SPECIAL MENTIONS The following matters of Public Importance were raised/laid on the Table with the permission of the Chair during the Session: 1. 2-12- Shrimati Chandra Kala Pandey 2. -do- Shri Ravula Chandra Sekar Reddy 3. -do- Shri Moolchand Meena 4. -do- Shrimati Prema Cariappa 5. -do- Shrimati N.P. Durga 6. -do- Shrimati Jamana Devi Barupal Demand for Central legislation to ban commercialisation of education. Need for drought relief for Andhra Pradesh. Need for central funds for drinking water facilities in Rajasthan. Demand for services of gynaecologists and lady medical officers in primary health centers of rural and tribal areas of Need to renew Insurance policies for farmers of Andhra Pradesh who have failed to pay premia due to drought. Need for review of the decision to ban stone quarrying at Kaliberi in Jodhpur, Rajasthan. 0-04 7. 2-12- Shri Abu Asim Azmi 8. -do- Shri P.G. Narayanan Concern over the finding of explosives in the imported scrap at Ghaziabad and other parts of Need for securing the release of fishermen of Tamil Nadu and their boats from Sri Lankan authorities. 9. -do- Shri Nabam Rebia Demand for East West Highway in Arunachal Pradesh. 10. -do- Shrimati Jaya Bachchan Concern over non telecast of documentary film on Lok Nayak Jai Prakash Narayan
11. 3-12- Shri N.K. Premachandran by Doordarshan. Request for setting up a Wage Board to revise the wages of media persons in 12. -do- Shri C. Perumal Demand for interlinking of rivers of 13. -do- Shri Rajkumar Dhoot Concern over loss of lives on National Highways. 14. -do- Shri R. Kamaraj Need to take suitable policy measures for enhancing export potential of medicinal plants. 15. -do- Prof. M.M. Agarwal Need to take steps to check the spread of Japanese encephalitis disease in various parts of 16. 3-12- Shrimati Savita Sharda 17. -do- Shri V. Narayanasamy 18. -do- Shri Manoj Bhattacharya Increase in the minimum support price of cotton in Gujarat. Need to exploit ocean resources in Demand for intervention by the government for retirement benefits to the Indians employed in the USA. 19. -do- Shri Kalraj Mishra Concern over Naxalites menace in some parts of Uttar Pradesh. 20. -do- Prof. Saif-ud-Din Soz 21. -do- Shrimati Vanga Geetha 22. -do- Shri Santosh Bagrodia 23. -do- Dr. T. Subbarami Reddy Need for providing telephone facility at Machil in Kupwara district of J&K. Demand to include whole Andhra Pradesh in the National Food for Work Programme. Need for initiating steps to bring back the prisoners of war from Pakistani Jails. Need for central assistance of Rs. 144 crore to the sugar factories in Andhra Pradesh.
24. 6-12- 25. 6-12- Shri B.K. Hariprasad Shri Abu Asim Azmi 26. -do- Shri N.K. Premachandran 27. -do- Shri S.S. Chandran 28. -do- Shrimati N.P. Durga 29. -do- Shrimati Kum Kum Rai 30. 7-12- 31. -do- Shri Sharad Anantrao Joshi Need to re-launch scheme for economic development and rehabilitation of scavengers in Need to inquire into alleged inclusion of Bangladeshis in the Voters List of the Demand for enquiry into Karipur Airport incident in Kerala. Demand to clear projects and provide more funds to Tamil Nadu. Need for providing better equipment and clothing to soldiers posted at Siachen and Kargil frontiers. Demand for a regulator for electronic media to regulate nude, vulgar and obscene advertisements responsible for crimes including rape of girl child. Shri Vijay J. Darda Need to mobilize international support to get permanent seat in the United Nations Security Council. Concern over Naxalites menace in various parts of 32. -do- Shri Sanjay Raut Low cost airline by Air India. 33. -do- Shri R. S. Gavai Need for amendment in the Citizenship Act, 1955 in favour of Bangladeshi refugees. 34. 7-12- Shri K. Rama Mohana Rao 35. -do- Shri Lekhraj Bachani Need for strict norms for Sports Utility Vehicles in the Need to tap coal Mines in the Rann of Kutch and bordering districts of Banas Kantha and
36. -do- Shri Manoj Bhattacharya Patan in Gujarat. Fall of L.I.C market share and the corrective steps to contain the negative trend. 37. -do- Prof. M.M. Agarwal Need for providing basic health facilities in rural areas of 38. -do- Shri R. Kamaraj Need for change in day and timing of Madurai- Nizamuddin Sampark Kranti Express. 39. -do- Shri Jayantilal Barot 40. -do- Shri Karnendu Bhattacharjee 41. -do- Shri Santosh Bagrodia Effect of pollution norms on the brick manufacturers in Gujarat and other parts of Need to introduce Sky Bus Metro project in Demand for the development of Railways in Rajasthan. 42. 7-12- Dr. Narayan Singh Manaklao 43. -do- Prof. Saif-ud-Din Soz 44. -do- Shri V. Narayanasamy 45. -do- Shri E.M. Sudarsana Natchiappan 46. -do- Shrimati Prema Cariappa 47. -do- Shrimati Vanga Geetha Need to take up the issue of cable TV regulation and define the role of broadcasters and distributors. Demand for J&K State s share in the jobs available in Railways. Need to bring amendments in the Delimitation Act to protect the interest of smaller States. Need for a tribal welfare package. Demand to make roof top rain water harvesting compulsory in the country to tackle shortage of potable water. Need to stop discrimination against girl childbirths.
