Vol. 250 Wednesday, No. 18 11 December, 2019 20 Agrahayana, 1941 (Saka) ÃÖŸμÖ´Öê¾Ö •ÖμÖŸÖê PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES RAJYA SABHA OFFICIAL REPORT (FLOOR VERSION) CONTENTS Proclamation under Article 356 of the Constitution (page 1) Papers laid on the Table (pages 1-7) Messages from Lok Sabha — The Constitution One Hundred and Twenty-Sixth Amendment) Bill, 2019 – Laid on the Table (page 7) The Personal Data Protection Bill, 2019 – Reported (pages 511-513) The International Financial Services Centres Authority Bill, 2019 – Laid on the Table (pages 653-654) Report of the Committee on Government Assurances – Presented (page 7) Reports of the Department-related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Commerce – Presented (page 8) [P.T.O. © RAJYA SABHA SECRETARIAT NEW DELHI PRICE : ` 100.00 Reports of the Department-related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Home Affairs – Presented (page 8) Report of the Department-related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Petroleum and Natural Gas – Laid on the Table (page 8) Statement of the Committee on Empowerment of Women – Laid on the Table (page 9) Leave of Absence – Granted (pages 9-10) Matter raised with Permission— Need to resolve the Kuki-Zomi-Hmar and Bodo problems (pages 10-12) Written Answers to Starred Questions (pages 12-59) Written Answers to Unstarred Questions (pages 60-400) Government Bill — The Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2019 – Passed (pages 401-509 and 511 to 652) Website : http://rajyasabha.nic.in http://parliamentofi ndia.nic.in E-mail : [email protected] PUBLISHED UNDER RULE 260 OF RULES OF PROCEDURE AND CONDUCT OF BUSINESS IN THE COUNCIL OF STATES (RAJYA SABHA) AND PRINTED BY PRINTOGRAPH, KAROL BAGH, NEW DELHI-110005 RAJYA SABHA Wednesday, 11th December, 2019/20 Agrahayana, 1941 (Saka) The House met at eleven of the clock, MR. CHAIRMAN in the Chair. PROCLAMATION UNDER ARTICLE 356 OF THE CONSTITUTION MR. CHAIRMAN: Proclamation under Article 356 of the Constitution. Shri Nityanand Rai. ÝÖéÆü ´ÖÓ¡ÖÖ»ÖμÖ ´Öë ¸üÖ•μÖ ´ÖÓ¡Öß (ÁÖß ×®ÖŸμÖÖ®Ö®¤ü ¸üÖμÖ): ´ÖÆüÖê¤üμÖ, ´Öï ×®Ö´®Ö×»Ö×ÜÖŸÖ ¯Ö¡ÖÖë Ûúß ‹Ûú-‹Ûú ¯ÖÏ×ŸÖ (†ÓÝÖÏê•ÖÌß ŸÖ£ÖÖ ×Æü®¤üß ´Öë) ÃÖ³ÖÖ ¯Ö™ü»Ö ¯Ö¸ü ¸üÜÖŸÖÖ ÆæÑü:- (a) Proclamation [G.S.R. No. 873 (E)], issued by the President, on the 23rd November, 2019, under clause (2) of article 356 of the Constitution, revoking the Proclamation issued by him on the 12th of November, 2019, in relation to the State of Maharashtra, with effect from the 23rd of November, 2019. [Placed in Library. See No. L.T. 1307/17/19] (b) Report of the Governor of Maharashtra, dated the 22nd November, 2019 to the President, recommending the issue of the above-said Proclamation. [Placed in Library. See No. L.T. 1308/17/19] PAPERS LAID ON THE TABLE Notifications of the Ministry of Labour and Employment ÁÖ´Ö †Öî¸ü ¸üÖê•ÖÝÖÖ¸ü ´ÖÓ¡ÖÖ»ÖμÖ Ûêú ¸üÖ•μÖ ´ÖÓ¡Öß (ÁÖß ÃÖÓŸÖÖêÂÖ Ûãú´ÖÖ¸ü ÝÖÓÝÖ¾ÖÖ¸ü): ´ÖÆüÖê¤üμÖ, ´Öï ×®Ö´®Ö×»Ö×ÜÖŸÖ ¯Ö¡Ö ÃÖ³ÖÖ ¯Ö™ü»Ö ¯Ö¸ü ¸üÜÖŸÖÖ ÆæÑü:- (i) A copy each (in English and Hindi) of the following Notifications of the Ministry of Labour and Employment, under sub-section (4) of Section 97 of the Employees State Insurance Act, 1948, along with delay statements:- (1) No. N-12/13/1/2016-P&D, dated the 27th May, 2019, amending the Employees' State Insurance (General) Regulations, 1950, to insert a new regulation No. 96C therein regarding Referral for super specialty treatment to tie-up hospitals and expenditure to be incurred by Employees State Insurance Corporation directly. 