FRIDAY, THE 7TH MAY, 2010 (The Rajya Sabha met in the Parliament House at 11-00 a.m) 11-00 a.m. 1. Starred Questions The following Starred Questions were orally answered:- Starred Question Nos. 601 regarding Incentives to girls for secondary education. Starred Question Nos. 602 regarding Closed fertilizer units at Talcher and Angul. Starred Question Nos. 603 regarding Amritsar-Anandpur Sahib rail track. Starred Question Nos. 604 regarding Suicide by farmers. Starred Question Nos. 605 regarding Suggestions of Wadhwa Committee report. Answers to remaining questions (606 to 620) were laid on the Table. 2. Unstarred Questions Answers to Unstarred Question Nos. 4615 to 4769 were laid on the Table. 12-00 Noon. 3. Papers Laid on the Table Shri Ajay Maken (Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs) on behalf of Shri P. Chidambaram laid on the Table a copy each (in English and Hindi) of the following papers:— (a) Annual Report and Accounts of the National Foundation for Communal Harmony, New Delhi, for the year 2006-07, together with the Auditor's Report on the Accounts. (b) Annual Report and Accounts of the National Foundation for Communal Harmony, New Delhi, for the year 2007-08, together with the Auditor's Report on the Accounts. (c) Statement by Government accepting the above Reports. (d) Statement giving reasons for the delay in laying the papers mentioned at (a) and (b) above. 1 RAJYA SABHA Shri Gurudas Kamat (Minister of State in the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology) on behalf of Shri Praful Patel laid on the Table a copy (in English and Hindi) of the Ministry of Civil Aviation Notification No.G.S.R.297 (E), dated the 8th April, 2010, publishing the Aircraft (1st Amendment) Rules, 2010, together with an Explanatory Note on the Notification, under Section 14A of the Aircraft Act, 1934. Shri Srikant Jena (Minister of State in the Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers) laid on the Table a copy each (in English and Hindi) of the following papers:— (i) Memorandum of Understanding between the Government of India (Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers, Department of Chemicals and Petrochemicals) and the Brahmaputra Cracker and Polymer Limited (BCPL), for the year 2010-11. (ii) Memorandum of Understanding between the Government of India (Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers, Department of Fertilizers) and the Madras Fertilizers Limited (MFL), for the year 2010-11. (iii) Memorandum of Understanding between the Government of India (Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers, Department of Fertilizers) and the Fertilizers and Chemicals Travancore Limited (FACT), for the year 2010-11. (iv) Memorandum of Understanding between the Government of India (Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers, Department of Fertilizers) and the National Fertilizers Limited (NFL), for the year 2010-11. (v) Memorandum of Understanding between the Government of India (Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers, Department of Fertilizers) and the Rashtriya Chemicals and Fertilizers Limited (RCF), for the year 2010-11. (vi) Memorandum of Understanding between the Government of India (Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers, Department of Fertilizers) and the Projects and Development India Limited (PDIL), for the year 2010-11. 2 7TH MAY, 2010 (vii) Memorandum of Understanding between the Government of India (Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers, Department of Fertilizers) and the Brahmaputra Valley Fertilizer Corporation Limited (BVFCL), for the year 2010-11. (viii) Memorandum of Understanding between the Government of India (Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers, Department of Fertilizers) and the FCI Aravali Gypsum and Minerals India Limited (FAGMIL), for the year 2010-11. Shri Kapil Sibal (Minister of Human Resource Development) on behalf of Shrimati D. Purandeswari laid on the Table:- I. A copy (in English and Hindi) of the Ministry of Human Resource Development (Department of Higher Education) Notification No. MU/2- 2/2006, dated the 5th September, 2009, regarding amendment of the Statute 2(4) of the Manipur University Act, 2005, under sub-section (2) of Section 46 of the Manipur University, Act, 2005. II. A copy (in English and Hindi) of the Ministry of Human Resource Development (Department of Higher Education) Notification No. G.S.R. 138, dated the 26th September, 2009, publishing the National Institutes of Technology (Council) Rules, 2009, under sub-section (3) of Section 34 of the National Institutes of Technology Act, 2007. III. A copy (in English and Hindi) of the Ministry of Human Resource Development (Department of Higher Education) Notification F.No. 37- 3/Legal/AICTE/2009, dated the 1st July, 2009, publishing the All India Council for Technical Education (Prevention and Prohibition of Ragging in Technical Institutions, Universities including Deemed to be Universities imparting technical education) Regulations, 2009, under Section 24 of the All India Council for Technical Education Act, 1987, along with the delay statement. IV.