11.02.2014 1 C O N T E N T S Fifteenth Series, Vol. XXXVII, Fifteenth Session, 2014/1935 (Saka) No.15, Tuesday, February 11, 2014/Magha 22, 1935 (Saka) S U B J E C T P A G E S OBITUARY REFERENCES Loss of lives in two tragic incidents in Sambalpur, Odisha and Malda, West Bengal 2 WRITTEN ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS ∗Starred Question Nos.281 to 300 4-89 Unstarred Question Nos.3079 to 3308 90-621 ∗ Due to continuous interruptions in the House, Starred Questions could not be taken up for oral answers. Therefore, these starred questions were treated as Unstarred Questions. 11.02.2014 2 ANNOUCEMENT BY THE SPEAKER Motion of No-Confidence in Council of Ministers 622 PAPERS LAID ON THE TABLE 623-638 COMMITTEE ON WELFARE OF SCHEDULED CASTES AND SCHEDULED TRIBES 33rd and 34th Reports 639 COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT ASSURANCES 36th to 38th Reports 640 STANDING COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE 57th Report 640 STATEMENTS BY MINISTERS (i) Status of implementation of the recommendations contained in the 29th Report of the Standing Committee on Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution pertaining to the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution. Prof. K.V. Thomas 641 (ii) Status of implementation of the recommendations contained in the 27th Report of the Standing Committee on Coal and Steel (15th Lok Sabha), pertaining to the Ministry of Coal. Shri Shriprakash Jaiswal 642 (iii) Status of implementation of the recommendations contained in the 35th Report of the Standing Committee on Chemicals and Fertilizers(Department of Pharmaceuticals) on the Demands for Grants for the year 2013-14, pertaining to the Department of Pharmaceuticals, Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers. Shri Dinsha Patel 643 11.02.2014 3 ACQUISITION OF CERTAIN AREA IN MUMBAI FOR DR. BHIMRAO AMBEDKAR MEMORIAL BILL, 2014 644 MATTERS UNDER RULE 377 (i) Need to take steps to implement reservation policy on economic basis Shri Satpal Maharaj 645 (ii) Need to upgrade Mysore-Bannur-Malavali, Kollegal-Mettur- Salem and Nanjangud- Chamarajanagar State Highways in Chamarajanagar parliamentary constituency in Karnataka into National Highways Shri R. Dhruvanarayana 646 (iii) Need to implement welfare schemes for powerloom sector in Siricilla, Andhra Pradesh Shri Ponnam Prabhakar 647-648 (iv) Need to review the decision to suspend the Community College Scheme of Indira Gandhi National Open University Shri K. Sudhakaran 648-649 (v) Need to release the Central Government’s share towards the cost of Metro project on Vanaz - Ramwadi Corridor in Pune, Maharashtra Shri Suresh Kalmadi 650 (vi) Need to undertake reconstruction of bridge on Chambal river in Kota Parliamentary constituency, Rajasthan and also provide necessary funds for the purpose Shri Ijyaraj Singh 651 11.02.2014 4 (vii) Need to set up Coir Park at Villuppuram district in Tamil Nadu Shri Manicka Tagore 652 (viii) Need to set up a new unit of Fertilizers Corporation of India Limited in Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh Yogi Aditya Nath 653 (ix) Need to send a central team to assess the impending danger to Badrinath Temple by landslide in Chamoli district, Uttarakhand Shrimati Mala Rajya Laxmi Shah 654 (x) Need to permit farmers to lay water pipe lines beneath the railway lines free of any charges by railway department Shri Mahendrasinh P. Chauhan 655 (xi) Need to take necessary steps to accelerate the process for implementation of high-speed rail project between Delhi and Meerut Shri Rajendra Agrawal 656 (xii) Need to undertake construction of roads from Jethwara to Lalgopalganj and Kunda Tehsil to Khanwari in Kaushambi Parliamentary Constituency under Central Road Funds in Uttar Pradesh Shri Shailendra Kumar 657 (xiii) Need to put a moratorium on payment of interest on debt and debt restructuring of loans of West Bengal Government Prof. Saugata Roy 657 11.02.2014 5 (xiv) Need to ease the criterion of land area required to set up a 100 bedded ESI hospital in the premises of medical college in Kanyakumari, Tamil Nadu Shrimati J. Helen Davidson 658 (xv) Need to enhance the retirement age of employees of SAIL Refractory Company Limited, Salem in Tamil Nadu from 58 to 60 years Shri S. Semmalai 659 (xvi) Need to review the decision to exclude ‘construction of drains’ from the list of works permitted to be implemented through MPLAD Scheme Shri P. Lingam 660 (xvii) Need to look into the demands of people belonging to various castes in Bihar for their inclusion in the lists of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes Dr. Raghuvansh Prasad Singh 661 (xviii) Need to provide stoppage of goods trains at Railway station in Banka district, Bihar and set up warehouse at the station