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## Official Reportin

             THE SEVENTY-FIRST SESSION OF THERAJYA SABHA 
Commencing on the 20th February, 1970/ *the 1st Phalguna,* 1891 
{Saka) 
 

## Rajya Sabha

Friday,  the  2Qth  February,     1970/fAe   1st Phalguna, 1891 *(.Saka)* 
The House *met at* forty minutes past twelve of the clock, MR. CHAIRMAN in the Chair. 

## President'S Addrfss Mr.

CHAIRMAN : Secretary. 

SECRETARY, Sir, 1 beg to lay on the Table. . . 

SHRIMAT1      YASHODA       REDDY 
(Andhra Pradesh) : Sir, I rise on a point of order.   Sir, the convention is that the President addresses the Members of Parliament, of both the Houses, in the Central Hall in a Joint Session.   He reads the English version himself and makes the Vice-President read the Hindi version.   But today the English version was read by the President of India and the Hindi translation was given to the Members by a stranger. That has never been the convention, Sir. Therefore to maintain the dignity of the House I think the House does not take cognisance of the President's Address given in Hindi.  If at all, only the English version of the President's Address can be laid on the Table of the House, because a stranger can never address the Members of Parliament, of both the Houses.   The staff of the President is not the President or the Vice- President; he is only a stranger.   It is very unconventional and really derogatory to the Members of both the Houses that the staff has been asked to read out the Hindi version.    I want your ruling on this point. SHRI R. S. DOOGAR (West Bengal) : Sir, this is a matter which really needs consideration. 



SHRI BHUPESH GUPTA (West Bengal) 
: Sir, I have a submission to make. The point that has been made should certainly be considered. But personally I was under the impression that because there was no simultaneous translation arrangement, it was only a translation which was being made. I thought he was doing it standing nearby. But the point that has been made is to be considered. As a Member sitting there I took it as a translation; only it was not being done from a cubicle; it was being done by somebody standing by him. As a translation it is all right but as an Address it is not. In that situation, Sir, if you do not mind, I am very agreeable to making a suggestion that there may be a joint Session again and a new Address. *(Interruptions)* What is there? I do not want to put them in the wrong, but if you pass on this message, we can have a little tea break and hear you, Sir. 

Another point which I want to bring to your notice is that your office has circulated a bulletin regarding the arrest of Shri Chandra Shekhar. 

MR. CHAIRMAN : That is another matter. 

(Interruptions) 
SHRI LOKANATH MISRA (Orissa) : 
That cannot be raised at this stage. Unless this point is over, we cannot take it up. That is my submission. 

## (Interruptions).

ferences there are interpreters and if their interpretation is not treated as authentic, then no international conference can be held and there will be no agreement at all. Therefore I do not see much of a point in what the hon. Members have said. Both the versions in my opinion, can be laid on the Table of the House. 

SHRI M. P. BHARGAVA (Uttar Pradesh) : 
 
MR. CHAIRMAN : Please sit down.

Sir, I rise to oppose the point of order raised by my  friend,  Shrimati  Yashoda Reddy. It seems that the memory of the hon. Member is too short. When the President assumed his office, he made a speech and the Hindi version of that speech was read out by the Secretary to the President, Dr. Nagendra Singh, the same gentleman who has read the Hindi version to-day, and, if may say so, that was a more solemn occasion  than  the joint address  to  the Members of Parliament because that was the occasion when the President was assuming charge and when   he was   becoming Rashtrapati for the first time. So, I oppose the point of order because  what we have accepted as an accomplished fact we cannot question to-day. 

## The Leader Of The Opposition

MR. CHAIRMAN : No, no. Shri B.K.P. 

Sinha. 

 
MR CHAIRMAN   :  Please sit down. I 
will not allow you. 

 
MR. CHAIRMAN : Please sit down. 

 
(SHRI S. N. MISHRA) : Mr. Chairman, it is with great reluctance that I have to add my voice to the point of order which has been raised before the House. I am in favour of it. It is because I consider it my duty to protect the dignity of the House. This is definitely a disrespect to our House and also both the Houses—and a gross violation of the rules and conventions in SHRI B. K. P. SINHA (Bihar) : Mr. Chairman, I have listened carefully to the objections regarding the Address of the President and the Hindi translation of it. It appears to me that this is hair-splitting of a type which would not be permissible even in the courts of law which are the   forums for hair-splitting.   This year the President, in my opinion, has adopted a procedure which is an improvement on the past procedure. He used to read his speech from A to Z in English and the Hindi-knowing Vice-President or some other person read it in Hindi.   This year he has introduced a new procedure to save time.   An authorised version of the translation was being read out by lis Secretary.   If the contention of the hon. Members is correct  that what has  been read by the Secretary cannot be treated as authorised, then all international communications will become impossible.   Suppose Mr. Khrushchev comes here, it is some other Russian who translates or interprets his speeches. Even in international con- 
[Shri S. N. Mishra] this regard.   May I say advised them that the Vice-President must be invited to do it but I do not know what manner of consultations take place on an occasion like this. On no occasion we find that there is any consultation on any vital matter so far as the opposition is concerned. So far as the other side of the House is concerned, it has landed us in this trouble and we would like that you should give serious thought to this before giving any ruling on this matter because, in this matter, nothing less than the dignity of the House and a matter of serious constitutional importance is involved. I would like to underline this, I would like to go on record, that you might do anything but nobody has any right to ride roughshod over the Constitution, over the rules and conventions which should guide an important occasion like this. 

