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.	23-02-2007	Shrimati Sumitra Mahajan (sitting 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 Shrimati Sumitra Mahajan and Shri Chittabrata Majumdar, sitting Members, the House adjourned for the day.
2.	-do-	Shri Hokishe Sema (ex-Member)	0-06
3.	-do-	Shri Chittabrata Majumdar (sitting Member)
4.	26-04-2007	Shri Sawaisingh Sisodia, (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.
5.	27-04-2007	Mr. Boris Nikolaevich Yeltsin, former President of the Russian Federation.	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.
		Total:	———— 0-11 ————

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.	16-03-2007	Correcting the reply given in the Rajya Sabha on the 9^th March, 2007 to Starred Question 161 regarding Relief to farmers upon failure or destruction of crops.	Agriculture	Shri Sharad Pawar	0-01
2.	26-04-2007	Correcting the reply given in the Rajya Sabha on the 15^th March, 2007 to Unstarred Question 1900 regarding ‘CRF funds for development of roads’.	Shipping, Road Transport and Highways	Shri K.H. Muniappa	0-01
3.	03-05-2007	Correcting the reply given in the Rajya Sabha on the 26^th April, 2007 to Unstarred Question 2633 regarding ‘Population of overseas Indians’.	Overseas Indian Affairs	Shri Vayalar Ravi	0-01
4.	15-05-2007	Correcting the reply given in the Rajya Sabha on the 13^th March, 2007 to Unstarred Question 1488 regarding ‘Entry of Private Companies in Ground Handling Operations’.	Civil Aviation	Shri Praful Patel	0-01
				Total :	0-04

PAPERS LAID ON THE TABLE

1990 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.	27-02-2007	Economic Survey, 2006-2007.
2.	28-02-2007	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.
3.	14-03-2007	C.A.G. Report for the year ended 31^st March, 2006 (No.12 of 2007) Union Government (Commercial) PSUs in Telecommunications Sector.
4.	20-03-2007	Statement on Quarterly Review of the trends in receipts and expenditure in relation to the Budget during the third Quarter of the financial year 2006-2007 under sub-section (1) of section 7 of the Fiscal Responsibility and Budget Management Act, 2003.
5.	-do-	Mid Year Review of Central Public Sector Enterprises for the year 2006-2007 (April-September).
6.	26-04-2007	Foreign Trade Policy-2004-2009 (updated as on the 19^th April, 2007).
7.	26-04-2007	Approach Paper to the Eleventh Five Year Plan (2007-2012).
8.	-do-	C.A.G. Report for the year ended 31^st March, 2006 (No.10 of 2007) Union Government (Commercial) – Telecommunications Sector – Performance Audit.
9.	14-05-2007	Report* (in Hindi) of the Prime Minister’s High Level Committee (headed by Justice Rajender Sachar) on Social, Economic and Educational status of the Muslim Community of India.
10.	-do-	C.A.G. Report for the year ended March, 2006 (No. 1 of 2007) Union Government: Civil and Postal Departments (Performance Audit).
11. 13.	-do-	C.A.G. Report for the year ended March, 2006 (No. 1 of 2007) Accounts of the Union Government, Union Government Finance Accounts and Appropriation Accounts (Civil, Postal Services and Defence Services) for the year 2005-06.
12. 14.	-do-	C.A.G. Report for the year ended March, 2006 (No. 2 of 2007) Union Government (Civil): Transaction Audit Observations.
13. 15	-do-	C.A.G. Report for the year ended March, 2006 (No. 2 of 2007) Union Government Scientific Departments (Performance Audit).
14. 17	14-05-2007	C.A.G. Report for the year ended March, 2006 (No. 3 of 2007) Union Government (Civil) – Autonomous Bodies (Performance Audit).
15. 1.	-do-	C.A.G. Report for the year ended March, 2006 (No. 3 of 2007) Union Government (Civil) – Autonomous Bodies.
16. 9.	-do-	C.A.G. Report for the year ended March, 2006 (No. 4 of 2007) Union Government (Defence Services): Army and Ordnance Factories (Performance Audit).
17. 0.	-do-	C.A.G. Report for the year ended March, 2006 (No. 4 of 2007) Union Government (Defence Services): Army and Ordnance Factories.
18. 2.	-do-	C.A.G. Report for the year ended March, 2006 (No. 5 of 2007) Union Government (Defence Services): Air Force and Navy (Performance Audit).
19. 2.	-do-	C.A.G. Report for the year ended March, 2006 (No. 5 of 2007) Union Government (Defence Services): Air Force and Navy.
20. 23.	-do-	C.A.G. Report for the year ended March, 2006 (No. 6 of 2007) Union Government (Railways) and Appropriation Accounts of Railways Parts I and II (Detailed Appropriation Accounts) including Annexure-G, for the year 2005-06: (Performance Audit) and (Transaction Audit) and (No.11 of 2007) – Union Government (Railways) – I.T. Audit.
21. 4.	14-05-2007	C.A.G. Report for the year ended March, 2006 (No. 7 of 2007) Union Government (Indirect Taxes): Customs, Central Excise and Service Tax – (Performance Audit).
22. 5.	-do-	C.A.G. Report for the year ended March, 2006 (No. 7 of 2007) Union Government (Indirect Taxes): Customs, Central Excise and Service Tax.
23. 6.	-do-	C.A.G. Report for the year ended March, 2006 (No. 8 of 2007) Union Government (Direct Taxes) – (Performance Audit).
24. 7.	-do-	C.A.G. Report for the year ended March, 2006 (No. 8 of 2007) Union Government (Direct Taxes).
25. 28.	15-05-2007	C.A.G. Report for the year ended March, 2006 (No. 9 of 2007) Union Government (Commercial): Public Sector Undertakings – Review of Activities of Selected PSUs (Performance Audit)
26. 9.	-do-	C.A.G. Report for the year ended March, 2006 (No. 9 of 2007) Union Government (Commercial): Financial Reporting by Public Sector Undertakings (Regularity Audit)
27. 30.	-do-	C.A.G. Report for the year ended March, 2006 (No. 10 of 2007) Union Government (Commercial): Information Technology Applications in Public Sector Undertakings (Regularity Audit).
28. 1.	-do-	C.A.G. Report for the year ended March, 2006 (No. 11 of 2007) Union Government (Commercial): Transaction Audit Observations (Regularity Audit).
29. 32.	17-05-2007	C.A.G. Report for the year ended March, 2006 (No. 12 of 2007) Union Government (Civil) - Performance Audit of Passport, Visa and Consular Services (Ministry of External Affairs and Ministry of Home Affairs)
30. 33.	-do-	C.A.G. Report for the year ended March, 2006 (No. 13 of 2007) Union Government (Civil)- Performance Audit of Internal Control in Selected Central Ministries
31. 34.	-do-	C.A.G. Report for the year ended March, 2006 (No. 15 of 2007) Union Government (Civil) - Performance Audit of Implementation of Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 and Contract Labour (Regulation and Abolition) Act, 1970 (Ministry of Labour and Employment)
32. 5.	-do-	C.A.G. Report for the year ended March, 2006 (No. 16 of 2007) Union Government (Civil) - Performance Audit of Accelerated Power Development and Reform Programme (Ministry of Power)
		(Total Time taken: 41 Mts.)

