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# Official Report In The Hundred And

TWENfYFlffcST SESSION OF THE RAJYA SABHA Commencing on the 18th February, 1932/the 29 Magha, 1C03 Sakha 

## Rajya Sabha

Thursday, the   18th   *February,*   1982/ *the* 29 
Magha, 1903 (Safca) 
The House] met at thirty-two minutes past twelve of the clock, Mr   Chairman in the Chair. 

## President'S  Address

MR. CHAIRMAN: Secretary-General will now lay on the Table a copy (in English and Hindi) of the President's Address to both the Houses of Parliament assejmbled together on the 18th February,  1982, that is today. 

for further growth along with stability and greater social justice. During April 1981— January 1982, power generation increased by 11.3 per cent, coal production by 11.2 per c:nt ar.d railway goods traffic by **14.4** per cent compared to the corresponding period of the previous year. In fact, the Railways will be achieving this year an all-time high loading of over 220 million tonnes, bettering the previous best figure by over 8 million tonnes. 

All important industries have recorded significant increases during April 1981— January 1982 the notable examples are saleable steel (18.7 per cent) cement (1'5.0 per cent), nitrogenous fertilizers (51.9 per cent), crude petroleum (61.2 per cent and petroleum  
products   (18.4 per  cetit). 

SECRETARY-GENERAL: Sir, I beg to 
3. Tl-.are are firm indications that there will lay on the Table a copy (in English and Hindi) of the President's Address to both the Houses of Parliament assembled together on the 18th February 1982. 

[Text of the Przsident's Address    in English] 
Honourable Members, it gives me pleasure to welcome you to this first session of Parliament in the year 1982. T extend my best wishes to you lor ther successful completion of the budgetary and the legislative business ahead. 

2, The year 1981-82 was a year of further consolidation. The rate of inflation was substantially curtailed in spite o£ the unfavourable international economic be even more impressive production in these and other industries. In fertilizers, with the expect-ed commissioning of three new plants and expansion in existing ones, production capacity will increase from 45.75 lakh tonnes to 53 lakh tonnes of nitrogen and 12.82 lakh tonnes to 14.90 lakh tonnes of phosphate. In petroleum, the year 1981-82 may close with a total production of over 16 million tonnes of crude oil compared to 10.5 million tonnes during 1980-81. The discovery of oil in structures east of Bombay High, in the Palk Strait, in Sisodra in Gujarat and Napamua in Assam **an;]** of gas in Baramura in Tripura and in Kudara in Gujarat is an assurance that tempo of production will be further accelerated. 

Our Refinery 
 
 
capacity   
increased   from   31.8 
environment. The improvement in the performance of the infrastructure in the current year and the formulation of the revised Twenty Point  Programme  provide   
the  basis in 1979-80 and 11.8 million tonnes in 1980- 81. 

While Government have made arrangements to ensure availability of agricultural inputs in sufficient quantity and in time, the major credit for our improved agricultural performance must go to the enterprise, dedication and hard work of our farmers. 

7. During 1980-81 an additional irrigation million     tonnes  in     1980-81   to  37.8 
million *tonnes* in 1981-82.    The production of LPG, which went  up by 15 per cent   in  the current year,  is estimated  to     increase further by about   40 per cent in   the year ahead and   will   show  a    marked    change in the demand-supply position.   Production  in the  six  integrated  steel plants is expeicted to touch the highest ever level  of 7.2 million tonnes of saleable   steel,   exceeding   last year's production  by  more   than  a  million tonnes and marking a capacity utilisation of nearly 84 per cent,   in   September,   1981, Government   approved the proposal for the establishment of an integrated steel plant at Paradeep. This,  coupled with  the eiarlier decision to  set  up  an     integrated  steel plant at Visakhapatnam,     indicates Government's determination  to   augment  existing capacities  to   achieve a   state   of self-reliance   
in   this core sector. 

4. In order to maintain the tempo already generated in industrial production and accelerate economic growth, the year 1982 is being observed a;s "Productivity Year" and we shall have an intensive drive to maximise utilisatioin of capacities available in all sectors of the economy. 

