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.

16-02-2006

Sheikh Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber              Al-Sabah,  Amir of the State of Kuwait

 

The Chairman made references and the House observed silence, all Members standing as a mark of respect to the memory of the departed.

 

2.

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Shri Satyanarayana Dronamraju             (ex-Member)

 

3.

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Shri Khemchandbhai Somabhai Chavda (ex-Member)

0-09

4.

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Shri Narendra Singh (ex-Member); and

 

5.

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Maulana Asad Madni (ex-Member)

 

6.

14-03-2006

Shri C.D. Natarajan (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.

7.

17-03-2006

Shri Lachhman Singh (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.

22-03-2006

Shri Golap Barbora (ex-member)

0-04

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9.

10-05-2006

Shrimati Sarla Bhadauria (ex-Member)

 

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 Pramod Mahajan, a sitting Member, the House adjourned for the day.

10.

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Shri Bansi Lal (ex-Member)

0-14

11.

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Dr. Shyam Sundar Mohapatra               (ex-Member); and

 

12.

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Shri Pramod Mahajan (sitting Member)

 

 

 

 

                                                       Total:

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0-33

————

 

 

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INTRODUCTION OF MINISTERS

1.   On the 17th February, 2006, Dr. Manmohan Singh, Prime Minister introduced 8 Ministers, 1 Minister of State (Independent Charge) and 10 Ministers of State, to the House.

2.   On the 21st February, 2006, Dr. Manmohan Singh, Prime Minister, introduced 2 Ministers and 1 Minister of State, to the House.

(Time taken: 04 Minute)

SUSPENSION OF QUESTION HOUR

1.   On the 23rd February, 2006, the Chairman informed the House that he had received notice of Motion under rule 267 of the Rules of Procedure and Conduct of Business in the Council of States from Shri Jaswant Singh, Leader of the Opposition, seeking suspension of Question Hour in view of the alleged interference by the Government in the functioning of the CBI.

      Shri Jaswant Singh made his submission.

2.   On the 15th May, 2006, Shri Jaswant Singh, Leader of the Opposition sought suspension of Question Hour to raise the issue of massacre of innocent persons by terrorists in the Doda district of Jammu and Kashmir on the 1st May, 2006 and the incident of grenade attack on the peaceful demonstrators there on the               13th May, 2006.

     (Time taken: 1 Hrs.07 Mts.)

QUESTIONS

      560 Starred Questions were put down in the List of Questions for oral answers out of which 116 Questions were orally answered, one question was withdrawn and answers to remaining ones were laid on the Table of the House.

                                                                 (Time taken: 19 Hrs. 32 Mts.)

           

      4105 Unstarred Questions were put down in the List of Questions and written answers in respect thereof were laid on the Table of the House.

SHORT NOTICE QUESTIONS

(i)   On the 17th March, 2006, Answer to Short Notice Question No. 1 was orally answered.

(ii)  On the 23rd May, 2006, Answer to Short Notice Question No. 2 was orally answered.

                   (Time taken: 11 Mts.)

 
STATEMENTS BY MINISTERS CORRECTING ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS

 

Statements correcting answers to questions as detailed below were laid during the Session: —

 

Sl. No.

Date

Subject

Ministry/ Department

Name of the Minister

Time taken

Hrs.Mts.

 

1.

20-02-2006

Correcting the replies to —

(i)     Unstarred Question 3156 given in the Rajya Sabha on the 25th August, 2005, regarding “Pilot project in Gujarat”.

(ii) Unstarred Question 3157 given in the Rajya Sabha on the 25th August, 2005, regarding “Implementation of ERP system in Gujarat”.

Communica-tions and Information Technology

Dr. Shakeel Ahmad

Text Box: 70-01

2.

01-03-2006

Correcting the reply given in the Rajya Sabha on the 14th December, 2005 to Unstarred Question 2418 regarding “Development of Handloom Sector”.

Textiles

Shri Shankersinh Vaghela

0-01

3.

10-03-2006

Correcting the reply given in the Rajya Sabha on the 2nd December, 2005, to Unstarred Question 1126 regarding “Shortage of Nurses in Hospitals”.

Health and Family Welfare

Shrimati Panabaka Lakshmi

0-01

 

 

 

 

Total :

0-03

 

 

PAPERS LAID ON THE TABLE

1669 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.         

16-02-2006

The National Commission for Minority Educational Institutions (Amendment) Ordinance, 2006 (No.1 of 2006) promulgated by the President on the 23rd January, 2006.

2.         

27-02-2006

Economic Survey, 2005-2006.

3.         

