Obituary References were made in the House during the Session as detailed below: —
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Sl.No
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Date |
Person in respect of whom reference was made |
Time taken Hrs. Mts. |
Remarks |
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1. |
25-02-05 |
Shri P. V. Narasimha Rao, former Prime Minister of India; |
0-18 |
The Chairman made references and the House observed silence, all Members standing as a mark of respect to the memory of the departed. As a mark of respect to the memory of Shri Vidya Nivas Misra, sitting Member, the House adjourned for the day.
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2. |
-do- |
Shri K. S. Ramaswamy (ex-Member); |
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3. |
-do- |
Shri Aladi Aruna alias V. Arunachalam (ex-Member); |
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4. |
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Shrimati Ila Panda (ex-Member);
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5. |
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Shri Vidya Nivas Misra (sitting Member); and |
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6. |
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Shri Sohan Lal Dhusiya (ex-Member). |
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7. |
23-03-05 |
Shri M. Palaniyandi(ex-member). |
0-03 |
The Chairman made reference and the House observed silence, all Members standing as a mark of respect to the memory of the departed. |
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8. |
19-04-05 |
Pope John Paul II |
0-09 |
The Chairman made references and the House observed silence, all Members standing as a mark of respect to the memory of the departed. |
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9. |
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Shrimati Kanak Mukherjee (ex-Member) |
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10. |
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Shri Surender Singh (ex-Member) |
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11. |
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Shri Vishnu Kant Shastri (ex-Member) |
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12. |
26-04-05 |
Swami Ranganathananda, President of the Ramakrishna Math and Mission. |
0-02 |
The Chairman made reference and the House observed silence, all Members standing as a mark of respect to the memory of the departed. |
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13. |
28-04-05 |
Shri Ebrahim Sulaiman Sait (ex-Member) |
0-03 |
The Chairman made reference and the House observed silence, all Members standing as a mark of respect to the memory of the departed. |
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14. |
03-05-05 |
Sardar Jagjit Singh Aurora (ex-Member) |
0-02 |
The Chairman made reference and the House observed silence, all Members standing as a mark of respect to the memory of the departed. |
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15. |
09-05-05 |
Shri Shyam Lal Yadav (ex-Member) |
0-05 |
The Chairman made reference and the House observed silence, all Members standing as a mark of respect to the memory of the departed. |
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Total: |
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720 Starred Questions were put down in the List of Questions for oral answers. Out of this 165 Questions were orally answered, two questions were withdrawn and answers to remaining ones were laid on the Table of the House.
(Time taken: 26 Hrs. 11 Mts.)
5568 Unstarred Questions were put down in the List of Questions and written answers in respect thereof were laid on the Table of the House.
STATEMENTS BY MINISTERS CORRECTING ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
Statements correcting answers to questions as detailed below were made/laid during the Session: —
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Sl No |
Date |
Subject |
Ministry/ Department |
Name of the Minister |
Time taken Hrs.Mts. |
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1. |
16-03-2005 |
Correcting the reply given in the Rajya Sabha on the 15th December, 2004 to Unstarred Question 1398 regarding “Funds demanded by Madhya Pradesh for PMGSY”. |
Rural Development |
Shri Raghuvansh Prasad Singh |
0-01 |
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2. |
23-03-2005 |
Correcting the reply given in the Rajya Sabha on the 14th July, 2004 to Starred Question 140 regarding “Atrocities on women”. |
Home Affairs |
Shri Manikrao Gavit |
0-02 |
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3. |
05-05-2005 |
Correcting the Hindi version of the reply given in the Rajya Sabha on the 3rd March, 2005 to Unstarred Question 404 regarding “Early warning for Tsunami waves”. |
Science and Technology and Ocean Development |
Shri Kapil Sibal |
0-01 |
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Total : |
0-04 |
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1578 Papers were laid on the Table during the Session. Some of the important papers that were laid are detailed below:
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Sl. No. |
Date |
Subject
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1. |
26-2-2005 |
Report of Twelfth Finance Commission together with an Explanatory Memorandum on the action taken on the recommendations of the Commission. |
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2. |
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‘Economic Survey, 2004-2005’. |
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3. |
*28-2-2005 |
Medium-term fiscal policy statement; Fiscal policy strategy statement, and Macro-economic framework statement, under sub-section (1) of section 3 of the Fiscal Responsibility and Budget Management Act, 2003 and a statement under sub-section (3) of section 7 of the aforesaid Act. |
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4. |
9-3-2005 |
C.A.G. Report for the year ended the 31st March, 2004 (No.5 of 2005) Union Government (Commercial)- Public Sector Undertakings in Telecommunications Sector. |
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5. |
21-3-2005 |
Forty-first Report of the Commissioner for Linguistic Minorities for the period from July, 2002 to June, 2003.
