RESUME’ OF WORK DONE BY LOK SABHA164.100.24.208/ls/row/resume1410.pdfresume’ of work done by lok sabha fourteenth lok sabha tenth session, 2007 lok sabha secretariat new delhi

RESUME’ OF WORKDONE BY LOK SABHA

FOURTEENTH LOK SABHATENTH SESSION, 2007

LOK SABHA SECRETARIATNEW DELHI

June, 2007/Asadha, 1929 (Saka)

RESUMÉ OF WORKDONE BY LOK SABHA

FOURTEENTH LOK SABHA—TENTH SESSION

(23 February, 2007 to 17 May, 2007)

LOK SABHA SECRETARIATNEW DELHI

June, 2007/Asadha, 1929 (Saka)

© 2007 BY LOK SABHA SECRETARIAT

Published under Rule 382 of the Rules of Procedure and Conduct ofBusiness in Lok Sabha (Eleventh Edition) and Printed by the Manager,Government of India Press, Minto Road, New Delhi.

T.O. No. 3/14LS Vol. X

PREFACE

This Publication contains a brief resume of work done in theFourteenth Lok Sabha during the Tenth Session i.e. from the23 February, 2007 to 17 May, 2007.

NEW DELHI;June, 2007 P.D.T. ACHARY,Asadha, 1929 (Saka) Secretary-General.

C O N T E N T S

PAGE(S)

1. DURATION OF SESSION ...................................................... 1

2. BILLS

(i) Government Bills ..................................................... 2(ii) Bills referred to Standing Committees ...................... 7(iii) Private Members’ Bills .............................................. 10

3. CALLING ATTENTION .......................................................... 14

4. COMMITTEES

(i) Financial Committees .............................................. 15(ii) Standing Committees ............................................... 16(iii) Committees other than Financial and Standing

Committees .............................................................. 19

5. FINANCIAL BUSINESS

(i) Railway Budget ........................................................ 22(ii) General Budget ........................................................ 23

6. MEMBERS ELECTED IN BY-ELECTIONS .................................. 27

7. MOTIONS

(i) Motions under Rules 191 and 342 ........................... 28(ii) Motions under Rule 388 for suspension of Rules .... 30

8. OATH OR AFFIRMATION ....................................................... 31

9. OBITUARY REFERENCES ..................................................... 32

10. PANEL OF CHAIRMEN ......................................................... 33

11. PAPERS LAID ON THE TABLE ............................................... 34

12. PETITION ......................................................................... 35

13. PRESIDENT’S ADDRESS ...................................................... 36

14. QUESTIONS

(i) Starred ...................................................................... 37(ii) Short Notice ............................................................. 37(iii) Unstarred ................................................................. 37

(iii)

15. RESIGNATION BY MEMBERS ................................................ 38

16. RESOLUTIONS

(i) Government Resolution ........................................... 39(ii) Statutory Resolution ................................................. 40(iii) Private Members’ Resolution ................................... 41

17. SITTINGS OF LOK SABHA .................................................... 43

18. SHORT DURATION DISCUSSIONS UNDER RULE 193 ................ 44

19. SPEAKER/DEPUTY SPEAKER/CHAIRMAN

ANNOUNCEMENTS/OBSERVATIONS/REFERENCES/RULINGS ........ 46

20. STATEMENTS

(i) Statements made/laid by Ministers under Rule 372and Direction 73A ................................................... 48

(ii) Matters under Rule 377—Position regarding receiptof replies from Ministers concerned (as on 31.5.2007) 54

(iii) Statement showing time lost owing to interruptions inthe House during Tenth Session, 14th Lok Sabha .. 55

(iv) Statement indicating matters of Urgent PublicImportance raised after Question Hour and beforethe adjournment of the House for the day during TenthSession of 14th Lok Sabha ..................................... 61

21. STATEMENT SHOWING TIME TAKEN ON VARIOUS KINDS OF

BUSINESS ........................................................................ 6222. VACATION OF SEATS .......................................................... 63

(iv)

PAGE(S)

Corrigenda to “Resume of work done by Lok Sabha” during Tenth Session of 14th Lok Sabha

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21 1 8.3% 48.3% (Column 6)

23 13 Disscussion Discussion 32 13 targedy tragedy 39 9 whch which (Sl. No. 1)

49 Sl. No. 22 Dr. Raghuvansh Dr. Raghuvansh Prasad Prasad Singh 51 Sl. No. 40 40 *40 57 8 12.30 12.30 hrs. 59 8 4.02 hrs. 14.02 hrs.

1. DURATION OF SESSION

(1) Date of Commencement - * 23 February, 2007

(2) Date of Adjournment sine die - **17 May, 2007

(3) Date of Prorogation - 21 May, 2007

#(4) Total Number of days of Session - 84

(5) Number of Actual days of Sittings - 32

(6) Number of hours of sitting - 127 Hours 04 minutes

* The first sitting commenced with the playing of National Anthem.

** In order to enable the Standing Committees to consider the Demands for Grantsthe House was adjourned on 20.3.2007 to meet again on 26.4.2007. The sittingended with the playing of National Song.

# On the suggestion of Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs and subsequentrecommendation of the Business Advisory Committee at its sitting held on13.03.2007, the Lok Sabha agreed to reschedule commencement of the secondpart of Budget Session from 26 April, 2007 instead of 18 April, 2007 fixed earlieron account of Assembly Elections in Uttar Pradesh. Accordingly, sittings fixed forWednesday the 18th, Thursday the 19th, Friday the 20th, Monday the 23rd, Tuesdaythe 24th and Wednesday the 25th April, 2007 were cancelled. The session wasadjourned sine die on 17.05.2007 instead of 22.05.2007, fixed as per the earlierschedule. As a result, the sittings fixed for Friday the 18th, Monday the 21st andTuesday the 22nd May, 2007 stood cancelled.

2

2. BILLS

(i) Government Bills

S.No. Title of the Bill Date of Date of laying Date of Time No. of No. of Progress/intro- on the Table discussion in taken amend- amend- remarks

duction (in case of Bill Lok Sabha ments mentspassed by tabled carried

Rajya Sabha)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

H M

1. The Finance Bill, 2007 28.2.2007 - 30.4.2007 8 51 49 46 Passed, as3.5.2007 amended

(considerationand passing)

2. *The National Institute of 1.3.2007 - 16.3.2007 0 04 - - PassedPharmaceutical Education (considerationand Research (Amendment) and passing)Bill, 2007

3. **The Sports Broadcasting 1.3.2007 - 8.3.2007 2 44 - - PassedSignals (Mandatory Sharing (considerationwith Prasar Bharati) Bill, and passing)2007

4. ***The National Tax 1.3.2007 - 19.3.2007 0 05 - - PassedTribunal (Amendment) (considerationBill, 2007 and passing)

5. The National Rural 7.3.2007 - 19.3.2007 0 03 - - PassedEmployment Guarantee (Consideration(Extension to Jammu and and passing)Kashmir) Bill, 2007

3

6.$T

he B

anki

ng R

egul

atio

n9.

3.20

07-

16.3

.200

70

05

--

Pas

sed

(Am

endm

ent)

Bill

, 20

07(c

onsi

dera

tion

and

pass

ing)

7.T

he T

axat

ion

Law

s9.

3.20

07-

19.3

.200

70

02

--

Pas

sed

(Am

endm

ent)

Bill

, 20

07(c

onsi

dera

tion

and

pass

ing)

8.T

he A

ppro

pria

tion

9.3.

2007

-9.

3.20

070

03

--

Pas

sed

(Rai

lway

s) V

ote

on(c

onsi

dera

tion

Acc

ount

Bill

, 20

07an

d pa

ssin

g)

9.T

he A

ppro

pria

tion

9.3.

2007

-9.

3.20

070

02

--

Pas

sed

(Rai

lway

s) B

ill,

2007

(con

side

ratio

nan

d pa

ssin

g)

10.

The

Ind

ian

Mar

itim

e13

.3.2

007

--

--

-P

endi

ngU

nive

rsity

Bill

, 20

07

11.

The

App

ropr

iatio

n (V

ote

on16

.3.2

007

-16

.3.2

007

0 0

2-

-P

asse

dA

ccou

nt)

Bill

, 20

07(c

onsi

dera

tion

and

pass

ing)

12.

The

App

ropr

iatio

n B

ill,

2007

16.3

.200

7-

16.3

.200

70

02

--

Pas

sed

(con

side

ratio

nan

d pa

ssin

g)

13.

