Parliament of India Lok Sabha House of the People

Seventeenth Lok Sabha Lok Sabha: 17 16 15 Year: 2020-2021 2019-2020

Sittings

S.No. Date of Sitting / Sitting From / Sitting To / Duration (Hrs:Mts) Members Present Subject Considered Remarks 1 28/10/2020 11:30 13:00 01:30 Kumar, Dr. Virendra;Beniwal, Shri Hanuman;Pawar, Dr. Bharati Pravin;Singh, Shri Brijendra;Vichare, Shri Rajan Baburao; (i) Oral evidence of the representatives of the Ministry of Coal on the representation of Shri Dharambir Singh regarding dilapidated condition of coal mines in West Bengal and Jharkhand and other related issues. (ii) Status of examination/scrutiny of representations, letters, etc., received from various Individuals, Associations, etc., from third week of August, 2020 onwards.   2 18/12/2020 12:00 13:30 01:30 Kumar, Dr. Virendra;Pawar, Dr. Bharati Pravin;Singh, Shri Brijendra;Singh, Shri Sushil Kumar;Tiwari, Shri Manoj Kumar; (i) Oral evidence of the representatives of the Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare (Department of Agriculture, Cooperation & Farmers Welfare) on the representation of Shri Manmohan Kalantri regarding amendments in the Insecticides Act, 1968, the Fertiliser Control Order, 1985 and the Seeds Control Order, 1983 in order to facilitate Agricultural Business in the country and other important issues related therewith. (ii) Status of examination/scrutiny of representations, letters, etc., received from various Individuals, Associations, etc., from the first week of October, 2020 onwards.   3 28/12/2020 12:00 13:30 01:30 Kumar, Dr. Virendra;Patel, Smt. Anupriya;Pawar, Dr. Bharati Pravin;Singh, Shri Brijendra;Tiwari, Shri Manoj Kumar; i Briefing by the representatives of the Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers' Welfare (Department of Agriculture, Cooperation & Farmers' Welfare) on the representation of Shri Kailash Gorakh Patil, Chairman, Chopda Taluka Shetkari Sahakari Sootgirni Maryadit, Chopda, Jalgaon (Maharashtra) requesting for release of subsidy, restructure of loans and providing additional Working capital from National Cooperative Development Corporation. ii Oral evidence of the representatives of the Ministry of Defence (Department of Defence Production) on the representation of Shri Yogesh Sarda alleging consideration of ineligible bidder, i.e., M/s Mehta Tubes Ltd., by M/s. Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Ltd., by awarding contract(s) and tender(s) for procurement of Cu-Ni Pipes and Copper Pipe of Project P15B and other important issues related therewith.   4 08/01/2021 12:00 13:30 01:30 Kumar, Dr. Virendra;Singh, Shri Brijendra;Singh, Shri Sushil Kumar;Tiwari, Shri Manoj Kumar;Vichare, Shri Rajan Baburao; i Oral evidence of the representatives of the Ministry of Information & Broadcasting on the representation of Shri Manohar Singh and others regarding introducing reforms in Journalism in the country and other important issues related therewith. ii Status of examination/scrutiny of representations, letters, etc., received from various Individuals, Associations, etc. from the third week of November, 2020 onwards.   5 08/02/2021 11:30 12:30 01:00 Kumar, Dr. Virendra;Dwivedi, Shri Harish;Singh, Shri Brijendra;Tiwari, Shri Manoj Kumar;Vichare, Shri Rajan Baburao; Consideration and adoption of the following draft Reports :- i Report on the representation of Shri Ved Prakash Mathur alleging Sahara Credit Cooperative Society Limited, Deoli (Kekri), Region - Ajmer for non-payment of fixed deposit amount on maturity and important issues related therewith. ii Report on the representation of Shri Manmohan Kalantri regarding amendments in the Insecticides Act, 1968, the Fertiliser (Control) Order, 1985 and the Seeds (Control) Order, 1983 for facilitating Agricultural Business in the country and other important issues related therewith. iii Report on the representation of Shri Manohar Singh and others regarding introducing reforms in Journalism in the country and other important issues related therewith. iv Report on the representation of Shri Dharambir Singh regarding dilapidated condition of Coal Mines in West Bengal and Jharkhand and other related issues. v Report on the representation of Shri Yogesh Sarda alleging consideration of ineligible bidder, i.e M/s. Mehta Tubes Limited by Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Limited by awarding of Contract(s) and Tender(s) for procurement of Cu-Ni Pipes and Copper Pipes of Project P15B and other important issues related therewith and vi Action Taken Report on the Action Taken by the Government on the recommendations made by the Committee on Petitions (Sixteenth Lok Sabha) in their Sixty-Fifth Report on the representation of Shri Suresh Srivastava forwarded by Shri R. K. Sinha, M.P., Rajya Sabha, regarding extensive theft of motor vehicles in Delhi.   