SHRI BHUPESH GUPTA : Sir, a constitutional point has been raised... 

MR. CHAIRMAN: Mr. Gupta, you have already spoken.   Please sit down. Mr. Shah. 

SHRI BHUPESH GUPTA : Members should get some guidance. Where does the Constitution say that the Vice-President can address? He does by courtest... 

MR. CHAIRMAN : I ask you to sit down when I am standing. Mr. Shah. 

THE LEADER OF THE HOUSE (SHRI K. 

that there had been earlier a serious lapse on the part of the Government but that did not relate to a matter  of substance like  the President's Address.   In  1967 hon.  Members would refresh their memory, there was the version of the National Anthem being sung at that time and nobody seems to have been held responsible for it.   Everybody seems to be getting away with any kind of lapse that can happen  in  such  august  bodies.   To-day there has been a serious lapse and a stranger has addressed us and a stranger can, by no manner of description, be said to be identified, and cannot be identified in any manner, with the President.   It   is the   President whom we have the privilege to hear on this particular occasion, or the Vice-President if the President is pleased to ask the Vice-President to deliver the Address. A submission is made to you that the speech here can be interpreted as a translation by the Secretary.   I must say that I would like to differ from that, not in this House, within the four corners of this House. One hon. Member just now pointed out an instance which occurred on the occasion of the swearing-in of the President.   That was a ceremony attended by all manner of pople, when distinguished guests from various parts are invited.   That was not a formal function at all, that was not a Joint Session of the two Houses at all. So, the analogy cannot be with that function which took place when the President was sworn in.   Therefore, I would submit that we have been landed in a very difficult situation.   It is not a question of taking a lenient view of this lapse.   A lapse has occurred on the most important occasion that there can be in the life of the Parliament, that is, the Joint Session of both the Houses.   We cannot take a lienient view of this.   Of course you may be pleased to reprimand them.   That is something else but here is a problem of constitutional importance.   It is a problem of a technical nature, that a stranger we can never allow to address and therefore, I would like you to stick to it although you  might do any thing.   Of course I find myself completely at sea to advise you on the present occasion because this is an unforeseen circumstance altogether.   In these matters, if the Government consults the Opposition also previous to the Address, because the Address had to be read out, then probably we could have K. SHAH) : It is most painful that the Leader of the Opposition should have allowed himself to be swayed by any other consideration.   Are there two Addresses or is there one Address only ? This is what we have to consider. The Constitution provides that there shall be an Address by the President.   Therefore,   there cannot   be   two Addresses, one in English and one in Hindi. The President has a right to address in English or in Hindi.   He can choose to address in English and then there shall be a translation of it in Hindi.   He can choose to address in Hindi and there can be   a translation in English. Surely it is not contended by my friends in the Opposition that the translation shall be made by the Vice-President.   I cannot understand what my friends are saying.   There cannot be two Addresses. I take it as a question of dignity that my Vice-President does not translate the speech of the President.   On the contrary dignity demands that the Vice-President should not be called upon translate a speech which is either in English or Hindi. 

MR. CHAIRMAN : I am giving my ruling now.   I have beard enough. 

SHRI 
GODEY 
MURAHARI 
(Uttar Pradesh) : Sir, I want to say a few words. 

SHRI SUNDAR SINGH BHANDARI : 
(Rajasthan) : Sir, I also want to say something. 

SHRI GODEY MURAHARI   : Sir, I 
must have my say. 

MR. CHAIRMAN : All right. 

SHRI GODEY MURAHARI : Sir, Mr. K. 

K. Shah has made the point that only the President is authorised to address a joint session of the two Houses, and I agree with him that only the President is so authorised, and if the President so desires, the Vice- President shall exercise the authority of the President. So that position is very clear. But how does the Constitution allow the Secretary or any other individual, apart from the President, to read or even translate an address to be delivered by the President to a joint session of Parliament? That is my point. On former occasions, when the President deliverd his address in English, he made it a practice to ask the Vice-President to translate it—and he did the translation— but he never asked his Secretary or any other individual to do it. So the point is that no other individual than the President, or the Vice-President exercising the authority of the President, can address a joint session of Parliament. This is the point. 