The

Mai

nten

ance

and

Wel

fare

20.3

.200

7-

--

--

Pen

ding

of P

aren

ts a

nd S

enio

rC

itize

ns B

ill,

2007

*S

tatu

tory

Res

olut

ion

seek

ing

disa

ppro

val o

f the

Nat

iona

l Ins

titut

e of

Pha

rmac

eutic

al E

duca

tion

and

Res

earc

h (A

men

dmen

t) O

rdin

ance

, 200

7 (N

o. 2

of

2007

) pr

omul

gate

d by

the

Pre

side

nt o

n 29

Jan

uary

, 200

7 w

as n

ot m

oved

.**

The

mot

ion

for

cons

ider

atio

n of

the

Bill

was

dis

cuss

ed t

oget

her

with

the

Sta

tuto

ry R

esol

utio

n se

ekin

g di

sapp

rova

l of

the

Spo

rts B

road

cast

ing

Sig

nals

(Man

dato

ry S

harin

g w

ith P

rasa

r B

hara

ti) O

rdin

ance

, 200

7 (N

o. 4

of 2

007)

pro

mul

gate

d by

the

Pre

side

nt o

n 2

Feb

ruar

y, 2

007.

***

Sta

tuto

ry R

esol

utio

n se

ekin

g di

sapp

rova

l of t

he N

atio

nal T

ax T

ribun

al (

Am

endm

ent)

Ord

inan

ce, 2

007

(No.

3 o

f 200

7) p

rom

ulga

ted

by th

e P

resi

dent

on

29 J

anua

ry, 2

007

was

not

mov

ed.

$ S

tatu

tory

Res

olut

ion

seek

ing

disa

ppro

val o

f th

e B

anki

ng R

egul

atio

n (A

men

dmen

t) O

rdin

ance

, 20

07 (

No.

1 o

f 20

07)

prom

ulga

ted

by th

e P

resi

dent

on

23 J

anua

ry, 2

007

was

not

mov

ed.

4

12

34

56

78

9

H

M

14.

The

Mic

ro F

inan

cial

Sec

tor

20.3

.200

7-

--

--

Pen

ding

(Dev

elop

men

t an

dR

egul

atio

n) B

ill,

2007

15.

The

App

ropr

iatio

n26

.4.2

007

-26

.4.2

007

0 0

3-

-P

asse

d(R

ailw

ays)

No.

2 B

ill,

2007

(con

side

ratio

nan

d pa

ssin

g)

16.

The

App

ropr

iatio

n (N

o. 2

)28

.4.2

007

-28

.4.2

007

0 0

2-

-P

asse

dB

ill,

2007

(con

side

ratio

nan

d pa

ssin

g)

17.

The

Cab

le T

elev

isio

n19

.12.

2006

-3.

5.20

071

13

22

Pas

sed,

as

Net

wor

ks (

Reg

ulat

ion)

(Ear

lier

(con

side

ratio

nam

ende

dA

men

dmen

t B

ill,

2006

Ses

sion

)an

d pa

ssin

g)

18.

The

Dam

odar

Val

ley

4.5.

2007

--

--

-P

endi

ngC

orpo

ratio

n (A

men

dmen

t)B

ill,

2007

19.

The

Car

riage

by

Air

4.5.

2007

--

--

-P

endi

ng(A

men

dmen

t) B

ill,

2007

20.

The

Ele

ctric

ity23

.12.

2005

4.5.

2007

4 1

723

23P

asse

d, a

s(A

men

dmen

t) B

ill,

2005

(Ear

lier

-7.

5.20

07am

ende

dS

essi

on)

(con

side

ratio

nan

d pa

ssin

g)

21.

The

Con

stitu

tion

31.7

.200

6-

14.5

.200

70

04

62

Pas

sed,

as

(Sch

edul

ed C

aste

s) O

rder

(Ear

lier

(con

side

ratio

nam

ende

dA

men

dmen

t B

ill,

2006

Ses

sion

)an

d pa

ssin

g)

522

.T

he S

ecur

ities

Con

trac

ts15

.12.

2006

-14

.5.2

007

0 03

22

Pas

sed,

as

(Reg

ulat

ion)

Bill

, 20

06(E

arlie

r(c

onsi

dera

tion

amen

ded

Ses

sion

)an

d pa

ssin

g)

23.

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Nat

iona

l Ins

titut

es o

f-

26.4

.200

714

.5.2

007

0 02

--

Pas

sed

Tech

nolo

gy B

ill,

2007

, as

(con

side

ratio

npa

ssed

by

Raj

ya S

abha

and

pas

sing

)

24.

The

Sta

te B

ank

of I

ndia

18.1

2.20

06-

15.5

.200

71

1513

13P

asse

d, a

s(S

ubsi

diar

y B

anks

Law

s)(E

arlie

r(c

onsi

dera

tion

amen

ded

Am

endm

ent

Bill

, 20

06S

essi

on)

and

pass

ing)

25.

The

War

ehou

sing

7.12

.200

5-

15.5

.200

71

0323

23P

asse

d, a

s(D

evel

opm

ent

and

(Ear

lier

(con

side

ratio

nam

ende

dR

egul

atio

n) B

ill,

2005

Ses

sion

)an

d pa

ssin

g)

26.

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Cen

tral

Roa

d F

und

18.1

2.20

06-

16.5

.200

70

043

3P

asse

d, a

s(A

men

dmen

t) B

ill,

2006

(Ear

lier

(con

side

ratio

nam

ende

dS

essi

on)

and

pass

ing)

27.

The

Tyr

e C

orpo

ratio

n of

17.5

.200

7-

--

--

Pen

ding

Indi

a Li

mite

d(D

isin

vest

men

t of

Ow

ners

hip)

Bill

, 20

07

28.

The

Miz

oram

Uni

vers

ity-

16.5

.200

717

.5.2

007

0 44

--

Pas

sed

(Am

endm

ent)

Bill

, 20

07,

as(c

onsi

dera

tion

pass

ed b

y R

ajya

Sab

haan

d pa

ssin

g)

SUMMARY

1. Bills pending at the end of last Session 27

2. Bills introduced 19

3. Bills opposed at introduction stage 1

4. Bills passed by Rajya Sabha and laid on the Table 2

5. Bills passed by Rajya Sabha and returned by Lok Sabha Nilwith amendments

6. Bills returned by Rajya Sabha with amendments and laid Nilon the Table of Lok Sabha

7. Bills passed 22

8. Bills negatived Nil

9. Bills withdrawn Nil

10. Bills—part discussed Nil

11. Motions for adjournment of debate on the Bills adopted Nil

12. Bills referred to Select Committee Nil

13. Bills referred to Joint Committee Nil

14. Bills reported by Select Committee Nil

15. Bills reported by Joint Committee Nil

16. Bills originated in and referred to Joint Committee by Rajya NilSabha in respect of which motion for concurrence wereadopted by Lok Sabha

17. Bills referred to Standing Committees by Chairman/Speaker 12

18. Bills reported by Standing Committees 5

19. Bills pending at the end of Tenth Session of 26Fourteenth Lok Sabha

6

7

(ii) Bills Referred to the Standing Committees and Presentation/Laying of Reports thereof

Sl. Title of the Bill Date of Referred by Name of the Date of RemarksNo. introduction Speaker/ Committee/ presentation/

in Lok Chairman Date of laying ofSabha/Rajya reference reports

Sabha

1 2 3 4 5 6 7

1. The Sashastra Seema 28.7.2006 Chairman Home Affairs 27.2.2007 Pending inBal Bill, 2006 (RS) (3.8.2006) Rajya Sabha

2. The Aircraft 7.8.2006 Chairman Transport, 13.3.2007 Pending in(Amendment) Bill, 2006 (LS) Tourism and Lok Sabha

Culture(14.12.2006)

3. The Central Road Fund 18.12.2006 Chairman Transport, 20.3.2007 Passed(Amendment) Bill, 2006 (LS) Tourism and

Culture(28.12.2006)

4. The Prevention and 21.12.2005 Speaker Agriculture 16.5.2007 Pending inControl of Infectious (RS) (13.1.2007) Rajyaand Contagious Diseases Sabhain Animals Bill, 2005

5. The Payment and 25.7.2006 Speaker Finance 16.5.2007 Pending inSettlement Systems Bill, (LS) (28.8.2006) Lok Sabha2006

6. The Jawaharlal Institute 7.3.2007 Chairman Health and — Pendingof Post-Graduate (RS) Family with theMedical Education and Welfare CommitteeResearch, Puducherry (14.3.2007)Bill, 2007

8

12

34

56

7

7.T

he I

ndia

n M

ariti

me

13.3

.200

7C

hairm

anTr

ansp

ort,

—P

endi

ngU

nive

rsity

Bill

, 20

07(L

S)

Tour

ism

and

with

the

Cul

ture

Com

mitt

ee(1

9.3.

