RAJYA SABHA —— REVISED LIST OF BUSINESS Tuesday, March 27, 2012 11 A.M. ——— QUESTIONS QUESTIONS entered in separate lists to be asked and answers given. ———— PAPERS TO BE LAID ON THE TABLE Following Ministers to lay papers on the Table entered in the separate list: — 1. SHRI GHULAM NABI AZAD for Ministry of Health and Family Welfare; 2. SHRI PRAFUL PATEL for Ministry of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises; 3. SHRIMATI JAYANTHI NATARAJAN for Ministry of Environment and Forests; 4. SHRI NAMO NARAIN MEENA for Ministry of Finance; 5. SHRI S. GANDHISELVAN for Ministry of Health and Family Welfare; and 6. SHRI R.P.N. SINGH for Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas. ———— REPORTS OF THE DEPARTMENT RELATED PARLIAMENTARY STANDING COMMITTEE ON INDUSTRY SHRI TIRUCHI SIVA SHRI G. SANJEEVA REDDY SHRI K. B. SHANAPPA to present the following Reports (in English and Hindi) of the Department-related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Industry:— (i) 227th Report on Action Taken Notes on the 218th Report on Revival and Restructuring of Hindustan Paper Corporation Ltd pertaining to the Ministry of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises (Department of Heavy Industry); (ii) 228th Report on Action Taken Notes on the 219th Report on Revival and Restructuring of Cement Corporation of India Ltd pertaining to the Ministry of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises (Department of Heavy Industry); and (iii) 229th Report on the Credit facilities to MSME sector pertaining to the Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises. ———— 59 REPORTS OF THE DEPARTMENT RELATED PARLIAMENTARY STANDING COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE SHRI SHASHI BHUSAN BEHERA SHRI UPENDRA KUSHWAHA to lay on the Table, a copy each (in English and Hindi) of the following Reports of the Department-related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Agriculture:— (i) Twenty-ninth Report* on Action taken by the Government on the Observations/Recommendations contained in the Twenty-third Report of the Committee on Agriculture (2010-11) on ‘Demands for Grants (2011-12)’ of the Ministry of Agriculture (Department of Agricultural Research and Education); and (ii) Thirtieth Report* on Action taken by the Government on the Observations/Recommendations contained in the Twenty-fifth Report of the Committee on Agriculture (2010-11) on ‘Demands for Grants (2011-12)’ of the Ministry of Food Processing Industries. ———— REPORTS OF THE DEPARTMENT RELATED PARLIAMENTARY STANDING COMMITTEE ON INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SHRI P. RAJEEVE SHRI JESUDASU SEELAM to lay on the Table, a copy each (in English and Hindi) of the following Reports of the Department-related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Information Technology (2011-12):— (i) Twenty-ninth Report on Action Taken by the Government on the Recommendations/Observations of the Committee contained in the Twenty-first Report (Fifteenth Lok Sabha) on ‘Demands for Grants (2011-12)’ relating to the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology (Department of Telecommunications); and (ii) Thirtieth Report on Action Taken by the Government on the Recommendations/Observations of the Committee contained in the Twenty-second Report (Fifteenth Lok Sabha) on ‘Demands for Grants (2011-12)’ relating to the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting. ———— REPORTS OF THE DEPARTMENT RELATED PARLIAMENTARY STANDING COMMITTEE ON LABOUR SHRI MOHD. ALI KHAN SHRI RUDRA NARAYAN PANY to lay on the Table, a copy each (in English and Hindi) of the following Reports of the Department-related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Labour (2011-12):— (i) Twenty-fourth Report on action taken by the Government on the Recommendations/Observations contained in the Sixteenth Report of the Committee on 'Development of Jute Sector' of the Ministry of Textiles; (ii) Twenty-fifth Report on action taken by the Government on the Recommendations/Observations contained in the Nineteenth Report of the Committee on the ‘Demands for Grants (2011-12)’ of the Ministry of Labour and Employment; * The Reports were presented to the Speaker, Lok Sabha on 16th February, 2012. 60 (iii) Twenty-sixth Report on action taken by the Government on the Recommendations/Observations contained in the Twentieth Report of the Committee on the ‘Demands for Grants (2011-12)’ of the Ministry of Textiles; and (iv) Twenty-seventh Report on action taken by the Government on the Recommendations/Observations contained in the Eighteenth Report (Fifteenth Lok Sabha) on 'Directorate General of Employment and Training-A Review' of the Ministry of Labour and Employment. ———— REPORTS OF THE DEPARTMENT RELATED PARLIAMENTARY STANDING COMMITTEE ON WATER RESOURCES DR. GYAN PRAKASH PILANIA SHRI KUMAR DEEPAK DAS to lay on the Table, a copy each (in English and Hindi) of the following Reports of the Department-related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Water Resources (2011-12):- (i) Eleventh Report on 'Review of Central Soil and Materials Research Station'; and (ii) Twelfth Report on Action Taken by the Government on the Observations/Recommendations contained in the Tenth Report (Fifteenth Lok Sabha) on 'Augmentation of Depleted Ground Water Level, Sustainable Development, Conservation, Management, Use of Ground Water and Prevention of Water Pollution'. ———— STATEMENTS OF THE PUBLIC ACCOUNTS COMMITTEE SHRI TARIQ ANWAR SHRI PRAKASH JAVADEKAR to lay on the Table, a copy each (in English and Hindi) of the Statements showing Action Taken by Government on the Observations/Recommendations contained in the following Action Taken Reports of the Public Accounts Committee (2011-12):- (i) Twentieth Report (Fourteenth Lok Sabha) on “Procurement of Defective Sleeping Bags”; (ii) Seventy-ninth Report (Fourteenth Lok Sabha) on “Undervaluation due to Adoption of Lower Mutually Agreed Price”; (iii) Eighty-fourth Report (Fourteenth Lok Sabha) on “Excesses over Voted Grants and Charged Appropriations (2005-06)”; (iv) Twenty-sixth Report (Fifteenth Lok Sabha) on “Excesses over Voted Grants and Charged Appropriations (2006-07)”; (v) Twenty-ninth Report (Fifteenth Lok Sabha) on “Undue Favour to Vendor in Acquisition of Submarines"; and (vi) Thirty-fourth Report (Fifteenth Lok Sabha) on “Conservation and Protection of Tigers in Tiger Reserves”. ———— 61 STATEMENT BY MINISTER SHRI JAIRAM RAMESH to lay on the Table, a Statement (in English and Hindi) regarding revision of MGNREGA wage rates along with Notification revising MGNREGA wage rates for the period April 1, 2012 to March 31, 2013. ———— THE BUDGET (GENERAL) 2012-13 Further Discussion NEW DELHI; V.K. AGNIHOTRI, March 26, 2012. Secretary-General. 62 .