@!JP ell ~ VoL,lV No. 38 Wedres." ~ U. 1915 Val.'. 4, 1907 (SUa) LOK SABHA DEBATES (English· .Version) SecoDd Session (Eighth Lok Sabha) (VIIi. IY contai1!,J Nos. 21 to 30) LOll SABBA SECRETARIAT NEW DElID {Original English proceedinp included in Enllish Version and on,inal Hindi proceedings included in Hindi Vet'lion will be treatat as authori1ative and not the trans lation thereof.] . CONTENTS No. 30, April 24, 1985jVaisakha 4, 1907 (Saka) COLUMNS Obituary References 1-2 Oral Answers to Questions : 2-26 *Starred Questions Nos. 567 to 569, 571.572 and 574 Written Answers to Questions: 26-159 Starred Questions Nos. 570, 573 and 575 to 587 26-38 Unstarred Questions Nos. 4146 to 4159. 4161 to 4175, 4177 to 38-159 4219, 4221 to 4233 and 4235 to 4282 Motion Re. Situation in Ahmedabad (Negatived) 159--244 Shri S. B. Chavan 159 Sbri V. Tulsiram 161 Prof. K. K. Tewary 162 Prof. Madhu Dandavate 170 Shri Narsinb Makwana 185 Shri Saifuddin Chowdhury 190 Shri Priya Ranjan Das Munshi 193 Shrimati Geeta Mukherjee 201 Shri B. K. Gadhvi 204 Shri R. Annanambi 208 Shri Zainul Basher 211 Shri V. Kishore Chandra S. Deo 215 Shri G. G. Swell 220 Dr. A. K. Patel 225 Shri Amar Roypradhan 228 • The sign t 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) CoLUMNS Papers Laid on the Table 245-247 Matters Under Rule 377 247-250 (i) Need to print retail prices on all varieties of cloth on each metre Shri Shanti Dhariwal 247 (ii) Need to extend Akbarpur-Tanda Railway line and construction of another ~latform with sheds at those Stations Shri Ram Pyare Suman 248 (iii) Need to extend the services of Vayudoot/I.A. to Purnea (Bihar) Shrimati Madhuri Singh 248 (iv) Increasing volume of traffic from Kerala to Gulf countries and need to declare Trivandrum as an International Airport and complete the work on Calicut and Cochin Airports Shri K. Mohandas 249 (v) Need to take out a tributary from Sone Irrigation Canal from Ghana to Pareb in Patna district Shri C. P. Thakur 250 Demands for GJ;ants (General), 1985-86 250-286 Ministry of Defence Shri E. Ayyapu Reddy 250 Shri Modh. Ayub Khan 260 Shri Rajesh Pilot 263 Shri Priya Ranjan Das M unshi 271 Shri Amal Datta 277 Discussion Re. Progress of Indian Women in Social, Educational, 286-342 Political and Economic Fields in the International Women's Decade Shrimati Geeta Mukherjee 286 Prof. N. G. Ranga 288 Sbrimati Krishna Sahi 296 Shrimati Vidyavati Chaturvedi 301 Shri V. Sobhanadreeswara Rao 304 Shrimati layanti Patnaik 306 (iii) CoLUMNS Shri Hannan MoUah 311 Sbrimati Kishori Sinha 31S Sbrimati Indumati Bhattacharrya 319 Prof. Chandra Bhanu nevi 320 Shrimati Phulrenu Guha 322 Kumari Mamta Banerjee 326 Shrimati Premalabai Chavan 330 Shri A. Charles 332 Shrimati M. Chandrasckhar 334 LOK SABHA DEBATES 1 2 LOK SABHA Shri J. G. More passed away on 27 February 1985 at Pandharpur at the age of 88 years. Wednesday, April 24, 1985JVaisakha 4, 1907 (Saka) Father Anthony Murmu was a member of the Sixth tok Sabha during 1977-79 The Lok Sabha met at Ele; en of the Clock. representing Rajmahal constituency of Bihar. [MR. DEPUTY SPEAKER in the Chair] A Priest and a farmer by profession, he took keen interest in social work and worked SHRI S. JAIPAL REDDY Sir, relentlessly for the welfare of the tribal people (Interrupti ons)* and preservance of their culture. He was a deeply religious person and loved music and MR. DEPUTY TPEAKER I am now social discourse. taking up Obituary References. Father Anthony Murmu passed away on (Interruptions)* 19 April, 1985 in tragic circumstances at the age of 55 years. MR. DEPUTY SPEAKER : Why are you standing and shouting? Please sit down. We deeply mourn the loss of these friends I will {lot allow it. N olhing is aHowed. You and I am sure the House will join me in raise it in Zero Hour after the Question Hour conveying our condolences to the bereaved is over. Not now. No please. (/nterrllptions)* families. The House may not stand in silence for OBITUARY REFERENCES a short while to express its sorrow. MR. DEPUTY SPEAKER : Now the The Members then stood in silence Obituary References. for a short while I have to inform the House of the sad (Interruptions)* demise of two of our former colleagues, Shri MR. DEPUTY SPEAKER: Not allowed. Jayawant Ghanshyam More and Father I told you to raise it alter the question hour. Anthony Murmu. Sh ri Mohanbhai Patel. Shrl Jayawant Ghanshyam More was a member of the Second Lok Sabha during ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS 1957-62 representing Sholapur constituency of the then Bombay State. Earlier he had [EnglishJ been a member of the Bombay Legislative Electronic Telephone Instruments Council during 1930-35 and then of the Legislative Assembly during 1937-42 and again *567. SHRI MOHANBHAI PATEL during 1952-57. Will the PRIME MINISTER be pleased to state : An agriculturist by profession, he took active interest in agriculture and cooperation. (a) whether Government are going in for He was a member of District Development the manufacturing of electronic telephone Board, Sholapur. instruments in the country; *Not recorded. 