2007

)

8.T

he M

aint

enan

ce a

nd20

.3.2

007

Spe

aker

Soc

ial

Just

ice

—P

endi

ngW

elfa

re o

f P

aren

ts a

nd(L

S)

and

with

the

Sen

ior

Citi

zens

Bill

,E

mpo

wer

men

tC

omm

ittee

2007

(27.

4.20

07)

9.T

he M

icro

Fin

anci

al20

.3.2

007

Spe

aker

Fin

ance

—P

endi

ngS

ecto

r (D

evel

opm

ent

(LS

)(2

7.4.

2007

)w

ith t

hean

d R

egul

atio

n) B

ill,

Com

mitt

ee20

07

10.

The

Sea

men

's P

rovi

dent

3.5.

2007

Cha

irman

Tran

spor

t,—

Pen

ding

Fun

d (A

men

dmen

t) B

ill,

(RS

)To

uris

m a

ndw

ith t

he20

07C

ultu

reC

omm

ittee

(11.

5.20

07)

11.

The

Dam

odar

Val

ley

4.5.

2007

Spe

aker

Ene

rgy

—P

endi

ngC

orpo

ratio

n(L

S)

(18.

5.20

07)

with

the

(Am

endm

ent)

Bill

, 20

07C

omm

ittee

12.

The

Car

riage

by

Air

4.5.

2007

Cha

irman

Tran

spor

t,—

Pen

ding

(Am

endm

ent)

Bill

, 20

07(L

S)

Tour

ism

and

with

the

Cul

ture

Com

mitt

ee(2

8.5.

2007

)

13.

The

Mat

erni

ty B

enef

it14

.5.2

007

Spe

aker

Labo

ur—

Pen

ding

(Am

endm

ent)

Bill

, 20

07(R

S)

(17.

5.20

07)

with

the

Com

mitt

ee

9

14.

The

Mot

or V

ehic

les

15.5

.200

7C

hairm

anTr

ansp

ort,

—P

endi

ng(A

men

dmen

t) B

ill,

2007

(RS

)To

uris

m a

ndw

ith t

heC

ultu

reC

omm

ittee

(17.

5.20

07)

15.

The

Gra

m N

yaya

laya

s15

.5.2

007

Cha

irman

Per

sonn

el,

—P

endi

ngB

ill,

2007

(RS

)P

ublic

with

the

Grie

vanc

es,

Com

mitt

eeLa

w a

ndJu

stic

e(1

7.5.

2007

)

16.

The

Tyr

e C

orpo

ratio

n of

17.5

.200

7C

hairm

anIn

dust

ry—

Pen

ding

Indi

a Li

mite

d(L

S)

(28.

5.20

07)

with

the

(Dis

inve

stm

ent

ofC

omm

ittee

Ow

ners

hip)

Bill

, 20

07

17.

The

Col

lect

ion

of17

.5.2

007

Spe

aker

Fin

ance

—P

endi

ngS

tatis

tics

Bill

, 20

07(R

S)

(4.6

.200

7)w

ith t

heC

omm

ittee

10

(iii) Private Members' Bills

Sl. Title of the Bill and Date of Date(s) of Date(s) of Time taken No. of No. of Progress/No. member-in-charge introduction laying on the discussion in amendments amendments Remarks

Table (in the Lok Sabha tabled carriedcase Billspassed by

Rajya Sabha)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

1. The Tourism Promotion 4.5.2007 — — — — — PendingCorporation of India Bill,2007 by Shri K.S. Rao,M.P.

2. The National Commission 4.5.2007 — — — — — Pendingfor Small and Tiny IndustriesBill, 2007 by Shri K.S. Rao,M.P.

3. The Constitution 4.5.2007 — — — — — Pending(Amendment) Bill, 2007(Insertion of new article21B) by Shri K.S. Rao,M.P.

4. The Renewable Energy 4.5.2007 — — — — — PendingResources CommissionBill, 2007 by Shri K.S. Rao,M.P.

5. The National Information 4.5.2007 — — — — — PendingTechnology CommissionBill, 2007 by Shri AdhalraoShivaji Patil, M.P.

H M

11

6.

The

Far

mer

s W

elfa

re F

und

4.5.

2007

——

——

—P

endi

ngB

ill,

2007

by

Shr

i Adh

alra

oS

hiva

ji P

atil,

M.P

.

7.

The

Per

sons

Liv

ing

Bel

ow4.

5.20

07—

——

——

Pen

ding

Pov

erty

Lin

e (I

dent

ifica

tion)

Bill

, 20

07 b

y S

hri A

dhal

rao

Shi

vaji

Pat

il, M

.P.

8.

The

Wid

ows'

Wel

fare

4.5.

2007

——

——

—P

endi

ngB

ill,

2007

by

Shr

i Adh

alra

oS

hiva

ji P

atil,

M.P

.

9.

The

Con

stitu

tion

4.5.

2007

——

——

—P

endi

ng(A

men

dmen

t) B

ill,

2007

(Ins

ertio

n of

new

art

icle

s16

A a

nd 1

6AA

, et

c.)

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(Private Members' Bills)

1. Bills pending at the end of the last session 210

2. Bills introduced 14

3. Bills withdrawn 1

4. Bills negatived NIL

5. Bills removed from the Register of Pending Bills 8

6. Bills part-discussed 1

7. Bills pending at the end of the Session vide para 215No. 3684 of Bulletin-Part II, dated 5.6.2007

13

14

3. CALLING ATTENTION

Sl.No. Subject Name of Member Name of Minister and Time Takenwho called Date when taken upattention H. M.

*1. Need to increase the interest rate of Shri Gurudas Dasgupta Shri P. Chidambaram 00 45small savings in Post Offices and bring it 07.05.2007at par with the interest rate in Banks soas to prevent the out flow of deposits andsafeguard the interests of depositors ofsmall savings.

*2. The need to set up an Indian Institute of Shri Braja Kishore Smt. D. Purandeswari 00 55Technology in Orissa as proposed in the Tripathy 08.05.2007Eleventh Five Year Plan and agreed to bythe Government earlier.

3. Regarding the status of the Sethu- ** Prof. Vijay Kumar Shri T.R. Baalu 00 45Samundaram Canal Project and the Malhotra 16.05.2007reported controversy regarding itsalignment

*** The chair allowed some members, whose names were not in the List of Business, to seek clarifications.*** On the request made by Shri Dharmendra Pradhan, who had secured first position in the ballot, as a special case, Hon'ble

Speaker allowed Prof. Vijay Kumar Malhotra, M.P., whose name was not included in the Revised List of Business, to call theattention of the Minister of Shipping, Road Transport and Highways.

15

4. COMMITTEES

(i) Financial Committees

Sl. Name of the Date of No. of Duration Average Study Reports Presented Remarks

No. Committee constitution sittings percentage Tours/Local Original Actionof visits Taken

H M Attendance undertaken

1. Committee on 1.5.2006 01 00 40 30% — — — —Estimates (6.3.2006)

1.5.2007 01 00 40 40% — — — —(7.5.2007)

2. Committee on 1.5.2006 7 16 30 55.19% — 1 2 —Public Undertakings

3. Committee on 01 00 30 50% Nil 04 05Public Accounts 28.4.2006-

(2006-2007)30.4.2007-

(2007-2008)

16

(ii) Standing Committees

Sl. Name of the Date of No. of Duration Average Study Reports Presented RemarksNo. Committee constitution sittings percentage Tours/Local Original Action

of visits TakenH M Attendance undertaken

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

1. Committee on 05.08.2006 7 11 40 38% Nil 5 4 (4 DFG Reports + 1Agriculture Report on the

Prevention andControl of Infectiousand ContagiousDiseases in AnimalsBill, 2005).

2. Committee on 05.08.2006 4 7 15 39.51 Nil 4 Nil —Chemicalsand Fertilizers

3. Committee on 05.08.2006 6 6 45 42% Nil 4 Nil —Coal andSteel

4. Committee on 05.08.2006 10 19 45 36% — 4 1 —Defence

5. Committee on 05.08.2006 6 11 05 47.85% Nil 2 Nil —Energy

6. Committee on 05.08.2006 8 11 35 39.73% Nil 2 Nil Statements showingExternal Action Taken by theAffairs Government on the

Recommendationscontained in Chapter Iof the 12th and13th Reports onAction Taken on therecommendations.

