RAJYA SABHA

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List of Questions for ORAL ANSWERS
to be asked at a sitting of the Rajya Sabha to be held on
Wednesday, March 3, 2010/Phalguna 12, 1931 (Saka)
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(Ministries : Commerce and Industry; Defence; Home Affairs; Labour and
Employment; Road Transport and Highways; Textiles)

Total number of questions — 20

Minimum hourly wage for domestic
workers
*81. SHRIMATI KANIMOZHI:
Will the Minister of LABOUR AND
EMPLOYMENT be pleased to state:
(a) whether Government has
recommended a minimum hourly wage for
domestic workers;
(b) if so, the details thereof;
(c) whether the leave, insurance and
other entitlements have also been included;
and
(d) if not, the reasons therefor?
Widening of NH-24 beyond Ghazipur
*82. SHRI VARINDER SINGH
BAJWA: Will the Minister of ROAD
TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS be
pleased to state:
(a) whether Government is aware that
National Highway No. 24, which is being
widened upto Ghazipur in connection with
the Commonwealth Games 2010, also
†Original notice of the question received in Hindi.
requires widening beyond that point, as
many new housing complexes being
constructed/already constructed beyond
that point in Ghaziabad Municipal
Corporation area do not have proper
connectivity;
(b) if so, whether there is any proposal
to widen the Highway beyond Ghazipur
check post;
(c) if so, the details thereof; and
(d) if not, the reasons therefor?
Pakistani nationals staying illegally
†*83. SHRIMATI MAYA SINGH:
Will the Minister of HOME AFFAIRS be
pleased to state:
(a) the number of Pakistani nationals
who came to India during the last three
years and how many of them are staying
illegally in India;
(b) whether any Pakistani national who
had come to India illegally during the last
three years has been caught living illegally
here; and

