RAJYA SABHA Parliamentary Bulletin PART-II Nos.:54206-54215] FRIDAY, MAY 1, 2015 No.54206 Bill Office Reference of the Bill to the Department-related Parliamentary Standing Committee Members are informed that the Chairman, Rajya Sabha on 30th April, 2015, has referred the Commercial Courts, Commercial Division and Commercial Appellate Division of High Courts Bill, 2015, as introduced in the Rajya Sabha and pending therein, to the Department-related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Personnel, Public Grievances, Law and Justice, for examination and report within two months. _________ No.54207 Legislative Section Discussion under Rule 176 Notice received from Shri K.C. Tyagi, Shri Narendra Budania and Shri Vivek Gupta, Members, Rajya Sabha to raise a discussion on the deteriorating standard of education in the country, has been admitted under Rule 177 of the Rules of Procedure and Conduct of Business in Rajya Sabha provisionally for Wednesday, the 6th May, 2015. _________ 2 No.54208 Committee Co-ordination Section Election to the Central Silk Board The following programme has been fixed for receiving nominations, withdrawal of candidature and for holding election, if necessary, to the Central Silk Board, motion in respect of which was adopted by the House on the 30th April, 2015:- 1. Number of Members to be elected: Two 2. Last date and time for receiving 6th May, 2015 nominations: (Upto 3.00 P.M.) 3. Last date and time for receiving 8th May, 2015 withdrawal of candidature: (Upto 3.00 P.M.) 4. Date and time of election Wednesday, the 13th May, 2015 (if necessary): (Between 11.00 A.M. and 1.00 P.M.) 5. Place of election: Committee Room No. 63, First Floor, Parliament House, New Delhi. 6. Method of election: Proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote. _________ No.54209 Committee Co-ordination Section Members of the Committee on Public Accounts (2015-2016) The following are the members of the Committee on Public Accounts for the term beginning on the 1st May, 2015 and ending on the 30th April, 2016:- Rajya Sabha 1. Shri Naresh Agrawal 2. Shri Satyavrat Chaturvedi 3. Shri Anil Madhav Dave 4. Shri Vijay Goel 5. Shri Bhubaneswar Kalita 3 6. Shri Shantaram Naik 7. Shri Sukhendu Sekhar Roy Lok Sabha 8. Shri S.S. Ahluwalia 9. Shri Sudip Bandyopadhyay 10. Shri Ranjit Singh Brahmpura 11. Shri Nishikant Dubey 12. Shri Gajanan Kirtikar 13. Shri Bhartruhari Mahtab 14. Shri Ramesh Pokhriyal “Nishank” 15. Shri Neiphiu Rio 16. Shri Dushyant Singh 17. Shri Janardan Singh Sigriwal 18. Dr. Kirit Somaiya 19. Shri Anurag Singh Thakur 20. Prof. K.V. Thomas 21. Shri Shivkumar Udasi 22. Dr. P. Venugopal 2. Prof. K.V. Thomas has been appointed to be the Chairman of the Committee. _________ No.54210 Committee Co-ordination Section Members of the Committee on Public Undertakings (2015-2016) The following are the members of the Committee on Public Undertakings for the term beginning on the 1st May, 2015 and ending on the 30th April, 2016:- Rajya Sabha 1. Shri Narendra Budania 2. Shri S. Muthukaruppan 3. Shri Praful Patel 4. Shri Rangasayee Ramakrishna 5. Shri C.M. Ramesh 6. Shri Tapan Kumar Sen 7. Shri Ramchandra Prasad Singh 4 Lok Sabha 8. Shri L.K. Advani 9. Shri Ramesh Bais 10. Shri Pankaj Chowdhary 11. Shri Nandkumar Singh Chauhan 12. Shri Biren Singh Engti 13. Shri Feroze Varun Gandhi 14. Dr. Haribabu Khambhampati 15. Shri Shanta Kumar 16. Shri Baijayant "Jay" Panda 17. Shri Prahalad Singh Patel 18. Shri Rayapati Sambasiva Rao 19. Shri Ramsinh Rathwa 20. Prof. Saugata Roy 21. Shri Balasubramaniam Senguttuvan 22. Shri Sushil Kumar Singh 2. Shri Shanta Kumar has been appointed to be the Chairman of the Committee. _________ No.54211 Committee Co-ordination Section Members of the Committee on the Welfare of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (2015-2016) The following are the members of the Committee on the Welfare of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes for the term beginning on the 1st May, 2015 and ending on the 30th April, 2016:- Rajya Sabha 1. Shri Ramdas Athawale 2. Shrimati Sarojini Hembram 3. Shri D. Raja 4. Dr. Vijaylaxmi Sadho 5. Shri Nand Kumar Sai 6. Shri Jesudasu Seelam 7. Shri Veer Singh 5 8. Shrimati Wansuk Syiem 9. Shri S. Thangavelu 10. Mahant Shambhuprasadji Tundiya Lok Sabha 11. Dr. Ravindra Babu 12. Shri Santokh Singh Chaudhary 13. Shri R. Dhruvanarayana 14. Dr. K. Gopal 15. Shri Ramesh Jigajinagi 16. Shri Rattan Lal Kataria 17. Shri Faggan Singh Kulaste 18. Dr. Virendra Kumar 19. Shri Balabhadra Majhi 20. Shrimati Pratima Mondal 21. Shri Kariya Munda 22. Prof. Seetaram Ajmeera Naik 23. Shri Ramchandra Paswan 24. Shrimati Kamla Devi Patle 25. Dr. Kirit Solanki 26. Shri Ajay Tamta 27. Shri Krupal Balaji Tumane 28. Shri Bhanu Pratap Singh Verma 29. Adv. Chintaman Navasha Wanga 30. Shri