17

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19

(iii) Committees other than Financial and Standing Committees

Sl. Name of the Date of No. of Duration Average Study Reports Presented RemarksNo. Committee constitution sittings H M percentage Tours/Local Original Action

of visits Takenattendance undertaken

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

1. Committee on 07.08.2006 — — — — — — —Absence of Membersfrom the sittingsof the House

2. House Committee 14.7.2006 1 1 30 60% Nil Nil Nil Nil

3. MPLADS Committee 7.8.2006 1 2 30 45.8% Nil Nil Nil —(2006-07)

4. Committee on First constituted on 01 0 30 40% — — — —Privileges 7.8.2004,

Reconstituted on13.7.2005 and

28.08.2006

5. Committee on First constituted on — — — — — — —Ethics 28.4.2005 and

Reconstituted on23.09.2006

6. Committee to 16.5.2007 — — — — — — —inquire intomisconduct ofMembers ofLok Sabha

7. Committee on 25.8.2006 4 2 00 45 Nil 4 Nil —Private Members'Bills and Resolutions

20

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22

5. FINANCIAL BUSINESS

Subject Date of presentation Date(s) of Discussion Time taken

H M

(i) Railway Budget

Budget (Railways) for 2007-08 26.2.2007 01 02

8.3.2007 *General discussion9.3.2007 *Discussion and voting

on Demands for Grantson Account (Railways)

Supplementary Demands for Grants in 7.3.2007 8.3.2007 *Discussion and voting on 12 44respect of Budget (Railways) for 2006-2007 9.3.2007 Supplementary Demands for

Grants (Railways)

Demands for Grants (Railways) for 2007-2008 26.4.2007 **Discussion and voting 0 03

* Discussed together.** Considered and voted by the House without discussion.

}}

23

Subject Date of presentation Date(s) of Discussion Time taken

1 2 3 4

H M

(ii) General Budget

Budget (General) for 2007-2008 28.2.2007 1 42

12.3.2007 *General Discussion13.3.2007 *Discussion and voting on14.3.2007 Demands for Grants on16.3.2007 Accounts (General)

Supplementary Demands for Grants in 12.3.2007 13.3.2007 *Discussion and voting on 17 27respect of Budget (General) for 2006-2007 14.3.2007 Supplementary Demands for

16.3.2007 Grants (General)

Disscussion and voting on Demands for Grantsof Ministry/Department of—

1. Labour and Employment 26.4.2007 4 20

2. Science and Technology 27.4.2007 4 38

3. Home Affairs 28.4.2007 6 29

* Budget (General) for 2007-2008 was discussed on 12.3.2007. Supplementary Demands for Grants in respect of Budget (General)for 2006-2007 and Demands for Grants on Account (General) for 2007-2008 were also discussed together, on 13.3.2007, 14.3.2007and 16.3.2007.

}

24

1 2 3 4

H M

Guillotining of the Demands for Grants ofMinistries/Departments of

1. Agriculture

2. Agro and Rural Industries

3. Atomic Energy

4. Chemicals & Fertilizers

5. Civil Aviation

6. Coal

7. Commerce and Industry

8. Communications and Information Technology

9. Company Affairs

10. Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution

11. Culture 28.4.2007 0 05

12. Defence (at 6.01 PM)

13. Development of North Eastern Region

14. Earth Sciences

15. Environment and Forests

16. External Affairs

17. Finance

18. Food Processing Industries

19. Health and Family Welfare

2520. Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises

21. Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation

22. Human Resource Development

23. Information and Broadcasting

24. Law and Justice

25. Mines

26. Minority Affairs

27. New and Renewable Energy

28. Overseas Indian Affairs

29. Panchayati Raj

30. Parliamentary Affairs 28.4.2007 0 05

31. Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions (at 6.01 PM)

32. Petroleum and Natural Gas

33. Planning

34. Power

35. Lok Sabha

36. Rajya Sabha

37. Secretariat of the Vice President

38. Rural Development

39. Shipping, Road Transport and Highways

40. Small Scale Industries

26

41. Social Justice and Empowerment

42. Space

43. Statistics and Programme Implementation

44. Steel

45. Textiles

46. Tourism

47. Tribal Affairs 28.4.2007 0 05

48. Urban Development (at 6.01 PM)

49. Water Resources

50. Women and Child Development

51. Youth Affairs and Sports

1 2 3 4

H M

6. MEMBERS ELECTED IN BYE-ELECTIONS

Sl. Name of Member Date when declared elected Date of Oath/AffirmationNo. and taking of seat in House

1. Shri Vijay Bahuguna 27.02.2007 02.03.2007

2. Shri Navjot Singh Sidhu 07.03.2007

3. Shri Manik Singh 11.03.2007 20.03.2007

4. Shri Devwrat Singh 01.04.2007

5. Shri Ghuran Ram 02.04.2007

6. Shrimati Yashodhara 11.03.2007 26.04.2007Raje Scindia

7. Shri Vasantrao J. More

8. Shri Haribhau Jawale 12.04.2007

9. Shri Prakash B. Jadhao

10. Shri Bhai Lal 12.05.2007 14.05.2007

11. Shri Ramesh Dube

12. Shri Anil Shukla Warsi 11.05.2007 15.05.2007

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28

7. MOTIONS(i) Motions under Rules 191 and 342

Brief Subject Disposal Name of Date of Time taken No. of amendments/ Remarksof Motion Member who discussion Substitute motionsunder moved tabled/moved/adoptedRule

H M

That this House do extend 191 Shri Iqbal 14.5.2007 0 01 Amendments tabeld-Nil Motion wasupto first day of the last Ahmed Saradgi Amendments moved-Nil adoptedweek of Monsoon Session, Amendments adopted-Nil2007 the time forpresentation of the Reportof the Joint Committee toexamine the constitutionaland legal position relatingto office of profit.

MOTIONS UNDER RULES 191 AND 342

SUMMARY

No. of notices received : 895

No. of motions admitted : 279

No. of motions discussed : 01

No. of discussions completed : 01

No. of discussions remained : Nilpart-discussed

Total time taken : 01 minute

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30

(ii) Motions under Rule 388 for Suspension of Rules

Sl. Brief Subject Name of Member who Date(s) of discussion Time Taken RemarksNo. moved H M

1. That this House do suspend Shri P. Chidambaram 3.5.2007 0 10 AdoptedClause (i) of Rule 80 of theRules of Procedure andConduct of Business in LokSabha in so far as it requiresthat an amendment shall bewithin scope of the Bill andrelevant to the subject matterof the clause to which itrelates, in its application toGovernment Amendment*Nos. 6, 10, 11, 13, 14, 16,18, 19, 22 and 37 to theFinance Bill, 2007.

2. That this House do suspend Shri Sushil Kumar Shinde 7.5.2007 0 10 AdoptedClause (i) of Rule 80 of theRules of Procedure andConduct of Business in LokSabha in so far as it requiresthat an amendment shall bewithin scope of the Bill andrelevant to the subject matterof the clause to which itrelates, in its application toGovernment Amendment*Nos. 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11,12 and 13 to the Electricity(Amendment) Bill, 2005.

*Ten separate motions were moved and adopted.

8. OATH OR AFFIRMATION

Sl. Name of Constituency/ Oath/ Language Date of Time takenNo. Member State affirma- in which oath/ H. M.

tion oath/ affirmationAffirmationmade

1. Shri Vijay Tehri Garhwal/ Oath Hindi 02.03.2007 0 01Bahuguna Uttarakhand

2. Shri Navjot Amritsar/Punjab Oath English 07.03.2007 0 01Singh Sidhu

3. Shri Manik Sidhi/Madhya Oath Hindi 20.03.2007 0 01Singh Pradesh

4. Shri Devwrat Rajnandgaon/ Oath HindiSingh Chhattisgarh

5. Shri Ghuran Palamu/ Oath HindiRam Jharkhand

6. Shrimati Gwalior/Madhya Oath Hindi

26.04.2007 0 07Yashodhara PradeshRaje Scindia

7. Shri Vasantrao Erandol/ Oath HindiJ. More Maharashtra

8. Shri Haribhau Jalgaon/ Oath SanskritJawale Maharashtra

9. Shri Prakash Ramtek/ Oath MarathiB. Jadhao Maharashtra

10. Shri Bhai Lal Robertsganj/ Oath Hindi 14.05.2007 0 01Uttar Pradesh

11. Shri Ramesh Mirzapur/Uttar Oath Marathi

15.05.2007 0 02Dube Pradesh

12. Shri Anil Bilhaur/Uttar Affir- EnglishShukla Warsi Pradesh mation

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9. OBITUARY REFERENCES

Sl. Name of Member Date of Date of Time TakenNo. Death/ obituary

Occurrence references H. M.