2 Papers laid[RAJYA SABHA] on the table (2) No. N-12/13/1/2016-P&D, dated the 19th November, 2018, publishing the Employees' State Insurance (General) Amendment Regulations, 2018. (3) No. N-12/13/1/2016-P&D, dated the 19th November, 2018, publishing the Employees' State Insurance (General) Amendment Regulations, 2018. (4) No. N-12/13/1/2016-P&D, dated the July 1- July 7, 2017 (weekly Gazette), publishing the Employees' State Insurance (General) Amendment Regulations, 2017. (5) No. X-11/14/1/2019-P&D, dated the 23rd August, 2019, publishing the Employees' State Insurance (General) Amendment Regulations, 2019. [Placed in Library. For (1) to (5) See No. L.T. 1547/17/19] (ii) A copy each (in English and Hindi) of the following Notifications of the Ministry of Labour and Employment, under sub-section (4) of Section 95 of the Employees' State Insurance Act, 1948:- (1) G.S.R. 599 (E), dated the 26th August, 2019, publishing the Employees' State Insurance (Central) Amendment Rules, 2019. (2) G.S.R. 638 (E), dated the 6th September, 2019, publishing the Employees' State Insurance (Central) Amendment Rules, 2019. [Placed in Library. For (1) and (2) See No. L.T. 1548/17/19] Reports and Accounts (2018-19) of Centre for Buddhist Cultural Studies, Tawang and Sahitya Akademi, New Delhi and related papers ÃÖÓÃÛéú×ŸÖ ´ÖÓ¡ÖÖ»ÖμÖ Ûêú ¸üÖ•μÖ ´ÖÓ¡Öß; ŸÖ£ÖÖ ¯ÖμÖÔ™ü®Ö ´ÖÓ¡ÖÖ»ÖμÖ Ûêú ¸üÖ•μÖ ´ÖÓ¡Öß (ÁÖß ¯ÖÏÆü»ÖÖ¤ü ØÃÖÆü ¯Ö™êü»Ö): ´ÖÆüÖê¤üμÖ, ´Öï ×®Ö´®Ö×»Ö×ÜÖŸÖ ¯Ö¡ÖÖë Ûúß ‹Ûú-‹Ûú ¯ÖÏ×ŸÖ (†ÓÝÖÏê•ÖÌß ŸÖ£ÖÖ ×Æü®¤üß ´Öë) ÃÖ³ÖÖ ¯Ö™ü»Ö ¯Ö¸ü ¸üÜÖŸÖÖ ÆæÑü:- (i) (a) Annual Report and Accounts of the Centre for Buddhist Cultural Studies, Tawang, Arunachal Pradesh, for the year 2018-19, together with the Auditor's Report on the Accounts. (b) Review by Government on the working of the above Centre. [Placed in Library. See No. L.T. 266/17/19] (ii) (a) Annual Report and Accounts of the Sahitya Akademi, New Delhi, for the year 2018-19, together with the Auditor's Report on the Accounts. (b) Review by Government on the working of the above Akademi. [Placed in Library. See No. L.T. 1549/17/19] Papers laid[11 December, 2019] on the table 3 I. Notifications of the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs II. Notifications of the Ministry of Civil Aviation III. Reports and Accounts (2018-19) of AERA, New Delhi and AAI, New Delhi and related papers THE MINISTER OF STATE OF THE MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS; THE MINISTER OF STATE OF THE MINISTRY OF CIVIL AVIATION; AND THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY (SHRI HARDEEP SINGH PURI): Sir, I lay on the Table— I. (i) A copy each (in English and Hindi) of the following Notifications of the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs, under sub-section (3) of Section 44 of the Metro Railways (Construction of Works) Act, 1978:- (1) S.O. 