RAJYA SABHA WEDNESDAY, THE 23RD DECEMBER, 2015 (The Rajya Sabha met in the Parliament House at 11-00 a.m.) 11-00 a.m. 1. Obituary Reference The Chairman made a reference to the passing away of Shri Bir Bhadra Pratap Singh, (ex- Member). The House observed silence, all Members standing, as a mark of respect to the memory of the departed. 11-03 a.m. 2. Reference by the Chair The Chairman made a reference to the crash of an aircraft carrying BSF personnel, near the Indira Gandhi International Airport in New Delhi on the 22nd of December, 2015, in which all ten persons onboard reportedly lost their lives and some others were also reportedly injured. The House observed silence, all Members standing, as a mark of respect to the memory of those, who lost their lives in this tragedy. 11-05 a.m. 3. Papers Laid on the Table Shri Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi (Minister of State in the Ministry of Minority Affairs and Minister of State in the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs) on behalf of Shri Ravi Shankar Prasad laid on the Table:- I. A copy each (in English and Hindi) of the following papers, under sub-section (1) (b) of Section 394 of the Companies Act, 2013:— (i) (a) Fifteenth Annual Report and Accounts of the Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL), New Delhi, for the year 2014-15, together with the Auditor's Report on the Accounts and the comments of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India thereon. (b) Performance Review of the Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL), for the year 2014-15. 258 23RD DECEMBER, 2015 (ii) (a) Annual Report and Accounts of the National Informatics Centre Services Incorporated (NICSI), New Delhi, for the year 2014-15, together with the Auditor's Report on the Accounts and the comments of the Comptroller and Auditor General thereon. (b) Review by Government on the working of the above Company. II. A copy each (in English and Hindi) of the following papers:— (i) (a) Annual Report and Accounts of the Centre for Materials for Electronics Technology (C-MET), Pune, for the year 2014-15, together with the Auditor's Report on the Accounts. (b) Review by Government on the working of the above Centre. (ii) (a) Annual Report and Accounts of the Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC), Mumbai, for the year 2014-15, together with the Auditor's Report on the Accounts. (b) Review by Government on the working of the above Centre. (iii) (a) Annual Report and Accounts of the Software Technology Parks of India (STPI), New Delhi, for the year 2014-15, together with the Auditor's Report on the Accounts. (b) Review by Government on the working of the above Society. (iv) (a) Twentieth Annual Report and Accounts of the National Institute of Electronics and Information Technology (NIELIT), New Delhi, for the year 2014-15, together with the Auditor's Report on the Accounts. (b) Review by Government on the working of the above Institute. Shri Bandaru Dattatreya (Minister of State (Independent Charge) in the Ministry of Labour and Employment) laid on the Table a copy each (in English and Hindi) of the Ministry of Labour and Employment Notification No. G.S.R. 890 (E), dated the 19th November, 2015, publishing the Minimum Wages (Central) Second Amendment Rules, 2015, under Section 30A of the Minimum Wages Act, 1948,. 259 RAJYA SABHA Shri Dharmendra Pradhan (Minister of State (Independent Charge) in the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas) laid on the Table:- I. A copy each (in English and Hindi) of the following papers, under sub-section (1) and sub-section (2) of Section 41 of the Petroleum and Natural Gas Regulatory Board Act, 2006:— (a) Annual Report and Accounts of the Petroleum and Natural Gas Regulatory Board (PNGRB), New Delhi, for the year 2014-15, together with the Auditor's Report on the Accounts. (b) Statement by Government accepting the above Report. II. A copy each (in English and Hindi) of the following papers, under sub-section (1) (b) of Section 394 of the Companies Act, 2013:— (i) (a) Annual Report and Accounts of the Balmer Lawrie and Company Limited, Kolkata, for the year 2014-15, 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. (ii) (a) Annual Report and Accounts of the Balmer Lawrie Investments Limited (BLI), Kolkata, for the year 2014-15, together with the Auditor's Report on the Accounts and the comments of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India thereon. (b) Statement by Government accepting the above Report. (iii) (a) Annual Report and Accounts of the GAIL (India) Limited, New Delhi, for