1.* Shri Manabendra Shah 05.01.2007(Sitting Member)

2. Shri Shyamacharan Shukla 14.02.2007(Member, Thirteenth Lok Sabha)

3. Reference to the loss of lives in 18.02.2007 23.02.2007 0 05 two bomb blasts that rocket thePakistan bound Attari-SamjhautaExpress near Panipat, Haryana.

4. Reference to the boat targedy in 20.02.2007which fifteen students and threeteachers of a primary school losttheir lives when their boatcapsized in the Bhoothathankettureservoir of the Tahattekkad BirdSanctuary near Kothamangalamin Kerala.

5.* Shri Sunil Kumar Mahato 04.03.2007 06.03.2007 0 03(Sitting Member)

6. Shri S.N. Singh 17.02.2007(Member, Fifth Lok Sabha)

7. Shrimati Bonily Khongmen 17.03.2007(Member, First Lok Sabha)

8. Shri Ghamandi Lal Bansal 19.03.2007(Member, First Lok Sabha)

9. Shri Ram Raghunath Chaudhary 06.04.2007(Member, Twelfth and Thirteenth 26.04.2007 0 07Lok Sabhas)

10. Reference to the terrorist attacks 11.04.2007in Algiers which resulted in thedeath of more than thirty civiliansand injuries to more than hundredand sixty persons.

11. Reference to the terrorist incidents 11.04.2007in Casablanca

12. Mr. Boris Nikolaevich Yeltsin 23.04.2007 27.04.2007 0 01(Former President of the RussianFederation)

13. Shri Chhatrapati Ambesh 04.04.2007 09.05.2007 0 04(Member, Fifth Lok Sabha)

14. Reference to the tragic road 14.05.2007 15.05.2007 0 01accident in Anand district ofGujarat resulting in death ofseveral people.

* House was adjourned for the day without transacting any business.

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10. PANEL OF CHAIRMEN

Sl. Name of Member Date of NominationNo.

1. Shri Giridhar Gamang

2. Dr. Satyanarayan Jatiya

3. Smt. Sumitra Mahajan

4. Dr. Laxminarayan Pandey

5. Shri Balasaheb Vikhe Patil

6. Shri Varkala Radhakrishnan 18.3.2006

7. Shri Arjun Charan Sethi

8. Shri Mohan Singh

9. Smt. Krishna Tirath

10. Shri Devendra Prasad Yadav

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11. PAPERS LAID ON THE TABLE

(a) By Government ...... 1752

(b) By Private Members ...... Nil

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12. PETITION

Petition presented by Member — One

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13. PRESIDENT'S ADDRESS

Date of Date(s) of Member who moved No. of No. of Motion of Time taken President'sAddress discussion on and seconded amendments amendments Thanks message

Motion of tabled carried adopted on reported onThanks

H M

23.2.2007 1.3.2007 Shri Madhusudan Mistry 1897 — 8.3.2007 12 43 14.3.20077.3.2007 Shri Sandeep Dikshit8.3.2007

14. QUESTIONS

(i) Starred Questions

(a) Number of Questions put down in Question 621Lists for oral answer

(b) Number of Qustions orally answered 75

(ii) Short Notice Questions

Number of Questions put down inShort Notice Question List NIL

(a) Number of Short Notice Question orally answered NIL

(b) Number of Short Notice Question Laid on NILthe Table of the House

(iii) Unstarred Questions

(a) Number of Questions put down in Question 5928*Lists for written answers

(b) Number of Questions for which written answers 6474were laid on the Table including those put downfor oral answers but were not called for answeror the Member was absent.

* Excluding Three Unstarred Questions deleted.

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15. RESIGNATION BY MEMBERS

Sl. Name of Member State Constituency Date on RemarksNo. which

acceptedby Speaker

1. Shri Sobodh Mohite Maharashtra Ramtek 14.02.2007 Resigned on14.02.2007.Announcementwas made in theHouse on26.02.2007.

2. Shri Alemao Churchill Goa Marmugao 08.05.2007 Resigned on08.05.2007.Announcementwas made in theHouse on10.05.2007.

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16. RESOLUTIONS

(i) Government Resolution

Sl. Text Name of Date of Time taken Ministry/ RemarksNo. Member who moving and Department

moved discussion concerned

H M1. *That this House approves the Shri R. Velu 9.3.2007 12 44 Railways Adopted.

recommendations contained inparas 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50 and51 of the fifth Report of theRailway Convention Committee(2004) appointed to review therate of dividend payable by theRailway Undertaking to GeneralRevenues, etc., whch waspresented to Lok Sabha on 18thAugust, 2006, with modification topara 50 that appropriation of theprincipal component of the leasecharges to the Capital Fund wouldbe made through Major Head3006 instead of Major Head 3001.

* Discussed together with the Demands for Grants in respect of the Budget (Railways) for 2007-08.

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(ii) Statutory Resolution

Sl. Subject Article/ Name of Date of Time Ministry/ RemarksNo. section of Member who moving and taken Department

Constitution/ moved discussion concernedAct

H M

1. *That this House 123 Shri Rajiv 8.3.2007 2 43 Information Negativeddisapproves of the Ranjan Singh andSports Broadcasting 'Lalan' BroadcastingSignals (MandatorySharing with PrasarBharati) Ordinance,2007 (No. 4 of 2007)promulgated by thePresident on2 February, 2007

*Discussed together with Motion for consideration of the Sports Broadcasting Signals (Mandatory Sharing with Prasar Bharati) Bill, 2007.

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(iii) Private Members' Resolution

Subject Name of member who Date(s) Time taken Ministry/ Remarksmoved moving H M Department

anddiscussion

This House resolves that the Government Shri Naveen Jindal 15.12.2006 3 06 Consumer Discussion notshould formulate and implement a (Ninth (excluding Affairs, Food concluded.comprehensive food and nutrition security Session) 03 minutes and Publicscheme aiming at total eradication of hunger 16.3.2007 taken during Distributionfrom the country. 4.5.2007 9th

(Tenth Session)Session

SUMMARY

(Private Members' Resolutions)

1. No. of Resolutions received : 11

2. No. of Resolutions discussed : 01

3. No. of Resolutions adopted : NIL

4. No. of Resolutions withdrawn : NIL

5. No. of Resolutions negatived : NIL

6. No. of Resolutions on which debate : NILwas adjourned

7. No. of Resolutions part-discussed : 01

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17. SITTINGS OF LOK SABHA

Sl. Subject Date RemarksNo.

1. Cancellation of sitting 02.03.2007 As per decision taken in the Leaders Meeting held on 02.03.2007fixed for 5 March, 2007 the Lok Sabha agreed to cancel its sitting fixed for 5 March, 2007

on account of Holi.

2. Cancellation of sittings 13.03.2007 On the suggestion of Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs andfixed for Wednesday, subsequent recommendation of the Business Advisory Committeethe 18th, Thursday, the at its sitting held on 13.03.2007, the Lok Sabha agreed to reschedule19th, Friday, the 20th, commencement of the second part of Budget Session fromMonday, the 23rd, 26 April, 2007 instead of 18 April, 2007 fixed earlier on account ofTuesday, the 24th and Assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh. Accordingly, sittings fixed forWednesday, the 25th Wednesday, the 18th; Thursday, the 19th; Friday, the 20th; Monday,April, 2007. the 23rd; Tuesday, the 24th and Wednesday, the 25th April,

2007 were cancelled.

