The Journal of Parliamentary Information VOLUME LXII NO. 4 DECEMBER 2016 LOK SABHA SECRETARIAT NEW DELHI CBS Publishers & Distributors Pvt. Ltd. 24, Ansari Road, Darya Ganj, New Delhi-2 EDITORIAL BOARD Editor : Anoop Mishra Secretary-General Lok Sabha Associate Editors : Dr. D. Bhalla Secretary Lok Sabha Secretariat Abhijit Kumar Joint Secretary Lok Sabha Secretariat Dr. R.N. Das Director Lok Sabha Secretariat Assistant Editors : Babu Lal Naik Additional Director Lok Sabha Secretariat H. Soikholian Simte Joint Director Lok Sabha Secretariat © Lok Sabha Secretariat, New Delhi THE JOURNAL OF PARLIAMENTARY INFORMATION VOLUME LXII NO. 4 DECEMBER 2016 CONTENTS PAGE EDITORIAL NOTE 515 ADDRESS Address by the Speaker, Lok Sabha, Smt. Sumitra Mahajan at the Meeting of BRICS Women Parliamentarians’ Forum 517 DECLARATION OF MEETING OF THE BRICS WOMEN PARLIAMENTARIANS’ FORUM 524 ARTICLE Biju Patnaik: The Visionary Parliamentarian –Prof. Radhakanta Barik 527 SHORT NOTE A Resolution adopted in the Lok Sabha on ‘Restoration of Peace and Normalcy in Jammu and Kashmir’ 536 PARLIAMENTARY EVENTS AND ACTIVITIES Conferences and Symposia 537 Birth Anniversaries of National Leaders 539 Exchange of Parliamentary Delegations 541 Parliament Museum 541 Bureau of Parliamentary Studies and Training 542 PARLIAMENTARY AND CONSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENTS 545 DOCUMENTS OF CONSTITUTIONAL AND PARLIAMENTARY INTEREST 552 SESSIONAL REVIEW Lok Sabha 562 Rajya Sabha 585 State Legislatures 605 RECENT LITERATURE OF PARLIAMENTARY INTEREST 611 (iv) iv The Journal of Parliamentary Information APPENDICES I. Statement showing the work transacted during the Ninth Session of the Sixteenth Lok Sabha 616 II. Statement showing the work transacted during the 240th Session of the Rajya Sabha 620 III. Statement showing the activities of the Legislatures of the States and Union Territories during the period 1 July to 30 September 2016 626 IV. List of Bills passed by the Houses of Parliament and assented to by the President during the period 1 July to 30 September 2016 633 V. List of Bills passed by the Legislatures of the States and the Union Territories during the period 1 July to 30 September 2016 634 VI. Ordinances promulgated by the Union and State Governments during the period 1 July to 30 September 2016 641 VII. Party Position in the Lok Sabha, the Rajya Sabha and the Legislatures of the States and the Union Territories 644 Index 652 Jai Mata Di m12 DC 16 EDITORIAL NOTE A meeting of the BRICS Women Parliamentarians’ Forum on the theme Women Parliamentarians’–Enablers for Achieving SDGs was held at Jaipur, Rajasthan on 20 and 21 August, 2016 under the initiative and dynamic leadership of Smt. Sumitra Mahajan, Hon’ble Speaker of Lok Sabha. In the meeting all the Women Parliamentarians from BRICS countries deliberated on how being Parliamentarians they can substantially contribute towards achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by influencing legislations, providing leadership, ensuring accountability at different stages of the policy cycle, their implementation and shaping the development agenda in their respective countries. While inaugurating the meeting of the Women Parliamentarian Forum, Hon’ble Speaker, Smt. Sumitra Mahajan said that the women parliamentarians, certainly have an important role to play considering the fact that women are crucial agents in tackling development issues as they have an intimate knowledge of sustainable resource-management practiced at household and community-levels. She mentioned that the BRICS countries together comprise 43 per cent of the world population, contributing 37 per cent of the world GDP. The success of the SDGs heavily depend on their successful implementation in the BRICS countries. She further said the BRICS countries should evolve their own ways of achieving the SDGs. Highlighting India’s development agenda in achieving the SDGs, Hon’ble Speaker, Smt. Mahajan stated that the Government of India has launched various initiatives such as ‘Jan Dhan Yojana’ or ‘National Mission on Financial Inclusion’, ‘Beti Bachao-Beti Padhao’ or the scheme to save the Girl Child and educate the Girl Child, ‘Make in India’, ‘Skill Development’, and ‘Digital India’ etc. for promoting social inclusion and economic advancement of the people. She said that as women parliamentarians from BRICS Parliaments, we all are concerned with policy issues that affect life at the level of family and community, and other larger social concerns, especially, in areas like education, infrastructure and health. The role of women parliamentarians as enablers of achievement of the SDGs, as people’s representatives to highlight the concerns of the people as well as mobilizing the participation of the citizens in issues of governance