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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

27-02-2007

20-03-2007

26-04-2007

08-05-2007

Committee on Home Affairs

123^rd Report

124^th and 125^th Report

126^th Report

127^th Report

01-03-2007

02-03-2007

27-04-2007

04-05-2007

Committee on Human Resource Development

187^th to 190^th Reports

191^st Report

192^nd to 194^th Reports

195^th Report

01-03-2007

26-04-2007

17-05-2007

Committee on Chemicals and Fertilizers

15^th Report

16^th and 17^th Report

18^th and 19^th Report

06-03-2007

08-03-2007

20-03-2007

27-04-2007

Committee on Welfare of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes

20^th Report

Study Tour Reports

21^st Report

22^nd Report

07-03-2007

Committee on Papers Laid on the Table

106^th to 108^th Reports

08-03-2007

16-05-2007

13

Committee on Subordinate Legislation

167^th Report

168^th Report

08-03-2007

03-05-2007

Committee on Health and Family Welfare

20^th and 21^st Report

22^nd and 23^rd Report

08-03-2007

07-05-2007

Committee on Empowerment of Women

11^th Report

Action Taken Statements

09-03-2007

08-05-2007

Committee on Industry

194^th to 197^th Reports

198^th to 202^nd Reports

09-03-2007

27-04-2007

03-05-2007

Committee on Public Accounts

39^th and 40^th Report

41^st, 43^rd, 44^th and 47^th Report

42^nd, 45^th and 46^th Report

13-03-2007

20-03-2007

14-05-2007

Committee on Transport, Tourism and Culture

109^th Report

110^th Report

111^th to 120^th Reports

15-03-2007

10-05-2007

Committee on Personnel, Public Grievances, Law and Justice

18^th Report

19^th and 20^th Report

15-03-2007

26-04-2007

17-05-2007

Committee on Railways

26^th Report

27^th Report

Action Taken Statements

16-03-2007

03-05-2007

04-05-2007

07-05-2007

14

Committee on Defence

14^th Report

15^th and 16^th Report

17^th Report

18^th Report

16-03-2007

10-05-2007

Committee on Rural Development

23^rd to 26^th Reports

27^th to 30^th Reports

20-03-2007

27-04-2007

Committee on Public Undertakings

18^th Report

19^th and 20^th Report and Action Taken Statement

20-03-2007

27-04-2007

16-05-2007

Committee on Agriculture

23^rd to 26^th Reports

27^th to 30^th Reports

31^st Report

20-03-2007

26-04-2007

07-05-2007

Committee on External Affairs

14^th Report

15^th and 16^th Report

Action Taken Statements

20-03-2007

27-04-2007

14-05-2007

Committee on Urban Development

18^th and 19^th Report

20^th and 21^st Report

22^nd Report

26-04-2007

Committee on Science and Technology, Environment and Forest

170^th to 176^th Reports

26-04-2007

15-05-2007

15

Committee on Labour

20^th and 21^st Report

Action Taken Statements

26-04-2007

Committee on Petroleum and Natural Gas

13^th and 14^th Report