Sudip Bandyopadhyay makes an intervention about the removal of subsidy on LPG cylinders

Sudip Bandyopadhyay makes an intervention about the removal of subsidy on LPG cylinders

Posted on August 1, 2017 | by aitc | Leave a Comment

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Madam, the prices of subsidised cooking gas cylinders will be increased by Rs 4 every month and all subsidies will be eliminated by March, 2018.

Madam, since May, 2017, oil companies have raised gas rates twice, the highest being Rs 32 per cylinder, which is the highest in the last six years. Already the impact of GST has caused a price hike.

It is to be noted that there are 18.11 crore people consuming subsidised LPGs and out of which 2.5 crore are poor women who are given free gas connections under the Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana. With the gradual abolition of subsidy, what will be their fate? The ever-increasing prices of essentials are causing difficulties to the common people of the country.

We protest against this initiative of the Government which is anti-people, and therefore, should be immediately withdrawn. We are making this appeal before the House.

Ratna De Nag asks a Question on assistance for setting up of dairies

Posted on August 1, 2017 | by admin2 | Leave a Comment

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Thank you very much Madam for giving me the opportunity to ask this Supplementary Question. Through you I would like to ask the Hon Minister what efforts are being made to introduce state-of the-art of technology in the processing, storage and distribution of milk products. If yes, how has it impacted the dairy sector.

Idris Ali makes Zero Hour mention about developmental work which need to be taken up in his constituency, Basirhat

Posted on July 28, 2017 | by admin2 | Leave a Comment

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Madam, I am going to make three points before you. In my constituency, Basirhat, there are no Central schools. I have given prayers several times but till today the Government has not taken any action.

Secondly, my area is a border area (adjacent to the Bangladesh border), and within the jurisdiction of the Central Government, the roads are in a very dilapidated condition, toh woh raaste koh bhi maramat karna chaihiye.

(interruptions)

From floods to mob lynchings and GST on sanitary napkins, Trinamool MPs raise several issues in Parliament

Posted on July 27, 2017 | by aitc | Leave a Comment

Today, Trinamool Congress raised several issues of national importance in Parliament.

The grave flood situation in Bengal was raised by Sudip Bandyopadhyay and Saugata Roy in the Lok Sabha and by Dola Sen in the Rajya Sabha.

Click here for the full transcript of Sudip Bandyopadhyay’s speech

Click here for the full transcript of Saugata Roy’s speech

Sudip Bandyopadhyay demanded a discussion on the issue of mob lynchings in the Lok Sabha.

Click here for the full transcript of Sudip Bandyopadhyay’s speech

Pratima Mandal highlighted the woes of women from economically weaker section due to the application of GST on sanitary napkins.

Click here for the full transcript of Pratima Mandal’s speech

Sugata Bose demanded an updated statement from the External Affairs Minister on the situation in Mosul.

Click here for the full transcript of Sugata Bose’s speech

He also asked a question regarding the development of ports in eastern India.

Click here for the full transcript of Sugata Bose’s speech

Dola Sen spoke on the flood-like situation in several States during a Calling Attention Motion in the Rajya Sabha.

Click here for the full transcript of Dola Sen’s speech

Before the business of the day began, the Rajya Sabha MPs of Trinamool Congress, along with the MPs of Indian National Congress and the DMK held a protest against NEET examination inside Parliament complex.

Sugata Bose asks a Question on the expansion and modernisation of major ports in eastern India

Posted on July 27, 2017 | by admin2 | Leave a Comment

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Madam, the Minister has said in his reply that expansion and modernisation of major ports in the country is an ongoing process to keep the ports abreast with new technologies and also to meet state traffic requirements.

In Bengal, the eastern State corridor being built by the Railways will stop in Dankuni and we have a deep-sea port in Haldia. We need better passenger ferry and water-based goods transport to connect Dankuni with Haldia, the deep-sea port.

We have to think ambitiously. We can consider a Kolkata super-port which will include the neighboring regions of 24 Parganas – North and South – Howrah and Medinipur.

If such a proposal comes from the Bengal Government, will the Shipping Minister respond positively to rejuvenate that region of eastern India?

Thank you.

Ratna De Nag speaks on The Indian Institutes of Information Technology (Amendment) Bill, 2017

Posted on July 26, 2017 | by admin2 | Leave a Comment

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Thank you, Sir, for giving me the opportunity. I think The Indian Institutes of Information Technology (Amendment) Bill, 2017 is primarily brought before the House to amend the Act of 2014 by way of declaring the Indian Institute of Technology, Manufacturing and Design in Kurnool (Andhra Pradesh) as an Institute of National Importance. I welcome this prima facie.

I will request to the Hon Minister to set up an Indian Institute of Technology, Manufacturing and Design in West Bengal in my Parliamentary Constituency which includes Singur. I know it is a very difficult task but I hope the Hon Minister would give serious thought to my request.

Declaring an existing institute as an institute of national importance is welcome but it should be done with the noble vision of spreading knowledge and information to all parts of the country and to be vested with the best of infrastructure like laboratories, trusts, paraphernalia, faculty with PhD. If possible, bring faculty from foreign and best universities. Only then declaring these existing universities and institutes as institutes of national importance will serve the purpose.