(1) A copy each (in English and Hindi) of the following papers, under sub-section (1) of Section 619A of the Companies Act, 1956: — (a) Annual Report and Accounts of the Educational Consultants India Limited (EdCIL), for the year 2008-09, together with the Auditor's Report on the Accounts and the comments of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India thereon. (b) Review by Government on the working of the above Company. 3 RAJYA SABHA (2) Statement (in English and Hindi) giving reasons for the delay in laying the papers mentioned at (1) above. V. A copy each (in English and Hindi) of the following papers:— (i) (a) Annual Accounts of the Nagaland University, Kohima, for the years 2007-08, 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 of the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, for the year 2008-09. (b) Annual Accounts of the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, for the year 2008-09, and the Audit Report thereon, under sub-section (4) of Section 23 of the Institutes of Technology Act, 1961. (c) Statement by Government accepting the above Report. (d) Statement giving reasons for the delay in laying the papers mentioned at (ii) (a) and (b) above. (iii) (a) Forty-seventh Annual Report and Accounts of the National Institute of Technology, Hazratbal, Srinagar, for the year 2006-07, together with the Auditor's Report on the Accounts, under sub-section (4) of Section 22 of the National Institutes of Technology Act, 2007. (b) Review by Government on the working of the above Institute. (c) Statement giving reasons for the delay in laying the papers mentioned at (iii) (a) above. (iv) (a) Annual Report of the Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology, Surat, for the year 2008-09. (b) Annual Accounts of the Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology, Surat, for the year 2008-09 and the Audit Report thereon, under sub-section (4) of Section 22 of the National Institutes of Technology Act, 2007. 4 7TH MAY, 2010 (c) Review by Government on the working of the above Institute. (d) Statement giving reasons for the delay in laying the papers mentioned at (iv) (a) and (b) above. (v) (a) Annual Accounts of the Malaviya National Institute of Technology, Jaipur, for the year 2007-08 and the Audit Report thereon, under sub-section (4) of Section 22 of the National Institutes of Technology Act, 2007. (b) Statement giving reasons for the delay in laying the papers mentioned at (v) (a) above. (vi) (a) Annual Report and Accounts of the Kerala Mahila Samakhya Society, Trivandrum, for the year 2006-07, 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 Jharkhand Mahila Samakhya Society, Ranchi, 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 (vii) (a) above. (viii) (a) Annual Report and Accounts of the Karnataka Mahila Samakhya Society, Bangalore, 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 (viii) (a) above. (ix) (a) Annual Report and Accounts of the Andhra Pradesh Mahila Samatha Society, Secunderabad, for the year 2008-09, together with the Auditor’s Report on the Accounts. 5 RAJYA SABHA (b) Statement by Government accepting the above Report. (c) Statement giving reasons for the delay in laying the papers mentioned at (ix) (a) above. (x) (a) Annual Report and Accounts of the Tamil Nadu State Mission of Education for All, Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan, Tamil Nadu, Chennai, 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 (x) (a) above. (xi) (a) Annual Report and Accounts of the Goa Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan Society, Panaji, 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 (xi) (a) above. (xii) (a) Forty-seventh Annual Report and Accounts of the National Institute of Technology, Durgapur, for the year 2006-07, together with the Auditor's Report on the Accounts, under sub- section (4) of Section 22 of the National Institutes of Technology Act, 2007. (b) Review by Government on the working of the above Institute.