28-02-2006

Macro-economic framework statement; the medium-term fiscal policy statement; and the fiscal policy strategy statement, under sub-section (1) of section 3 of the Fiscal Responsibility and Budget Management Act, 2003.

4.         

17-03-2006

C.A.G. Report for the year ended the 31st March, 2005 (No.13 of 2006) Union Government (Commercial) PSUs in Telecommunications Sector.

5.         

21-03-2006

C.A.G. Report for the year ended March, 2005 (No. 1 of 2006) Union Government: Accounts of the Union Government; Union Government: Finance Accounts 2004-05; Union Government: Appropriation Accounts of Civil, Postal Services and Defence Services 2004-2005.

6.         

21-03-2006

C.A.G. Report for the year ended March, 2005 (No. 2 of 2006) Union Government (Civil): Transactions Audit Observations.

7.         

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C.A.G. Report for the year ended March, 2005 (No. 3 of 2006) Union Government (Civil): Autonomous Bodies.

8.         

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Text Box: 9C.A.G. Report for the year ended March, 2005 (No. 4 of 2006) Union Government (Defence Services): Army and Ordnance Factories.

9.         

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C.A.G. Report for the year ended March, 2005 (No. 5 of 2006) Union Government (Defence Services): Air Force and Navy.

10.    13.

22-03-2006

One Hundred and Ninety-fifth Report of the Law Commission of India on ‘The Judges (Inquiry) Bill, 2005’.

11.    14.

11-05-2006

Full and complete text of the document§ entitled ‘Implementation of the India-US Joint Statement of July 18, 2005: India’s Separation Plan’.

 

12.    15.

11-05-2006

C.A.G. Report for the year ended 31st March, 2005 (No.9 of 2006) Union Government (Commercial) Telecommunications Sector – Performance Audit.

13.    17.

17-05-2006

Report (Volumes I, II-A and II-B) of the Justice Mukherjee Commission of Inquiry into the alleged disappearance of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose.

14.    18.

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Foreign Trade Policy-2004-2009 (updated as on 7th April, 2006)

15.    19.

19-05-2006

C.A.G. Report for the year ended March, 2005 (No. 8 of 2006) Union Government (Commercial): Public Sector Undertakings – Review of Activities of Selected PSUs (Performance Audit).

16.    20.

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C.A.G. Report for the year ended March, 2005 (No. 10 of 2006) Union Government (Commercial):  Review of Accounts (Regularity Audit)

17.    21.

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C.A.G. Report for the year ended March, 2005 (No. 11 of 2006) Union Government (Commercial):  Comments of Accounts (Regularity Audit).

18.    2.

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C.A.G. Report for the year ended March, 2005 (No. 12 of 2006) Union Government (Commercial): Transaction Audit Observations (Regularity Audit).

19.    23.

19-05-2006

C.A.G. Report for the year ended March, 2005 (No. 1 of 2006) Union Government: Civil and Postal Departments (Performance Audit).

20.    24.

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C.A.G. Report for the year ended March, 2005 (No. 2 of 2006) Union Government (Civil): Autonomous Bodies (Performance Audit).

21.    25.

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C.A.G. Report for the year ended March, 2005 (No. 3 of 2006) Union Government (Defence Services): Army and Ordnance Factories (Performance Audit).

22.    26.

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C.A.G. Report for the year ended March, 2005 (No. 4 of 2006) Union Government (Defence Services): Air Force and Navy (Performance Audit).

23.    27.

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C.A.G. Report for the year ended March, 2005 (Nos. 5, 6 & 11 of 2006) Union Government (Railways) and Appropriation Accounts of Railways Parts I and II including Annexure-G, for the year 2004-05.

24.    28.

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C.A.G. Report for the year ended March, 2005 (Nos. 6 & 7 of 2006) Union Government (Indirect Taxes): Customs, Central Excise and Service Tax - Performance Audit.

25.    29.

19-05-2006

C.A.G. Report for the year ended March, 2005 (Nos. 7 & 8 of 2006) Union Government (Direct Taxes).

26.    30.

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C.A.G. Report for the year ended March, 2005 (No. 10 of 2006) Union Government (Direct Taxes): Performance Audit of Assessment Information System of the Income Tax Department (Ministry of Finance).

27.    31.

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C.A.G. Report for the year ended March, 2005 (No. 12 of 2006) Union Government: Performance Audit of Internal Control in Selected Central Ministries.

28.    32.

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C.A.G. Report for the year ended March, 2005 (No. 13 of 2006) Union Government (Civil): Performance Audit of the Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana.

29.    33.

