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.	10-08-2007	Shri Chandra Shekhar, former Prime Minister of India, (ex-Member)	0-04	The Chairman made reference 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 Chandra Shekhar, former Prime Minister of India, the House adjourned for the day.
2.	14-08-2007	Shri Shankarrao Bajirao Bobdey (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.
3.	29-08-2007	Shri Jagdish Prasad Mathur, (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.
4.	05-09-2007	Shri Ashis Sen (ex-Member)	0-04	The Chairman made references and the House observed silence, all Members standing as a mark of respect to the memory of the departed.
5.	-do-	Shri Banarsi Das Gupta (ex-Member)	0-04
		Total:	———— 0-13 ————

STATEMENT BY MINISTER CORRECTING ANSWER TO QUESTION

Statement correcting answer to question as detailed below was made during the Session: —

Date

Subject

Ministry/ Department

Name of the Minister

Time taken

Hrs.Mts.

13-08-2007

Correcting the reply given in the Rajya Sabha on the 14^th August, 2007 to Unstarred Question 2024 regarding ‘Quantum of bauxite in Chhattisgarh’.

Mines

Dr. T. Subbarami Reddy

0-01

Total :

0-01

PAPERS LAID ON THE TABLE

861 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.	13-08-2007	The State Bank of India (Amendment) Ordinance, 2007 (No.5 of 2007), promulgated by the President on the 21^st June, 2007.
2.	13-08-2007	The National Capital Territory of Delhi Laws (Special Provisions) Ordinance, 2007 (No.6 of 2007), promulgated by the President on the 29^th January, 2007.
3.	17-08-2007	Eighth Progress Report on the Action Taken Pursuant to the Recommendations of the Joint Parliamentary Committee on Stock Market Scam and matters relating thereto.
4.	24-08-2007	C.A.G. Report for the year ended 31^st March, 2006 (No. 14 of 2007) Union Government (Civil)- Performance Audit of Educational Development of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment and Ministry of Tribal Affairs);
5.	24-08-2007	C.A.G. Report for the year ended 31^st March, 2006 (No. 19 of 2007) Union Government (Civil)- Performance Audit of Procurement of Stores and Machinery in Ordnance Factories – (Ministry of Defence); and
6.	24-08-2007	C.A.G. Report for the year ended 31^st March, 2006 (No.21 of 2007) Union Government (Civil)- Performance Audit of Functioning of Commercial Wings in the Indian Missions/Posts abroad – (Ministry of External Affairs and Department of Commerce).
7.	10-09-2007	Annual Report of the Central Information Commission (CIC), for the year 2005-2006, under sub-section (4) of section 25 of the Right to Information Act, 2005.
		(Total Time taken: 20 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

13-08-2007

14-08-2007

Committee on Empowerment of Women

12^th Report

13^th Report

14-08-2007

Committee on Papers Laid on the Table

109^th Report

14-08-2007

Committee on Industry

203^rd Report

16-08-2007

Committee on Home Affairs

128^th Report and Evidence

16-08-2007

05-09-2007

Committee on Transport, Tourism and Culture

121^st and 122^nd Report

123^rd Report

16-08-2007

17-08-2007

Committee on Defence

19^th to 21^st Reports*

22^nd& 23^rd Reports** and Action Taken Statements

16-08-2007

Committee on Food, Consumer Affairs and Public Distribution

20^th Report

16-08-2007

05-09-2007

Committee on Labour

22^nd Report

23^rd and 24^th Report

17-08-2007

06-09-2007

07-09-2007

Committee on Personnel, Public Grievances, Law and Justice

21^st Report

22^nd Report

23^rd Report

17-08-2007

Committee on Human Resource Development

196^th to 198^th Report

17-08-2007

Committee on Chemicals and Fertilizers

20^th Report

20-08-2007

Committee on Commerce

83^rd Report

20-08-2007

Committee on Agriculture

32^nd Report

21-08-2007

07-09-2007

Committee on Information Technology

47^th to 49^th Reports

50^th Report

21-08-2007

22-08-2007

23-08-2007

24-08-2007

30-08-2007

31-08-2007

Committee on Public Accounts

48^th and 46^th Report

49^th and 52^nd Report

50^th and 53^rd Report

51^st and 54^th Report

55^th Report

Action Taken Statements

21-08-2007

22-08-2007

23-08-2007

Committee on Welfare of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes

Study Tour Report

Action Taken Statements

23^rd Report

22-08-2007

Committee on Coal and Steel

27^th Report

24-08-2007

Committee on Privileges

48^th to 50^th Reports

30-08-2007

Committee on Finance

57^th Report

05-09-2007

Committee on Subordinate Legislation

169^th and 170^th Report

06-09-2007

Committee on Social Justice and Empowerment

27^th, 28^th Report and Action Taken Statement

06-09-2007

Committee on Urban Development

23^rd and 24^th Report

07-09-2007

Indian Parliamentary Participation at International Conference

Report on the Participation of Indian Parliamentary Delegation at the 116^th Assembly of Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) held at Nusa Dua, Bali (Indonesia) from 29^th April to 4^th May, 2007.

07-09-2007

Committee on Health and Family Welfare

24^th Report and Evidence

07-09-2007

Committee on Railways

28^th to 31^st Reports

07-09-2007

Committee on Energy

21^st Report

(Total time taken: 39 Mts.)

FELICITATIONS TO THE CHAIRMAN

On the 13^th August, 2007, Dr. Manmohan Singh, Prime Minister and Leader of the House; Shri K. Rahman Khan, Deputy Chairman; Shri Jaswant Singh, Leader of Opposition and leaders of various parties/groups and some Members offered felicitations to the Chairman

The Chairman thanked the Prime Minister and other members for the felicitations.

(Time taken: 1 Hrs. 44 Mts.)

FELICITATIONS TO SHRI SHYAM BENEGAL

On the 14^th August, 2007, the Deputy Chairman, on behalf of the House and on his own behalf, offered felicitations to Shri Shyam Benegal for being chosen for the Dada Saheb Phalke Award.

(Time taken: 01 Mts.)

FELICITATIONS TO THE INDIAN FOOTBALL TEAM

On the 30^th August, 2007, The Chairman, on behalf of the whole House and on his own behalf, congratulated the Indian Football team for winning the International Nehru Cup against Syria on Wednesday, the 29^th August, 2007.

(Time taken: 01 Mts.)

* These Reports were presented to the Hon'ble Speaker, Lok Sabha, under Direction 71A of the Directions by the Speaker on the 20^th July, 2007 and the Hon'ble Chairman, Rajya Sabha, was informed accordingly on the same date.

** These Reports were presented to the Hon'ble Speaker, Lok Sabha, under Direction 71A of the Directions by the Speaker on the 20^th July and 3^rd August, 2007, respectively, and the Hon'ble Chairman, Rajya Sabha, was informed accordingly on the same dates.