Trinamool spoke up for the people in Parliament, be it the interest rate cut for small savings or the GST Bill

Trinamool spoke up for the people in Parliament, be it the interest rate cut for small savings or the GST Bill

Posted on April 8, 2017 | by aitc | Leave a Comment

This was an eventful week for Trinamool Congress. On April 5, Trinamool MPs protested outside Parliament against the cut in interest rates for small savings schemes, which has affected a lot of people in the country. Trinamool Congress put forth its views on this issue in the two Houses of Parliament too. The party also moved two Amendments on the GST Bill.

LOK SABHA

April 5, 2017

Bills
Saugata Roy spoke on the issue of interest rate cut for small savings schemes.
Saugata Roy spoke on The Footwear Design and Development Institute Bill, 2017.

April 6, 2017

Bills
Kalyan Banerjee spoke on The Taxation Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2017.

Question Hour
Kalyan Banerjee asked a Supplementary Question on tidal wave energy.

April 7, 2017

Bills
Arpita Ghosh spoke on The Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Bill, 2016.
Ratna De Nag spoke on The Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Bill, 2016.

Question Hour
Arpita Ghosh asked a Supplementary Question on remuneration for Anganwadi workers.
Ratna De Nag asked a Supplementary Question on miscarriages.

RAJYA SABHA

April 5, 2017

Bills
Derek O’Brien spoke on the GST Bill.

April 6, 2017

Bills
Nadimul Haque spoke on the interest rate cut for small savings schemes.
Sukhendu Sekhar Roy spoke on the GST Bill.
Derek O’Brien moved Amendments on the GST Bill.

Special Mention
Ahamed Hassan made a Special Mention on the World Bank’s appreciation of the panchayat system of Bengal.

April 7, 2017

Zero Hour
Vivek Gupta made a Zero Hour mention on the delay in the delivery of passports.
Ahamed Hassan made a Zero Hour mention seeking the Centre’s help in combating wheat blast disease in Bengal.

Question Hour
Sukhendu Sekhar Roy asked a Supplementary Question on the speed limits trains passing through the elephant corridors in north Bengal need to maintain.
Manish Gupta asked a Supplementary Question on the dignity of the railway system getting affected by random advertisements.

Thus it was an eventful week for the party in both the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha.

Ratna De Nag speaks on The Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Bill, 2016

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In India, according to the National Crime Records Bureau, 2015, more than 1 lakh people were killed and in 2014, 1 lakh people were injured in road traffic crashes. Government reports indicated a loss of 3% of GDP from 1999-2000 due to road mishaps. It was reported that the total number of road accidents in 2015 were more than 5 lakh, which is 2.5 per cent more than 2014. The National Highways accounted for 29 per cent road accidents in 2015, compared to 29.9% in 2014. The State (West Bengal) registered for 28 per cent deaths last year, and 54.1 per cent of all persons killed in road accidents from the 15-30 years age group during the year 2015. Road transport plays a vital role in the economy of the country. To address the issues faced by the transport sector, the Motor Vehicles Bill, 2016, was introduced in Lok Sabha on August 9, 2016 by the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways. These new laws intend to have the number, the dates and the injuries due to due to road accidents by 2020.

The Bill has many good provisions. I would like to mention all the good things. There is cashless treatment for road accident victims, inclusion of goods return guidelines,,empowering the Central Government to recall vehicles, electronic monitoring, national registry for licenses, national registry for license registration, national transportation policy for compensation and insurance, the higher penalties for road-traffic violations.

But, Sir, there are some points which I want to raise. The Bill lacks clarity with regard to the limit to the liability of third party insurance under Section 147 of the Act, and Clause 49 of the Bill. It caps the maximum liability of third party insurance in the case of a motor accident to Rs 10,00,000 and in the case of death to Rs 5,00,000. This implies that the insurance company is liable to pay only upto these specified amounts.

However, the Bill does not cap the compensation amount to be decided by the Courts. If the Court awards compensation amounts higher than the maximum liability prescribed under the Bill, it is unclear who will pay the remaining amount. The need for a new fund is unclear. With a fund already existing for hit-and-run cases, the purpose of the New Motor Vehicles Accident Fund with regard to hit-and-run cases is unclear. For example, there is no clarity.

Thank you.

Arpita Ghosh speaks on The Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Bill, 2016

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Mantri Ji hain, humlog bahut abhari hain ki 30 saal baad ek Bill aa raha hain, jo much awaited tha. Bahut dino se iski zaroorat thi, yeh Bill aane ki, kyun ki jitni accidents badh rahi hain, road accidents – maloom honge sabhi ko ki hum haal hi mein, mera bhi aisa bohot bada car accident hua tha last year, ek saal mujhe bhugatna pada. Hum jaante hain Mantri ji ki tarah ki kya sach mein problem hain, kahin roads ki problem hain kahin speed ki problem hain, kahin logon mein jaankari ki problem hain, Mantri Ji ne bohot bakhoobi se yeh sabhi ko dekhe hain, sabhi maddenazar rakhte huye sabhi points laye hain. Hum yeh Standing Committee ki member hain, usi Standing Committee ki, jahan yeh Bill ayi huyi thi aur humlog baith ke bohot saare baat kiye.

