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RAJYA SABHA

List of Questions for ORAL ANSWERS

to be asked at a sitting of the Rajya Sabha to be held onFriday, August23, 2013/Bhadra 1, 1935 (Saka)

(Ministries: Agriculture; Chemicals and Fertilizers; Communications andInformation Technology; Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution;

Food Processing Industries; Law and Justice; Railways; Statistics andProgramme Implementation)

Total number of questions 20

Deletion of names from Voters' List inDelhi

*201. SHRI SABIR ALI: Will theMinister of LAW AND JUSTICE bepleased to state:

(a) whether it is a fact that names of 14

lakh voters have been taken off the Voters'List in Delhi;

(b) if so, the details thereof;

(c) the precautions taken to ensure thatthe names of genuine voters are not deleted;and

(d) the details of the persons who haverepresented against deletion of their namesand the action taken thereon?

Storage capacity of FCI

*202. SHRI NARESH GUJRAL: Willthe Minister of CONSUMER AFFAIRS,

FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTIONbe pleased to state:

(a) the total covered storage capacity offoodgrains in the country belonging to orhired by the Food Corporation of India(FCI) as on 30th June, 2013;

(b) the additional storage capacity beingplanned by FCI for 2013-14; and

(c) the funds sanctioned by Government/Planning Commission for additional storagecapacity of foodgrains in the country in2013-14, State-wise?

Protecting interests and security ofe-mails of citizens

*203. SHRI C.P. NARAYANAN: Willthe Minister of COMMUNICATIONSAND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGYbe pleased to state:

(a) whether Government would takesteps to protect the interests and secrecyof e-mails of Indian citizens in view ofGovernments of some countriesintercepting e-mails exchanged by citizensof other countries;

(b) whether Government would initiate

steps to set up enough servers and otheraccessories in the country and othermeasures for this purpose; and

(c) whether in view of internet offeringa new medium for exchange of opinionsand ideas, Government would extend the

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same support for the protection of rights ofpeople using different opportunities providedby internet?

Cold storage infrastructure

*204. DR. KANWAR DEEP SINGH:Will the Minister of FOOD PROCESSINGINDUSTRIES be pleased to state:

(a) the quantum of fruits and vegetables

wasted due to lack of adequate cold storagefacilities during the period 2008-13, year-wise;

(b) the current requirement andavailability of cold storage facilities for fruitsand vegetables in the country;

(c) the steps being taken to increase coldstorage infrastructure across the country;and

(d) whether the reason behind keennessof Government on attracting FDI in retailis to help in developing back-end storageinfrastructure and not build the same byitself, and if so, the details thereof?

Demand and supply of urea andfertilizer to Madhya Pradesh

*205. SHRI THAAWAR CHANDGEHLOT: Will the Minister ofCHEMICALS AND FERTILIZERS bepleased to state:

(a) the details of the demand for ureaand fertilizers made by the Government ofMadhya Pradesh from the CentralGovernment during the last three years;

(b) the details of the allotment of ureaand fertilizers made vis-a-vis the demandso made;

(c) the reasons for not making allocationof fertilizers to the States by CentralGovernment according to their demands;

(d) whether Government proposes to

frame any policy for 2013-14 with regard

to fulfilling this demand; and

(e) if so, the details thereof?

Implications of Food Security

Ordinance

*206. SHRI K.C. TYAGI: Will the

Minister of CONSUMER AFFAIRS,FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION

be pleased to state:

(a) the amount of financial subsidy given

for poor people before the promulgation of

Food Security Ordinance;

(b) how many people were benefited,

State-wise details thereof;

(c) the financial burden after the Food

Security Ordinance; and

(d) the difference in amount and the

number of beneficiaries, State-wise?

Safe storage of foodgrains

*207. DR. PRABHA THAKUR: Will

the Minister of CONSUMER AFFAIRS,

FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION


(a) whether FCI has constructed

adequate godowns during the last two

years for safe storage of foodgrains and the

problem of wetting of foodgrains has been

removed now and if so, the details thereof;

(b) the procedure FCI adopts in

construction of godowns for storage of

foodgrains; and

(c) whether construction of such

godowns is the responsibility of Central

Government or State Governments?