for giving impetus to business in the area Shrimati Putul Kumari 661 ANNEXURE – I Member-wise Index to Starred Questions 664 Member-wise Index to Unstarred Questions 665-668 ANNEXURE – II Ministry-wise Index to Starred Questions 669 Ministry-wise Index to Unstarred Questions 670 11.02.2014 6 OFFICERS OF LOK SABHA THE SPEAKER Shrimati Meira Kumar THE DEPUTY SPEAKER Shri Karia Munda PANEL OF CHAIRMEN Shri Basu Deb Acharia Shri P.C. Chacko Shrimati Sumitra Mahajan Shri Inder Singh Namdhari Shri Franciso Cosme Sardinha Shri Arjun Charan Sethi Dr. Raghuvansh Prasad Singh Dr. M. Thambidurai Shri Satpal Maharaj Shri Jagdambika Pal SECRETARY GENERAL Shri S. Bal Shekar 11.02.2014 7 LOK SABHA DEBATES __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ LOK SABHA ---------- Tuesday, February 11, 2014/Magha 22, 1935 (Saka) The Lok Sabha met at Eleven of the Clock [MADAM SPEAKER in the Chair] 11.02.2014 8 OBITUARY REFERENCES Loss of lives in two tragic incidents in Sambalpur, Odisha and Malda, West Bengal MADAM SPEAKER: Hon. Members, in a tragic accident, about ten persons including women and children are reported to have died and several others are missing when a motorboat carrying them capsized in the Hirakud Dam reservoir in Sambalpur, Odisha on 9 February, 2014. In another tragic incident, sixteen people were killed and three others injured when a truck collided with a car near Malda, West Bengal on 11 February, 2014. The House expresses its profound sorrow on these tragic incidents which have brought pain and suffering to the bereaved families and wishes the injured a speedy recovery. The House may now stand in silence for a short while as a mark of respect to the memory of the departed. 11.01 hrs. The Members then stood in silence for a short while. … (Interruptions) 11.02.2014 9 MADAM SPEAKER: Question No. 281 – Shri A.T.Nana Patil. SHRI A.T. NANA PATIL (JALGAON): Madam, Q. No. 281. … (Interruptions) 11.02 hrs At this stage, Shri K.Bapiraju, Shri Shailendra Kumar and some other hon. Members came and stood on the floor near the Table. … (Interruptions) MADAM SPEAKER: The House stands adjourned to meet again at 12 noon. 11.03 hrs The Lok Sabha then adjourned till Twelve of the Clock. 11.02.2014 10 12.00 hrs The Lok Sabha re-assembled at Twelve of the Clock. (Madam Speaker in the Chair) … (Interruptions) 12.0 ¼ hrs At this stage, Shri K. Bapiraju, Shri S.P.Y. Reddy, Shri Bhudeo Choudhary, Shri Shailendra Kumar, Shrimati J. Helen Davidson, Shri P. Karunakaran, Shri M. Anandan and some other hon. Members came and stood on the floor near the Table. … (Interruptions) 12.0 ½ hrs. ANNOUCEMENT BY THE SPEAKER Motion of No-Confidence in Council of Ministers MADAM SPEAKER: Hon. Members, I have received four notices of Motion of No-Confidence in the Council of Ministers from Sarvashri L. Rajagopal, M. Rajamohan Reddy, Sabbam Hari and Konakalla Narayana Rao.. I am duty bound to bring the notices before the House. Unless the House is in order, I will not be in a position to count the 50 Members who have to stand in their assigned places so that I can ascertain as to whether the leave has been granted or not. Therefore, I request all of you to go back to your seats. … (Interruptions) MADAM SPEAKER: Kindly go back to your seats. … (Interruptions) MADAM SPEAKER: Since the House is not in order, I will not be able to bring the notices before the House. … (Interruptions) 11.02.2014 11 12.02 hrs PAPERS LAID ON THE TABLE MADAM SPEAKER: Now, Papers to be laid on the Table. … (Interruptions) THE MINISTER OF MINES (SHRI DINSHA PATEL): I beg to lay on the Table a copy each of the following papers (Hindi and English versions) under sub- section (4) of Section 3 of the Commissions of Inquiry Act, 1952:- (1) First Report of the Justice M. B. Shah Commission of Inquiry on illegal mining of iron and manganese ores (Volumes I, II, II/A, III, IV & V) in the State of Odisha-June, 2013. (2) Memorandum of Action taken on the above Report. (Placed in Library, See No.LT 10659/15/14) … (Interruptions) THE MINISTER OF CULTURE (SHRIMATI CHANDRESH KUMARI): I beg to lay on the Table:- (1) (i) A copy of the Annual Report (Hindi and English versions) of the North East Zone Culture Centre, Dimapur, for the year 2012-2013, alongwith Audited Accounts. (ii) A copy of the Review (Hindi and English versions) by the Government of the working of the North East Zone Culture Centre, Dimapur, for the year 2012-2013. (Placed in Library, See No.LT 10660/15/14) (2) (i) A copy of the Annual Report (Hindi and English versions) of the Sangeet Natak Akademi, New Delhi, for the year 2012-2013, alongwith Audited Accounts. 11.02.2014 12 (ii) A copy of the Review (Hindi and English versions) by the Government of the working of the Sangeet Natak Akademi, New Delhi, for the year 2012-2013.