48. -do- Shri Janardhana Poojary 49. 10-12- Shrimati Sarla Maheshwari 50. -do- Shri Lalitbhai Mehta 51. 10-12- Need for establishment of Petro Chemical complex and special economic zone at Mangalore. Demand for a Law for Universal Employment Guarantee. Imperative need for the protection of environment and cultural heritage of the Shri Matilal Sarkar Request for completion of Border fencing in Tripura. 52. -do- Shri Nandi Yellaiah Need for early sanction of irrigation projects for Andhra Pradesh. 53. -do- Shrimati Hema Malini 54. -do- Shrimati Syeda Anwara Taimur 55. -do- Shrimati Mohsina Kidwai Need for clearance of Coastal Zone Management Plan (CZMP) for Mumbai and Navi Mumbai. Concern over non-availability of specialist medical services in North- Eastern States. Demand for probe into custodial deaths of tribals and dalits in Chhattisgarh. 56. -do- Dr. Chandan Mitra Demand for early decision on the country's Vetoless membership of the UN Security Council. 57. -do- Dr. (Shrimati) Najma A. Heptulla 58. -do- Shrimati Jaya Bachchan 59. -do- Shri Rama Muni Reddy Sirigireddy Concern over the handloom weavers who are in deep distress in Demand for equal educational facilities for Spastic children in the Need to take immediate steps to stop dumping of E- waste in the country by Great Britain. 60. 10-12- Shri V. Concern over the critical
Hanumantha Rao condition of thousands of children with heart problem who are in need of heart operation in Andhra Pradesh. 61. -do- Shri Kripal Parmar Demand to make it mandatory to print pesticide contents on cold drink bottles manufactured by MNCs and others in 62. -do- Dr. T. Subbarami Reddy 63. -do- Shri Sudarshan Akarapu Need for retaining original plan of Rs. 190.00 crores under PMGSY for Andhra Pradesh. Need to conduct a survey for laying of a new railway line between Khammam and Nalgonda via Suryapeta in Andhra Pradesh. 64. -do- Prof. R.B.S. Varma Need for FM Radio broadcast facility at Kannauj and other nearby districts in Uttar Pradesh. 65. -do- Ms. Pramila Bohidhar Implementation of Crop Insurance Scheme in Orissa. 66. -do- Shri C. Perumal Need for conversion of State Highway into National Highway in Tamil Nadu. 67. -do- Shri Manoj Bhattacharya 68. 10-12- Shri Dara Singh Chauhan 69. -do- Shri Pyarelal Khandelwal Concern over hire and fire policy in the passport offices in Concern over the adulteration in food products particularly sugar in the Demand to restore power supply to Madhya Pradesh. 70. -do- Shri Datta Meghe Demand for special package for producers of cotton in 71. -do- Shri Ram Nath Kovind 72. -do- Shrimati Bimba Raikar Concern over atrocities on Dalits in Bihar. Demand to ban TV serials having bad influence on 0-05
73. -do- Prof. Saif-ud-Din Soz 74. 13-12- 75. -do- Shri Santosh Bagrodia Indian families. Need to shift Doordarshan s Kashmiri Channel to Srinagar. Shri Sanjay Raut Concern over terror by migratory wild elephants in the Sindhudurg District of Maharashtra. Need for clearance of National Highways projects in Rajasthan. 76. -do- Shri Kalraj Mishra Concern over depleting water level in the country particularly in Uttar Pradesh. 77. 13-12- Shri B.K. Hariprasad 78. -do- Shri S.S. Chandran 79. -do- Shri Ramadhar Kashyap 80. -do- Ms. Promila Bohidar 81. -do- Shri Rajeev Shukla 82. -do- Shrimati N.P. Durga 83. -do- Shri P.K. Maheshwari Demand for package for slum development in Bangalore urban areas. Demand for allocation of more funds for railway projects in Tamil Nadu. Concern over activities of coal mafia in Chhattishgarh. Demand for implementation of National Food for Work Programme throughout the Need to set up a National Sports Commission in the Need to augment gas supply to independent power projects and new power plants in Andhra Pradesh. Need for pre-emptive measures to avoid Kargil-like situation in future. 84. -do- Shri B.J. Panda Demand to stop trading of human kidney in 85. -do- Shrimati Prema Cariappa Demand to provide medical facilities to women workers of sericulture sector in