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18. SHORT DURATION DISCUSSIONS(Rule 193)

Sl. Brief Subject Name of the member who Date(s) of Time taken Ministry/ RemarksNo. raised discussion Department

concernedH M

1. Final order dated 5th Shri Ananth Kumar 20.3.2007 0 01 Water Part-February,2007, of the Resources discussedCauvery Water DisputesTribunals

2. Global warming Shri C.K. Chandrappan 8.5.2007 4 25 Environment Discussion16.5.2007 and Forests concluded17.5.2007

3. Price rise Shri Prabodh Panda 15.5.2007 2 45 (i) Finance; and Discussion17.5.2007 (ii) Consumer concluded

Affairs, Foodand PublicDistribution

SHORT DURATION DISCUSSIONS UNDER RULE 193 ONMATTERS OF URGENT PUBLIC IMPORTANCE

SUMMARY

No. of notices received : 417

No. of discussions admitted : 6

No. of discussions held : 3

No. of discussions completed : 2

No. of discussions remained : 1

Part-discussed

Total time taken : 7 hours 11 minutes

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19. SPEAKER/DEPUTY SPEAKER/CHAIRMANAnnouncements/Observations/References/Rulings

Sl. No. Subject By Whom Date

Part – I

1. References:— The Speaker 01.03.2007

(i) Congratulating Shri Naveen Jindal, MP for winning Gold Medal in the SkeetShooting at the Fifth Sardar Sajjan Singh Sethi Memorial Masters ShootingCompetition held in February, 2007 and a Silver Medal in the same disciplineat the 33rd National Games held at Guwahati in January, 2007.

(ii) Speaker conveyed good wishes to the Indian Cricket Team participatingin ICC Cricket World Cup, 2007.

2. Announcement regarding cancellation of sitting fixed on Monday, 5th March, The Speaker 02.03.20072007 on account of Holi, as per the decision taken at the meeting of Speakerwith Leaders of Parties held on 2.3.2007.

3. Observation regarding the business transacted by the House during the The Speaker 07.03.2007Weeks ending on 2nd March, 9th March, 16th March, 28th April, 4th May, 14.03.200711th May, 2007. 20.03.2007

03.05.200709.05.200715.05.2007

4. Reference on the occasion of International Women's Day The Speaker 08.03.2007

5. Reference congratulating ISRO scientists for the successful launch of the The Speaker 12.03.2007INSAT-4B Satellite of India from Kourou, French, Guyana.

6. Ruling on the issue raised by Prof. V.K. Malhotra seeking disqualification of The Speaker 20.03.2007Shri M.K. Subba, MP from the Membership of Lok Sabha on the ground ofhis citizenship.

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7. Announcement regarding rescheduling of second part of the The Speaker 20.03.2007Budget Session in view of the ensuing Vidhan Sabha electionsin Uttar Pradesh.

PART – II

8. Observation on the decision taken at the meeting of HS with The Speaker 26.04.2007Leaders of Parties held on 25.04.2007 regarding allegedcommission of offences under IPC and Passport Act byShri Babubhai K. Katara, MP.

9. Reference regarding 150th Anniversary of India's "First War The Speaker 10.05.2007of Independence".

10. Reference to the tragic road accident in Anand district of The Speaker 15.05.2007Gujarat resulting in death of several people.

11. Observation regarding constitution of a Committee to inquire The Speaker 16.05.2007into misconduct of Members of Lok Sabha.

12. Valedictory Reference on the conclusion of Tenth Session of The Speaker 17.05.2007the Fourteenth Lok Sabha.

20. STATEMENTS

(i) Statements Made/Laid by Ministers under rule 372 andDirection 73A during Tenth Session of Fourteenth Lok Sabha

Sl. Brief Subject Name of Minister Date Time Taken

No. H M

1 2 3 4 5

PART - I*1. Incident of fire due to explosion in Shri Lalu Prasad 23.2.2007 00 01

Train No. 4001 Delhi-Attari LinkExpress on 18.2.2007 near PanipatStation of Northern Railway.

*2. The package for promotion of Micro Shri Mahabir Prasad 27.2.2007 00 01and Small Enterprises

*3. Preventive detention of Ottavio Shri Suresh Pachouri 27.2.2007 00 01Quattrocchi in Argentina.

*4. Status of implementation of Dr. Raghuvansh Prasad 2.3.2007 00 01recommendations contained in the Singh20th Report of the StandingCommittee on Rural Development,pertaining to the Department ofDrinking Water Supply, Ministry ofRural Development.

5. Government business for the week Shri Priyaranjan 2.3.2007 00 07commencing the 5th March, 2007. Dasmunsi

*6. Merger of Air India Limited and Shri Praful Patel 2.3.2007 00 01Indian Airlines Limited.

7. Assassination of Shri Sunil Kumar Shri Shivraj V. Patil 7.3.2007 00 20Mahato, M.P. in a naxal attack on 4thMarch, 2007.

8. The addition of new districts under Dr. Raghuvansh Prasad 7.3.2007 00 01the National Rural employment SinghGuarantee Act, 2005 (NREGA).

9. Status of implementation of Dr. Raghuvansh Prasad 9.3.2007 00 01recommendations contained in the SinghNineteenth Report of the StandingCommittee on Rural Development,pertaining to the Department of LandResources, Ministry of RuralDevelopment.

10. Government Business for the week Shri B.K. Handique 9.3.2007 00 08commencing the 12th March, 2007

11. Status of implementation of the Dr. Akhilesh Prasad Singh 12.3.2007 00 01recommendations contained in the14th Report (2005-06) and 19thReport (2006-07) of the StandingCommittee on Agriculture.

12. The successful launch of the INSAT- Shri Prithviraj Chavan 12.3.2007 00 014B Satellite on 12 March, 2007 fromKourou, French Guyana.

*Laid a copy (Hindi and English versions) of the statement.

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1 2 3 4 5

*13. Correcting the reply given on Shri Mahavir Prasad 13.3.2007 00 0128.11.2006 to USQ No. 987 inHindi version by Shri JaswantSingh Bishnoi, M.P. regardingPromotion of Agro and RuralIndustries in Rajasthan alongwiththe reasons for delay in correctingthe reply.

14. Regarding the incident of firing in Shri Shivraj V. Patil 14.3.2007 00 05Nandigram, West Bengal on14.3.2007.

*15. Status of implementation of the Shri Sushil Kumar 16.3.2007 00 01recommendations contained in the Shinde12th, 14th, 15th and 18th Reportsof the Standing Committee onEnergy, pertaining to the Ministryof Power.

16. Government business for the Shri Priyaranjan 16.3.2007 00 01remaining part of the first part of Dasmunsithe Budget Session.

17. Regarding the incident of naxal Shri Shivraj V. Patil 16.3.2007 00 05attack on police force in BijapurPolice District in Dantewada districtin Chhattisgarh in the early hours of15th March, 2007.

18. Regarding incidents on 14.3.2007 in Shri Shivraj V. Patil 16.3.2007 00 03the Nadigram Police Station Area inWest Bengal.

19. The announcement of bonus for Dr. Akhilesh Prasad 16.3.2007 00 04wheat for the current rabi season. Singh

*20. Status of implementation of the Shri Sharad Pawar 19.3.2007 00 01remaining two recommendationscontained in the First Report ofStanding Committee on Agricultureon Demands for Grants (2004-05),pertaining to the Department ofAgriculture and Cooperation.

*21. Status of implementation of the Shri G.K. Vasan 19.3.2007 00 01recommendations contained in the39th Report of the StandingCommittee on Finance on Demandsfor Grants (2006-07), pertaining tothe Ministry of Statistics andProgramme Implementation.

*22. Tenth Plan achievements of the Dr. Raghuvansh Prasad 20.3.2007 00 01Ministry of Rural Development.

*23. Status of implementation of the Dr. Raghuvansh Prasad 20.3.2007 00 01components of Bharat Nirman Singhrelating to Ministry of RuralDevelopment.

*Laid a copy (Hindi and English versions) of the statement.

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1 2 3 4 5

PART – II

*24. Status of implementation of the Shri Prem Chand Gupta 27.4.2007 00 01recommendations contained in thefortieth Report of the StandingCommittee on Finance, pertaining tothe Ministry of Company Affairs.

25. Government business for the week Shri B.K. Handique 28.4.2007 00 06commencing the 30th April, 2007.

26. Regarding the successful launch of Shri Prithviraj Chavan 30.4.2007 00 03Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle(PSLV-C8) on April 23, 2007.

27. Correcting the reply given on Shri Namo Narain 30.4.2007 00 01March 19, 2007 to USQ No. 2795 Meenaby Shri Madan Lal Sharma, M.P.regarding Relocation of villagesfrom Sariska Reserve along with thereasons for delay in correctingthe reply.

28. Regarding the Nirmal Gram Dr. Raghuvansh Prasad 4.5.2007 00 02Puraskar, 2007. Singh

*29. Status of implementation of the Shri Kapil Sibal 4.5.2007 00 01recommendations contained in the168th Report of the StandingCommittee on Science and Technology,Environment and Forests, pertaining tothe Department of Science andTechnology.