5. The outlook for agricultural production potential of 2.4 million hectares was created. Another 2.6 million hectares are expected to be covered  during  1981-82,  giving an  additional coverage of 5 million hectares during these two years.    Our objective is to add 3 million hectares per year during  the   remaining  3 years of the Sixth Plan.   This will be the biggest effort by any country in bringing additional land    under irrigation in one year. Government have   also prepared    a National      Perspective Plan   for  Watar Resources   Development.    A  National Water Develop-met    Agency   will be established to carry  out  investigations  and  formulate,   in consultation  with  the   State Governments, a plan for the optimum development and utilisation of available   wntejrs,   initially  of the   peninsular rivers.   Two important developments during the year were the   understanding     on  the     utilisation   of Narmada  waters  and  the  agreement on sharing of the surplus flows of the Ravi' and  
Beas.    I  congratulate   the States concerned. 

8. A Central   Land Resources Conservation and Development Commission is being in 1981-82 is encouraging. Preliminary assessment indicates that the   Kharif  food grains     production might reach ah all time level of 79.9 million tonnes. For the year as a whole, foodgrains production is expected to exceed the previous record level of 132 million tonnes. This compares favourably with the production of 129.9 achieved in 1980-81, which itself was 
18.4 per cent higher than in 1979-80. 

6. The production of sugarcane, which had slumped to 129 million tonnes in 1979-80 had reached 150.5 million tonnes in 1980-81 and is expected to be between 170 and 180 million tonnes this year. The forecast of pulses this year is 12 to 13 million tonnes compared to 8.6 million tonnes constituted    to provide1 expert   guidance   in   
formulating   national policies    relating    to management of land resources and also coordinate  activities  of the  State    Land Use Boards.   With the enforcement of the Forest (Conservation)   Act,   1980 diversion of forest land which was of the order of nearly 1.5 lakh hectares per annum in the earlier years, has been controlled.       As    the)    Indian Forest  Act, 1927  is  not     applicable uniformly in all the States, it is proment will enable the drawing of SDR 5 
billion over the next three years 
11. A series of measures have been taken to promote exports, as a result of which exports are estimated tc have shown an increase of 15.4 per cent during April—November, 
1981 
posed to bring forward comprehensive legislation to replace the existing law. As part of the social forestry programme, a total number of 135 crore seedlings are expected to have been planted in 1981-82. The enactment of legislation to establish a National Bank to improve (ha quantity and quality of credit flows to rural areas is a significant step. 

Further, as a result of the steps 

## 9. The Energies Of The Government

taken to increase the productive capa city of the!, economy, the rise in the import  bill during  this   period   has decelerated to 11.4 per cent. There is reason to believe that the tendency in the last few years for the! trade gap to widen will be arrested in 1981-82. Parliament also knows that an Export-Import Bank has been established to help credit availabilities for exports. High priority will continue to be given to ejxport promotion during the coming years. 

12. The overall rate growth in output of the public sector industries under the Central Government is esti mated as 
20 
per cent in April-Sep tember, 
1981 
over the corresponding period last year. There is scope and need for much better performance Steps are be|ng taken to streamline and improve the working of these enterprises through better delegation of powers, simplification of procedures and stricter enforcemeint of account ability. 

continued to be focussed on controlling inflation. The components of the antiinflationary strategy were higher production, better capacity utilisation strengthening the public distribuTion system, imports of essential commodities wherever necessary, fiscal and monetary discipline, and curbing the activities of anti-social elements. The annual rate of inflation as measured from point to point movement in the wholesale price index has come down from 22.2 per cent as on the weejk ended 12 January, 1980 to 14.8 per cent as on the week ended 10 January, 1981 and further to 6.9 per cent for the week ended 9 January_ 1982. During the current financial year i.e. 28 March, 1981 and 23 January, 1982, the index has gone up only by 2.8 per cent which is significantly lower than the rise of 14.1 per cent in the same period last year. The number of Fair Price Shops stood at 2.98 lakhs in November, 1981 compared to 2.73 lakhs in March, 1981. There will be no slackening of vigilance in the fight against inflation. 