86. 13-12- 87. -do- Shrimati Jamana Devi Barupal 88. 14-12- Karnataka and other silk producing States in the Shri T.S. Bajwa Demand for relief to the refugee families of 1947 of POK. Dr. Alladi P. Rajkumar Need to include Yoga education in the school curriculum. Demand for humane approach towards AIDS patients in 89. -do- Shri Harish Rawat Need for speedy trial of the incident at Rampur tiraha, Muzaffarnagar in the C.B.I. Dehradun Court. 90. -do- Shri Birabhadra Singh 91. -do- Dr. T. Subbarami Reddy 92. -do- Shri K. Rama Mohana Rao 93. -do- Shri N.K. Premachandran Need to lift the ban on sawmills operating within 10 km. radius of forest land in the Need for approval of SGSY Special Project to cover 3,500 acres of dry land in Andhra Pradesh. Demand for mandatory certification for medical equipment from Electronic Regional Testing Laboratory. Demand for revision of wages/pay scales in HMT. 94. -do- Prof. M.M. Agarwal Need to provide telephone facilities in the rural areas of 95. 14-12- Shri Datta Meghe Need to discontinue the practice of collecting supercharge from railway pass holders travelling from Nagpur to Akola in Maharashtra. 96. -do- Shrimati Hema Malini Concern over death of children due to malnutrition and under nutrition in Tribal areas of Maharashtra.
97. -do- Dr. Prabha Thakur Need to take steps to prevent bad effect of pesticide presence in the foodgrains and vegetables in the 98. -do- Dr. Radhakant Nayak 99. -do- Shrimati Bimba Raikar 100. -do- Shri Lekhraj Bachani 101. -do- Shri Pyarelal Khandelwal Demand for the rights of Tribals in forests and mines in the country particularly in Orissa. Concern over the problems caused to passengers by officials of Air India at New York. Need to get Gujarati fishermen released from Pakistani Jails. Concern over the non release of funds for the implementation of Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojna in Madhya Pradesh. 102. 15-12- 103. 15-12- Shrimati Maheshwari Sarla Demand for pensionary and other benefits for the employees of Regional Rural Banks. Shri Matilal Sarkar Need for upgradation of the pineapple processing units in Tripura. 104. -do- Prof. R.B.S. Varma Concern over the shortage of LPG supply to the consumers in 105. -do- Shri Abu Asim Azmi Demand for a local rail line for Bhivandi in Maharashtra. 106. -do- Prof. Saif-ud-Din Soz 107. -do- Shrimati Syeda Anwara Taimur 108. -do- Shri Rama Muni Reddy Sirigireddy Demand for connecting the hinterland of Kashmir by air services. Concern over beggars menace in Demand for withdrawal of central excise duty exemptions given on unbranded Beedies made in
109. -do- Shri Thanga Tamil Selvan Demand for harnessing the west-flowing river waters for use in the dry regions of Tamil Nadu. 110. -do- Shri Nandi Yellaiah Demand for release of Krishna river water to the fluoride affected Nalgonda district of Andhra Pradesh. 111.. 15-12- Dr. P.C. Alexander Need for an early environmental clearance to the Sea Link Project connecting Worli and Nariman Point in Mumbai. 112. -do- Shri Motilal Vora Need for conferring central university status on Dr. Harisingh Gaur Viswavidayala in Madhya Pradesh. 113. -do- Shri M.P. Abdussamad Samadani 114. -do- Shrimati Mohsina Kidwai 115. 20-12- Shri S.S. Ahluwalia 116. -do- Shri P.K. Maheshwari Need for ban on serving liquor in Air India flights. Concern over the inhuman practice of female infanticide in Concern over the ban imposed on religious freedom of Sikhs in France. Shri Ghulam Nabi Azad, Minister of Parliamentary Affairs and Minister of Urban Development responded. Concern over the implementation of mid-day meal scheme. 117. -do- Shri Matilal Sarkar Demand for a High Court at Agartala, Tripura. 118. -do- Shri B.J. Panda Demand for the development of Tourism in 119. 20-12- Shri N.K. Premachandran Concern over the violation of labour laws. 120. -do- ShriSanjay Raut Need for providing financial assistance to the Solapur University, Maharashtra.
