02.2011 2 ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE SPEAKER 557 Moving of amendments to Motion of Thanks on President’s Address PAPERS LAID ON THE TABLE 558 STANDING COMMITTEE ON INDUSTRY 559 218 and 219th Reports MOTION RE: TWENTY-THIRD REPORT OF 559 BUSINESS ADVISORY COMMITTEE STATEMENT BY MINISTER 560-564 Efforts by Ministry of External Affairs to assist Indians during recent crisis in Gulf and middle-east; Indian fishermen apprehended in Sri Lanka; and Indian students in Tri-Valley University in USA Shri S.M. Krishna MATTERS UNDER RULE 377 566-584 (i) Need to take steps for inter-linking of rivers in the country Shri Manicka Tagore 566-567 (ii) Need to take steps to check malnutrition in Gadchiroli and Amravati districts of Maharashtra Shri Datta Meghe 568 (iii) Need to declare Sabarimala in Kerala as a National Pilgrimage Centre Shri K.P. Dhanapalan 569 (iv) Need to provide adequate funds to enhance the facilities in hostels meant for students belonging to Scheduled Castes category in the country particularly in Uttar Pradesh Shri P.L. Punia 570 23.02.2011 3 (v) Need to ensure implementation of free and compulsory education for children in Uttar Pradesh Shri Jagdambika Pal 571 (vi) Need to formulate a plan for integrated development of wildlife tourism in Nagpur- Vidarbha region of Maharashtra Shri Vilas Muttemwar 572 (vii) Need to ensure proper implementation of Rajiv Gandhi Gramin Vidyutikaran Yojana in Gaya Parliamentary Constituency, Bihar Shri Hari Manjhi 573 (viii) Need to extend benefits of reservation in promotion to people belonging to SCs and STs categories as per the provisions of article 16 (4A) of the Constitution Shri Arjun Ram Meghwal 574 (ix) Need to set up adequate number of railway crossings for the hassle free movement of villagers in Churu Parliamentary Constituency, Rajasthan Shri Ram Singh Kaswan 575 (x) Need to save river Aami in Uttar Pradesh from pollution caused by industrial effluents Yogi Aditya Nath 576 (xi) Need to provide special financial package to the State of Himachal Pradesh for enabling the State to discharge its fiscal liabilities Shri Anurag Singh Thakur 577 23.02.2011 4 (xii) Need to improve the functioning of Banaras Hindu University, Uttar Pradesh Shri Bal Kumar Patel 578 (xiii) Need to permit small and medium farmers to sell their wheat and paddy through Procurement Agents in Uttar Pradesh Shri Ramashankar Rajbhar 579 (xiv) Need to augment railway and passenger facilities for the convenience of visiting foreign tourists at Nalanda Railway Station in East Central Railways Shri Kaushalendra Kumar 579 (xv) Need to extend the benefits of pension under CCS Pension Rules (1972) to the employees of Navodaya Vidyalaya Samiti who joined the service prior to 01.01.2004 Shri P.K. Biju 580-581 (xvi) Need to establish a Central Banana Export Centre in Tiruchirappalli district, Tamil Nadu Shri P. Kumar 582 (xvii) Need to expedite completion of the remaining work on Sone