13. The Government are vitally concerned 
10. While the present approach promises with the welfare of workers! who contribute in no small measure to national production and productivity. Legislation is proposed to be introduced in the present session to amend labour laws relating to industrial disputes, trade unions and standing orders to remove procedural delays and secure speedy justice to workers. The industrial relations machinery is being strengthened and streamlined to further results in the fight against inflation, far grefater efforts ficit increased to about Rs. 5,500 crores oration in the balance of payments situation. Owing to the sharp increase in the import prices of oil and oil products in 1980-81, the trade de-in that year compared to Rs. 2,450 in that year compared to Rs. 2.450 crores in 1979-80. To meet the situation an^j to ensure continued anticipate labour problems and to take prompt ameliorative action. 

14. The 20-Point Programme has been development Government have entered into an extended agreement with the International Monetary Fund.    This  agreerevised to impart greater dynamism to some key-social and economic programmes included in the Sixth Plan. In broad terms, it sonrretises what the Sixth Plan means for us all one of the few countries to have a domestic satellite communications network when in November, 
1981 
with the help of INTELSAT-IV, ' satellite communication links were extended to remote areas in Leh in Jammu & Kastvnir, Aizal in Mizoram, Port Blair and Car Nicobar in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, and Kavaratti in Lakshadweep. 

A 
troposcatter particularly for the weaker sections. Special emphasis is being given to programmes    to assist specific  target groups through the Integrated Rural Development Programme, the Scheduled Castes Component Plan and Hill and Tribal Sub-Plans, the slum improvement programme and allotment of house sites to rural families. While the thrust of the revised 20-Point Pro- 
.gramme continues to be on providing better living conditions for the less privileged sections of the population, the programme as a whole aims at all round improvement in productivity. 

15. The census of 1981 underlined communication link was established with the Soviet Union, undersea link with Sri Lanka and a microwave link with Bangladesh. The next major event will be the launching of the multipurpose Indian National Satellite (INSAT) in April, 1982 and its utilisation for meteorological capacility communications and radio and television coverage. The micro-wave link, with TV capability between major cities of India like Madras Bangalore, Bombaj Delhi has already been established. The link between Delhi and Calcutta and Delhi- Srinagar will be completed by June, 1982 and a large number of urban and rural areas will be covered through the satellite and the  micro-wave  system 
18. During the year a Science Advisory Committee to the Cabinet (SACC) was constituted. 

In order to lessen anew the importance of population control. Government give high priority to voluntary family planning as an essential ingredient of people's well-being and national progress and havei included it as part of the revised 20-Point Programme. It is our objective to bring down the birth rate to 21 and the death rate to 9 per thousand by the end of the century. I should also like to draw attention to the fact that national programmes for the rontrol of leprosy -and blindness have been intensified in furtherance of the objective of Health tot All by A.D. 2000. These two programmes are now being treated as 
100 
per cent centrally sponsored, 
16 The provision of elementary -
education for all children, and the covering of the illiterate adult population with appropriate educational programmes is being accelerated. Government have also lau'nched a substantial programme of non-formal education. It is proposed to revise the content of vocational education. In higher education, especially higher technological education, the emphasis will be on quality. 

17. Considerable headway was made in unemployment amongst science and technology personnel, Government is establishing a Science and Technology Ente -preneurship Development Board. Other major steps are the establishment of a Commission of Additional Sources of Energy which has already initiated wide-ranging programmes of research and Development and demonstration all over the country o'n a large scale, the decision to form a National Biotechnology Board to ensure co-ordinated work in biotechnology, which has implications for agriculture, medicine and industry, and the setting up of a National Institute of Immunology in Delhi and a Plasma Physics Programme in Ahmedabad. 

19 The Department of Environment space technology and communications during the year_ Three Indian-made satellites were launched—Bohini, with the . help of our own satellite launching vehiclei the experimental has taken up programmes to prevent eco-destruction.   It  has   also communications satellite APPLE and the earth-observation Satellite   Bhaskara-II. India  became set up a National Eco-Development 
23. The international situation has deteriorated. 