MR. CHAIRMAN : Now I shall give my ruling. 

SHRI BHUPESH GUPTA : There is a point of order, a new point of order. 

MR. CHAIRMAN : No more. I have heard enough. I must give my ruling now. 

SHRI BHUPESH GUPTA : Sir, I want a Hindi translation of the speech and also I would like a Bengali translation of it. 

MR. CHAIRMAN : Please sit down, Mr. 

Bhupesh Gupta. 

SHRI M. R. VENKATARAMAN (Tamil Nadu) : Sir, I am going to take exactly two minutes and no more, and with due respect I am making only a practical suggestion with no idea to collide just now on any constitutional point—I am also a constitutional lawyer in a small way but that does not matter since I am not going into any constitutional point now. My request now is that the practical suggestion that I make be heard and approved of by the House. Now the address has been read in English and a translation of it in Hindi has been made available to the other friends who wanted it in Hindi also, so that they know the contents of the address in Hindi. The only objection now, as far as I see, is that his Secretary has read the address in Hindi or made the translation of the address in Hindi, whatever it is. Now, had it been the other way about— I am assuming a hypothetical position—that the President delivered his address in Hindi and the translation was in English, the position would be much the same as I see it now, that is to say, in the other language, in the alternative language. In the additional language—whatever name you give it—the material is available to the rest of the Members of the House. Therefore I would appeal to the House to take my suggestion. My friend, Mr. S. N. Mishra, also talked about the constitutional implications. Of course I am worried about them and I can understand the concern with which the point has been raised. Now the Constitution is on the anvil and let not any bad precedent be set up today. A day will come when 1 will insist on its being read in Tamil as well as in the fourteen other national languages of India. Now I appeal to my friends to treat it as a practical issue today and leave it at that, and let us get on with the work, MR. CHAIRMAN : Yes, thank you. 

## Shri Anant Prasad Sharma

(Bihar) : Sir, as has been pointed out, I want to emphasise the point that the President has addressed the joint session in English and his speech has been simultaneously translated by his Secretary. It is good that it has been translated by his Secretary because I know personally and most of us know about the competence of the Secretary regarding the Hindi language. Now, it would have been quite in order if that translation had been made by any other person. What is wrong there? You look at the national and international conferences and the arrangements for translation there. 

 
(Interruptions) 
MR. 

CHAIRMAN : Please sit down now, Mr. Rajnarain. 

SHRI ANANT PRASAD SHARMA : My friend has rightly pointed out that we speak in a particular language and it is being translated in so many languages. Now are we going to insist that the translator should be a Member of Parliament because a Member of Parliament's speech is going to be translated ? Moreover, Sir, there is no such provision laid down anywhere in the Constitution how this speech has to be translated. Therefore, Sir, I maintain that whatever has happened is quite in order, is absolutely in order, and the points of order to the contrary should be disallowed. 

MR. CHAIRMAN : Now the standing Members will please sit down. I have heard enough and I shall now give my ruling. The President addressed the joint session. Under his orders his address was translated by his Secretary. It was under his orders. His Secretary might not have translated it.   The translation in Hindi, the authorised translation, is supplied to the hon. Members. It is not proper for me to comment on the President's act. 

SHRI S.  N.  MISHRA:   But  may I 
suggest... 

MR. CHAIRMAN : Please listen to me first; I am giving my ruling. For the future what will happen will be considered by me within the limits of my office and today's debate will be placed before the President. 

preserve, protect and defend the Constitution. The Constitution lays down that no stranger can address us. It is only the President... *{Interruptions)* Please listen; this is a matter of Constitution. The Constitution lays down that only the President can address us; no stranger can address us. Now, Sir, extending the logic that you have been pleased to place before us, probably the President sitting in Rashtrapati Bhavan can ask any person to deliver the Address on his behalf... 

SHRI BHUPESH GUPTA : I hope, Sir... 

SOME HON. MEMBERS : No, no. 

MR. CHAIRMAN : You may hope but SHRI S. N. MISHRA : So for the future I 
let me finish.   Please listen. 

So far as today's proceedings are conwould like this to be placed on record that we raised three points. {Interruptions) 
Please listen to me. 

MR. CHAIRMAN : That is all over now. 

cerned I rule that the English Address along with the Hindi translation will be laid on the Table of the House. 

SHRI S. N. MISHRA : I am winding up. 

SHRI BHUPESH GUPTA : I request that SHRI SRIMAN PRAFULLA GOSWA- 
the Vice-President should not be reduced to the status of a translator. 

MI(Asssam) : Sir, let him not waste the time of the House. 

SHRI PIT AMBER DAS (Uttar Pradesh): 
{Interruptions) SHRI S. N. 

