Sl. No.

Date

Name of the Member who raised the discussion

Subject

No. of Speakers

Minister (s) who replied

Time taken

Hrs.Mts.

1.

26-7-2005

27-7-2005

Shri Jayantilal Barot

Situation arising due to drought and floods in various parts of the country.

19

Shri Shivraj Vishwanath Patil and Shri Sharad Pawar

4-08

2.

27-7-2005

Shri Jaswant Singh

Situation arising due to increasing incidents of cross border terrorism and terrorist acts in the country, particularly with reference to the recent attack in Ayodhya.

13

Shri Shivraj Vishwanath Patil

3-48

3.

4-8-2005

Shrimati Sushma Swaraj

#Statement made by the Prime Minister in the Rajya Sabha on the   29^th July, 2005, regarding his recent official visit to the United States of America.

16

Dr. Manmohan Singh, Prime Minister

4-34

4.

8-8-2005

Shri Jaswant Singh

&Statement made by Shri Pranab Mukherjee, Minister of Defence, in the Rajya Sabha on the 2^nd August, 2005, regarding ‘New Framework for the   US-India Defence Relationship.’

9

Shri Pranab Mukherjee

3-01

5.

22-8-2005

23-8-2005

Shri Pramod Mahajan

Situation arising out of the striking down of the IMDT Act by the Supreme Court.

15

Shri Shivraj Vishwanath Patil

4-04

6.

23-8-2005

24-8-2005

Shri Sitaram Yechury

State of agriculture, poverty and unemployment in the country in the light of mid-term appraisal of the Tenth Five Year Plan.

11

Shri M.V. Rajasekharan

3-45

Total:

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23-20

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