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C.A.G. Report for the year ended March, 2005 (No. 14 of 2006) Union Government (Civil): Performance Audit of the Implementation of the Consumer Protection Act and Rules.

30.    34.

23-05-2006

Statement on Quarterly Review of the trends in receipts and expenditure in relation to the budget during the third quarter of the financial year 2005-2006 under sub-section (1) of section 7 of the Fiscal Responsibility and Budget Management Act, 2003.

31.    5.

23-05-2006

Statement of Market Borrowings by Central Government during 2005-2006

32.    36.

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Sixth Progress Report on the Action Taken Pursuant to the Recommendations of the Joint Parliamentary Committee on Stock Market Scam and matters relating thereto (May, 2006).

 

 

(Total Time taken: 44 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

 

 

 

17-02-2006

11-05-2006

22-05-2006

 

Committee on Finance

 

33rd Report

34th Report

35th to 40th Reports

 

 

 

20-02-2006

22-02-2006

23-05-2006

 

Committee on Railways

 

17th Report

18th Report

19th and 20th Report

 

 

21-02-2006

19-05-2006

Committee on Agriculture

 

13th to 17th Reports

18th to 21st Reports

 

 

 

21-02-2006

16-05-2006

Committee on Social Justice and Empowerment

 

12th to 14th Reports

15th to 17th Reports

 

 

 

24-02-2006

 

Committee on Ethics

 

8th Report

 

 

 

24-02-2006

01-03-2006

17-03-2006

18-03-2006

 

Committee on Public Accounts

 

24th Report

25th Report

26th and 27th Report

Action Taken Statements

 

 

 

27-02-2006

21-03-2006

 

22-05-2006

Committee on Transport, Tourism and Culture

 

92nd to 97th Reports

98th to 101st Report and Evidence tendered on the 99th to 101st Report

102nd to 107th Reports

 

 

 

27-02-2006

17-05-2006

18-05-2006

 

Committee on Labour

 

11th and 12th Report

13th and 14th Report

Action Taken Statements

 

 

 

02-03-2006

14-03-2006

22-05-2006

Committee on Urban Development

 

13th Report

Action Taken Statements

14th and 15th Report

 

 

 

 

03-03-2006

 

Committee on Welfare of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes

 

Final Action Taken Statements

 

 

 

09-03-2006

19-05-2006

 

Committee on Home Affairs

 

118th Report

119th and 120th Report

 

 

 

09-03-2006

21-03-2006

 

Committee on Public Undertakings

 

11th Report

12th and 13th Report

 

 

 

10-03-2006

22-05-2006

 

Committee on Energy

 

10th and 11th Report

12th to 14th Reports

 

 

13-03-2006

23-05-2006

 

Committee on Subordinate Legislation

 

162nd Report

163rd Report

 

 

 

13-03-2006

22-05-2006

23-05-2006

 

Committee on Industry

 

178th Report

179th to 187th , 190th and 191st Report

188th and 189th Report

 

 

 

14-03-2006

17-05-2006

 

Committee on Petitions

 

127th  Report

128th and 129th Report

 

 

 

 

20-03-2006

18-05-2006

 

Committee on Science and Technology, Environment and Forests

 

153rd and 154th Report

155th to 161st Reports

 

 

20-03-2006

23-05-2006

 

Committee on Defence

 

8th and 9th Report

10th and 11th Report

 

 

 

 

21-03-2006

 

Indian Parliamentary Participation at International Conferences

 

Reports on Indian Parliamentary Participation at Second World Conference of Speakers of Parliament held in New York and 113th Assembly of Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) held in Geneva.

 

 

 

21-03-2006

15-05-2006

22-05-2006

 

Committee on Petroleum and Natural Gas

 

8th Report

9th Report

10th and 11th Report and Action Taken Statement

 

 

 

22-03-2006

23-05-2006

 

Committee on Coal and Steel

 

14th Report

15th to 17th Reports

 

 

 

12-05-2006

22-05-2006

 

Committee on Empowerment of Women

 

5th Report

6th Report

 

 

 

16-05-2006

18-05-2006

 

Committee on External Affairs         

 

Action Taken Statements

10th and 11th Report

 

 

 

17-05-2006

22-05-2006

 

Committee on Food, Consumer Affairs and Public Distribution

 

11th Report

12th and 13th Report

 

 

 

18-05-2006

 

Committee on Rural Development

 

18th to 21st Reports

 

 

 

18-05-2006

 

Committee on Water Resources

 

  5th Report

 

 

 

19-05-2006

 

Committee on Papers Laid on the Table

 

100th to 103rd Reports

 

 

 

19-05-2006

 