6 18/02/2021 12:00 12:30 00:30 Kumar, Dr. Virendra;Pawar, Dr. Bharati Pravin;Singh, Shri Brijendra;Tiwari, Shri Manoj Kumar;Vichare, Shri Rajan Baburao; i Briefing by the representatives of the Ministries of Labour and Employment, Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises Department of Heavy Industry, Road Transport and Highways, Education Department of Higher Education, Defence Department of Military Affairs and Civil Aviation in relation to the causes for inordinate delay in furnishing Action Taken Replies on the recommendations made by the Committee on Petitions in their Reports presented during 16th Lok Sabha and upto Fourth Session of 17th Lok Sabha and ii Consideration and adoption of the draft report on the representation of Shri Swapan Das and others of Rourkela Steel Plant Widows Association regarding welfare of legal heirs of deceased workers of Rourkela Steel Plant.   7 16/03/2021 15:00 17:30 02:30 Kumar, Dr. Virendra;Pawar, Dr. Bharati Pravin;Singh, Shri Brijendra;Singh, Shri Sushil Kumar;Vasava, Shri Prabhubhai Nagarbhai; 1 Briefing by the representatives of the Ministry of Defence Department of Military Affairs on the Action Taken Replies on the implementation of recommendations made by the Committee on Petitions Seventeenth Lok Sabha in their Fifth Report presented to Lok Sabha on 17.09.2020. 2 Briefing by the representatives of the Ministry of Finance Department of Economic Affairs, the Ministry of Corporate Affairs and the Chairman, Securities & Exchange Board of India SEBI on the representation of Shri Gourav Kumar Soni alleging Securities and Exchange Board of Indias high handedness in refunding the money to investors of Pulse Agro Corporation Limited PACL. 3 Consideration and adoption of the following Draft Action Taken Reports i Draft Action Taken Report on the action taken by the Government on the recommendations made by the Committee on Petitions Sixteenth Lok Sabha in their Twenty-Second Report on the representation of Shri Ghanshyam Bairwa forwarded by Shri Om Birla MP Lok Sabha and Smt Meenakashi Borkar regarding non payment of arrears of pension and full salary to the employees/retired employees of Instrumentation Limited IL, Kota ii Draft Action Taken Report on the action taken by the Government on the recommendations made by the Committee on Petitions Sixteenth Lok Sabha in their Fortieth Report on the Petition of Shri Prasana Kumar Mohanty and others forwarded by Shri Bhartruhari Mahtab MP, Lok Sabha regarding construction of a new underpass/flyover at Sikharpur Square, Cuttack, Odisha and iii Draft Action Taken Report on the action taken by the Government on the recommendations made by the Committee on Petitions Seventeenth Lok Sabha in their First Report on the representation of Dr Amit Kansal regarding alleged violation of Fundamental Right to Education vis a vis Indira Gandhi National Open University IGNOU Act, 1985 and other important issues related therewith. 4.Status of examination/scrutiny of Representations, Letters, etc, received from various Individuals, Associations etc, from the third week of December, 2020 onwards.   8 24/06/2021 12:00 14:00 02:00 Kumar, Dr. Virendra;Antony, Shri Anto;Majumdar, Dr. Sukanta;Mandlik, Prof. Sanjay Sadashivrao;Pawar, Dr. Bharati Pravin;Singh, Shri Brijendra;Singh, Shri Sushil Kumar;Tiwari, Shri Manoj Kumar;Vasava, Shri Prabhubhai Nagarbhai;Vichare, Shri Rajan Baburao; 1.To hear the views of Shri Sanjay Bechan regarding proposed amendments to the Cigarettes and other Tobacco Products (Prohibition of Advertisement and Regulation of Trade & Commerce, Production, Supply and Distribution) Act, 2003 and its impact on banning indigenous chewing tobacco products. 2. Briefing by the representatives of the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare (Department of Health & Family Welfare) on the representations of S/Shri R. P. Patel and Sanjay Bechan regarding proposed amendments to the Cigarettes and other Tobacco Products (Prohibition of Advertisement and Regulation of Trade & Commerce, Production, Supply and Distribution) Act, 2003 and its impact on banning indigenous chewing tobacco products vis-a-vis the action taken replies on the Sixty Eighth Report of the Committee on Petitions (16th Lok Sabha). 3. Consideration and adoption of the Draft Action Taken Report on the action taken by the Government on the recommendations made by the Committee on Petitions (Seventeenth Lok Sabha) in their Fifth Report on the representation of Smt. Suman Dudee forwarded by Shri Rajendra Agrawal, M.P., Lok Sabha alleging injustice to her spouse, Colonel (TS) (Retd.) Ran Singh Dudee by denying him consequential benefits and other important issues related therewith.   