Hum do teen cheez bolenge. Pehli baat to yeh kahenge ki yeh bahut hi achcha hain ki jo compensation badha diya hain, kahin Rs 25,000 tha, woh Rs 2,00,000 hua hain. Jo compensation Rs 2,00,000 tha, woh Rs 10,00,000 ho gayi. Par ek cheez mujhe samajh mein nahin aayi ki agar Court batati hain ki Rs 10,00,000 ke upar diya jayega, iss se Rs 12,00,000 ya Rs 15,00,000 aapko milega, toh yeh baki ke paise kahan se aayega? Yeh kuch samajh mein nehi aaya, agar Mantri Ji thoda clear karenge unke bhasan mein toh yeh behtar rahegi ki zyada paisa kahan se aayegi?

Abhi problems hum Clauses le ke baat nahin kar rahe hain kyunki Clauses saare bole hain, hum kuch points de rahe hain, aur utna time bhi nehi hain.

Existing license-holders jo hain, abhi jinke paas license hain, abhi jiske aanewale hain unke liye hum bahut provisions kar rahe hain. Ek learning license online kiya gaya hain. Iske liye meri ek chhoti si baat hain ki yeh joh Learning License agar kisi ko online mil jayega, aur woh usko ek mahina baad agar uske upar kaam karega, toh matlab usko bulaya jayega ya toh iss dauran uska jo ek mahine ke andar yeh agar koi accident karta hain, toh iske zimmedari kiss pe jayegi? Yeh online license ke bare mein yeh choti si problem mujhe lagti hain.

Aur yeh joh existing license jinke paas hain, joh chal raha hain, uske liye kya soch hain? Bill mein pravdhan liya hain ki special training diya jayeja. Jiske paas existing license hain unke liye kya kiya jayega, kyun ki hum jab travel karte hain, aksar dekhte hain, lane ki pehchan nahi hoti hai. Kiss side se jaana chahiye, ek truck ya gaadi aa gaya, aur kaise denge side unko, yeh sab ki jaankari dena zaroori hain. Yeh thik hain ki aap CCTV lagayenge, par yeh sab karne ke liye, kya Central Government iska provision dengi? Iska financing ka provision kahan se aayegi? Kitna time lagega? Bola gaya hain ki, October 2018 se sabhi testing centre automated ho jayega. Mein yeh keh rahi hoon ki automated testing centre State mein bahut kam hai, abhi UP meh sirf ek automated testing centre hain. Kya October 2018 tak sab complete ho payega? Yeh bahut muskhil baat hai. Mujhe lagta hain, Mantriji, agar phir se soche kaise inko time limit diya jayega to woh behtar hoga.

Mantriji ek aur baat boley they, agar koi aap ka paper dekhna chahega, toh aap apna mobile pe search karke apna paper dikha sakte hain, par iske liye online hona zaroori hain. Mantriji ap jaante hain, yahan BSNL/MTNL ka kya haalat hai? Phir bhi agar online proper nahin aayega kyun ki aap Central Hall main chale jaye aapka Wi-Fi nahin aati hain. Aur hamare MP ke ghar mein jaaye, Wi-Fi nahin aati hain toh iss liye bol raha hain ke online ka system agar proper nahi honge to yeh bahut problem wali baat hai. Aur agar aise paper dikhanewali baat hain toh wahan pe police aayega, sochte hain iske liye ki kaise kiya jayega iske liye soch bahut zaroori hain nahin toh bahut mushkil ho jayegi. Drunken driving, yeh ek bahut important point yahan pe kiya gaya hain, drunken driving ke baare mein ek kehne wali baat hai, yeh joh test hain drunken driving iske test bahut kum, toh iske liye sabhi jageh mein jana zaroori hai, dena zaroori hai. Iske liye ek timeframe ki zaroorat hai. Toh yeh timeframe ke baare mein Mantri ji ka kya soche hain ye mujhe lagta hain bahut zaroori hain. Defective roads, jiske baren mein sabhi bol rahe hain, yeh defective roads ke chalte, National Highway mein bhi hain aur bahut saare State Highways mein bhi problem hain, yeh jo defective roads hain agar yeh defective roads ke karan joh accidents hote hain usko humlog abhi kaise samhalenge, matlab yeh Bill agar pass ho jayegi to yeh sab provisions aah jayega. Toh yeh agae chalke kaise karenge yeh sab defective roads ke problem ko kaise saltaya jayein sochna padega.

