RAJYA SABHA Parliamentary Bulletin PART- II Nos.: 49691-49698] FRIDAY, MAY 18, 2012 No.: 49691 Training Cell Orientation Programme for newly elected/nominated Members of Rajya Sabha on the 19 May and 20 May, 2012 at Parliament House Annexe An Orientation Programme for the Members of Rajya Sabha who have been elected/nominated to Parliament for the first time, is being organised by the Rajya Sabha Secretariat on Saturday 19 May and Sunday 20 May, 2012 in the Main Committee Room, Parliament House Annexe, New Delhi. The Programme will be inaugurated by the Hon'ble Chairman, Rajya Sabha. 2. The Orientation Programme has been devised to provide an opportunity to the Members to discuss and analyze various aspects of Parliamentary Practice and Procedures with special reference to Rajya Sabha and to familiarize them with Parliamentary institutions, procedures and practices. The Orientation Programme aims at assisting new Members to be effective in Parliamentary work and will consist of several discussions/sessions on specific topics, initiated by senior and eminent Members of Parliament. 3. Formal letters along with detailed programme have already been issued to the new Members concerned separately. They are requested to kindly make it convenient to attend the programme. For any clarification, Members may contact Training Cell, Room No. 228A, Parliament House Annexe, New Delhi (Tel.: 23034248 & Fax : 23018831). ——— 2 No.: 49692 IT Sections (H&S) Launch of the Debate Portal of Rajya Sabha by Hon’ble Chairman, Rajya Sabha Members are informed that Hon’ble Chairman, Rajya Sabha will launch the Debate Portal of Rajya Sabha (http://rsdebate.nic.in), which is an online repository of all the Debates of the Rajya Sabha since the first Session held in May 1952, during the inaugural function of the ‘Orientation Programme’ for newly elected/nominated Members at 11.00 a.m. on 19th May, 2012 in the Main Committee Room, Parliament House Annexe, New Delhi. Members are requested to make it convenient to attend the function. ——— No.: 49693 Committee Co-ordination Section Members of the Committee on Public Accounts (2012-2013) The following are the members of the Committee on Public Accounts for the term beginning on the 1st May, 2012 and ending on the 30th April, 2013:— RAJYA SABHA 1. Shri Jesudasu Seelam 2. Shri N.K. Singh 3. Shri Prakash Javadekar 4. Shri Prasanta Chatterjee 5. Prof. Saif-ud-Din Soz 6. Shri Satish Chandra Misra 7. Shri Sukhendu Sekhar Roy LOK SABHA 8. Shri Anandrao Adsul 9. Dr. Baliram 10. Shri Sandeep Dikshit 11. Dr. M. Thambidurai 12. Shri T.K.S. Elangovan 13. Shri Anant Kumar Hegde 14. Dr. Murli Manohar Joshi 15. Shri Bhartruhari Mahtab 3 16. Shri Sanjay Nirupam 17. Shri Shripad Yesso Naik 18. Shri Sarvey Sathyanarayana 19. Shri Ashok Tanwar 20. Dr. Shashi Tharoor 21. Dr. Girija Vyas 22. Shri Dharmendra Yadav 2. Dr. Murli Manohar Joshi has been appointed to be the Chairman of the Committee. ——— No.: 49694 Committee Co-ordination Section Nomination to the Department-related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Commerce As intimated by the Lok Sabha Secretariat, the Speaker, Lok Sabha has nominated Shri K. Jayaprakash Hegde to be a member of the Department-related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Commerce. ——— No.: 49695 Committee Section (HA) Constitution of Sub-Committees of the Department-related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Home Affairs The Chairman, Department-related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Home Affairs has constituted two Sub-Committees to study in detail the subjects relating to "North Eastern Region" and "Administration of Union Territories". The compositions of the Sub-Committees are as under:— I Sub-Committee on the North Eastern Region RAJYA SABHA 1. Shri D.Raja - Convenor 2. Shri Rishang Keishing 3. Shri Prasanta Chatterjee LOK SABHA 4. Shri Khagen Das 5. Shrimati Kakali Ghosh Dastidar 4 6. Shri Ramen Deka 7. Shri Naveen Jindal 8. Shri Harsh Vardhan II Sub-Committee on the Administration of Union Territories RAJYA SABHA 1. Shri Tariq Anwar - Convenor 2. Dr. V. Maitreyan LOK SABHA 3. Shri Baijayant Panda 4. Shri Lalubhai B. Patel 5. Shri Natubhai Gomanbhai Patel 6. Shri Hamdullah Sayeed 7. Shri Neeraj Shekhar ——— No.: 49696 Committee Section (HA) Circulation of printed copies of Reports of Department-related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Home Affairs Members are informed that printed copies of the following Reports/Evidence of the Department-related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Home Affairs, are available at the Publications Counter of the Rajya Sabha:- (i) 147th Report on the Repatriation of Prisoners (Amendment) Bill, 2010 (in English, Hindi version already circulated); (ii) 150th Report on Action Taken by Government on the recommendations/observations contained in the One Hundred and Forty- fourth Report on Demands for Grants (2010-11) of the Ministry of Home affairs (both in English & Hindi); (iii) 151st Report on the Arms (Amendment) Bill, 2010 (in English & Hindi); and (iv) Evidence tendered before the Committee on 151st Report on the Arms (Amendment) Bill, 2010; Members may collect copies of the above mentioned Reports/Evidence from the Publications Counter. ——— 5 No.: 49697 Committee Co-ordination Section Meeting of the Parliamentary Forum on Population and Public Health As intimated by the Lok Sabha Secretariat, the Speaker, Lok Sabha in consultation with the Chairman, Rajya Sabha and President of the Parliamentary Forum on Population and Public Health has constituted the Parliamentary Forum on Population and Public Health with the broad aim and objective to identify and discuss the problems relating to population and public health and to equip the Members of Parliament with the information and knowledge related to the subject, making them aware of the seriousness of the issues involved and enabling them to adopt a result- oriented approach towards this critical issue. Prof. Ram Gopal Yadav, MP is the Member-Convener of the Forum. 2. A meeting of the Parliamentary Forum on Population and Public Health will be held on Monday, 21 May, 2012 at 1530 hrs. in Committee Room No.074, Ground Floor, Parliament Library Building, New Delhi in which Dr. S.K. Sikdar, Deputy Commissioner, Family Planning Division, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare will make a presentation on the subject ‘Population Policy : Current Status and Need for New Population Policy’. 3. Members are requested to kindly make it convenient to attend the meeting. ——— No.: 49698 Simultaneous Interpretation Service Avoiding Disturbance in the sound system It has been observed that some Hon. Members do not turn off the volume knob of their earphones while leaving their seats, which causes disturbance in the sound system in the House. Hon. Members are, therefore, requested to turn the knob to the left while leaving their seats. V.K. AGNIHOTRI, Secretary-General .