RAJYA SABHA FRIDAY, THE 29TH APRIL, 2016 (The Rajya Sabha met in the Parliament House at 11-00 a.m.) 11-00 a.m. 1. Oath or Affirmation Shri Suresh Gopi (Nominated) made and subscribed oath and took his seat in the House. 11-02 a.m. 2. Felicitations to the Scientists, Engineers and Technicians of ISRO on the successful launch of IRNSS-1G The Chairman, on behalf of the whole House and on his own behalf, offered felicitations to the scientists, engineers and technicians, who were associated with the successful launch of IRNSS-1G, the seventh Satellite in the Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System (IRNSS) by PSLV C-33, on the 28th of April, 2016. 11-03 a.m. 3. Papers Laid on the Table Shri Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi (Minister of State in the Ministry of Minority Affairs and Minister of State in the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs) on behalf of Shri D.V. Sadananda Gowda laid on the Table a copy (in English and Hindi) of the Outcome Budget for the year 2016-17, in respect of the Ministry of Law and Justice. Shri Ramvilas Paswan (Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution) laid on the Table:- I. A copy each (in English and Hindi) of the following Notifications of the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution (Department of Food and Public Distribution), under sub-section (3) of Section 6 of the Sugar Cess Act, 1982:— (1) S.O. 258 (E), dated the 28th January, 2016, regarding levying and collection of duty of excise as a cess for the purpose of Sugar Development Fund Act, 1982, on all sugar produced by any sugar factory in India at a rate of one hundred twenty four rupees per quintal of sugar w.e.f. 1st February, 2016. 48 29TH APRIL, 2016 (2) S.O. 259 (E), dated the 28th January, 2016, appointing the 1st day of February, 2016 as the date on which the Sugar Cess (Amendment) Act, 2015 shall come into force. II. A copy (in English and Hindi) of the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution (Department of Food and Public Distribution) Notification No. G.S.R. 23 (E), dated the 13th January, 2016, publishing the Sugar Development Fund (Amendment) Rules, 2016, under sub-section (3) of Section 9 of the Sugar Development Fund Act, 1982. Shri Ravi Shankar Prasad (Minister of Communications and Information Technology) laid on the Table:- I. A copy each of the following Notifications of the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology (Department of Posts), under sub-section (4) of Section 74 of the Indian Post Office Act, 1898:— (1) G.S.R. 881 (E), dated the 18th November, 2015, publishing the Indian Post Office (Amendment) Rules, 2015 (in English and Hindi). (2) G.S.R. 276 (E), dated the 3rd March, 2016, publishing corrigendum to Notification No. G.S.R. 881 (E), dated the 18th November, 2015 (in English only). II.(1) A copy each (in English and Hindi) of the following papers, under sub-section (4) of Section 23 and sub-section (3) of Section 24 of the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India Act, 1997 :— (a) Annual Report and Accounts of the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI), New Delhi, for the year 2014-15, together with the Auditor's Report on the Accounts. (b) Review by Government on the working of the above Authority. (2) Statement (in English and Hindi) giving reasons for the delay in laying the papers mentioned at (1) above. Shri Mohanbhai Kalyanjibhai Kundariya (Minister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare) laid on the Table:- I.(1) A copy each (in English and Hindi) of the following papers, under sub-section (1) (b) of Section 394 of the Companies Act, 2013:— 49 RAJYA SABHA (a) Forty-eighth Annual Report and Accounts of the Maharashtra Agro Industries Corporation Limited, Mumbai, along with the Thirtieth Annual Report and Accounts of its subsidiary, the Maharashtra Insecticides Limited, Akola, Maharashtra, for the year 2013-14, together with the Auditor's Report on the Accounts and the comments of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India thereon. (b) Review by Government on the working of the above Corporation. (2) Statement (in English and Hindi) giving reasons for the delay in laying the papers mentioned at (1) above. Shri Hansraj Gangaram Ahir (Minister of State in the Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers) laid on the Table a copy (in English and Hindi) of the Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers (Department of Pharmaceuticals) Notification No. S.O. 701 (E), dated the 10th March, 2016, publishing the Drugs (Price Control) Amendment Order, 2016, under sub-section (6) of Section 3 of the Essential Commodities Act, 1955. Shri Manoj Sinha (Minister of State in the Ministry of Railways) laid on the Table:- I.