Aur ek baat, hum zaroor kehenge, ki eh Bill ke, is Bill main State Government ko cooperative federalism ki jo baat ho rahi hain, State Government ko bahut kam confidence mein liye gaye hai. Yeh State Government ko zyada – abhi hamari colleague bol rahe they ki West Bengal se Transport Minister aaye nahin hain, humare wahan se aksar hamari wahan batein hu hai, hum log jab Standing Committee main bulaye teh, sabhi Transport secretaries ko, sabhi aaye teh, saab aapni aapni baat rakhe teh. Aur ushike ke hisab se hum log diye hai. Toh meri kehne wali baat ye hai ke agar cooperative federalism ko yehan pe jod dena bahut zaroori hai, State ko confidence main lana bahut zaroori hai, National Transportation Policy main State ko confidence main lana chaheye aur ye jo NH main agar lanes aalag ho sakta hai, mata nahi yeh kaisa aap sochenge ke NH ke agar lanes aalag ho sakta hai toh sabse behtar rahegi. Aur drivers ki jo comfort, humari colleague bol raha teh, drivers ki comfort, number of drivers badhana yeh bahut zaroori hain.

Humari colleague bol raha teh Driver’s ke comfort, number of drivers badhaana. Yeh bahut zaroori hain. Ekh hi drivers 14-16 jhanta drive kar raha hain. Unke liye number of drivers, yeh sab agar mandatory nahin kiya jayega toh aage jaake shayad ye problem ho jayegi. Drivers ke comfort ke baare mein humlog ko sochna chahiye. Hum aksar dekhte hain ki jab National Highways jaate hain, gaadi khari hain, samney ja ke dehkte hain ki driver so gaye hain. Uske chalte pura atak gaya sab. Ye Bill pass ho jaane se sabhi aa jayenge par aage se ye kaise implement kiya jayega, iske liye sochna chaiye. And making of vehicles, hum dehkte hain yahan pe bahut speed mein gaadi chalane ki ek humari jo bachho mein aadat hai ki motor bike bahut zor se chalaya jaye toh unko herogiri zyada lagta hai. Gaari ke liye bhi ye hota hain. Aisa kya kiya jaa saktha hain ki nahin agar soche aage chalke ki jo vehicles banatein hain, unko agar bola jaye ki India mein agar jo gaadi 80 ya 100 se zyada chalti hain, chal nahin payenge usko aap kyun 180 ka speed bana rahe ho.Tab woh toh chalayenge 100, 120 mein, 140 mein. tab toh accident hone ki chances hain. Woh speed agar wohi se, making ke time mein, manufacturing ke time mein hi speed control kiya jaye. Agar manufacturing ke time mein, yeh overloading of the lorries, jaise 10 ton ki lene ki baat hain 40 ton le liye hain. Yeh agar usko wahin se control kiya jayega toh aage chalke shayad ye sab problem suljha sakhte hain. Aage chalke mera mantri ji se yehi kehna hain ki aap jo Bill laye hain, ye Bill hum pura samarthan karte hain aur aisa Bill bahut kam aate hain. Hum sabhi aapke abhari hain aur aage chalke agar jo hum soch rahe hain, agar aap bhi iss mein zyada aapka dimaag daalein, hum jaante hain ki aap bahut sare soch rakhte hain. Aisa kuchh sochein toh aage chal ke humare liye bhi bahut achha hoga.
Thank you very much.

Manish Gupta speaks on the dignity of the railway system getting affected by random advertisements

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Sir, the Hon. Railway Minister has spoken in his reply about a new advertising policy, meaning thereby advertising internally and externally in trains. But we have seen from past experience that if public space is taken up for advertising, it clutters up the eyeline. The entire environment, the proximate environment is affected.

Now, in the name of earning revenue, whether that revenue will have a direct effect on passenger fares or not, is an issue which has not being focused here. The issue is, is the Railways going to bring in safeguards to see that the beauty and the dignity of the railway system is not jeopardised by random advertisements?

Sukhendu Sekhar Roy speaks on speed limits of trains passing through elephant corridors in north Bengal

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I congratulate the Hon. Railway Minister for the introduction of Siliguri-New Cooch Behar demo in north Bengal.

I would like to know, through you, from the Hon. Minister whether the Railway Ministry has taken sufficient safeguards in implementing the Supreme Court’s directives for the maintenance of minimum speed limit prescribed for the natural corridors of elephants, which are being killed by speedy trains in the forest areas through which this train is supposed to ply.

Ahamed Hassan seeks the Centre’s help in combating wheat blast disease in Bengal

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Sir, I am raising an issue which is very important for the country’s agriculture. Sir, a deadly fungus for wheat crops is severely affecting wheat cultivation in two districts of West Bengal, namely, Nadia and Murshidabad. At least 1,000 hectares of cultivated wheat have already been burnt to stop an infectious and dangerous disease called wheat blast. Burning of the affected crop is the only way open for the Agriculture Department to prevent this fungus-related disease of wheat crops from spreading to the other areas of the State and the country.