121. -do- Shri R.S. Gavai Need for release of postage stamp in honour of Dr. Bhandant Anand Koshyan. 122. -do- Shrimati Kum Kum Rai 123. -do- Shrimati Jaya Bachchan 124. -do- Shri Lalhming Liana 125. -do- Shrimati S.G. Indira 126. -do- Shri E.M. Sudarsana Natchiappan 127. -do- Shri Dwijendra Nath Sharmah 128. 20-12- Dr. Narayan Singh Manaklao 129. -do- Shri Lekhraj Bachani Concern over increasing incidents of cyber crimes in the country Concern over Nurses being sent abroad for employment. Demand for early completion of Tuirial Hydro Electric Project in Mizoram. Concern over arbitrary cancellation of appointments of Principals of Central Schools in Need for enactment of suitable legislation to regulate National Rural Banks in Demand for construction of a bridge over the Brahamaputra to link North Guwahati with Guwahati city. Demand to encourage export of Marvari breed horses from Need for methane farming as an alternate solution to overcome scarcity of oil in 130. -do- Shri C. Perumal Need for early completion of Jolarpettai-Hosur and Jolarpettai-Pondicherry rail lines. 131. -do- Shri Lalit Suri Demand for central assistance to solve the acute shortage of electricity in Uttar Pradesh. 132. -do- Shrimati Vanga Geetha Demand for financial assistance for the poor to get cancer treatment in the
133. -do- Shri Suresh Bhardwaj 134. -do- Dr. Chhattrapal Singh Lodha Demand for conversion of railway track from Kalka to Parwanoo in Himanchal Pradesh. Concern over misleading and false propagation by Tantriks in 135. -do- Shri S. Anbalagan Need for creation of new railway division at Salem in Tamil Nadu. 136. -do- Shrimati Prema Cariappa 137. 20-12- Shri T.T.V. Dhinakaran 138. -do- Prof. Saif-ud-Din Soz 139. -do- Shrimati Jamana Devi Barupal 140. -do- Shri Karnendu Bhattacharjee 141. -do- Shri Anand Sharma 142. -do- Dr. T. Subbarami Reddy 143. -do- Shrimati N.P. Durga Demand to save the silk industry from the dumping of silk by China in Need to regulate the maximum retail price to safeguard the interest of consumers in Need for an early passage of the Lok Pal Bill. Demand for giving protection to cottage industries of Bhiwadi in Rajasthan. Need for an industrial policy for North Eastern Region of Concern over unchecked spread of Hepatitis C virus in Need to provide high bandwidth internet connectivity to rural citizens of Andhra Pradesh. Demand for a law to permit mercy killing or euthanasia to allow dying persons to donate the parts of their bodies. 144. -do- Shri Kalraj Mishra Concern over shortage of Ammonia phosphate (DAP) in 145. -do- Shri B.K. Hariprasad Concern over arrears of cases pending in various
146. 20-12- 147. -do- Dr. Alladi P. Rajkumar 148. 22-12- courts of Shri Motilal Vora Demand to provide Swatantrata Samman Nidhi to freedom fighters. Shri Penumalli Madhu Concern over no breakthrough in the theft of Noble Prize of Late Rabindra Nath Tagore. Concern over crisis in handloom industry. 149. -do- Shri Harish Rawat Need for providing canteen facilities to the Exservicemen of Assam Rifles. 150. -do- Shrimati Chandra Kala Pandey 151. -do- Shri K. Rama Mohana Rao 152. -do- Shri Laxminarayan Sharma 153. -do- Shri S.P.M. Syed Khan 154. 22-12- Ms. Pramila Bohidar Need for reforms in the management of Baba Saheb Ambedkar University at Lucknow in Uttar Pradesh. Need to bring Gannavaram Telephone Exchange under Vijayawada Digital Exchange in Andhra Pradesh. Need for allocation of more funds for Talent Improvement Scheme for ST students in Madhya Pradesh. Need for introduction of South Indian Languages under Three Language formula in North India to strengthen National Integration. Need for granting Central University status to Sambalpur University in Orissa. 155. -do- Prof. M.M. Agarwal Need to control obscenity in the Hindi movies and increasing cyber crimes in 156. -do- Shrimati Syeda Anwara Taimur Demand for taking urgent measures for protecting environment in 157. -do- Shri Thanga Tamil Need to revive the Hindustan