Committee on Chemicals and Fertilizers

 

11th and 12th Report

 

 

 

22-05-2006

 

Committee on Human Resource Development

 

172nd to 176th Reports

 

 

 

 

22-05-2006

 

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Committee on Personnel, Public Grievances, Law and Justice

 

14th and 15th Report

 

 

 

22-05-2006

 

Committee on Health and Family Welfare

 

16th and 17th Report

 

 

23-05-2006

 

Committee on Commerce

 

77th and 78th Report

 

 

 

 

23-05-2006

Joint Committee on the Scheduled Tribes (Recognition of Forest Rights) Bill, 2005

 

Report on the Scheduled Tribes (Recognition of Forest Rights) Bill, 2005

(Total time taken: 44 Mts.)

MOTION FOR SUSPENSION OF RULE 272—ADOPTED

      On the 18th March, 2006, Shri Suresh Pachouri, Minister of State in the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions and Minister of State in the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs, moved the following motion:—

      “That Rule 272 of the Rules of Procedure and Conduct of Business in the Council of States in its application to consideration of the Demands for Grants of the related Ministries/Departments for 2006-2007 by Department-related Standing Committees be suspended”.

            The Motion was adopted.

(Time taken: 01 Minute)

ELECTION OF DEPUTY CHAIRMAN

      On the 12th May, 2006, election of Deputy Chairman of the Rajya Sabha was held. In all 14 Motions were moved in favour of Shri K. Rahman Khan.

      The first Motion moved by Dr. Manmohan Singh, Prime Minister and seconded by Shri Jaswant Singh, Leader of the Opposition for the election of Shri K. Rahman Khan was put to the House and the Motion was adopted.

The Chairman declared that Shri K. Rahman Khan has been chosen as the Deputy Chairman of the Rajya Sabha.                                                                                                                                                     (Time taken: 07 Mts.)

FELICITATIONS TO THE DEPUTY CHAIRMAN

      On the 12th May, 2006, Shri Jaswant Singh, Leader of the Opposition and Dr. Manmohan Singh, Prime Minister and Leader of the House and some other Members felicitated Shri K. Rahman Khan on his election as Deputy Chairman.

      The Chairman associated himself with the felicitations offered to Shri K. Rahman Khan.

      Shri K. Rahman Khan thanked the Chairman, the Leader of the Opposition, Prime Minister and other Members for the felicitations.

(Time taken: 29 Mts.)

WELCOME TO NEW MEMBERS

      On the 10th May, 2006, the Chairman welcomed the new Members.

(Time taken: 01 Mts.)

FAREWELL TO THE RETIRING MEMBERS

      On the 21st March, 2006, the Chairman bade farewell to the Members of the Rajya Sabha whose terms of office would expire in the months of April and July, 2006.

      Shri Jaswant Singh, Leader of the Opposition; Shri K. Rahman Khan, Deputy Chairman; Shri Nilotpal Basu, Shri P.G. Narayanan, Shri Ravula Chandra Sekar Reddy, Prof. Ram Deo Bhandary, Shri B.J. Panda and Dr. Manmohan Singh, Prime Minister and Leader of the House also spoke on the occasion.

      Some retiring Members responded to the sentiments expressed by the Chairman and others.

(Time taken: 3 Hrs. 03 Mts.)

REFERENCES BY THE CHAIR

I.    On the 8th March, 2006, the Deputy Chairman made a reference to the serial bomb blasts in Varanasi on the 7th March, 2006, in which about twenty persons have reportedly been killed and condemned the heinous act.

      The House observed silence, all Members standing, as a mark of respect to the memory of those who lost their lives in the tragedy.

II.   On the 10th May, 2006, the Chairman made the following references:—

1.   REFERENCE TO THE VICTIMS OF FIRE AT VICTORIA PARK IN MEERUT, UTTAR PRADESH

      The Chairman made a reference to the unfortunate incident of fire that took place at Victoria Park, Meerut on the 10th April, 2006, thereby killing fifty-eight persons and injuring one hundred sixty-two persons.

2.   REFERENCE TO THE KILLING OF SHRI K. SURYANARAYAN IN AFGHANISTAN

      The Chairman made a reference to the killing of Shri K. Suryanarayan, an Indian Engineer, working in Afghanistan on the 29th April, 2006 and condemned this barbaric act.

3.         REFERENCE TO THE VICTIMS OF TERRORIST ATTACKS IN JAMMU AND KASHMIR

      The Chairman made a reference to the killing of thirty-two persons in two separate terrorist attacks in the Doda and Udhampur districts of the State of Jammu and