Canal Project in Bihar Shri Jagdanand Singh 583 (xviii) Need to strengthen anti-piracy measures in high seas in co-ordination and support with the nations sharing seas in Indian Ocean Shri Jose K. Mani 584 23.02.2011 5 MOTION OF THANKS ON THE PRESIDENT’S 585-850 ADDRESS Shri Jagdambika Pal 610-618 Shri Sharad Yadav 619-628 Shri Sameer Bhujbal 629-632 Sk. Saidul Haque 633-638 Shri Satpal Maharaj 639-644 Dr. Kirit Premjibhai Solanki 645 Shri Mahendrasinh P. Chauhan 646-649 Shri Virendra Kumar 650-654 Shri H.D. Devegowda 655-665 Shri Badruddin Ajmal 666-670 Shri Haribhau Jawale 671-674 Shri Arjun Ram Meghwal 675 Shri Basudeb Acharia 676-685 Shri Pralhad Joshi 686-687 Shri Dharmendra Yadav 688-690 Dr. Mirza Mehboob Beg 691-692 Shri P.L. Punia 693 Shri Ramashankar Rajbhar 694-695 Shri S.S. Ramasubbu 696-698 Shri Bishnu Pada Ray 699-703 Shri S.Semmalai 704-707 Shri Ashok Argal 708-709 Shri Adhi Sankar 710-714 Dr. M. Thambidurai 715-720 Shri Pram Das Kathiria 721 23.02.2011 6 Shri A.T. Nana Patil 722-723 Shri Nama Nageswara Rao 724-727 Shri C. Sivasami 728 Shri P. Kumar 729-731 Shri Sanjay Singh Chauhan 732-733 Shri B. Mahtab 734-737 Shri Prabodh Panda 738-740 Shri Bhisma Shankar alias Kushal Tiwari 741-742 Dr. Rattan Singh Ajnala 743-746 Shri Adhir Chowdhury 747-749 Shri Ramkishun 750-753 Shri Khagen Das 754-758 Shri Bhausaheb Rajaram Wakchaure 759-762 Shri Anurag Singh Thakur 763-769 Shri Rakesh Sachen 770-771 Shri Ram Singh Kaswan 772-773 Shri Jagadanand Singh 774-776 Dr. Baliram 777-782 Shri Sharifuddin Shariq 783-789 Shri Hamdullah Sayeed 790-794 Shri Naveen Jindal 795-806 Shri Ramesh Vishwanath Katti 807-808 Shri Narhari Mahato 809-810 Shri Prasanta Kumar Majumdar 811-813 Shri Mohan Jena 814-817 Shri Ghanshyam Anuragi 818-824 Shri Asaduddin Owaisi 825-829 Shri Joseph Toppo 830-831 23.02.2011 7 Shri Gorakhnath Pandey 832 Shri Prem Das Rai 833-834 Shri Ganesh Singh 835-842 Dr. Tarun Mondal 843-844 Dr. Bhola Singh 846-850 ANNEXURE – I Member-wise Index to Starred Questions 870-874 Member-wise Index to Unstarred Questions 875-876 ANNEXURE – II Ministry-wise Index to Starred Questions 875 Ministry-wise Index to Unstarred Questions 876 23.02.2011 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 Shri Beni Prasad Verma Dr. Girija Vyas SECRETARY GENERAL Shri T.K. Viswanathan 23.02.2011 9 LOK SABHA DEBATES __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ LOK SABHA ---------- Wednesday, February 23, 2011/ Phalguna 4, 1932(Saka) The Lok Sabha met at Eleven of the Clock [MADAM SPEAKER in the Chair] 23.02.2011 10 … (Interruptions) MADAM SPEAKER: Question Hour. Q. No.21 –Shri Gorakhnath Pandey. … (Interruptions) SHRI BASU DEB ACHARIA (BANKURA): Madam, over two lakh workers are on the streets of Delhi today.… (Interruptions) àÉéxÉä BÉD´Éè¶SɪÉxÉ +ÉÉ´É® BÉEÉä ºÉº{Éåb BÉE®xÉä BÉEÉ xÉÉäÉÊ]ºÉ ÉÊnªÉÉ cè* ...