3 Oral Answers APRIL 24,1985 Oral Answers 4 (b) if so, the steps taken in this respect communications technology, and we are far and the results achieved; and behind. Today, we have only 14 electronic exchanges in the country. Have the Govern- (c) whether any foreign assistance has ment fixed any detailed targets to establish been sought in this direction and if so, the only electronic exchanges when there are details thereof? more than a certain number of lines? Has THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE any survey been made about the requirement MINISTRY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNO- of electronic telephone instruments in the LOGY AND IN THE DEPARTMENTS OF coming ten years? If so, what are the details OCEAN DEVELOPMENT, ATOMIC thereof? What is the Government's plan ENERGY, SPACE AND ELECTRONICS to achieve this requirement? (SHRI SHIVRAJ V. PATEL) : (a) Yes, Sir. SHRI SHIVRAJ V. PATIL The (b) and (c). Government has selected the requirement in terms of numbers of the following foreign firms for transfer of techno- units, by 1990 would be in the vicinity of 30 logy of electronic telephone instruments : lakhs. At present, we have given licences to establish the capacity; and that capacity is (i) MIs. Siemens AG (West Germany); 47 lakhs. The total capacity which will be established by the organized sector, public (ii) MIs. Ericsson (Sweden); and sector and the private sector will be in the (iii) Mis. I. T. T. FACE (Italy). vicinity of 104 lakh units. As far as the time limit within which Letters of Intent have also been issued to electronic exchanges will be established and a number of units in the Central, State and other things, are concerned, it is for the Private Sectors for manufacture of Electronic Ministry of Communications to give those telephone instruments who will manufacture plans. At present. I do not have detailed the product based on the above selected information about the time limit within which technologies using standardised components. all these things will be done. The Depart- SHRI MOHANBHAI PATEL: Today, ment of Electronics is concerned with the there are many new technologies developed technology aspect of it, the transfer of technology aspect of it, and the development in the field of electronic telephone instruments. of technology aspect of it. We are establish- According to the original reply, Government have decided to import technology from West ing the capacity to produce the instruments Germany, Sweden and Italy. In view of this. indigenously also, by carrying on re'>earch and development. We are trying to get the I would like to know the names of the units technology from outside, and we are trying through whom the letters of intent have been to use the technology which is available here. issued, for which item, and when production is expected to come out. SHRI KOLANDAIVELU : Technicians are available in abundance in Tamil Nadu. SHRI SHIVRAJ V. PATIL : Production Tamil Nadu is also short of electronics is likely to commence in the first quarter of industries with foreign assistance. 1986. We had received about 81 applications from the organized sector, and 20 applications MR. DEPUTY SPEAKER: You are from small scale industries. The number of talking about electronics; the question is units which have been recommended is 39, about telephones. and the letter of intent has been given to 34. SHRI KOLANDAIVELU : I am coming Ther~ are five small-scale industries which to it. Will electronic telephone industries be have received the letter of intent. The names of the companies can be given to the hon. started in Tamil Nadu, since Tamil Nadu is politically, economically and c1imaticall; Member. I know some of the names, but suitable f?r starting any industry? it will take time to read the 34 names. SHRI SHIVRAJ V. PATIL : OUf policy MR. DEPUTY SPEAKER : It may be lays down that the private sector, the joint laid on the Table. sector and the public sector is al10wed to SHRI MOHANBHAI PATEL At manufacture the electronic telephone and present, our telephone system is based on old communication instruments. If there are any technolo~. World is developing in modern people interested in doing that and if there is .5 Orai Answers V AISAKHA 4, 1907 (SAKA) Oral Answers 6 capacity available, certainly they can come Ministry that they could be able to identify and get the approval for manufacturing those the root causes of environmental pollutions.