(1) A copy each (in English and Hindi) of the following papers, under sub-section (1) (b) of Section 394 of the Companies Act, 2013:— (i) (a) Thirty-ninth Annual Report and Accounts of the Burn Standard Company Limited (BSCL), Kolkata, for the year 2014-15, together with the Auditor's Report on the Accounts and the comments of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India thereon. (b) Review by Government on the working of the above Company. (ii) (a) Thirty-ninth Annual Report and Accounts of the IRCON International Limited, New Delhi, for the year 2014-15, together with the Auditor's Report on the Accounts and the comments of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India thereon. (b) Review by Government on the working of the above Company. (2) Statements (in English and Hindi) giving reasons for the delay in laying the papers mentioned at (1) above. 50 29TH APRIL, 2016 Shri Mohanbhai Kalyanjibhai Kundariya (Minister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare) on behalf of Dr. Sanjeev Kumar Balyan laid on the Table a copy (in English and Hindi) of the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare (Department of Agriculture, Cooperation and Farmers Welfare) Notification No. G.S.R. 164 (E), dated the 15th February, 2016, publishing the Insecticides (Amendment) Rules, 2016, under sub-section (3) of Section 36 of the Insecticides Act, 1968. Shri Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi (Minister of State in the Ministry of Minority Affairs and Minister of State in the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs) on behalf of Shri Jayant Sinha laid on the Table a copy each (in English and Hindi) of the following Reports, under clause (1) of article 151 of the Constitution,:— (i) Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India for the year ended March 2015 -Union Government (Railways) - Railway Finances (Report No. 53 of 2015), Appropriation Accounts [Part I - Review, Part II - Detailed Appropriation Accounts and Detailed Appropriation Accounts (Annexure -G)]; (ii) Audit on the Preparedness for the Implementation of National Food Security Act, 2013 for the year ended March, 2015 (Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution) - Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India - Union Government (Civil), Report No. 54 of 2015; (iii) Report No. 6 of 2016 of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India for the year ended March 2015, Performance Audit on Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi precious stones, precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof, imitation jewellery, coins (Chapter 71 of CTH) - Union Government, Department of Revenue, Indirect taxes - Customs; (iv) Report No. 7 of 2016 of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India for the year ended March 2015, Performance Audit on Implementation of Passport Seva Project - Union Government (Civil); and (v) Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India on Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Audit of Scheme Rules, 2011 (Social Audit Rules) - Report No. 8 of 2016 [Union Government (Civil)]. 51 RAJYA SABHA 11-04 a.m. 4. Report of the Department Related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Health and Family Welfare Shri Jairam Ramesh presented the Ninety-fifth Report (in English and Hindi) of the Department-related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Health and Family Welfare on Demands for Grants (2016-17) of the Ministry of AYUSH. 11-05 a.m. 5. Reports of the Department Related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Transport, Tourism and Culture Dr. Kanwar Deep Singh presented the following Reports (in English and Hindi) of the Department-related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Transport, Tourism and Culture:— (i) Two Hundred Thirty First Report on Demands for Grants (2016-17) of Ministry of Civil Aviation; and (ii) Two Hundred Thirty Second Report on Demands for Grants (2016-17) of Ministry of Tourism. 11-06 a.m. 6. Motion for Election to the Central Advisory Committee for the National Cadet Corps A motion for election of one member to the Central Advisory Committee for the National Cadet Corps was moved and adopted. 11-07 a.m. 7. Motion for Extension of Time for Presentation of the Report of the Select Committee of the Rajya Sabha on the Prevention of Corruption (Amendment) Bill, 2013 Shri Bhupender Yadav moved the following Motion:— "That the time appointed for presentation of the Report of the Select Committee of the Rajya Sabha on the Prevention of Corruption (Amendment) Bill, 2013, be extended upto the last day of the first week of the next session.” The Motion was adopted. 52 29TH APRIL, 2016 11-08 a.m. 8. Statement regarding Government Business Shri Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi, Minister of State in the Ministry of Minority Affairs and in the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs made a statement regarding Government Business in the Rajya Sabha during the week commencing Monday, the 2nd of May, 2016.