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(c) if so, the details thereof?
Increasing incidents of kidnapping in
Delhi
†*84. MISS ANUSUIYA UIKEY: Will
the Minister of HOME AFFAIRS be
pleased to state:
(a) whether Government is aware that
Delhi is now being given the title of
kidnapping capital owing to increasing
number of incidents of kidnapping of
women taking place in the city;
(b) whether Government is also aware
that girls are kidnapped and forced to marry
and then pushed into the world of crime;
(c) the number of cases of kidnapping
of women registered in Delhi during the
last three years and the details thereof; and
(d) the details of the steps being taken
by Government to check the incidents of
kidnapping of women?
Maintenance of roads by NHAI
*85. SHRI SHANTARAM
LAXMAN NAIK: Will the Minister of
ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS
be pleased to state:
(a) whether Government has a clear
policy for maintenance of existing roads
by National Highways Authority of India
(NHAI) during construction phase of four
laning/six laning;
(b) if so, what is the said policy; and
(c) why NHAI is not maintaining the
Jaipur-Delhi Road (NH-8) as per prescribed
policy?
†Original notice of the question received in Hindi.
Private sector participation in defence
production
*86. SHRI MAHENDRA MOHAN:
Will the Minister of DEFENCE be pleased
to state:
(a) whether Government has recently
decided to promote private sector
participation in manufacturing of arms and
is also formulating a new Defence
Production Policy;
(b) if so, the details thereof;
(c) whether the promotion of private
sector participation and formulating a new
Defence Production Policy will have any
impact on the imports for armed forces;
and
(d) if so, the details thereof?
Air Enclave in Kerala
*87. SHRI M.P. ACHUTHAN: Will
the Minister of DEFENCE be pleased to
state:
(a) whether Government has a proposal
to set up an Air Enclave dedicated to Coast
Guard in Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala); and
(b) if so, the details thereof and the steps
being taken in this regard?
Regiments operating in the country
*88. SHRIMATI RENUBALA
PRADHAN: Will the Minister of
DEFENCE be pleased to state:
(a) the number of regiments operating
in the country and the personnel working
in each of the regiments;
(b) the number of persons recruited from
Orissa to different regiments during the last
three years;
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(c) whether there is any plan to establish
any more regiments for the Indian Army;
and
(d) whether there is any plan to establish
Kalinga regiment based in Orissa, which is
the longstanding demand of the people of
the State?
Terror strike in Pune
*89. SHRI N.K. SINGH: Will the
Minister of HOME AFFAIRS be pleased
to state:
(a) whether in a major terror strike, a
large number of persons were killed and
injured at a famous Bakery in Pune
(Maharashtra) on the evening of 13
February, 2010;
(b) if so, the exact number of casualties
and loss to properties etc.;
(c) whether the various intelligence
agencies had any clue of such terror strike;
(d) the reports of CBI forensic group
and NIA teams which visited the site; and
(e) the steps taken by Union
Government to tackle such terror strikes?
Funds under NCCF to States
*90. SHRI MOHD. ALI KHAN: Will
the Minister of HOME AFFAIRS be
pleased to state:
(a) whether Ministry has released any
funds under National Calamity
Contingency Fund (NCCF) to States;
(b) if so, the details thereof during the
Eleventh Five Year Plan;
(c) the actual demands of each State,
especially Andhra Pradesh in this regard,
year-wise and work-wise; and
(d) the future action plan of
Government for the remaining period of
Eleventh Five Year Plan in co-ordination
with the States?
Search Committee for Chairman of
NHAI
*91. SHRI SYED AZEEZ PASHA:
Will the Minister of ROAD TRANSPORT
AND HIGHWAYS be pleased to state:
(a) whether it is a fact that the National
Highways Authority of India (NHAI) does
not have a full time Chairman presently;
(b) if so, whether Government has set
up a Search Committee to find a Chairman
for the NHAI;
(c) if so, the details of this Search
Committee, its members and their
background;
(d) the steps taken to ensure that the
new Chairman has the ability to meet the
challenges of displacement, road safety and
counter harsh perceptions of the public;
and
(e) the steps proposed to be taken to
ensure that NHAI is led by a socially
conscious person with broad
administrative capabilities?
Persons died and injured in Pune
blast
*92. SHRI NAND KISHORE
YADAV: Will the Minister of HOME
AFFAIRS be pleased to state:
(a) the number and details of the
persons died and injured separately in
German Bakery blast in Pune;
(b) the details of ex-gratia payments
made to the kins of deceased and injured;
(c) whether intelligence agencies had
informed his Ministry about such terror
attack;
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(d) if so, the details thereof and the
reasons for failure of Government to check
this incident of terror; and
(e) if not, the details of the reasons for
failure of intelligence agencies?
Strengthening police forces in States
*93. SHRI V. HANUMANTHA
RAO: Will the Minister of HOME
AFFAIRS be pleased to state:
(a) to what extent there has been a
shortage of forces in the States;
(b) whether in the meeting of the Chief
Ministers he had urged the States to
strengthen police forces, recruit new forces
and provide modern facilities and training
to all the forces;
(c) if so, whether Centre has agreed to
provide funds for the purpose;
(d) whether Centre has also provided
them the training and latest models of
weapons to meet the security threats; and
(e) if so, to what extent this has helped
in meeting the terror threats in the
country?
Conversion of NHs into four lanes
*94. SHRI AMIR ALAM KHAN:
Will the Minister of ROAD TRANSPORT
AND HIGHWAYS be pleased to state:
(a) the details of the stretches of
National Highways (NHs) converted/
proposed to be converted into four lanes,
State-wise, during the Eleventh Plan;
(b) the details of funds allocated and
spent during each year of the Plan period
for the said purpose; and
(c) by when the works are likely to be
completed?
Decline in export growth
*95. SHRI NAND KUMAR SAI:
Will the Minister of COMMERCE AND
INDUSTRY be pleased to state:
(a) whether export growth of the
country has come down and import bill
has increased during 2009;
(b) if so, the details in this regard;
(c) whether Government has made any
study to find out the reasons for such trend;
(d) if so, the details thereof; and
(e) the remedial steps taken by
Government to maintain balance in trade
of the country?
Overcrowding in jails
*96. DR. GYAN PRAKASH
PILANIA: Will the Minister of HOME
AFFAIRS be pleased to state:
(a) the total number of jails in the
country;
(b) the total authorized capacity of
these jails;
(c) the total number of actual prisoners
therein (undertrial and convicts);
(d) the extent of overcrowding and
percentage thereof;
(e) the number of undertrial prisoners
released under sections 436A and 436(1)
respectively;
(f) whether scheme of Plea Bargaining
has been helpful in early disposal of cases;
and
(g) the above statistics pertaining to
Rajasthan?
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Implementation of One Rank One
Pension
*97. SARDAR TARLOCHAN
SINGH: Will the Minister of DEFENCE
be pleased to state:
(a) whether Government has accepted
the demand of One Rank One Pension;
(b) if so, the action taken to implement it;
(c) how many ex-servicemen would be
benefited; and
(d) the time-frame to implement the
Scheme?
Pending wage revisions in PSUs
*98 SHRI T.K. RANGARAJAN: Will
the Minister of DEFENCE be pleased to state:
(a) whether it is a fact that wage
revisions in PSUs under Defence Ministry,
including Bharat Electronics Limited
(BEL), are pending for long;
(b) if not, the details of the wage revision
effected in these PSUs;
(c) whether Government has received
demands from Labour Unions of these
industries for the wage settlement; and
(d) if so, the details thereof and the
steps taken by Government?
Export potential of the country
*99. SHRI MANOHAR JOSHI: Will
the Minister of COMMERCE AND
INDUSTRY be pleased to state:
(a) whether Government has examined
the export potential of the country;
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(b) if so, the details thereof along with
the names of the exportable items;
(c) the country's exports during the last
three years;
(d) whether the export performance has
been affected during the last three years;
(e) if so, the reasons for lower
performance; and
(f) the corrective action proposed to
reduce the trade deficit and to boost the
export performance of the country?
Area validity of arms licences
*100. SHRI MOHAMMED ADEEB:
Will the Minister of HOME AFFAIRS be
pleased to state:
(a) whether it is a fact that the Ministry
has received some self-made, fabricated
guidelines regarding area validity of Arms
licences in Delhi;
(b) if so, what action has been taken by
the Ministry;
(c) whether State Government is
empowered to make amendments in the
Arms Act, 1962 regarding guidelines, fee
structure etc.;
(d) if so, the details thereof;
(e) whether it is a fact that Arms Act,
1962 and Ministry of Home Affairs' 1995
guidelines were tampered with by some
officers and replaced by self-made
guidelines for extension of area validity of
Arms in Delhi; and
(f) if so, the remedial measures taken?
V. K. AGNIHOTRI,
Secretary-General.
 INDEX
(Ministry-wise)

Commerce and Industry : 95, 99,

Defence : 86, 87, 88, 97, 98,

Home Affairs : 83, 84, 89, 90, 92, 93, 96, 100,

Labour and Employment : 81,

Road Transport and Highways : 82, 85, 91, 94.

Textiles : —

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