Selvan 158. -do- Shri Abu Asim Azmi 159. -do- Shri V. Narayanasamy 160. -do- Shri Ekanath K. Thakur Photo Films at Ooty in Tamil Nadu. Demand for amendment in the IT Act to prevent misuse of technology. Demand to expedite investigation in Shri Rajiv Gandhi assassination case by the CBI. Concern over the plight of the Small Scale Industries in 161. -do- Shri Kripal Parmar Need to enact a legislation to curb the investment by the under world in 162. -do- Shri Santosh Bagrodia 163. 22-12- Prof. R.B.S. Varma 164. -do- Shri Manoj Bhattacharya 165. -do- Shri N.R. Govindrajar Need for irrigation infrastructure development in Rajasthan. Demand for connecting the Delhi Metro rail with the bordering cities of Uttar Pradesh. Concern over the misuse of DTH services by foreign companies. Concern over the pathetic conditions of some railway stations of Southern Railways. 166. -do- Shri Dara Singh Need to control population in 167. -do- Shri Nand Kishore Yadav 168. -do- Shrimati Savita Sharda 169. -do- Dr. Alladi P. Rajkumar Need to bear the entire cost of Mid-day Meal in Uttar Pradesh by the Central Government. Need for full-fledged aviation facilities at the Surat Airport in Gujarat. Demand to protect and preserve the national monuments and heritage. 170. -do- Shrimati S.G. Concern over the plight of
171. -do- Shrimati N.P. Durga 172. 22-12- & 173. 23-12- Indira non-hindi speaking candidates appearing for Staff Selection Commission Examinations. Shri Rama Muni Reddy Sirigireddy Shri P.K. Maheshwari Need to complete circular train project in Southern India in time bound manner. Need to have one Ministry for all agriculture related subjects. Need to solve the problems of the security personnels of the Forces. 174. -do- Shri Matilal Sarkar Demand for assistance on account of floods in Tripura. 175. -do- Shri Sanjay Raut Need to implement Open Sky Policy on civil aviation in the interest of Air India and Indian Airlines. 176. -do- Shri R.S. Gavai Need for exploring the possibilities of reducing travel time between Mumbai and Pune in Maharashtra. 177. -do- Shri Suresh Bhardwaj 178. -do- Shri Laxminarayan Sharma 179. -do- Dr. Narayan Singh Manaklao 180. 23-12- Shri Kripal Parmar Need to enact a legislation on Small Enterprises Development in Demand to provide secondary freight and new rack points for controlled fertilizers. Demand for inclusion of Rajasthani in the Eight Scheduled of the Constitution of India. Concern over the insult of National flag by the Indian cricketers in Bangladesh tour. 181. -do- Dr. K. Malaisamy Concern over the delay in completion of Sethu Samudram Project. 182. -do- Prof. Saif-ud-Din Soz Demand for rejuvenation of Telephone services in
183. -do- Shrimati Sarla Maheshwari Kashmir valley. Demand for request to change Acharya Ramchandra Shukla Sahitiya Shodh Sansthan at Banaras into a Museum of Literature by Central Government. 184. -do- Shri C. Perumal Need for inclusion of Krishnagiri and Dharmapuri districts under Rashtriya Sama Vikas and National Food for Work Scheme. 185. -do- Dr. Prabha Thakur Need to ban crime-based serials being telecast by Television channels in the 186. -do- Shri Janardhana Poojary 187. 23-12- Shri Moolchand Meena 188. -do- Shrimati Hema Malini Demand to amend article 371 of the Constitution to enable Karnataka to provide regional reservations in the State. Demand for restoration of reservation in employment and educational institutions for Scheduled Tribes in Delhi. Demand for promotion of tourism infrastructure in the 189. -do- Shri R. Kamaraj Need for special package for providing infrastructural facilities to attract IT companies in Chennai. 190. -do- Shri Datta Meghe Concern over adverse impact of monetary and credit policy of RBI on Cooperative Banks. Total: 6-18 & Special Mentions from Sl. No. 173 to 190 were laid on the Table of the House.