Vishnu Dayal Ram 2. Shri Faggan Singh Kulaste has been appointed to be the Chairman of the Committee. _________ 6 No.54212 Committee Co-ordination Section Amendments in the Third Schedule to the Rules of Procedure and Conduct of Business in the Council of States Under the proviso to sub-rule (2) of Rule 268 of the Rules of Procedure and Conduct of Business in the Council of States, the Chairman, Rajya Sabha and the Speaker, Lok Sabha, in consultation with each other, have made the following amendments in the Third Schedule to the Rules of Procedure and Conduct of Business in the Council of States w.e.f. April 29, 2015:- Third Schedule (See rule 268) Sl. Name of the Ministries/Department Ministries/Departments No. Committee (Existing) (As revised) 1. 2. 3. 4. Part I 5. Committee on (1) Science and (1) Science and Technology Science and Technology (2) Space Technology, (2) Space (3) Earth Sciences Environment (3) Earth Sciences (4) Atomic Energy and Forests (4) Atomic Energy (5) Environment, Forest (5) Environment and and Climate Change Forests 7. Committee Health and Family (1) Health and Family on Health Welfare Welfare and Family (2) Ayurveda, Yoga and Welfare Naturopathy, Unani, Sidha and Homoeopathy (AYUSH) Part II 16. Committee (1) Labour and (1) Labour and on Labour Employment Employment (2) Textiles (2) Textiles (3) Skill Development and Entrepreneurship 20. Committee Water Resources Water Resources, River on Water Development and Ganga Resources Rejuvenation _________ 7 No.54213 Conference & Protocol Section Lecture Series for Members of Parliament: Talk by Shri Ashok Chawla on “Competition Law and its Journey so far” As part of the Lecture Series for Members of Parliament, the Bureau of Parliamentary Studies and Training (BPST) of Lok Sabha Secretariat, is organizing a Lecture on “Competition Law and its Journey so far” by Shri Ashok Chawla, Chairperson, Competition Commission of India on Thursday, 7 May 2015, at 6.15 PM in the BPST Main Lecture Hall, First Floor, Parliament Library Building. Hon’ble Members are requested to kindly make it convenient to attend the Programme. For transportation facility, Hon’ble Members may kindly contact the Transport Desk (Phone Nos. 23034859, 23035139, 23034867 and 23035183). _________ No.54214 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. _________ No.54215 Committee Section (Subordinate Legislation) Statutory Orders laid on the Table of the Rajya Sabha during the period April 23 - 24, 2015 (235th Session) The following Statutory Rules and Orders made under the delegated powers of legislation and published in the Gazette were laid on the Table of the Rajya Sabha during the period April 23 - 24, 2015. The Orders will be laid on the Table for a period of 30 days, which may be comprised in one session or in two or more successive sessions. Members can move a motion for modification/annulment before the expiry of the session, immediately following the session in which laying period of 30 days is completed:- Sl. Number and date Brief Subject Date on Provision of the Statute No. of Rule/Order which laid under which laid 1 2 3 4 5 9 MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE (DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND COOPERATION) 1 S.O. 295 (E), dated Notifying two new grades of 24.04.2015 Section 3 (6) of the the 31st January, customized fertilizers for the period Essential Commodities 2015. of four years, under Clause 20B of Act, 1955. the Fertilizer (Control) Order, 1985. 2 S.O. 296 (E), dated Notifying Urea Phosphate fortified -do- -do- the 31st January, with Calcium and Boric Acid 2015. fortified with Molybdenum as a provisional fertilizers for a period of three years, under Clause 20A of the Fertilizer (Control) Order, 1985. 3 S.O. 297 (E), dated The Fertilizer (Control) Amendment -do- -do- the 31st January, Order, 2015. 2015. (DEPARTMENT OF ANIMAL HUSBANDRY, DAIRYING AND FISHERIES) 4 G.S.R. 64 (E), Amending Notification No. G.S.R. -do- Section 26 of the Costal dated the 29th 740 (E), dated the 22nd December, Aquaculture Authority January, 2015. 2005 to substitute certain entries Act, 2005. therein. 5 G.S.R. 100 (E), The Coastal Aquaculture Authority 24.04.2015 Section 26 of the Costal dated the 16th (Amendment) Rules, 2015. Aquaculture Authority 10 February, 2015. Act, 2005. MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (DEPARTMENT OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS) 6 G.S.R. 912 (E), The Indian Telegraph -do- Section 7 (5) of the Indian dated the 24th (2nd Amendment of 2014) Rules, Telegraph Act, 1885. December, 2014. 2014. 7 File.No.409-8/2014 The Telecommunication -do- Section 37 of the Telecom -NSL-L, dated the Interconnection Usage Charges Regulatory Authority of 24th February, (Twelfth Amendment) Regulations, India Act, 1997.