Thirlrenlh Series. Vol. XVI. No. 2S Thursday. April. 19.10C)1 Chaitn 29, 1923 (Saka) LOK SABRA DEBATES (English Version) Sixth Session (Thirteenth Lok Sabha) uc::ttt.'t.- C".~;L'\'.f "nit '.rI:~ ~;.:.,l L !~ .• ;~ 'UltdiDi Ro,;;i11 f.. 0. f~..()tQ Ilo.et :Il (Vol. XVI contains Nos. 21 to 31) LOK SABHA SECRETARIAT NEW DELHI Price : Rs. 50.00 EDITORIAL BOARD G.C. Malhotra Secretary-General Lok Sabha Dr. P.K. Sandhu Joint Secretary P.C. Chaudhary Principal Chief Editor V.K. Abrol Chief Editor A. P. Chakravarti Senior Editor Sanjay Srivastava Assistant Editor [ORIGINAL ENGLISH PROCEEDINGS INCLUDED IN ENGLISH VERSION AND ORIGINAL HINOI PROCEEDINGS INCLUDED IN HINDI VERSION WU BE TREATED AS AUTHORITATIVE AND NOT THE ~Sl.AT1ON lliEREOF.] CONTENTS [Thirteenth Series, Vol. XVI, Sixth Session, 200111923 (SaJca)j No. 25, Thuradlly, AprIl 18, 20011Che1t,. 28, 1823 (1II1cII) SUBJECTS COLUMNS ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS 'Starred Question Nos. 461--465 .................................................................................................... 2-28 WRITTEN ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS Starred Question Nos. 466--480 ..................................................................................................... 29-61 Unstarred Question Nos. 4795--5024 ............................................................................................. 61-387 STATEMENT BY PRIME MINISTER Launch of geosynchronous satellite launch vehicle (GSLV) ............................................................... .. 387-388 Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee .................................................................................................................. 387 Shrimati Sonia Gandhi ............................................................................................_ ........................ 388 Mr. Speaker ........................................................................................................................................ 388 PAPERS LAID ON THE TABLE .................................................................................................................... 389 ASSENT TO BILLS .......................................................................................................................................... 389-390 COMMITTEE ON PRIVATE MEMBERS' BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS Fourteenth Report .............................................................................................................................. 390 PUBLIC ACCOUNTS COMMITTEE Twenty-First Report ............................................................................................................................ 390 COMMITTEE ON EMPOWERMENT OF WOMEN Second Report .................................................................................................................................... 390 STANDING COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE Eighteenth. Nineteenth. Twentieth. Twenty-First and Twenty-Second Reports ........................... 391 STANDING COMMITTEE ON DEFENCE Eleventh Report .................................................................................................................................. 391 STANDING COMMITTEE ON ENERGY Fourteenth, Fifteenth, Sixteenth and Seventeenth Reports .......................................................... 392 STANDING COMMITTEE ON PETROLEUM AND CHEMICALS Twelfth. Thirteenth and Fourteenth Reports .................................................................................. .. 392 STANDING COMMITTEE ON URBAN AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT Eighteenth, Nineteenth and Twentieth Reports .............................................................................. 393 • 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. (i) (ii) SUBJECTS STANDING COMMITTEE ON HOME AFFAIRS Seventy-First, Seventy-Second and Seventy-Third Reports .......................................................... 393 MAnERS UNDER RULE 3n-Lald ............................................................................................................ 394-402 (i) Need to declare Buddhist Stupa near Lala Chhapra Chowk on Kesharia-Sahebganj road in Champaran District, Bihar 88 national monument Shri Radha Mohan Singh ............................................................................................ 394 (ii) Need to set up Homoeopathy Department in Shri Sundar Lai Hospital under Kashi Hindu University, Varanasi (UP) Shrl Shankar Prasad Jalswal ...................................................................................... 395 (iii) Need to include malble industry in the category of Small Scale Industry in Rajasthan Prof. Rasa Singh Rawat .............................................................................................. 