*30. Status of implementation of the Shri M.V. Rajasekhar 4.5.2007 00 01recommendations contained in theThirty-eighth Report of the StandingCommittee on Finance on Demandsfor Grants (2006-07), pertaining to theMinistry of Planning.

31. Government business for the week Shri P.R. Dasmunsi 4.5.2007 00 14commencing the 7th May, 2007.

*32. Status of implementation of the Shri Sharad Pawar 7.5.2007 00 01recommendations contained in the11th and 20th Reports of the StandingCommittee on Agriculture onDemands for Grants (2005-06) and(2006-07), pertaining to the Departmentof Animal Husbandry, Dairying andFisheries.

*33. Status of implementation of Shri Sharad Pawar 7.5.2007 00 01recommendations contained in the18th Report of the Standingcommittee on Agriculture onDemands for Grants (2006-07),pertaining to the Department ofAgriculture and Cooperation.

*Laid a copy (Hindi and English Versions) of the statement.

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1 2 3 4 5

*34. Status of implementation of the Shri Oscar Fernandes 7.5.2007 00 01recommendations contained in theThirteenth Report of the StandingCommittee on Labour, pertaining tothe Ministry of Labour andEmployment.

*35. Status of implementation of the Shri B.K. Handique 8..5.2007 00 01recommendations contained in the32nd Report of the StandingCommittee on InformationTechnology on Demands forGrants (2006-07), pertaining to theMinistry of Information andBroadcasting.

*36. Correcting the reply given on Shri K.H. Muniyappa 9.5.2007 00 0114th March, 2007 to USQ No. 2184by Shri Subhash SureshchandraDeshmukh, M.P. regarding NationalHighways in Backward and RuralAreas alongwith the reasons for delayin correcting the reply.

*37. Status of implementation of the Shri Kanti Lal Bhuria 14.5.2007 00 01recommendations contained in the9th Report of the StandingCommittee on Agriculture onDemands for Grants (2005-06)pertaining to the Department ofAgriculture and Cooperation.

*38. Status of implementation of the Shri Sharad Pawar 14.5.2007 00 01recommendations contained in the15th Report of the StandingCommittee on Food, ConsumerAffairs and Public Distribution,pertaining to the Ministry ofConsumer Affairs, Food and PublicDistribution (Department of Foodand Public Distribution).

*39. Status of implementation of the Shri Ram Vilas Paswan 14.5.2007 00 01recommendations contained in the17th Report of the Standing Committeeon Coal and Steel.

*40. Status of implementation of the Shri Sontosh Mohan 14.5.2007 00 01recommendations contained in the Dev178th, 180th and 190th Reportsof the Standing Committee onIndustry, pertaining to the Ministry ofHeavy Industries and PublicEnterprises.


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1 2 3 4 5

*41. Status of implementation of the Dr. Raghuvansh Prasad 14.5.2007 00 01recommendations contained in the SinghEighteenth Report of the StandingCommittee on Rural Developmenton Demands for Grants (2006-07),pertaining to the Department of RuralDevelopment, Ministry of RuralDevelopment.

*42. Status of implementation of the Shri Kapil Sibal 14.5.2007 00 01recommendations contained in the169th Report of the Standing Committeeon Science and Technology,Environment and Forests on Demandsfor Grants (2006-07), pertaining to theDepartment of Scientific andIndustrial Research.

43. Government business for the week Shri P.R. Dasmunsi 14.5.2007 00 02Commencing the 14th May, 2007.

*44. Status of implementation of the Shri P.R. Dasmunsi 15.5.2007 00 01recommendations contained in the19th Report of the Standing Committeeon Coal and Steel, pertaining to theMinistry of Mines.

*45. Status of implementation of the Smt. Renuka Chowdhury 15.5.2007 00 01recommendations contained in the170th Report of the StandingCommittee on Human ResourceDevelopment on Demands for Grants(2005-06), pertaining to the Ministry ofWomen and Child Development.

*46. Status of implementation of the Shri Jairam Ramesh 15.5.2007 00 01recommendations contained in the77th Report of the StandingCommittee on commerce onDemands for Grants (2006-07),pertaining to the Ministry ofCommerce and Industry(Department of Commerce).

*47. Correcting the reply given on Smt. D. Purandeswari 15.5.2007 00 0119.12.2006 to USQ No. 3942 byShri G.V. Harsha Kumar, M.P.regarding Assistance to Schoolsalongwith the reasons for delay incorrecting the reply.

*48. The expansion of coverage of Dr. Raghuvansh Prasad 16.5.2007 00 01National Rural Employment SinghGuarantee Act (NREGA) inUttar Pradesh.


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1 2 3 4 5

*49. The status of implementation of Dr. Raghuvansh Prasad 16.5.2007 00 01National Rural Employment SinghGuarantee Act, 2005.

*50. Status of implementation of the Dr. Shakeel Ahmad 16.5.2007 00 01recommendations contained in the29th, 30th and 31st Reports of theStanding Committee on InformationTechnology, pertaining to theDepartments of InformationTechnology, Telecommunicationsand Posts respectively (Ministry ofCommunications and InformationTechnology).

*51. Status of implementation of the Shri A.K. Antony 17.5.2007 00 01recommendations contained in the8th, 10th and 11th Reports of theStanding Committee on Defence.

*52. Status of implementation of the Shri Sis Ram Ola 17.5.2007 00 01recommendations contained in the16th Report of the StandingCommittee on Coal and Steel onDemands for Grants (2006-07),pertaining to the Ministry of Mines.

*53. Status of implementation of the Shri K.H. Muniyappa 17.5.2007 00 01recommendations contained inthe 94th and 105th Reports of theStanding Committee on Transport,Tourism and Agriculture on Demandsfor Grants (2005-06 and 2006-07),pertaining to the Ministry of Shipping,Road Transport and Highways(Department of Shipping).

*54. Status of implementation of the Shri Subodh Kant Sahai 17.5.2007 00 01recommendations contained in the21st Report of the StandingCommittee on Agriculture on Demandsfor Grants (2006-07), pertaining to theMinistry of Food Processing Industries.

*55. Status of implementation of the Dr. Dasari Narayana 17.5.2007 00 01recommendations contained in the Rao15th Report of the Standing Committeeon Coal and Steel, pertaining to theMinistry of Coal.

*56. Status of implementation of the Shri R. Velu 17.5.2007 00 01recommendations contained in the21st and 24th Reports of theStanding Committee on Railways.

*57. Status of implementation of the Shri Prem Chand Gupta 17.5.2007 00 01recommendations contained in theForty-fourth Report of the StandingCommittee on Finance, pertaining tothe Ministry of Company Affairs.


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(ii) Matters Under Rule 377Position regarding receipt of replies from Ministries during Fourteenth

Lok Sabha (as on 31.05.2007)

Session Total Number No. of replies Pending Percentageof Matters sent to members of replies

raised by Ministers and sent tocopies endorsed membersto Lok Sabha by theSecretariat Ministers

First Session 35 35 Nil 100.00(2.6.2004 to 10.6.2004)

Second Session 220 219 01 99.55(5.7.2004 to 26.8.2004)

Third Session 188 188 Nil 100.00(1.12.2004 to 23.12.2004)

Fourth Session 365 362 03 99.17(25.2.2005 to 13.5.2005)

Fifth Session 273 270 03 98.90(25.7.2005 to 30.8.2005)

Sixth Session 265 261 04 98.49(23.11.2005 to 23.12.2005)

Seventh Session 435 413 22 94.94(17.2.2006 to 23.5.2006)

Eighth Session 232 177 55 76.29(24.7.2006 to 25.8.2006)

Ninth Session 264 120 144 45.45(22.11.2006 to 19.12.2006)

Tenth Session 324 51 273 15.74(23.02.2007 to 17.05.2007)

Total 2601 2096 505 80.58

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(iii) Statement showing the time lost owing to interruptions in theHouse during Tenth Session of Fourteenth Lok Sabha

Date Time lost due to Time lost due to Remarksinterruptions adjournment of

H. M. the Housefollowing

interruptionsH. M.

1 2 3 4

26.02.2007 0.02 04.56 Interruption started at 11.02 hrs.and continued upto 11.04 hrs. At11.04 hrs. Lok Sabha wasadjourned to meet at 12.00 hrs.

Interruption started again at 13.04 hrs.and due to continuous interruptionLok Sabha was adjourned for theday.