MISHRA : This is not the way. We would like to go on record that we have taken a strong objection to a stranger having addressed the joint session of Parliament. That is point No. 1. We have also taken strong exception... 

MR. CHAIRMAN : I have already told Sir, I want to Say a word; I would like to bring to your kind notice one thing, not by way of a criticism of your ruling. Since your ruling would go on record there is a word in that, which I want to submit to you, you might reconsider. You have said that the President is the head of Parliament. He is part of Parliament under article 79. He is head of the State, not of Parliament. 

MR. CHAIRMAN : All right; I will consider that. 

you that the whole proceeding will be placed before the President. We treat it as a translation and take it as such, and there is no problem involved in it. 

SHRI S. N. MISHRA : Since one of our SHRI PITAMBER DAS : He is part of Parliament, not its head. 

SHRI BHUPESH GUPTA : I am happy that you did not read it because in that case your status would have been reduced to that of a translator which as a Rajya Sabha Member I would never accept. 

SHRI S. N. MISHRA : Sir, I have one hon. Members has raised this point and many other hon. Members also supported it, in all fairness I would like to submit most humbly to the hon. Members that this was not a question of English versus Hindi or anything of that kind. We would not have liked if the speech had been made by a stranger even in Tamil or in Telugu or some other language. We are not bringing in that point at all. 

very humble submission to make. You have given a ruling which gives to the President even the right to act against the Constitution. 

SOME HON. MEMBERS : No, no. 

SHRI S. N. MISHRA : Let me make my point.   Now, Sir, the President ia there to And thirdly we would like to go on record that we did not anticipate at all and we would not like it to be the practice in future that the Vice-President should be ignored in this matter and we have had absolutely no reason from the other side as to why the Vice-President has been ignored. 

{Interruptions) 
SECRETARY : Sir, I lay on the Table a MR. CHAIRMAN : I hive given my ruling; nothing else now. Secretary shall lay the Address on the Table. 

copy of the President's Address to both the Houses of Parliament assembled together on the 20th February, 1970. 

{Text of the President's Address in English) 
 
MR. CHAIRMAN : Please sit down Mr. 

Members of Parliament, 1 welcome you Rajnarain. I am standing; you have to sit clown. 

to your labours in a new Session of Parliament. I wish you another year of dedicated work in the sctvice of our country. 

This is the first Budget Session of a new decade.   Behind us lies the decade of the sixties. This period has been one of anxiety, of trials and tribulations and also of achievement.   India had to face two wars and two years of unprecedented drought. All citizens stout-heartedly faced this period of trial, The wars brought home to us the inescapable necessity   for  self-reliance   and  the drought focussed our energies on augmentation of agricultural production. 

Indeed, a new strategy for agricultural development was implemented during this period and its success has attracted world-wide attention. 

The challenge posed by the industrial recession was also met in a variety of ways Many industrial units began diversifying their production. The seaicb for markets foi our goods was intensified. 

 
Taking stock of our record during the MR. CHAIRMAN : I do know samvidhan. 

SHRI RAJNARAIN   : And knowingly you are going outside the Constitution ? 

period beginning with our independence and ending with thedecade of the sixties, Hon'ble Members will recognise the range and scope of our country's achievement in industry and agriculture, in science and technology, and in education and the arts. 

The path of progress tends to be uneven and beset with reverses, frustrations and hardships. However, our country today is no longer stagnant. It is in ferment. The aspirations of our people and their hopes have been aroused. "They are vocal and impatient—conscious of their needs and rights. Against the background of a highly stratified society, which had been invented the perverse concept of untouchability, we now see the pride and self-assertion of groups and classes who once were regarded as beyond the pale. 

There has been an unleashing of a vast amount of human energy and enthusiasm. Ideas, attitudes and even habits are rapidly changing.   And this transformation is tak- 
 
ing place by consent and within the framework of a political democracy. Government are determined to give to these vast forces which have been unleashed by the industry in general has registered satisfactory growth, and the outlook, especially in the engineering field, is now distinctly more favourable. 

The Central and State Governments have developments of the last two decades, a new sense of direction and purpose as well as a realisable goal. 

Government are acutely aware of the inequalities in the country which become glaring when contrasted with the prosperity of some sections of the community. Consequently, change in the social structure and the removal of poverty are two aspects of the same question. One cannot be achieved without the other. 