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6. |
22-3-2005 |
C.A.G. Report for the year ended the 31st March, 2004 (No. 1 of 2005) Union Government (Commercial) Public Sector Undertakings-Review of Accounts. |
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7. |
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C.A.G. Report for the year ended the 31st March, 2004 (No. 2 of 2005) Union Government (Commercial) Public Sector Undertakings-Comments on Accounts. |
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8. |
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C.A.G. Report for the year ended the 31st March, 2004 (No. 3 of 2005) Union Government (Commercial) Public Sector Undertakings-Transactions Audit Observations. |
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9. |
23-3-2005 |
Report of the Committee (Shri Yogesh Chandra) on land allotments by the Land and Development Office, New Delhi, during the period 1998-2004. |
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10. |
19-4-2005 |
Foreign Trade Policy – 2004 -2009 (updated as on 31st March, 2005). |
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11. |
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Handbook of Procedures (Volume I)-2004-2009, (updated as on 31st March, 2005). |
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12. |
5-5-2005 |
C.A.G. Report for the year ended the 31st March, 2004 (No.4 of 2005) Union Government (Commercial)- Public Sector Undertakings – Review on some of the activities of selected PSUs. |
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13. |
6-5-2005 |
The Bihar Value Added Tax Ordinance, 2005 (Bihar Ordinance No. 1 of 2005) promulgated by the Governor of Bihar on the 4th March, 2005, under sub clause (a) of clause (2) (a) of article 213 of the Constitution read with clause (c) (iv) of the Proclamation dated the 7th March, 2005 issued by the President in relation to the State of Bihar along with an explanatory memorandum mentioning circumstances due to which promulgation of the Ordinance mentioned above was considered necessary . |
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14. |
6-5-2005 |
C.A.G. Report for the year ended March, 2004 (No. 1 of 2005) Union Government: Accounts of the Union Government; Union Government: Appropriation Accounts of Civil, Postal Services and Defence Services 2003-2004; and Union Government: Finance Accounts 2003-2004. |
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15. |
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C.A.G. Report for the year ended March, 2004 (No. 2 of 2005) Union Government: Transactions Audit Observations. |
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16. |
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C.A.G. Report for the year ended March, 2004 (No. 3 of 2005) Union Government: Information Technology Audit. |
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17. |
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C.A.G. Report for the year ended March, 2004 (No. 4 of 2005) Union Government (Civil): Autonomous Bodies. |
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18. |
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C.A.G. Report for the year ended March, 2004 (No. 5 of 2005) Union Government: Scientific Departments. |
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19. |
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C.A.G. Report for the year ended March, 2004 (No. 6 of 2005) Union Government (Defence Services): Army and Ordnance Factories.
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20. |
6-5-2005 |
C.A.G. Report for the year ended March, 2004 (No. 7 of 2005) Union Government (Defence Services): Air Force and Navy. |
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21. |
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C.A.G. Report for the year ended March, 2004 (Nos. 8 & 9 of 2005) Union Government: Railways and Appropriation Accounts of Railways Parts I and II including Annexure-G for the year 2003-2004. |
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22. |
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C.A.G. Report for the year ended March, 2004 (No. 10 of 2005) Union Government: Indirect Taxes - Customs. |
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23. |
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C.A.G. Report for the year ended March, 2004 (No. 11 of 2005) Union Government: Indirect Taxes – Central Excise & Service Tax. |
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24. |
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C.A.G. Report for the year ended March, 2004 (No. 12 of 2005) Union Government: Direct Taxes. |
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25. |
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C.A.G. Report for the year ended March, 2004 (No. 13 of 2005) Union Government: (Direct Taxes) System Appraisals. |
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26. |
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C.A.G. Report for the year ended March, 2004 (No. 14 of 2005) Union Government (Civil): Performance audit of Control Systems in India Security Press, Nashik. |
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27. |
10-5-2005 |
C.A.G. Report for the year ended the 31st March, 2004 (No.6 of 2005) Union Government (Commercial) Public Sector Undertakings- Petroleum Sector. |