9 13/12/2021 03:00 05:00 02:00 Dwivedi, Shri Harish;Antony, Shri Anto;Beniwal, Shri Hanuman;Singh, Shri Brijendra;Singh, Shri Sushil Kumar;Tiwari, Shri Manoj Kumar;Vasava, Shri Prabhubhai Nagarbhai;Vichare, Shri Rajan Baburao; 1. To hear the views of (i) Shri Yogendra Sharma; (ii) Shri Rahul Singh; (iii) Smt. K. Manjula; (iv) Shri Yogendra Bhakta and (v) Shri S. Kannan; on the representations requesting to cover the employees of Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya who joined their services before 1.1.2004 under the Central Civil Services (Pension) Rules, 1972. 2.Briefing by the representatives of the Ministry of Education (Department of School Education & Literacy) on the representations of Shri S. Kannan and other Individuals/Associations, etc., forwarded by Members of Parliament requesting to cover the employees of Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya who joined their services before 1.1.2004 under the Central Civil Services (Pension) Rules, 1972. 3. Consideration and adoption of the following Draft Action Taken Reports:- (i) Draft Action Taken Report on the action taken by the Government on the recommendations made by the Committee on Petitions (Sixteenth Lok Sabha) in their Fifty-Eighth Report on the representation of Shri Satyendra Singh forwarded by Shri Vinod Sonkar, M.P., Lok Sabha regarding condition of higher education in the country with special reference to Guru Ghasidas Vishwavidyalaya, Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh: and (ii) Draft Action Taken Report on the action taken by the Government on the recommendations made by the Committee on Petitions (Seventeenth Lok Sabha) in their Ninth Report on the representation of Shri Shyamal Kumar Das regarding inordinate delay in his appointment in Airports Authority of India, Kolkata on compassionate grounds and other important issues related therewith. 4. Status of examination/scrutiny of representations, letters, etc., received from various Individuals, Associations, etc., from second week of March, 2021 onwards.   10 22/12/2021 15:00 17:10 02:10 Dwivedi, Shri Harish;Antony, Shri Anto;Ravindhranath, Shri P.;Singh, Shri Sushil Kumar;Tiwari, Shri Manoj Kumar;Vasava, Shri Prabhubhai Nagarbhai; 1. Briefing on the representation of Shri Rajkumar Ora alleging M/s. Mangalam Cement Limited, located at Village-Morak, TehsilRamganj Mandi, District-Kota (Rajasthan) of blatant violation of environment and other laws thereby putting the lives of local population in peril, by the officials/representatives of the Department of Mines, Government of Rajasthan 2. Oral evidence of the representatives of the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare (Department of Health & Family Welfare) on the representations of S/Shri R. P. Patel and Sanjay Bechan regarding proposed amendments to the Cigarettes and other Tobacco Products (Prohibition of Advertisement and Regulation of Trade & Commerce, Production, Supply and Distribution) Act, 2003 and its impact on banning indigenous chewing tobacco products vis-a-vis the action taken replies on the Sixty Eighth Report of the Committee on Petitions (16th Lok Sabha). 3. Consideration and adoption of the following Draft Action Taken Reports:- (i) Report on the Action Taken by the Government on the recommendations of the Committee on Petitions (Sixteenth Lok Sabha) made in their Sixteenth Report on the representation of M/s. M. S. Vigilant Security, Placement & Detective Services Pvt. Ltd., forwarded by Shri Ajay Tamta, M.P., Lok Sabha regarding non-payment of arrears towards security services by the Management of Lady Hardinge Medical College (LHMC) in respect of Smt. Sucheta Kriplani Hospital, Shaheed Bhagat Singh Marg, New Delhi. (ii) Report on the Action Taken by the Government on the recommendations of the Committee on Petitions (Seventeenth Lok Sabha) made in their Thirteenth Report on the representation of Shri Ved Prakash Mathur alleging Sahara Credit Cooperative Society Limited, Deoli (Kekri), Region - Ajmer for non-payment of fixed deposit amount on maturity and important issues related therewith. (iii) Report on the Action Taken by the Government on the recommendations of the Committee on Petitions (Seventeenth Lok Sabha) made in their Fourteenth Report on the representation of Shri Manmohan Kalantri regarding amendments in the Insecticides Act, 1968, the Fertiliser (Control) Order, 1985 and the Seeds (Control) Order, 1983 for facilitating Agricultural Business in the country and other important issues related therewith. (iv) Report on the Action Taken by the Government on the recommendations of the Committee on Petitions (Seventeenth Lok Sabha) made in their Sixteenth Report on the representation of Shri Dharambir Singh regarding dilapidated condition of Coal Mines in West Bengal and Jharkhand and other related issues. (v) Report on the Action Taken by the Government on the recommendations of the Committee on Petitions (Seventeenth Lok Sabha) made in their Seventeenth Report on the representation of Shri Yogesh Sarda alleging consideration of ineligible bidder, i.e., M/s. Mehta Tubes Limited by the Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Limited by awarding of contract(s) and Tender(s) for procurement of Cu-Ni Pipes and Copper Pipes of Project P15B and other important issues related therewith. (vi) Report on the Action Taken by the Government on the recommendations of the Committee on Petitions (Seventeenth Lok Sabha) made in their Nineteenth Report on the representation of Shri Swapan Das & others of Rourkela Steel Plant Widows' Association regarding welfare of legal heirs of deceased workers of Rourkela Steel Plant (RSP). 