Government are resolved to go forward at further intensified their efforts to raise agricultural production under the new strategy. The area under high-yielding varieties has risen from 1 -9 million hectares in 1966-67 to about 9 million hectares in 1968-69. The coverage will be extended further in 1969-70. For the first time the supply position of fertilizers in the country is comfortable. We are formulating measures to promote their increased use. The gathering momentum of the technical transformation of our agrarian economy is evident in the keen demand for tractors which Government are striving to meet through maximum indigenous production and large scale imports. A big programme for the setting up of agro-service centres by small entrepreneurs, particularly engineers and technicians, is proposed to be implemented vigorously with assistance from the banking sector. 

t a faster pace towards the achievement of a social order which is just and humane, by taking particular care of the weaker sections of the community and by ensuring that the meagre wealth of the nation is augmented by hard and dedicated work. It is my Government's unswerving purpose to build, brick by brick a society which is democratic and socialist. The task is long and hard and there are no models to copy. The problems of India require uniquely Indian solutions, taking into account our way of life, our history and our tradition. 

The present economic situation in the Rural electrification programmes, in conjunction with the exploitation of ground water resources have an important part to play in stepping up agricultural production and in dispersing its benefits widely. State Electricity Boards have been enabled to borrow from the banking system on a bigger scale in the wake of nationalisation. A significant part of these resources will be utilised by them for the extension of electricity to rural areas. Hon'ble Members are also aware that a Rural Electrifiction Corporation has been formed to provide funds to the Electricity Boards so that they can energise a larger number of pump sets for lift irrigation. 

The break-through in agriculture which is at present limited to irrigated areas growing high-yielding varieties has to become universal. In the coming years, Government will concentrate their attention on the problems of the dry areas. While research on the development of suitable technology for dry areas will receive high priority, my Government propose to begin with a few pilot projects in different parts of the country to implement a package of new practices and to enlarge the programme progressively. 

country augurs well for the acceleration of the pace of development. Despite the deficiency of the monsoon in some parts of the country such as Western Rajasthan, Saurashtra and Kutch, and the somewhat belated onset of winter rains, it should be possible to reap an even better harvest than during the past two years. While the movement of prices has been subject to seasonal fluctuations and some increase has been noticed in respect of certain commodities, the price situation is on the whole well under control. The food position is satisfactory and we have been able to augment our buffer stocks. However, constant vigilance is necessary to maintain price stability. The balance of payments has remained satisfactory and we should be able to end the year with an increase in reserves even after substantial repayments to the International Monetary Fund. We have also received the first instalment of the Special Drawing Rights which marks an important advance in the evolution of a rational international monetary system. 

My Government have decided to appoint its important features. Government are also keen to encourage the growth of small-scale industries. The list of industries reserved for the small-scale sector has therefore been enlarged. 

My Government are of the view that there a National Commission to survey the problems and policies relating to agriculture. 

Such a survey was last made forty years ago. 

Since then a great many developments have taken place, both in India and abroad, which render a fresh survey essential. 

My Government have also decided to set up a Committee of Enquiry to make a comprehensive study of the problems of the sugar Industry. 

Government are deeply conscious of the is considerable scope for large-scale industrial units in the public as well as in the private sectors, to farm out the production of components to ancillary units. Government's licensing and financial policies will seek to encourage coordinated development of large and small-scale industries. The need to redress regional imbalances has also received the special attention of the Government in the last few months. An integrated policy has been evolved to identify industrially backward areas and give them special incentives for industrial  development. 

developing imbalances in the countryside and the resulting tensions which have regrettably led to violence in some parts of the country. These are no doubt problems of public order but they cannot be divorced from their socio-economic setting. An unfair tenurial system impedes the attainment of a high rate of growth in agricultural production. Hence, all State Governments have been asked to accord high priority to land reforms, with special emphasis on security of tenure, fair rents, strict enforcement of ceilings, distribution of land to the landless and assured supply of agricultural inputs to small fanners. The problems which are associated with land reforms are of national importance. 

My Government earnestly hope that the States will see the realities of the situation and take urgent and imaginative remedial measures. 

The being progressively reoriented towards the promotion of industries in backward areas. While these policies are designed to accelerate the flow of finance for industrial development in backward areas, they will succeed only in so far as the requisite infrastructure is built up imaginatively and speedily. The primary responsibility in this regard is that of State Governments and it will be the endeavour of my Government to work in close harmony with them in promoting balanced regional development. 

vigorous implementation of land reforms will also promote the social and economic advancement of scheduled castes, scheduled tribes and other backward classes, whose welfare is of special concern to my Government. 

After the set-back in 1966 and 1967, there current year is reflected in the increased demand for steel and steel products. While arrangements had to be made for imports of steel to meet, to an extent, the pressing shortages, it is our aim to maximise production in existing plants and establish additional capacity as early as possible. 

has been a significant increase in the tempo of industrial activity. Present indications are that industrial production will have increased by a little over 7% in 1969. A particularly heartening feature of the current industrial situation is the recovery noticed in a large number of industries manufacturing capital goods and equipment. 

