OBITUARY REFERENCES

      Obituary References were made in the House during the Session as detailed below: —

 

Sl.No

 

    Date

Person in respect of whom reference was made

Time taken

Hrs. Mts.

Remarks

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.

 

 

2.

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Shri K. S. Ramaswamy (ex-Member);

 

3.

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Shri Aladi Aruna alias V. Arunachalam (ex-Member);

 

4.

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Shrimati Ila Panda (ex-Member);

 

 

5.

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Shri Vidya Nivas Misra (sitting Member); and

 

6.

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Shri Sohan Lal Dhusiya (ex-Member).

 

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. 

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.

9.

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Shrimati Kanak Mukherjee (ex-Member)

 

10.

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Shri Surender Singh (ex-Member)

 

11.

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Shri Vishnu Kant Shastri (ex-Member)

 

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.

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.

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.

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.

 

 

 

                                                       Total:

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0-42

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QUESTIONS

      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: —

 

Sl

No

Date

Subject

Ministry/ Department

Name of the Minister

Time taken

Hrs.Mts.

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

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

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

 

 

 

 

Total :

0-04

 

 

PAPERS LAID ON THE TABLE

1578 Papers were laid on the Table during the Session.  Some of the important papers that were laid are detailed below:

 

Sl. No.

Date

Subject

 

1.            

26-2-2005

Report of Twelfth Finance Commission together with an Explanatory Memorandum on the action taken on the recommendations of the Commission.

2.            

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‘Economic Survey, 2004-2005’.

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.

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.

5.            

21-3-2005

Forty-first Report of the Commissioner for Linguistic Minorities for the period from July, 2002 to June, 2003.

 

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.

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.

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.

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.

10.

19-4-2005

Foreign Trade Policy – 2004 -2009 (updated as on 31st March, 2005).

11.

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Handbook of Procedures (Volume I)-2004-2009, (updated as on 31st March, 2005).

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.

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 .

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.

15.

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C.A.G. Report for the year ended March, 2004 (No. 2 of 2005) Union Government: Transactions Audit Observations.

16.

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C.A.G. Report for the year ended March, 2004 (No. 3 of 2005) Union Government: Information Technology Audit.

17.

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C.A.G. Report for the year ended March, 2004 (No. 4 of 2005) Union Government (Civil): Autonomous Bodies.

18.

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C.A.G. Report for the year ended March, 2004 (No. 5 of 2005) Union Government: Scientific Departments.

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.

 

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.

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.

22.

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C.A.G. Report for the year ended March, 2004 (No. 10 of 2005) Union Government: Indirect Taxes - Customs.

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.

24.

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C.A.G. Report for the year ended March, 2004 (No. 12 of 2005) Union Government: Direct Taxes.

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.

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.

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.

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.

29.

13-5-2005

Part Report of the Phukan Commission and “Accompanying Note on Justice S.N. Phukan Commission”.

 

 

(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: —

   

Date   

Report/Statement

 

 

 

26-02-2005

20-04-2005

Committee on Petroleum and Natural Gas

 

4th Report

5th Report

 

 

 

26-02-2005

20-04-2005

Committee on Finance

 

11th to 15th Reports

16th to 20th Reports

 

 

 

01-03-2005

19-04-2005

11-05-2005

Committee on Railways

 

6th and 7th Report

8th Report

9th and 10th Report

 

 

 

01-03-2005

21-04-2005

Committee on Energy

 

3rd and 4th Report

5th and 6th Report

 

 

 

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

 

 

 

 

 

03-03-2005

20-04-2005

Committee on Agriculture

 

5th to 8th Reports

9th to 12th Reports

 

 

 

04-03-2005

20-04-2005

Committee on Home Affairs

 

111th Report and Evidence

112th and 113th Report

 

 

 

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

 

 

 

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

 

 

 

11-03-2005

28-04-2005

Committee on Health and Family Welfare

 

4th to 6th Reports

7th to 9th Reports

 

 

 

11-03-2005

22-03-2005

21-04-2005

25-04-2005

 

Committee on Urban Development

 

4th Report

5th Report

6th Report

7th Report

 

 

14-03-2005

Committee on Ethics

 

4th Report

 

 

14-03-2005

19-04-2005

Committee on Commerce

 

67th to 69th Reports

70th and 71st Reports

 

 

 

15-03-2005

21-04-2005

Committee on Chemicals and Fertilisers

 

4th Report

5th and 6th Report

 

 

 

 

17-03-2005

25-04-2005

Committee on Science and Technology, Environment and Forests

 

132nd to 138th Reports

139th to 146th Reports

 

 

 

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

 

 

 

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

 

 

 

22-03-2005

20-04-2005

Committee on Subordinate Legislation

 

155th Report

156th and 157th Report

 

 

 

22-03-2005

Committee on Petitions

 

122nd Report

 

 

 

22-03-2005

25-04-2005

Committee on Labour

 

3rd and 4th Report

5th and 6th Report

 

 

 

22-03-2005

21-04-2005

Committee on Social Justice and Empowerment

 

4th to 6th Reports

7th and 8th Report

 

 

 

 

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

 

 

 

23-03-2005

28-04-2005

Committee on Coal and Steel

 

6th and 7th Report

8th to 10th Reports

 

 

 

24-03-2005

19-04-2005

12-05-2005

Committee on Public Undertakings

 

3rd Report

4th Report

5th Report

 

 

 

20-04-2005

 

Committee on Water Resources

 

3rd Report

 

 

 

21-04-2005

26-04-2005

03-05-2005

Committee on External Affairs

 

4th and 5th Report

6th and 7th Report

Action Taken Statement

 

 

 

 

 

 

 25-04-2005

26-04-2005

10-05-2005

Committee on Defence

 

2nd Report

3rd and 4th Action Taken Statements

5th Report

 

 

 

26-04-2005

05-05-2005

12-05-2005

Committee on Industry

 

160th Report