02:10 hours 06-MPs 11 05/04/2022 15:00 17:00 02:00 Dwivedi, Shri Harish;Antony, Shri Anto;Beniwal, Shri Hanuman;Ravindhranath, Shri P.;Sawant, Shri Arvind Ganpat;Singh, Shri Brijendra;Singh, Shri Sushil Kumar;Vasava, Shri Prabhubhai Nagarbhai; i Oral evidence of the representatives of the Ministry of Finance Department of Expenditure and the Ministry of Education Department of School Education and Literacy on the representations of S Shri Yogendra Sharma Rahul Singh Yogendra Bhakta S Kannan and Mrs K Manjula forwarded by Members of Parliament requesting to cover the employees of Navodaya Vidyalaya Samiti Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya erstwhile Model School who joined their services before 1 January 2004 under the Central Civil Services Pension Rules 1972 ii Briefing by the representatives of the Ministry of Cooperation on the representations dated 17 January 2022 and 3 March 2022 of Shri Kailash Gorakh Patil Chairman of Chopda Taluka Shetkari Sahakari Soot Girni Maryadit District Jalgaon Maharashtra inter alia regarding release of additional Working Capital of Rs 10 crore from the National Cooperative Development Corporation NCDC and completion of Inspection etc iii Further briefing by the representatives of the Ministry of Finance Department of Economic Affairs and the Chairman Securities and Exchange Board of India SEBI on the progress made till date in refunding the money to investors of the Pulse Agro Corporation Limited PACL raised by Shri Gourav Kumar Soni in his representation dated 18 January 2021 iv Status of examination scrutiny of representations letters etc received from various Individuals Associations etc from last week of October 2021 onwards   12 19/05/2022 11:00 13:00 02:00 Dwivedi, Shri Harish;Beniwal, Shri Hanuman;Majumdar, Dr. Sukanta;Sawant, Shri Arvind Ganpat;Singh, Shri Brijendra;Singh, Shri Sushil Kumar;Tiwari, Shri Manoj Kumar;Vasava, Shri Prabhubhai Nagarbhai;Vichare, Shri Rajan Baburao; 1. Oral evidence of the representatives of the Ministry of Rural Development (Department of Rural Development) on the representation of Shri Bhawar Singh requesting to grant benefits under Pradhan Mantri Awaas Yojana-Gramin (PMAY-G) and other issues related therewith. 2. Briefing on the representation of Shri Rajkumar Ora alleging M/s. Mangalam Cement Limited, located at Village-Morak, Tehsil-Ramganj Mandi, District-Kota (Rajasthan) regarding blatant violation of environment and other laws thereby putting the lives of local population in peril, by the officials/representatives of the following Department(s):- (i) Department of Mines, Govt. of Rajasthan; and (ii) Department of Environment, Govt. of Rajasthan. 3. To hear the views of Shri A.V. Jalan, Co-Chairperson, M/s. Mangalam Cement Limited in the light of comments furnished vide Letter No. MCL/Mines/550 dated 9 July, 2021 in response to the representation of Shri Rajkumar Ora alleging M/s. Mangalam Cement Limited, located at Village-Morak, Tehsil-Ramganj Mandi, District-Kota (Rajasthan) regarding blatant violation of environment and other laws thereby putting lives of local population in peril. 4. Consideration and adoption of the following draft Reports:- (i) Report on the representations of S/Shri Yogendra Sharma, Rahul Singh, Yogendra Bhakta, S. Kannan and Smt K. Manjula and other individuals/Associations, etc., forwarded by Members of Parliament requesting to cover the employees of Navodaya Vidyalaya Samiti/Jahawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya (erstwhile Model Schools) who joined their services before 1.1.2004 under the Central Civil Services (Pension) Rules, 1972; and (ii) Action Taken Report on the Action Taken by the Government on the recommendations of the Committee on Petitions (17th Lok Sabha) made in their Fifteenth Report on the representation of Shri Manohar Singh and others regarding introducing reforms in Journalism in the country and other important issues related therewith. 5. Status of examination/scrutiny of representations, letters, etc., received from various Individuals, Associations, etc., from fourth week of March, 2022 onwards. 02: 00 hours 09 MPs