the year 2014-15, together with the Auditor's Report on the Accounts and the comments of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India thereon. (b) Statement by Government accepting the above Report. Shri Sarbananda Sonowal (Minister of State (Independent Charge) in the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports) laid on the Table a copy each (in English and Hindi) of the following papers:— (i) (a) Annual Report and Accounts of the Nehru Yuva Kendra Sangathan (NYKS), New Delhi, for the year 2012-13, together with the Auditor's Report on the Accounts. (b) Review by Government on the working of the above Sangathan. (c) Statement giving reasons for the delay in laying the papers mentioned at (i) (a) above. 260 23RD DECEMBER, 2015 (ii) (a) Annual Report and Accounts of the Sports Authority of India (SAI), New Delhi, for the year 2013-14, together with the Auditor's Report on the Accounts. (b) Review by Government on the working of the above Authority. (c) Statement giving reasons for the delay in laying the papers mentioned at (ii) (a) above. (iii) (a) Annual Report and Accounts of the National Dope Testing Laboratory (NDTL), New Delhi, for the year 2008-09, together with the Auditor's Report on the Accounts. (b) Review by Government on the working of the above Laboratory. (c) Statement giving reasons for the delay in laying the papers mentioned at (iii) (a) above. (iv) (a) Annual Report and Accounts of the National Dope Testing Laboratory (NDTL), New Delhi, for the year 2009-10, together with the Auditor's Report on the Accounts. (b) Review by Government on the working of the above Laboratory. (c) Statement giving reasons for the delay in laying the papers mentioned at (iv) (a) above. Shri Prakash Javadekar (Minister of State (Independent Charge) in the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change) laid on the Table a Statement (in English and Hindi) regarding rejection of the Awards given by the Board of Arbitration (BoA) under the scheme for Joint Consultative Machinery (JCM) and Compulsory Arbitration for the Central Government Employees. Dr. Sanjeev Kumar Balyan (Minister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare) on behalf of Dr. Jitendra Singh laid on the Table:- I. A copy each (in English and Hindi) of the following Notifications of the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions (Department of Personnel and Training), under sub-section (2) of Section 3 of the All India Services Act, 1951:— 261 RAJYA SABHA (1) G.S.R. 656 (E), dated the 25th August, 2015, publishing the Indian Police Service (Fixation of Cadre Strength) Amendment Regulations, 2015. (2) G.S.R. 657 (E), dated the 25th August, 2015, publishing the Indian Police Service (Pay) Amendment Rules, 2015. (3) G.S.R. 658 (E), dated the 25th August, 2015, publishing the Indian Administrative Service (Fixation of Cadre Strength) Second Amendment Regulations, 2015. (4) G.S.R. 659 (E), dated the 25th August, 2015, publishing the Indian Administrative Service (Pay) Second Amendment Rules, 2014. (5) G.S.R. 706 (E), dated the 16th September, 2015, publishing the Indian Police Service (Fixation of Cadre Strength) Second Amendment Regulations, 2015. (6) G.S.R. 707 (E), dated the 16th September, 2015, publishing the Indian Police Service (Pay) Second Amendment Rules, 2015. (7) G.S.R. 708 (E), dated the 16th September, 2015, publishing the Indian Forest Service (Fixation of Cadre Strength) Fourth Amendment Regulations, 2015. (8) G.S.R. 709 (E), dated the 16th September, 2015, publishing the Indian Forest Service (Pay) Fourth Amendment Rules, 2015. II. A copy each (in English and Hindi) of the following papers, under sub-section (1) (b) of Section 394 of the Companies Act, 2013:— (i) (a) Twelfth Annual Report and Accounts of the Bharatiya Nabhikiya Vidyut Nigam Limited, (BHAVINI), Chennai, for the year 2014-15, 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. (ii) (a) Forty-eighth Annual Report and Accounts of the Uranium Corporation of India Limited (UCIL), Singhbhum, Jharkhand, for the year 2014-15, 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 Corporation. 262 23RD DECEMBER, 2015 (iii) (a) Twenty-eighth Annual Report and Accounts of the Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited, (NPCIL), Mumbai, for the year 2014-15, 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 Corporation. III. A copy each (in English and Hindi) of the following papers:— (i) (a) Annual Report and Accounts of the Institute of Mathematical Sciences, Chennai, for the year 2014-15, together with the Auditor's Report on the Accounts.