Government have formulated a new licenshand immediately the work on the second stage of the Bokaro Plant. Indeed it is our objective to initiate action for the establishment of other steel plants also at suitable sites so as to ensure the fruition of additional capacity according to a phased programme. The Fourth Plan, which is now being recast, will reflect the current thinking of Government on the possibilities of further expansion of steel capacity in the country. An important consequence of these ing policy in the light of the recommendations of the Industrial Licensing Policy Enquiry Committee. This policy seeks to promote industrial growth while embodying adequate safeguards against monopolistic trends and the concentration of economic power. 

The encouragement of new entrepreneurs, small and medium, is one of decisions will be the fuller utilisation of capacity in our heavy engineering units. 

The policies of financial institutions are The revival of industrial production in the Government have now decided to take in Oil exploration is another important element increase in our shipping tonnage, our overseas trade is being carried in a larger measure by Indian ships whose share is at present between 18 and 20 per cent. 

A perceptible increase in the standards of living of our people is also linked with the vigorous implementation of family planning programmes. The rising rate of population erodes the gains of development. Our family planning programme has gained momentum in the last four years. But very much more needs to be done if the national aim to reduce the current birth rate of 39 per thousand to 25 per thousand in a decade is to be achieved on time. 

in our strategy for economic self-reliance. Progress has been maintained in the current year in the exploration and production of oil. 

The aggregate production of crude oil during 1969 was 6 -7 million tonnes as against 5 '8 million tonnes in the previous year. A specially significant development has been the extension of exploration to the off-shore areas of the Gulf of Cambay. We expect to spud the first well in shallow waters shortly and are poised to undertake the preparatory work to begin exploration in the deep waters of the Gulf of Cambay. Production has already commenced in the Oil and Natural Gas Commission's off-shore joint venture with Iran. 

Increased production and better distribu-
Apart from steel and oil, the production of fertilisers has been given the highest oriority in our Plan. During the current year, two new fertiliser plants have gone into production, raising the total installed capacity to 1 -34 million tonnes of Nitrogen. Three more projects—in Durgapur, Cochin and Madras—with a total capacity of nearly 500,000 
tonnes are expected to be commissioned during 1970. Work on coalbased plants will also ommence shortly. We shall continue to pursue self-sufficiency in this important field with unabated vigour. 

tion of wealth and income generating opportunities for employment should be the parameters of our eccncmic policy. These priorities will be reflected in the Fourth Plan document which will shortly be finalised and placed before you. My Government are aware that unemployment is the most serious problem facing the economy and an early and effective solution to it must be found. The increase of 2% in employment in the organised sector after comparative stagnation in the two preceding years is an encouraging factor. 

A steady and significant increase in our The selective increase in the level of outlays now envisaged in the public sector in the Central and State Plans have, among other things, been inspired by Government's desire to enlarge opportunities for employment. At the same time, special steps have to be taken to impart an employment bias to development. 

Programmes with large exports is essential to maintain the momentum of development. Last year witnessed very gratifying progress towards external viability. Despite the recent pick up in industrial recovery, imports have continued to fall, thus affording some evidence of the success of import substitution. Exports, however, have not done so well in the first seven months of the current year, for a variety of reasons, external and internal. My Government have, therefore, undertaken a crash programme to increase exports as much as possible. 

In securing a better equilibrium in our employment potential, will be identified and given a special impetus. Some steps have already been taken towards this end. In the current year, the States have been enabled to earmark larger outlays for programmes such as major and minor irrigation, and rural electrification which provide employment to a large number of engineers and technicians. Land reclamation, the renovation of minor irrigation works, construction of roads linking villages with marketing centres and similar programmes can make a substantial impact on rural development and employment. 

A large scale rural works programme, balance of payments, earnings on invisible account are of very great importance. During the year, certain progress has been registered. It is gratifying to note that a larger number of tourists visited India during 1969 compared to 1968, resulting in an increase in our foreign exchange earnings on this account from Rs. 27 crores to roughly Rs. 32 crores. Likewise, with the steady pooling together the resources available under the Plan , will be drawn up and impl ted in the light of the recent judgment of the Supreme Court. 

mented vigorously within a period of 12 to 18 months. This is a task which calls for much detailed planning and local initiative at State level. Construction activity can also contribute to employment among engineers, technicians, skilled and unskilled workers. My Government therefore propose to direct larger resources towards programmes such as the bulk acquisition and development of land for the allotment of house sites, housing for low income groups and slum clearance, particularly in metropolitan areas where the housing problem is most acute. 

Our technical education programmes have Government's labour policy. It has always aimed at ameliorating the living and working conditions of labour, improving their wages and emoluments and assuring them a degree of job security. In pursuance of this policy, Government have recently decided to accept the principal recommendations of the Wage Boards on Ports & Docks and have encouraged the setting up of a bipartite negotiating machinery for revision of the wage structure in the iron and steel industry. The National Commission on Labour, whose report the Government have recently received, has made several recommendations for strengthening the Trade Union movement and promoting effective to be reoriented so as to subserve the needs of employment. The education now imparted in our polytechnics has to be linked with practical experience in industry. This involves a fundamental change in education in polytechnics so that theory can be related to practice and teaching to industrial work. We have simultaneously to provide greater opportunities to other students also to gain work experience. 