27.02.2007 0.02 05.55 Interruption started at 11.01 hrs.and continued upto 11.03 hrs. At11.03 hrs. Lok Sabha wasadjourned to meet at 12.00 hrs.

The House met at 12.00 hrs.However, at 12.02 hrs.,interruptions started and theLok Sabha was adjourned for theday.

01.03.2007 0.03 01.57 At 11.00 hrs. when the House metinterruptions started and continuedupto 11.03 hrs. At 11.03 hrs. theLok Sabha was adjourned to meetat 11.30 hrs.

At 11.30 hrs., when the Housemet, interruptions started againand the House was adjourned upto14.00 hrs.

02.03.2007 0.04 05.42 Interruption started at 11.03 hrs.and continued upto 11.06 hrs. At11.06 hrs. Lok Sabha wasadjourned upto 11.30 hrs.

At 11.30 hrs., when the Housemet, interruptions started againand continued upto 11.31 hrs. At11.31 hrs. Lok Sabha wasadjourned upto 12.01 hrs.

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1 2 3 4

The House met at 12.01 hrs.Interruptions started at 12.12. hrs.and due to continuous interruptionLok Sabha was adjourned for theday.

07.03.2007 0.28 — The Lok Sabha met at 13.51 hrs.Inerruption started at 13.53 hrs.and continued upto 14.27 hrs.

Interruption started at 14.31 hrs.and continued upto 14.32 hrs.

13.03.2007 0.05 01.26 At 12.04 hrs., when Lok Sabhamet, interruption started and dueto interruption the House wasadjourned upto 12.15 hrs.

Interruption started at 12.15 hrs.and continued upto 12.16 hrs. At12.16 hrs. Lok Sabha adjournedupto 13.00 hrs.



15.03.2007 0.14 05.44 Interruption started at 11.00 hrs.and continued upto 11.07 hrs. At11.07 hrs. Lok Sabha adjourned tomeet at 12.00 hrs.

At 12.00 hrs. the Lok Sabha met.Interruption started at 12.02 hrs.and continued upto 12.05 hrs. At12.05 hrs. Lok Sabha wasadjourned upto 12.30 hrs.


Interruption started at 14.00 hrs.and continued upto 14.02 hrs. At14.02 hrs. Lok Sabha adjournedfor the day.

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1 2 3 4


Interruption started at 12.00 hrs.and continued upto 12.06 hrs. At12.06 hrs. Lok Sabha wasadjourned upto 12.30.

Interruption started again at 12.30hrs. and continued upto 12.32 hrs.

At 12.51 hrs. due to interruptionsLok Sabha was adjourned upto15.30 hrs.


At 12.17 hrs. due to interruptionLok Sabha was adjourned for theday.

20.03.2007 0.07 05.23 Interruption started at 11.03 hrs.and continued upto 11.05 hrs. At11.05 hrs. Lok Sabha adjournedupto 12.00 hrs.



Interruption started at 16.32 hrs.and continued upto 16.33 hrs. At16.33 hrs. Lok Sabha adjournedfor the day.



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1 2 3 4


30.04.2007 0.19 0.13 Interruption started at 12.11 hrs.and continued upto 12.30 hrs.

At 17.47 hrs. due to interruptionLok Sabha was adjourned for theday.


At 12.30 hrs. the House met.Interruption started at 12.31 hrs.and continued upto 12.35 hrs.


07.05.2007 0.23 02.31 The Lok Sabha met at 11.00 hrs.At 11.01 hrs. interruption startedand continued upto 11.06 hrs. At11.06 hrs. Lok Sabha adjournedupto 12.00 hrs.




At 12.00 hrs., when the Housemet, interruptions started againand due to interruption Lok Sabhawas adjourned at 12.01 hrs. tomeet at 14.00 hrs.

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1 2 3 4




Interruption started at 15.02 hrs.and continued upto 15.04 hrs. At15.04 hrs. due to interruptionLok Sabha was adjourned for theday.


When the House met at 12.00hrs., interruption started againand continued upto 12.03 hrs. At12.03 hrs. Lok Sabha wasadjourned for the day.


At 11.20 hrs. when the Housemet, interruptions started againand continued upto 11.22 hrs. At11.22 hrs. the House wasadjourned upto 12.00 hrs.

Interruption started at 12.12 hrs.and continued upto 12.14 hrs. AT12.14 hrs. Lok Sabha wasadjourned to meet at 14.00 hrs.

At 14.01 hrs. the House met. At14.10 hrs. due to interruptionLok Sabha was adjourned for theday.


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1 2 3 4



At 14.38 hrs. due to interruptionsthe Lok Sabha was adjourned forthe day.




Total 3.14 66.59 70.13

Time calculated on the basis of normal time of the House i.e. from 11.A.M. to 1 P.M.and from 2 P.M. to 6 P.M.

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(iv) Statement indicating Matters of Urgent Public ImportanceRaised (i) after Question Hour, and (ii) before the adjournment of

the House for the day during Tenth Session ofFourteenth Lok Sabha

Date Number of Matters Number of Time Takenraised Members who H. M.

spoke

23.02.2007 NIL NIL NIL

26.02.2007 NIL NIL NIL27.02.2007 NIL NIL NIL28.02.2007 NIL NIL NIL

01.03.2007 12 12 0 2302.03.2007 NIL NIL NIL06.03.2007 NIL NIL NIL


12.03.2007 05 05 0 0613.03.2007 22 33 0 4514.03.2007 22 46 0 43

15.03.2007 NIL NIL NIL16.03.2007 09 09 0 1619.03.2007 NIL NIL NIL

20.03.2007 NIL NIL NIL26.04.2007 04 21 0 3927.04.2007 10 17 0 30

28.04.2007 07 14 0 2130.04.2007 13 20 0 4803.05.2007 15 15 0 27

04.05.2007 01 01 0 0307.05.2007 11 19 0 3008.05.2007 NIL NIL NIL


14.05.2007 NIL NIL NIL15.05.2007 18 30 1 0416.05.2007 NIL NIL NIL

17.05.2007 07 21 0 25

Total 156 263 07 00

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21. STATEMENT SHOWING TIME TAKEN ON VARIOUS KINDS OFBUSINESS TRANSACTED DURING THE TENTH SESSION OF

FOURTEENTH LOK SABHA

Business Time taken Percentage of thetotal time taken

H M

President's Address 12 43 10.00

BILLS

(a) Government Bills *20 53 16.44

(b) Private Member's Bills 02 30 1.97

BUDGETS—

(a) Railway Budget 13 49 10.87

(b) General Budget 34 41 27.30

CALLING ATTENTION NOTICES 02 25 1.91

DISCUSSIONS—

Short Duration Discussions (Rule 193) 07 11 5.65

Discussion under Rule 191 00 01 0.01

MATTERS OF URGENT PUBLIC IMPORTANCE 06 58 5.48

MATTERS UNDER RULE 377 00 30 0.40

MOTION—

Motions under Rule 388 00 20 0.26

QUESTIONS 13 22 10.51

RESOLUTIONS—

(a) Statutory Resolutions * —

(b) Private Members' Resolutions 03 06 2.44

STATEMENTS—

Rule 372 and Direction 73A 02 05 1.64

OTHER MATTERS such as Oath or Affirmation, 06 30 5.12Papers laid on the Table, Obituary References,Questions of Privileges, Points of Order, PersonalExplanations etc.

TOTAL 127 04 100

* Joint discussion took place on certain Statutory Resolution [vide Statement No. 16 S. No. (ii)]and Motion for consideration of connected Government Bill [vide Statement No 2 S. No. 3].Time taken on joint discussion has been shown under Government Bills.

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22. VACATION OF SEATS

Sl. No. Name of Member, Constituency and Date on which RemarksState seat became

vacant

1. Shri Manabendra Shah 05.01.2007 Died on 05.01.2007(Tehri Garhwal—Uttarakhand Obituary Reference

was made in House on23.02.2007

2. Shri Subodh Mohite 14.02.2007 Resigned on(Ramtek—Maharashtra) 14.02.2007. Accepted

by H.S. on 14.02.2007.Announcement wasmade in House on26.02.2007

3. Shri Sunil Kumar Mahato 04.03.2007 Died on 04.03.2007.(Jamshedpur—Jharkhand Obituary Reference

was made in House on06.03.2007

4. Shri Alemao Churchill 08.05.2007 Resigned on(Marmugao—Goa) 08.05.2007. Accepted

by H.S. on 08.05.2007.Announcement wasmade in House on10.05.2007.

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MGIPMRND—2658LS—23-7-2007.

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