(´ªÉ´ÉvÉÉxÉ) +ÉvªÉFÉ àÉcÉänªÉÉ : ¤ÉºÉÖnä´É VÉÉÒ, +ÉÉ{ÉBÉEÉ xÉÉäÉÊ]ºÉ àÉÖZÉä ÉÊàÉãÉ MɪÉÉ cè, àÉé ¶ÉÚxªÉBÉEÉãÉ àÉå +ÉÉ{ÉBÉEÉä ¤ÉÉäãÉxÉä BÉEÉ àÉÉèBÉEÉ nÚÆMÉÉÒ, +ÉÉ{É ¤Éè~ VÉÉ<ªÉä* … (Interruptions) MADAM SPEAKER: Hon. Members, on Telangana issue, I have received your notice. You may kindly raise it in the Zero Hour. … (Interruptions) DR. MANDA JAGANNATH (NAGARKURNOOL): We have given notice on Telangana… (Interruptions) MADAM SPEAKER: On Telangana, I have received a notice from you. Kindly raise it in the Zero Hour. I will allow everyone to speak in the Zero Hour. … (Interruptions) MADAM SPEAKER: I will allow you to speak in the Zero Hour. Please cooperate. … (Interruptions) +ÉvªÉFÉ àÉcÉänªÉÉ : ¤ÉºÉÖnä´É VÉÉÒ, +ÉÉ{ÉBÉEÉ xÉÉäÉÊ]ºÉ àÉÖZÉä ÉÊàÉãÉ MɪÉÉ cè, +É¤É +ÉÉ{É ¤Éè~ VÉÉ<ªÉä +ÉÉè® VÉÉÒ®Éä +ÉÉ´É® àÉå +ÉÉ{É +É{ÉxÉÉÒ ¤ÉÉiÉ BÉEÉä =~É<ªÉäMÉÉ* … (Interruptions) MADAM SPEAKER: Nothing will go on record. (Interruptions) …∗ ∗ Not recorded. 23.02.2011 11 MADAM SPEAKER: Q. No.21 – Shri Gorakhnath Pandey : Not present Shri Arjun Charan Sethi. … (Interruptions) SHRI ARJUN CHARAN SETHI : Q. No. 21. THE MINISTER OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT AND MINISTER OF COMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (SHRI KAPIL SIBAL): A Statement is laid on the Table of the House... (Interruptions) 23.02.2011 12 (Q. No.21) MADAM SPEAKER: Mr. Sethi, please ask your first Supplementary. … (Interruptions) SHRI ARJUN CHARAN SETHI : Madam, how can I speak in this pandemonium?… (Interruptions) MADAM SPEAKER: Dr. Dome and Mr. Prabodh Panda, please take your seats. You may raise your issue in the Zero Hour. … (Interruptions) MADAM SPEAKER: Hon. Members, please sit down. Now, Let us proceed with the Question Hour. … (Interruptions) MADAM SPEAKER: Mr. Chandrasekhara Rao, you may raise your issue in the Zero Hour. Now, please take your seat. … (Interruptions) MADAM SPEAKER: Mr. Basu Deb Achara, please raise it in the Zero Hour. … (Interruptions) MADAM SPEAKER: Hon. Members, please sit down. … (Interruptions) SHRI B. MAHTAB : Madam, the Ruling party Members are not allowing the Question Hour to run. They are disturbing the Question Hour. What is this?… (Interruptions) MADAM SPEAKER: Mr. Chandrasekhara Rao, please take your seat. I will give you a chance in the Zero Hour. … (Interruptions) MADAM SPEAKER: Shrimati Vijaya Shantiji, I will give you a chance in the Zero Hour. You may raise it in the Zero Hour. … (Interruptions) MADAM SPEAKER: Hon. Members, please take your seats. … (Interruptions) 23.02.2011 13 MADAM SPEAKER: You speak in the ‘Zero Hour’. Kindly speak in the ‘Zero Hour’. All of you speak in the ‘Zero Hour’. Let the Question Hour proceed. … (Interruptions) MADAM SPEAKER: Please sit down. Nothing will go on record. (Interruptions) …∗ MADAM SPEAKER: I will give you a chance in the ‘Zero Hour’. You please speak at that time. … (Interruptions) 11.06 hrs At this stage, Shri K. Chandrasekhar Rao and Shrimati Vijaya Shanthi came and stood on the floor near the Table MADAM SPEAKER: The House stands adjourned to meet again at 11.30 a.m.