The programme of collective bargaining. My Government specially appeal to all sections of organised labour to support the efforts of Government in stepping up production and productivity. Without discipline and sustained and hard work, the country cannot achieve its socioeconomic goals. 

national service for students studying in the first two years at degree level is now proposed to be expanded to cover all universities on a selective basis. It is expected that nearly one lakh students will participate in the scheme. The students will thus get an opportunity to engage in social service and in the process acquire a sense of involvement in various national development programmes. 

Greater employment will thus result from advancement can succeed only in an environment of peace and harmony, and a firm adherence to democratic principles. The continuing trend towards violence in the country is, therefore, a cause of deep concern. The problem transcends political divisions and the Government seek the cooperation of all political parties, and indeed of all responsible citizens, in dealing with it. 

investment, which in turn calls for the mobilisation of larger savings. This will be one of the important objectives of nationalised banks. With their present bold programme for branch expansion, they are expected to mobilise deposits on a much larger scale than hitherto. At the same time, assistance for viable and productive schemes will flow from the banks in a greater measure to the weaker sections of society. The spirit underlying the policy of nationalisation is beginning to inform the activities of the banks which have begun to assist productive and gainful activities in agriculture, servicing industries and the retail trade which had so far been grievously neglected. The salutary processes, which have already been initiated, will be further activated when legislation regarding the nationalisation of banks is suitably re-enacmost disturbing, because it is destructive of all values of civilised life, is the one between different religious communities. After the meeting of the National Integration Council in 1968, there were signs of improvement in communal relations. But then came the shocking happenings in Ahmedabad, causing national humiliation and leaving a blot on our honour. Those happenings are a challenge to all who have faith in secularism and the dignity of the individual, and respect for human life. We view with particular concern the continuing resort to violence by certain extremist political groups. At the root of their activities is a political ideology which exploits social discontent to pursue its disruptive aims. 

I should like, at this stage to refer to But all these efforts at socio-economic Of all the manifestations of violence the In the sphere of external affairs, we have While we are anxious to remove genuine causes of social discontent, violent activities have to be dealt with firmly. 

sought to promote and further strengthen our friendship with other countries. We continue to adhere to the pursuit of peace, At a critical period in our history, the international understanding and mutually beneficial co-operation. 

The concept of peaceful co-existence has been steadily gaining acceptance. We feel that the area of peaceful co-existence should steadily be widened and given a new dimension of friendly co-operatic n. We believe that, with the lessening of the rigidities of the military blocs and easing of tensions between the power blocs, there is now greater acceptance of the concept of non-alignmer.t and widening of the opportunities to advance the cause of the freedom, prosperity and stability of nations. 

It is a matter of gratification that our relations with our neighbouring countries— Ceylon, Burma, Nepal, Afghanistan and Iran—have been developing fruitfully. New vistas of mutual co-operation and understanding continue to be discovered with these and other countries. 

Princes showed patriotism and imaginative understanding of the aspirations of the people and made a major contribution to the smooth and peaceful unification of India under a democratic regime. I have every hope that in the same way they will recognise the social imperatives of the present times and, in the wider interest of the country, once again exhibit a spirit of cooperation and goodwill. The concept of Rulership, with privy purses and special privileges unrelated to any current functions and social purposes, is incompatible with an egalitarian social order. Government have, therefore, decided to abolish the privy purses and privileges of the Rulers of the former Indian States, and legislation will be introduced to give effect to this decision. It is, however, our intention to make certain transitional arrangements so that the former Rulers may have time to adjust themselves to changed circumstances. 

It has been Government's policy to pay My Government earnestly hope that the increasing attention to the development of our bilateral and multilateral economic relations with all countries. We are paying particular attention to promoting such relations with the developing countries in general and the countries of the Asian region in particular. 

Now that agricultural and industrial development of India has reached a significant stage, it is possible for our country to make a contribution to international co-operation. We have, therefore, supported the setting up of a broad-based regional arrangement through the Council of Ministers for Asian Economic Co-operation under the ECAFE. 

Government earnestly desire the underdecisions regarding Chandigarh and part of the Fazilka tehsil will enable the people of the two neighbouring States to devote their energies to the constructive tasks which lie ahead. When emotions are aroused, a decision capable of satisfying everyone is not possible. But it is Government's belief that the decisions reached have been just and fair. Government will soon appoint a Commission to go into other claims by Punjab, Haryana and Himachal Pradesh for the re-adjustment of their present boundaries and will also consider such modifications as are necessary in the present arrangements relating to the management of the Bhakra Project and the construction of the Beas Project. 