and sustainable development, special responsibilities as well as advantages in providing leadership to women M07 516 The Journal of Parliamentary Information and grassroots organizations, and engage in addressing issues like Climate Change and Environment, etc., Hon’ble Speaker stressed in her address. A Declaration was adopted by the women parliamentarians of the BRICS countries with a view to achieve the SDGs by 2030 is also included in the Journal. The year 2016 is being celebrated by the state government of Odisha and the central government as the centenary year of Shri Biju Patnaik, an eminent parliamentarian and a former chief minister of Odisha. An article on him is also included in this issue. A resolution adopted by the Lok Sabha on ‘Restoration of Peace and normalcy in Jammu and Kashmir’ has also been included in this issue of JPI under the feature ‘Short Note’. We have included brief accounts of the above mentioned Conference and some other Conferences/Seminars under the feature ‘Parliamentary Events and Activities’. We also carry in this issue the other regular features, viz. Parliamentary and Constitutional Developments, Documents of Constitutional and Parliamentary Interest, Sessional Review, Recent Literature of Parliamentary Interest and Appendices. In our constant pursuit of making the Journal more enriching and useful, we always look forward to suggestions for its further improvement. We also welcome informative, practice and problem oriented, non- partisan and original articles pertaining to parliamentary procedures and institutions from members of Parliament and State Legislatures, scholars and others interested in the field. Anoop Mishra –Editor Jai Mata Di m12 dc16 Address by the Speaker, Lok Sabha, Smt. Sumitra Mahajan 517 1 ADDRESS BY THE SPEAKER, LOK SABHA, SMT. SUMITRA MAHAJAN AT THE MEETING OF BRICS WOMEN PARLIAMENTARIANS’ FORUM A meeting of the BRICS Women Parliamentarians’ Forum on the theme Women Parliamentarians’–Enablers for Achieving SDGs was held at Jaipur, Rajasthan on 20 and 21 August, 2016. The aim of the meeting was to bring together Women Parliamentarians from BRICS countries to deliberate on how being Parliamentarians they can substantially contribute towards achieving the SDGs by influencing and shaping the development agenda in their respective countries. Hon’ble Speaker of Lok Sabha, Smt. Sumitra Mahajan, inaugurated the meeting of the Forum and delivered the Inaugural Address. We reproduce below the text of the Address delivered by Hon’ble Speaker of Lok Sabha, Smt. Sumitra Mahajan. —Editor Hon’ble Shrimati Vasundhara Raje ji, very successful Chief Minister of Rajasthan, Shri Kailash Meghwal ji, Hon’ble Speaker, Rajasthan Legislative Assembly, Prof. Dorinha Seabra Rezende, Head of Delegation, Brazil, Ms. Galina Kerelova, Deputy Chairperson, Council of Russian Federation and Head of Delegation, Russia, Ms. Wen Ma, Member of Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress of China, Chairperson of the International and Judicial Affairs Committee of the National People’s Congress of China, Ms. Thandi R. Modise, Chairperson of the National Council of Provinces, Head of Delegation, South Africa, Hon’ble Deputy- Speaker, Lok Sabha, all fellow Parliamentarian, distinguished Delegates, all our Hon’ble Ministers, ladies and gentlemen, it is my privilege and honour to welcome the distinguished gathering to the beautiful city of Jaipur, popularly known as the pink city, for the meeting of the BRICS Women Parliamentarians on the theme ‘Women Parliamentarians’– Enablers for Achieving SDGs’. This meeting is an endeavour on the part of BRICS Women Parliamentarians to provide an opportunity for strengthening parliamentary cooperation in furthering the agenda of BRICS. I am sure that we will gain invaluable insights into the different dimensions of the issues with the active participation from all the delegates who have assembled here. In my opinion there could not have been a better venue than the State of Rajasthan to discuss the theme of the Conference as the State M07 Jai Mata Di 518 The Journal of Parliamentary Information is led by a dynamic woman Chief Minister, and it also brings to mind a remarkable tradition in the State of Rajasthan in the area of sustainable development. Rajasthan receives scanty rainfall concentrated over barely 3-4 months of the year. The society here nurtured a strong tradition of water conservation and sustainable use of water resources derived from the teachings of leaders, such as Shree Guru Jambheshwar Bhagwan and others, who preached preserving bio-diversity and sustainable natural resource management in order to peacefully coexist with nature. Taking forward this tradition, which had mainly women at the forefront, resulted in a community-driven effort in the area