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28. |
11-5-2005 |
C.A.G. Report for the Year ended 31st March, 2004 (No. 7 of 2005) Union Government (Commercial) Public Sector Undertakings – National Highways Development Project of National Highways Authority of India. |
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29. |
13-5-2005 |
Part Report of the Phukan Commission and “Accompanying Note on Justice S.N. Phukan Commission”. |
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(Total Time taken: 45 Mts.) |
REPORTS/STATEMENTS OF THE COMMITTEES PRESENTED/LAID ON THE TABLE
The following Reports/Statements of various Committees were presented/laid on the Table: —
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Date |
Report/Statement |
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26-02-2005 20-04-2005 |
Committee on Petroleum and Natural Gas
4th Report 5th Report
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26-02-2005 20-04-2005 |
Committee on Finance
11th to 15th Reports 16th to 20th Reports
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01-03-2005 19-04-2005 11-05-2005 |
Committee on Railways
6th and 7th Report 8th Report 9th and 10th Report
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01-03-2005 21-04-2005 |
Committee on Energy
3rd and 4th Report 5th and 6th Report
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03-03-2005 23-03-2005 21-04-2005 27-04-2005 28-04-2005 06-05-2005 |
Committee on Human Resource Development
154th to 156th Reports 157th Report 158th to 160th Reports 161st Report 162nd Report 163rd Report
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03-03-2005 20-04-2005 |
Committee on Agriculture
5th to 8th Reports 9th to 12th Reports
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04-03-2005 20-04-2005 |
Committee on Home Affairs
111th Report and Evidence 112th and 113th Report
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04-03-2005 09-03-2005 16-03-2005 23-03-2005 26-04-2005 27-04-2005 28-04-2005 |
Committee on Public Accounts
Action Taken Statements Action Taken Statements 7th and 8th Report 9th Report 12th Report 11th Report 10th and 13th Report
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09-03-2005 21-04-2005 13-05-2005 |
Committee on Information Technology
11th to 14th Reports 15th to 18th Reports 19th and 20th Report
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11-03-2005 28-04-2005 |
Committee on Health and Family Welfare
4th to 6th Reports 7th to 9th Reports
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11-03-2005 22-03-2005 21-04-2005 25-04-2005
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Committee on Urban Development
4th Report 5th Report 6th Report 7th Report |
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14-03-2005 |
Committee on Ethics
4th Report |
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14-03-2005 19-04-2005 |
Committee on Commerce
67th to 69th Reports 70th and 71st Reports
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15-03-2005 21-04-2005 |
Committee on Chemicals and Fertilisers
4th Report 5th and 6th Report
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17-03-2005 25-04-2005 |
Committee on Science and Technology, Environment and Forests
132nd to 138th Reports 139th to 146th Reports
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19-03-2005 19-04-2005 20-04-2005 |
Committee on Rural Development
5th to 8th Reports 9th and 10th Report 11th and 12th Report
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21-03-2005 24-03-2005 20-04-2005 13-05-2005 |
Committee on Personnel, Public Grievances, Law and Justice
3rd Report and Evidence 4th Report 5th and 6th Report 7th Report and Evidence
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22-03-2005 20-04-2005 |
Committee on Subordinate Legislation
155th Report 156th and 157th Report |
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22-03-2005 |
Committee on Petitions
122nd Report
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22-03-2005 25-04-2005 |
Committee on Labour
3rd and 4th Report 5th and 6th Report
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22-03-2005 21-04-2005 |
Committee on Social Justice and Empowerment
4th to 6th Reports 7th and 8th Report
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23-03-2005 26-04-2005 27-04-2005 |
Committee on Welfare of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes
Final Action Taken Statements Final Action Taken Statements 4th Report
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23-03-2005 28-04-2005 |
Committee on Coal and Steel
6th and 7th Report 8th to 10th Reports
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24-03-2005 19-04-2005 12-05-2005 |
Committee on Public Undertakings
3rd Report 4th Report 5th Report
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20-04-2005
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Committee on Water Resources
3rd Report
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21-04-2005 26-04-2005 03-05-2005 |
Committee on External Affairs
4th and 5th Report 6th and 7th Report Action Taken Statement
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25-04-2005 26-04-2005 10-05-2005 |
Committee on Defence
2nd Report 3rd and 4th Action Taken Statements 5th Report
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26-04-2005 05-05-2005 12-05-2005 |
Committee on Industry
160th Report |