With these words I conclude. I welcome this Bill. Thank you.

Saugata Roy speaks on The Indian Institutes of Information Technology (Amendment) Bill, 2017

Posted on July 26, 2017 | by admin2 | Leave a Comment

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Sir, I rise to speak on the Indian Institutes of Information Technology (Amendment) Bill, 2017. I would have been very happy to speak in support of the Bill if the House had been in order. Unfortunately the House is not in order since six members have been suspended. We have appealed for the withdrawal of their suspension; it has fallen on deaf ears. And today we saw another case of injustice: for the same offense that (Bhagwant) Mann was suspended for two sessions, one ruling party member has been let off with a warning. Sir, I have said that there should be justice whether in the case of the Mann or the case of ruling party members.

As far as the Bill is concerned, there is nothing to take exception to. A new Indian Institute of Information Technology is being set up at Kurnool in Andhra Pradesh. Actually it was there already and it was called Indian Institute of Technology, Manufacturing and Design. But now the name is being changed and it is being subsumed as the Indian Institute of Information Technology, in addition to the four Government funded IIITs that are already there. So, the Minister is coming up with a bigger Bill on this issue.

All I want to say is that IT education is in a bad shape in the country. New engineering colleges, claiming to impart IT education, are coming up. They have three or four computers and they say they have a course in IT. Students passing out from there have no idea of hardware. They learn a little bit of software.

So, a national course or curriculum for all information technology courses all over the country should be enunciated so that there is standardisation of information technology education in the country and students are not taken for a ride.

Information technology in our country consists of software. Software is mainly making programmes. But, hardly we are manufacturing any hardware in this country. The chips, the circuits, the large scale integrated circuits are not being manufactured. We must give emphasis to hardware manufacturing and hardware development in this country.

The other issue is about the information technology companies like Wipro, Infosys and TCS; they are normally doing body-shopping. They are taking fresh engineering graduates. They are sometimes paying them for third year. They do not take IT graduates; they are taking students from any engineering course, they are training them in their softwares and asking them to design programmes.

We want these companies to employ the properly educated IT students who have had experience in both softwares and hardwares. With that I say that we have no objection to IIIT at Kurnool; we are happy Andhra will have an IIIT. I hope there is an IIIT at Kalyani.

With that Sir, I again repeat my appeal; please withdraw the suspension of the six MPs and also met out equal justice to Mr Mann and the member of the ruling party who has violated the rules.

Thank you.

Dinesh Trivedi’s Question in Lok Sabha on the minority status of Jews

Posted on July 26, 2017 | by admin2 | Leave a Comment

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Our Hon Prime Minister had a historic visit recently to Israel, which not only India, but the world at large saw on television, the warmth with which the Israeli people have received him.

I also had the honour of leading a delegation of MPs to Israel and I can tell you that the people there love Indians very much. Having said that, the statement of the Minister has said that they have received a request from the various Jewish federations for a special status.

My question is, what is the progress? This is the great opportunity to give something for the declining population of Jews, to show them that India also equally loves them, which our Prime Minister definitely also showed.

Thank you, Madam.

Saugata Roy speaks on the issue of suspension of Congress MPs

Posted on July 25, 2017 | by aitc | Leave a Comment

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Today is a very important day in the country. The new President has taken oath. Your kindness is on test here. Mallikarjun Kharge has already said that you are a kind-hearted lady and it is your intention to run the House properly.

Nobody says that throwing papers at the Speaker is very approvable. You have taken action as per Rule 374 (A); there is a provision in this rule which mandates that even after MPs have been named and suspended for five days, the decision can be withdrawn at any time.

I appeal to you and request you to please reconsider your decision. These young people may have been carried away by emotion and done something. The House is with you, we want you to run the House.

I will also request Mr Ananth Kumar to come forward and move the Motion for revoking the suspension. We are celebrating the swearing-in of a new President; we must show that we are broad-hearted and have the power to accommodate, so that the House can henceforth run peacefully.

Saugata Roy opposes the introduction of The Banking Regulation (Amendment) Bill, 2017

Posted on July 24, 2017 | by aitc | Leave a Comment

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Madam, under rule 72(1), I oppose the introduction of The Banking Regulation (Amendment) Ordinance, 2017. This is a desperate step by a desperate Government. When the banks have reached stressed assets of Rs 9.64 lakh crore, the RBI is being giving the power to refer matters relating to stressed assets to the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board.

Earlier also, the RBI had the power to regulate banks but they have totally failed in their action. And it is the same RBI, which did demonetisation and till now has been not able to count the old notes that were deposited with them.

By giving this power to RBI, we detract from its regulatory powers and macroeconomic responsibilities and involve the RBI in microeconomic matters; this will render the management of bank useless, without any work.

That is why we have also opposed the Ordinance because there is no urgency on this matter. NPAs have been rising in this country for a long time. So I want this Bill to be referred to the Standing Committee of Finance.