)LIWK6HULHV9RO9,,1R :HGQHVGD\$XJXVW 6UDYDQD 6DND /2.6$%+$'(%$7(6 6HFRQG6HVVLRQ )LIWK/RN6DEKD /2.6$%+$6(&5(7$5,$7 1(:'(/+, 3ULFH5H CONTENTS No. 58—Wednesday, August 11, 197IISravmta 20, 1893 (Saka) C olumns Oral Answers to Questions— •Starred Questions Nos. 1681, 1683, 1684 and 1688 to 1695. 1—32 Written Answers to Questions— Starred Questions Nos. 1682, 1685 to 1687 and 1696 to 1710. ... 32-44 Unstarred Questions Nos. 7575 to 7774. ... 44-173 /?£*: Repatriation of Indian Embassy Staff from Dacca ... 174—75 Papers Laid on the Table ... 175—78 Committee on Absence of Members from Sittings of the House— Minutes ... J78—79 Message from R*jya Sabha 179 Conviction of Members— (Dr. Laxminarain Pandey and Sarvashri R. V. Bade and Mukhtiar Singh Malik) 179—82 Estimates Committee- Fourth Report and Minutes 182 Public Accounts Committe— Ninth Report 182—83 Bills Introduced— (i) Comptroller and Auditor General's (Duties, Powers and Conditions of Service) Bill 183 (ii) Lokpal and Lokayuktas Bill ... 183-84 Dj^cussicm Re. Sugar Policy ... 184-237 Shri Bibhuti Mishra ... 184—90 Shri D. K. Panda ... 191-94 Dr. Laxminarain Pandey ... 194—99 Shri K. N. Tiwary 199 Shri N. N. Pandey ... 199-204 Shri R. S. Pandey ... 204-05 Shri S. P. Bhattacharyya ... 205—06 Shri Shivaji Rao S. Deshmukh .. 207—09 Shri M. Ram Gopal Reddy .. 210—12 Shri C. Chittibabu .. 212-16 Shri Anand Singh .. 216—19 •The aigtt + marked above the name of a Member indicates that the question waa actually asked on the floor of the Houm by that Member. <»> («> Columns Shri K. Suryanarayana ... 19—22 Shri H. M. Patel ... 222—24 Shri E. V. Vikhe Patil ... 224—27 Prof. S. L. Saksena ... 227—29 Shri Sher Singh ... 229—37 Prevention of Insults to National Honour Bill— Motion to consider ... 237-59 Shri Dasaratha Deb ... 238—42 Shri Rudra Pratap Singh ... 242—44 Shri Ramavatar Shastri ... 244-47 Shri Dhamankar ... 347—48 Shri Hukam Chand Kachwai .. 248—>1 Shri N. N. Pandey .. 251—52 Shri G. Viswanathan .. 253—55 Shri M. C. Daga .. 255—57 Shri P. K. Deo .. 257—59 Shri R. S. Pandey 259 Discussion Jte. Working of Nationalised Bank* .. 259—319 Shri Shyamnandan Mishra .. 25y—70 Shri Dinesh Chandra Goswami .. 270-72 Shri Somnath Chatterjee .. 272—78 Shri H. M. Patel .. 278—86 Shri Bhogendra Jha .. 286-92 ShriTha Kiruttinan .. 292—95 Shri Jagannathrao Joshi . 295—J00 Prof. Madhu Dandavate 500- 03 Prof. S. L. Saksena . 303—04 Shri Jaganath Rao . 304-05 Shri Yeshwantrao Chavan . 305—18 Halfon-Hour Discussion Re. Crash Programme for uned cated unemployed . 319-28 Shri N. N. Pandey . 319-21 Shri Sher Singh . 323-28 Discussion Re. Collapse of a Portion of Roof of Stee Melting Shop of Rourkela Steel Plant . 328—54 Shri J. B. Patnaik .. 328—33 Shri P. K. Deo . 333—36 §hri Sagoo Paqd«y 336-38 Shri S. S. Mohapatra . W ~ 4 4 Shri Swaran Singh Sokhi . 3*4-47 Shri O^jadhar Majhi . 347-48 Shri Mohan Kumaramaagalam . 348-54 T.OK SABH\ DEBATES 1 LOK SABHA a hartal in Shillong and later held a public meeting demanding that the evacuees staying outside the camps should be shifted to the camps. There was no support expressed to Wednesday, August 11, 197I(Sravano 20, the actions of the Pakistani rulers and no 1893 (Saka) Muslim businessmen were connected with the organisation of the hartal and the public meeting. (b) and (c). No, Sir. The Lok Sabha met at Eleven of the Clock. (d) Does not arise. (M r. Speaker in the Chair] SHRI SAMAR GUHA r Sir, I do not know whom am I no believe. The Chief ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS Minister of Meghalaya came to Delhi accompanied by two other Ministers. I Alleged Demonstration In Shillong in have been told by the Chief Ministers of Support of Yabya Regime in Bangla Meghalaya that he made specific requst to Desh the Government of Assam because the home affairs is not dealt by the Chief Minister of *1681. SHRI SAMAR GUHA : Will Meghalaya and also informed the Central the Minister of HOME AFFAIRS be Government that one Mr. Sharif and other pleased to state : Mr. Nagi instigated the whole trouble there. It has appeared in the press also that they (a) whether a public demonstration, led raised slogans like Pakistan Zindabad’, by two Muslim Businessmen of Shillong in ’Yahya Zindabad’, ‘Mujib Murdabad', I co-operation with some local unsocial ele­ want to know whether the Government had ments, was held in Shillong on the 9th any such information from the Chief Minis­ June, 1971 in support of the Yahya regime ter of Meghalaya to the points that I have in fiangla Desh ; raised ? (b) whether slogans like ‘Pakistan Zindabad’, ‘Yahya Zindabad' ‘Mujib SHRI K. C. PANT : As I said in my Murdabad’, ‘Bengalis have no place in main reply according to the reports we Meghalaya’ ctc. were raised by the demons­ have received from the Governments of trators ; Assam and Meghalaya this is not the infor­ (c) whether the Meghalaya Government mation with us. had wfrad the Assam Government and the Central Government to arrest these two SHRI SAMAR GUHA: I want to persons and other demonstrators who are know whether it is a fact that in Shillong suspeted to be acting as agents of Pakistan; and other areas, particularly in Assam there and has been a lot of espionage by the Pakistani (d) if so, the action taken against these people who want to sabotage the activities demonstrators ? of the Liberation Army ? Whether the Government has come across such reports, THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE if so, the steps taken by theGovernmeot. MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS (SHRI K. C% JPANT): (a) According to reports SHRI K. C. PANT : Actually the hon. received from the Governments of Assam Member is asking the question on the and Kfcgjyiftya oa 9Ui Ju n v 1971 - the assumption that his information it correct Tribal Youth Welfare Association organised but as I said 1 do not have that information 3 Oral Answers AUGUST 11, 1971 Oral Answers 4 with m e. There is a feeling that the Tribal SHRI TUNA ORAON : May I know Youth Welfare Association, which I have whether it h a fact that only non-Tribals mentioned in the main reply, organised this are given the chunce for giving talks ; if so, public meeting demanding that it will be why Tribals are not given a chance ? better if the evacuees stayed in the camp. This is at the root of their call for hartal in SHRIMATI NANDINI SATPATHY : this meeting. It it not a fact. We try our best to get artistes from among the Tribal people them­ SHRI H. M. PATEL : In view of the selves hut when it is not possible to get definite statement by Mr Guha that his anybody from any particular Tribal area or source of information was the Chief Minister Tribal dialect, we get some other people. of Meghalaya himself, would the Minister consider putting the fact again to the SHRI SUBODH HANSDA : West Government of Meghalaya and Assam ? Bengal and Bihar are densely populated by the Tribal people, mostly by the Santhals, MR. SPEAKER : This is reply from the the Mundas and the Oraoos. From the Government of Meghalaya and Assam. statement it appears that the broadcast from the Calcutta station is only for IS minutes and the frequency is only weekly. SHRI H. M. PATEL : It may be one At Ranchi also it appears that the duration thing from the Government but Shri Guha is 5 to 7 minutes in certain dialects. I says that his source is the Chief Minister. would like to know from the hon. Minister as to what purpose is served by giving only MR. SPEAKER : You are a very senior 5 to 7 minutes and IS minutes in a week for retired officer. Can you think that they broadcasts. are different ? SHRIMATI NANDINI SATPATHY : Tribal Programmes of A.I.R. Stat’ons The duration of programmes for the Santhal areas is very small, particularly *1683. SHRI TUNA ORAON : Will from the Calcutta and Ranchi stations. the Minister of INFORMATION AND Even though we want to increase the BROADCASTING be pleased to state : duration, it is not possible because there are (a) whether the Tribal Programme so many other dialects and those stations broadcast over different All India Radio have to cater to so many different types of Stations are presented for short duration and people. Still, we are trying to strengthen only once in a week ; and Ranchi, station and, I hope, we will be able to cater to the Saathal listeners (b) whether Government received any more. representation to increase the time and number of days for these programmes and, irapnn : sparer *r$tar, if so, whether this has been considered and accepted ? t *rr«w % Sr wtjrt THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE w n i f«P gffifrfcT «rrf**r arrftwf v MINISTRY OF INFORMATION AND m arrfenrr smr: vflaHFfar snflr sjfcrf *f BROADCASTING (SHRIMATI NANDINI SATPATHY) : (a) A statement giving «Trf ^rrcft | s r k arre iw q f l % information about special programmes for f«rfa«T toff Sr v*nf«r fair an% listeners in the Tribal areas which are broad­ cast from different stations of All India Radio is laid on the Table of the House. [Placed in Library, See No. LT—88/711. $ **rr sftr (b) Several suggestions to increase the duration and frequency of these programmes TO %HvS VtitVmt VT WSWSRTV have been received at different stations.