Our next decennial Census of population standing, cooperation and friendship of the people and Government of Pakistan. We have made various suggestions and constructive proposals to the Government of Pakistan to break the present impasse. Unfortunately, there has been no positive response from Pakistan to the initiatives we have taken. My Government will persevere in their efforts to promote relations with Pakistan in a cooperative spirit and on the basis of amity and good neighbourliness. 

will be held early in 1971, marking the completion of a hundred years of census taking in the country. The Indian Census is the largest administrative operation of its kind in the world and the success of an operation of such intricate nature and magnitude is possible only through the co-operative effort of the Central and State Governments, local authorities, and, indeed, of every citizen. 

With China also our aim has been to conduct our relations on the principles of mutual respect of each other's sovereignty and territorial integrity and noninferference in each other's internal affaire. 

We expect China to respect our right to pursue our own domestic affairs and foreign policy. 

My Government are deeply concerned that the conflicts in West Asia and in Vietnam have remained unresolved. Both these conflicts have an unsettling effect on the peace and stability of the world. The tensions in West Asia are reaching a dangerously explosive level. 

It is necessary for the U.N. 

to ensure implementation of the Security Council Resolution of November 22, 1967. In Vietnam, the hostilities still continue. My Government have consistently advocated the withdrawal of all foreign forces so that the people of Vietnam are able to fashion their own destiny without any outside interference. 

We have had the privilege of receiving moment of great expectations ;mong our people. May you truly reflect their urges and aspirations, and may your deliberations and wisdom bring them nearer fulfilment. 

many distinguished Heads of States and Governments in our midst. During the past year, I visited our friendly neighbour Ceylon and the Prime Minister visited Burma, Afghanistan, Japan and Indonesia. These visits contributed to the growing understanding and friendship with these countries. 

We are dedicated to the cause of peace but have to be vigilant to maintain our defence preparedness at a high level. Steady progress has been made in achieving self-reliance in equipping our defence forces. 

A 
self-supporting industrial base for defence is being built up in the country. We are now self-reliant in respect of many important categories of arms and ammunition. We have also made appreciable progress towards indigenous production in the vital fields of electronics, aeronautics and construction of warships. 

The estimates of receipts and expenditure of the Government of India for the next financial year (1970-71) will be presented to you for consideration shortly. 

Government will bring before Parlirment a Bill for replacing the recent Ordinance re-oationulising the 14 banks. A Bill is already pending in the Rajya Sabha which will replace the Essential Commodities (Amendment) Continuance Ordinance, 
1969. 

Government also propose to bring forward a Bill in replacement of the Haryana and Punjab Agricultural Universily Ordinance, 1970. Government also intend to bring before Parlirment the following legislative measures during the current session :— 

1. A Bill to amend the Press Council Act. 2. The Prevention of Insults to National 
Honour Bill, 1970. 
3. The Foreign Assistance (Regulation) 
Bill, 1970. 
4. The Crop Insurance Bill, 1970. 5. A Bill to set up a Newspaper Finance 
Corporation. 
6. A Bill to amend the Untouchability 
(Offerees) Act, 1955. 
7. The National Co-operative Development Corporation (Amendment) Bill, 1970. 
8. A Bill to set up an autonomous statutory corporation for the management of the four international airports in India. 
Members of Parliament, you meet at a 
(Text of the President's Address in Hindi) 
 
MR. CHAIRMAN : 1 cannot ask the Government to do something which is not required by the Constitution. 

## Proclamation    Under   Article 356  Of  The  Constitution

THE DEPUTY MINISTER IN THE 
MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS (SHR1 K. S. RAMASWAMY) : Sir, I beg to lay on the Table, under clause (3) of article 356 of the Constitution, a copy of the Proclamation (G.S.R. No. 236) issued by the President on February 
16, 
1970, revoking the Proclamation issued on July 4, 1969, under the said article, in relation lo the State of Bihar (in English and Hindi). [Placed in Library.    *See* No. LT-2516/70]. 

SHR1 SUNDER SINGH BHANDARI 
 
MR. CHAIRMAN : This is out of order. 

(Rajasthan) : Sir, before you proceed I object lo the laying of these papers before the matter is clarified. 

 
MR. CHAIRMAN : This is out of order. 

Mr.   Rajnarain, please sit  down. 

SHRI 
AWADESHWAR 
PRASAD 
S1NHA (Bihar) : May I request you to expunge what he had said ? 

 
MR. CHAIRMAN : I overrule this point of order. Under article 356 clause (3) it is only the Proclamation which has to be laid on the Table. No other document need to be laid on the Table. 

SHRI SUNDAR SINGH BHANDARI : 
But there are two letters on the basis of which this Proclamation has been issued. 1 beseech you; they should also be laid on the Table of the House. 

 
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