ParliamentaryRAJYA SABHA Bulletin PART-II Nos. 60580-60585] MONDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 2021 No.60580 Bill Office Progress of Bills during the week ending Friday, the 5th February, 2021 Sl. Title of the Bill Minister-in-charge Progress No. Government Bills 1. The Major Port Shri Mansukh The Bill, as passed Authorities Bill, 2020. Mandaviya by Lok Sabha, was laid on the Table of the Rajya Sabha on 29th January, 2021. 2. The Jammu and Shri Amit Shah The Bill was th Kashmir (Motion moved by introduced on 4 Reorganisation Shri G. Kishan February, 2021. (Amendment) Bill, Reddy) 2021. ––––––––––– No.60581 Committee Co-ordination Section Election to the Statutory Bodies As already intimated vide Para No.60454 dated 28th January, 2021 of Rajya Sabha Parliamentary Bulletin Part-II, the following candidates are left after the expiry of the last date for withdrawal of candidature for election to the Statutory Bodies as mentioned below:- Sl. Name of the Body No. of Names of Candidates .202m) No. Vacancies 1. AIIMS, New Delhi 01 (i) Shri Deepender Singh Hooda (ii) Dr. Anil Jain (iii) Dr. Santanu Sen 2 2. National Jute Board 01 (i) Shri P. Bhattacharya (ii) Prof. Manoj Kumar Jha (iii) Ms. Saroj Pandey (iv) Ms. Dola Sen 3. Committee on Official 01 (i) Shri Shaktisinh Gohil Language (ii) Shri Ram Chander Jangra (iii) Prof. Manoj Kumar Jha 2. The elections will be held between 10.00 a.m. and 1.00 p.m. on Tuesday, the 9th February, 2021 in Committee Room No. 63, First Floor, Parliament House, New Delhi and the method of election will be by proportional representation by means of single transferable vote. 3. Members may kindly note that each Member shall have one vote only. A Member in giving his/her vote- (a) must place on the Ballot Paper the figure ‘1’ in the space provided against the name of the candidate for whom he/she votes; (b) may, in addition, place on the Ballot Paper the figure ‘2’ or ‘3’, and so on as the case may be, in the space provided against the names of the other candidates in the order of his/her preference. 4. Further, a Ballot Paper shall be invalid:- (a) upon which a Member signs his/her name or writes any word, or makes any mark by which it becomes recognizable; or (b) which does not bear the Returning Officer’s initials; or (c) on which the figure ‘1’ is not marked ; or (d) on which the figure ‘1’ is set opposite the name of more than one candidate; or (e) on which the figure ‘1’ and some other figure is set opposite the name of the same candidate; or (f) which is unmarked or void for uncertainty. 5. The counting of votes will commence at 2.00 p.m. on the same day at the said venue. 6. Members are requested to kindly take note of the social distancing norms and other preventive measures relating to Covid-19 pandemic while participating in the election process. ––––––––––– 3 No.60582 Training Cell Capacity Building Programme on 9th February, 2021- Change in Venue Members are informed that the third lecture in the series of Lectures on Union Budget under Capacity Building Programme will now be held on 9th February, 2021 from 10:30 A.M to 12:00 Noon in Committee Room No.1, Parliament House Annexe Extension. Members desirous of benefiting from the programme may kindly attend. Members may kindly contact the Transport Desk (Phone Nos. 23034859 & 23034867) for transport facility. –––––––––– No.60583 Training Cell ‘Refresher training Course on Basic IT Skills’ for MPs Rajya Sabha and their Personal Assistants (PAs) Members are informed that a refresher course on Basic IT Skills is being organized by the Rajya Sabha Secretariat, in coordination with NIC between 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. from 10th to 11th February, 2021 in Room No.67, Parliament House where NIC officials will be assisting/explaining the Members about the following: Members’s Portal E-Notices facility Rajya Sabha customized App updation on mobile devices Information on Rajya Sabha Website Search facility on Rajya Sabha Debates Portal Using e-mail/Internet Members are requested to kindly attend. ––––––––––– 4 No.60584 M.A. Section Local address of Shri N. R. Elango, Member of Parliament (Rajya Sabha) Local address of Shri N. R. Elango, M.P. would be as follows:- Flat No. 186, North Avenue, New Delhi-110001 Members may kindly note for information. –––––––––– No.60585 Library and Reference Unit, LARRDIS Deposit of Archival/ Historical material/Archival books and Photographs available in Parliamentary Museum & Archives for reference The Parliamentary Museum & Archives, Lok Sabha Secretariat undertakes acquisition, storage and preservation of precious records, historical documents and articles connected with the origin, growth and functioning of parliamentary institutions and the Constitution of India. It is felt that these objects, which are part of our national heritage, are collected, scientifically treated and preserved for the benefit of posterity. Hon’ble Members are requested to consider depositing material which they have in their possession like Private correspondence, Notes, Articles, Records, Manuscripts, Speeches, Memoirs, Diaries, Relics, Art pieces, Mementos, Personal belongings and collections, Paintings, Photographs or any other material of archival/ historical value connected with their career and activities as Parliamentarians and freedom fighters, in the Parliamentary Museum & Archives, FB-094 and FB-096, Parliament Library Building (Tel. Nos. 23034131, 23034226, Fax No. 23035326) for permanent preservation and display. The material will enrich the Parliamentary Museum & Archives and be useful for research work. If desired, the material received would be returned after making necessary copies. Any secretarial assistance in sorting out and listing the material will be made available by the Lok Sabha Secretariat. The Parliamentary Museum and Archives (PMA) have 732 books on/ by Hon’ble Members of Parliament. Hon’ble Members who are desirous of consulting these books may contact the PMA. 5 The Photo Archives too has a collection of 19,964 photographs relating to Parliamentary events and passport size photographs of Hon’ble Members of Parliament from 1st to 17th Lok Sabha including two hundred photographs of Freedom Fighters lodged in Cellular Jail during freedom struggle received from the Government of Andaman and Nicobar Islands. All these photographs have been digitized and can be retrieved with a click of mouse with the help of keywords through software available in the branch. Kind cooperation of Hon’ble Members is solicited. DESH DEEPAK VERMA, Secretary-General .