395 (iv) Need to set up Marine Museum in Berhampur University at Gopalpur in Orissa Shri Anadi Sahu ....................., ..................................................................................... 396 (v) Need for electrification of villages in Giridih, Bokaro and Dhanbad districts, Jharkhand Shri Ravindra Kumar Pandey .................................................................................... 396 (vi) Need to Itrengthen PubHc Sector Banks in the country Shrl G. Putta Swamy Gowda ..................................................................................... 397 (vii) Need to take action to make M.S.K. Textile Mills in Kamataka viable Shri Iqbal Ahmed Saradgi ........................................................................................... 397 (viii) Need to clear the proposal of Karnataka Govemment seeking relaxation in entry point norms for organisation of New Primary Urban Cooperative Banks Shri G.S. Basavaraj ..................................................................................................... 398 (ix) Need to include Pathiyan. Kalarnadi. Kunduvadiyar and Thachandadan Mooppan communities In the lilt of Scheduled Tribe in Wayanad district of Kerala Shri K. Muraleedharan ................................................................................................. 398 (x) Need for all round development of North Bengal Shri Priya Ranjan Dasmunshi .................................................................................... 399 (xi) Need to safeguard the interests of handloom workers in the country particularly in Andhra Pradesh Prof. Ummareddy Venkateswartu ............................................................................... 399 (xii) Need to provide financial assistance to Govemment of Uttar Pradesh for re-construction of a bridge on Tonse river in Mau district Shri Bal Krishna Chauhan ......................................................................................... .. 400 (xiii) Need to open a Sainik School at DumralSltarnarhi in Bihar Shri Nawal Kishore Rai ............................................................................................... 400 LOK SABHA DEBATES LOK SABHA 11.01 tn. ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS Thursday, April 19, 2001lChllitra 29, 1923 (Salca) {English} (The Lok Sabha met at Eleven of the CIocIc) Rnenclal Management System + [MR. SPEAKER in the ehBir] "461. SHRI SHEESH RAM SINGH RAVI: SHRI RADHA MOHAN SINGH: MR. SPEAKER: Question No. 461. Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state: SHRI G.M. BANATWALLA (Ponnani): Sir, I have a (a) whether it is a fact that the Railways are not preliminary objection to the List of BUSIness that has strictly observing Financial Rules in respect of been circulated to us. This objection is in terms of the appropriation of the budgetary allocation over a period of Bulletin No. 1715 of the Lok Sabha Secretariat. time; ... (Interruptions) (b) whether this matter has been pointed out by the Public Accounts Committee of Parliament on a number MR. SPEAKER: You can raise it after the Question of occasions; Hour. No. Every day, we have something or the other. ... (Interruptions) (c) whether the non-observance of Financial Rules also involves non-utilization of sanctioned money and non- SHRI G.M. BANATWALLA: Sir, the objection is on diversion of unutilised money to projects which remain the List of Business itself. Sir, please listen to me first, incomplete for lack of funds; and then you can give your opinion; I will sit. I am a (d) if so, the remedial action taken in this regard? disciplined Member. Please listen to me for a second . ... (Interruptions) [Translation] MR. SPEAKER: No. I will listen to you immediately THE MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE AND MINISTER after the Question Hour. ... (lnterruptions) OF RAILWAYS (SHRI NITISH KUMAR): (a) to (d) A statement is laid on the Table of the Sabha. SHRI G.M. BANATWALLA: Sir, it is in violation of the Bulletin itself. ... (Interruptions) Stlltement (a) No, Sir. The Financial Rules in respect of MR. SPEAKER: No. I will hear you after the Question appropriations are being observed by the Railways. Hour. ... (Interruptions) (b) Certain instances of funds remaining unspent, SHRI MADHAVRAO SCINDIA (Guna): Sir, normally cases of excesses, misclassifications and of the convention is that the Govemment first brings the reappropriations have figured in the reports of the Public business that IS to be transacted, before the Business Accounts Committee (PAC). Whenever such a report is Advisory Committee and then brings it before the House. received, follow up action including corrective measures The BAC first aecides about the business. At least, the it taken after proper scrutiny. Govemment should have the courtesy of informing the (c)