2065 (E), dated the 25th June, 2019, notifying the alteration of metro alignment of Pune Metro Line-3 Hinjawadi-Shivajinagar in respect of the Pune Metropolitan Area. (2) S.O. 2126 (E), dated the 26th June, 2019, notifying the addition of the metro alignment of Mumbai Metro Line-5, Thane-Bhiwandi- Kalyan in respect of the Mumbai Metropolitan Area to the Schedule of the Act. (3) S.O. 3295 (E), dated the 16th September, 2019, notifying the addition of the metro alignment of Delhi Metro Line-9-Dwarka-Najafgarh extension from Najafgarh to Dhansa Bus Stand in respect of the National Capital Region to the Schedule of the Act. (4) S.O. 3296 (E), dated the 16th September, 2019, notifying the addition of the metro alignment of Delhi Metro Line-6-Badarpur-YMCA Chowk-Faridabad extension from Escorts Mujesar to Raja Nahar Singh-Ballabhgarh in respect of the National Capital Region to the Schedule of the Act. (5) S.O. 3297 (E), dated the 16th September, 2019, notifying the addition of the metro alignment of Delhi Metro Line-8-Janakpuri West-Kalindi Kunj extension from Kalindi Kunj to Botanical Garden, Noida in respect of the National Capital Region to the Schedule of the Act. 4 Papers laid[RAJYA SABHA] on the table (6) S.O. 3298 (E), dated the 16th September, 2019, notifying the addition of the metro alignment of Delhi Metro Line-3- New Ashok Nagar Noida City Centre extension from Noida City Centre to Noida Electronic City in respect of the National Capital Region to the Schedule of the Act. (7) S.O. 3706 (E), dated the 14th October, 2019, notifying the alteration of the metro alignment of Corridor 2 (Vanaz to Ramwadi) of the Pune Metro Rail Corridors-Phase-1 in the Schedule of the Act. (8) S.O. 4147 (E), dated the 19th November, 2019, notifying the addition of the alignments of Delhi-Ghaziabad-Meerut Regional Rapid Transport System (RRTS) Corridor, in respect of the areas of National Capital Region to the Schedule of the Act. [Placed in Library. For (1) to (8) See No. L.T. 1441/17/19] (ii) A copy (in English and Hindi) of the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs, Notification No. G.S.R. 601 (E), dated the 27th August, 2019, publishing the Metro Railways (Carriage and Ticket) Amendment Rules, 2019, under Section 102 of the Metro Railways (Operation and Maintenance) Act, 2002. [Placed in Library. See No. L.T. 1442/17/19] II. A copy each (in English and Hindi) of the following Notifications of the Ministry of Civil Aviation, under Section 14A of the Aircraft Act, 1934, along with Explanatory Notes:- (1) G.S.R. 448 (E), dated the 24th June, 2019, publishing the Aircraft (First Amendment) Rules, 2019. (2) G.S.R. 468 (E), dated the 2nd July, 2019, publishing the Aircraft (First Amendment) Rules, 2019. [Placed in Library. For (1) and (2) See No. L.T. 1439/17/19] III.(i) A copy (in English and Hindi) of the Annual Report and Accounts of the Airports Economic Regulatory Authority of India (AERA), New Delhi, for the year 2018-19, together with the Auditor's Report on the Accounts, Papers laid[11 December, 2019] on the table 5 under sub-section (4) of Section 35 and sub-section (3) of Section 36 of the Airports Economic Regulatory Authority Act, 2008.