Original notice of the question received in Hindi.

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Health scheme for railway employees

*208. SHRI RAJEEV

CHANDRASEKHAR: Will the Minister of

RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

(a) whether Government has conducted

a pilot project under the Railway Employees

Liberalised Health Scheme on the line of

the CGHS;

(b) whether Government seeks to replacethis with a more broad-based Scheme;

(c) the likely time-frame within which

the Medical Directorate of the Railway

Board seeks to implement this Scheme; and

(d) whether Government presently has

any system in place to provide medical

benefits to railway employees since the pilot

project ended in 2011 and the new broad-

based Scheme is yet to come into effect and

if so, the details thereof?

Rise in prices of essential

commodities

*209. SHRI PANKAJ BORA: Will the

Minister of CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD

AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION be

pleased to state:

(a) whether Government is aware of the

wish lists of women groups to contain

spiralling rise in prices of essential

commodities;

(b) whether it is a fact that women

groups have also made a demand to take

stringent measures to control prices and also

to ban forward trading of wheat and rice

urgently;

(c) if so, whether Government has any

plan to meet the demands of women groups;

and

(d) if so, the details thereof and if not,

the reasons therefor?

Shortage of staff under Southern

Railway

*210. SHRIMATI KANIMOZHI: Will

the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to

state:

(a) whether shortage of train drivers and

railway staff is the reason for delay in

launching new projects under Southern

Railway;

(b) the details of the shortfall in railway

personnel; and

(c) the steps taken by Government to

recruit more staff under Southern Railway?

Farmers shifting to other professions

*211. SHRI ISHWAR SINGH: Will the

Minister of AGRICULTURE be pleased to

state:

(a) whether farming has become an

un-remunerative/unviable profession and a

large number of farmers in the country have

shifted to other professions/areas, and if so,the details in this regard;

(b) whether any survey on farmers'

population has been conducted by the

Registrar General of India;

(c) if so, the details and findings thereof;

and

(d) the measures taken/proposed to be

taken by Government to make agriculture a

profitable profession and to motivate farmers

and the new generation for taking up

agricultural activities?

Central projects in Gujarat

*212. SHRI NATUJI HALAJI

THAKOR: Will the Minister of

STATISTICS AND PROGRAMME

IMPLEMENTATION be pleased to state:

(a) the details of original cost,

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commencement date, proposed completiondate and revised cost along with revisedcompletion date of projects taken up forimplementation by Central Government andits agencies in Gujarat;

(b) the status of implementation of theseprojects and due date for commissioning;

(c) whether any project is runningbehind schedule; if so, the details thereof;

and(d) in view of the CWG fiasco, the steps

taken by Government to ensure timely andcorruption free completion of these projects?

World Class railway stations

*213. SHRI KAPTAN SINGHSOLANKI: Will the Minister ofRAILWAYS be pleased to state:

(a) whether it is a fact that theannouncements made by Railwaysregarding construction of World Classrailway stations and providing basicfacilities at railway stations have remainedlimited to paper only;

(b) if so, the details thereof; and

(c) the details of railway stations inMadhya Pradesh which are beingcontemplated upon for being developed asWorld Class railway stations as per theannouncements?

Unsolicited Commercial Calls andSMSes

*214. PROF. ALKA BALRAMKSHATRIYA: Will the Minister of

COMMUNICATIONS ANDINFORMATION TECHNOLOGY bepleased to state:

(a) whether it is a fact that the menaceof Unsolicited Commercial Calls (UCC) and

SMSes has increased during the last six

months;

(b) whether telemarketeers are sending

UCC and SMSes during the night time also

causing a lot of inconvenience to the general

public; and

(c) if so, the steps Government

proposes to take to impose heavy penalties

on such telemarketeers?