Sir, once infected by wheat blast disease, there is no way to cure the affected crops. Agriculture experts say that this disease was first identified in 1985 in Brazil and thereafter in Bolivia and Paraguay. Here it has come from Bangladesh.

Sir, the West Bengal Government under the inspiring leadership of the Hon. Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is giving compensation to the farmers as far as possible.I would request the Agriculture and other concern ministries of the Central Government to take up the issue seriously as it is an issue for the entire country. Measures should be taken by the Central Government so that wheat blast disease does not spread to the other parts of the country. The Centre should also create an adequate fund for the affected farmers of West Bengal, those whose crops had to be burnt for the national interest, Sir.

Vivek Gupta speaks on the delay in the delivery of passports

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Sir, it is shocking to know is that almost 28 lakh passports are undelivered and there is no status shown in the dashboard of the Ministry. Another shocking fact is that 62 lakh passports are shown to be pending. Thirty-five per cent of police verifications are taking more than 180 days. The CAG report has also mentioned that police verification reports are taking time because there is no electronic connectivity provided to the passport offices. It is taking more than 71 days to process a passport. Sir, all this data is pointing to one thing, that there is something not correct at the Passport Kendras.
Although the Government collects more than Rs 10 crore as total fees per month through these Passport Kendras to process the passports, the consumers are not getting any service or delivery. Sir, through you I would request and urge the Hon. External Affairs Minister to look into the matter, order some inquiry and find some solution so that people get some relief. Sir, 2 lakh passports have been received as delayed and yet no compensation has been given. Thirty-seven Passport Kendras point out that they have the capacity to process only 12 lakh passports. Sir, the capacity needs to be augmented. Through you, I would request the Hon. Minister to do the same.

Ratna De Nag speaks on miscarriages during Question Hour

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Thank you Madam.

Pregnancy is the most exciting period in the life of a woman. But not every pregnancy has a happy ending Miscarriage is a term used for a pregnancy which ends on its own, before 20 weeks of gestation, after that it is stillbirth. But the incidents of miscarriage in clinically recognised pregnancies is 10 to 25 per cent.

In the case of chemical pregnancies is 50 to 75 per cent. There are many causes of miscarriages – malnutrition, socio-economic condition, anaemia, different diseases and lack of proper antenatal care, and in many cases we cannot even pinpoint the cause.

Through you, Madam, I would like to ask the Hon. Minister what the main goal of treatment is in the case of chromosomal abnormalities.

Arpita Ghosh asks a Supplementary Question on remuneration for Anganwadi workers

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Thank you Madam.

Yeh jo answer mila hain humne dekha hain aur sab ek hi baat bol raha hain ki enhance karwana hain aur Anganwadi jitna kaam kar raha hain, yeh 3,000 dikhaya gaya hain aur mujhe lagta hain issko double karna chahiye Central Government ki taraf se.

42% State ko diya gaya hain par yeh jaise MPLAD-wala ho gaya saare Ministry bol raha hain ke MPLAD se karo. Isske baare mein mera binti hain ki Anganwadi ke liye aap please yeh double kar dijiye. Kyunki unke kaam bahut hain and rural area mein bahut zyada kaam hain.

Ahamed Hassan makes a Special Mention on the World Bank’s appreciation of the panchayat system of Bengal

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Gram panchayats are the cornerstones of the Panchayati Raj system. From the time of our country’s independence, Gandhi ji and Nehru ji had envisioned gram swaraj along with purna swaraj. The hallmark of an efficient and transparent gram panchayat is when it attains decentralised and participatory local self-governance. The gram panchayat system of Bengal has been able to deliver the highest standard of services in terms of e-governance, general working and financial management, even in areas outside the purview of the regular work. This has been acknowledged by the World Bank which said, in a letter from its South Asia vice-president that in terms of transparency, the State panchayat system can be easily compared to the best governed institutions in the world, and that this has been maintained for the last six years. to bring transparency to the working of gram panchayats, the Panchayat Department of the State brought an app. The details of all panchayat work carried out by the gram panchayats including the costs incurred as well as photographic evidence are logged in the app which are then verified by the department. In the interest of transparency too, it has been made mandatory by the Bengal Government that all tenders published by the zilla parishads have to be published online in the form of e-tenders. Under the leadership of the Chief Minister of West Bengal, Hon. Mamata Banerjee, the gram panchayats of the State are most transparent and efficient, bringing prosperity to all corners of rural Bengal. I therefore urge the Government to follow the Bengal model to bring transparency and efficiency in the working of all gram panchayats.