Railway Out Agency in Jammu and

Kashmir

*215. SHRI G.N. RATANPURI: Will

the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to

state:

(a) the reason for only one Railway Out

Agency operating in Jammu and Kashmir

for more than a hundred years;

(b) whether the contract containing

terms and conditions have remained

unchanged for over a century;

(c) if not, whether the contract wasmodified, and if so, the logic and

considerations applied;

(d) the reason that competition among

prospective agencies was blocked and one

agency favoured continuously; and

(e) the annual turnover of this agency

and the entities basides Railways that are

its client?

Central Grants for Karnataka

*216. DR. VIJAY MALLYA: Will the

Minister of STATISTICS ANDPROGRAMME IMPLEMENTATION


(a) the statistical statement on eligibility

of Central Grants for Karnataka and the

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amount disbursed till October, 2011 for the

financial year 2011-12, Department-wise

comparative list with unutilised funds;

(b) whether it is a fact that the State

Government has been able to utilise only

`1538.29 crore although the eligible amount

till October, 2011 was ` 3452.47 crore; and

(c) the steps taken by the State

Government to utilise the entire eligibleamount granted by the Central Government?

Godowns under Grameen Bhandaran

Yojana in Andhra Pradesh

*217. SHRI PALVAI GOVARDHAN

REDDY: Will the Minister of

AGRICULTURE be pleased to state:

(a) the details of godowns sanctioned in

Andhra Pradesh under the Grameen

Bhandaran Yojana since its inception, year-

wise and district-wise;

(b) the details of subsidy provided andreleased during the above period;

(c) the number of farmers benefited

under the Scheme in Andhra Pradesh; and

(d) the total capacity added after

construction of the godowns so sanctioned,

district-wise?

Impact of change in land use on

agricultural productivity

*218. SHRI JAGAT PRAKASH

NADDA: Will the Minister ofAGRICULTURE be pleased to state:

(a) whether it is a fact that farmers in

Punjab and Haryana are shifting away from

rice and wheat cultivation to other cash

crops;

(b) if so, the probable impact of this shift

on the production of rice and wheat in thecountry;

(c) whether it is also a fact that largechunks of agricultural land have beenconverted to non-agricultural use; and

(d) if so, the impact of such change in

land use on agricultural productivity in thecountry?

Request for sharing cost of ROB

*219. CHAUDHARY MUNAVVERSALEEM: Will the Minister of RAILWAYSbe pleased to state:

(a) whether it is a fact that a request hasbeen made to the State Government ofMadhya Pradesh for its concurrence forsharing the cost of the Road Overbridge(ROB) on the Khari Phatak railway crossingin Vidisha town; and

(b) if so, whether the State Governmenthas agreed to it, and if not, the reasonstherefor?

Revamping Justice Delivery System

*220. SHRI VIJAY JAWAHARLALDARDA: Will the Minister of LAW ANDJUSTICE be pleased to state:

(a) the results of release of` 1000 crore

out of 5000 crore by the Thirteenth FinanceCommission for improvement of JusticeDelivery, including operation of morning and

evening courts, establishment of alternatedispute resolution centres, Lok Adalats,providing free legal aid and training of judicialofficers and setting up fast-track courts fortrying heinous crimes;


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NEW DELHI; SHUMSHER K. SHERIFF,The 17th August, 2013 Secretary-General.

Sravana 26, 1935 (Saka)

(b) whether Government is contemp-lating fixing maximum duration by which civiland criminal cases in subordinate and districtcourts are to be finally settled; and

(c) whether delaying provisions, aspresent in our existing Acts, would becurtailed keeping in view the accepted

international standards?

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I N D E X

(Ministry-wise)

Agriculture : 211, 217, 218,

Chemicals and Fertilizers : 205,

Communications and Information

Technology : 203, 214,

Consumer Affairs, Food and PublicDistribution : 202, 206, 207, 209,

Food Processing Industries : 204,

Law and Justice : 201, 220,

Railways : 208, 210, 213, 215, 219,

Statistics and Programme Implementation : 212, 216.

GMGIPMRND2035RS17-08-2013.

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