Military      presences Board. The Department has introduced procedures to ensure environ-, mental impact assessment of large projects and monitoring the implementation of environmental safeguards in such projects^ 
20. The Department of Ocean Devearound us have increased. This danger should make all of us determined to safeguard national security and interests through non-alignment and the peaceful resolution of differences . We earnestly hope that the major military powers will realise the futility of confrontation and arrest the diversion of resources from development and welfare to artna-ments. It is regrettable that the strategic considerations of other countries should cast extra burdens on us. We cannot afford to be complacent. The nation will be called upon to make heavy sacrifices to maintain preparedness at all times to meet external challenges. 

lopment, which was established in July, 1981 is preparing a perspective plan of ocean development. It organised a scientific expedition to Antarctica. The leader is back and the others will soon be returning after a successful voyage of over two months. The expedition covers a wide range of scientific investigation in fields like mateorology, glacio-logy and oceanography. 

21 I now turn to some problems 
24, With our immediate neighbours we concerning law and order. There cannot be forward movement with, out the assurance that national energies are not frittered away on agitations engineered by sectional interests. Government are distressed at the outrages perpetrated against members of Scheduled Caste communities at some places and are determined to ensure that all sections of the population live in safety and honour. The guilty will be firmly dealt with. The problems confronting these classes are part of the larger socio-economic problems of the country. The fullest cooperation of the public is necessary to fight against the forces of com-munalism and casteism, who are often in league with anti-social elements. Programmes for Ithe integrated socio-economic have continued to seek relationships of greater mutual trust and closer friendship. I have just paid a useful visit to Sri Lanka, aa I did earlier to Nepal and Indonesia. The King of Bhutan will soon be in bur country. Our foreign Minister visited Burma, Vietnam and Thailand. With Bangladesh we have had a series of useful exchanges of views. Further steps have been taken to improve relations with China. Following the visit of the Chinese Foreign Minister during this year, an official delegation went to Beijing to discuss international and bilateral issues including the question of boundary and territory. As regards Pakistan, Parliament is only too well aware of the nationwide concern after that country decided to acquire sophisticated arms and the development of Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribes and weaker sections have been intensified and much larger outlays than ever before have been provided. Their implementation will be closely monitored. 

22. As part of their earnest efforts to find a fair and satisfactory solution to the problems of foreigners in Assam, persistent international reports about its nuclear programme. While announcing its move to go in for advanced aircraft, Pakistan also informed us of its desire to have a no-war pact, a suggestion we had Put to them several times and in different forms over the years. In December, 1981 we gave Pakistan an outline of the principles which might govern our discussions towards that end. 

This dialogue was carried   forward     during the   recent Government held several rounds of talks with the representatives o'f the agitating organisations and leaders of political parties. These efforts are continuing. 

j    collectively in their dealings with the advanced countries. 

27. In the present Session besides dealing -with pending business a large number of fresh legislative measures will come up for your consideration. Among these are:: 
 
visit of the Pakistan Foreign Minister. We reiterated our desire for peace and friendship and our stand that issues should be bilaterally resolved. We are glad that Pakistan has accepted our proposal for a Joint Commission to examine, renew and promote the entire range of relations between  our two countries. 

The Land Acquisition (Amendment) 
Bill, 
1982; 
and The National 
25. Elsewhere on our continent, tension persist. 

The problem of Waterway Bill, 1982 to declare the Ganga between Allahabad and Haldia as   a  national   waterway. 

28. Hon. Members, the world is Afghanistan and the Iran-Iraq con flict remain unresolved. The Palesti nian people's rights continue to be obstructed. 

The Indian Ocean is far from becoming a zone of peace. 

26. There are a few hopeful signs passing through difficult times. Our own problems are not inconsiderable. Fortunately we are a nation imbued with a sense of purpose. Our people have also shown commendable capa city to rally together in moments of challenge. 

Political differences are tlso, such as the renewed plan of the Non-Aligned Movement following the Conference of Foreign Ministers of Non-Aligned Countries in New Delhi last year, the initiatives of the Com monwealth countries to promote bound to exist in a democracy which guarantees freedom of opinion and organisation. But differences should not degenerate into discord. 

The good of the nation is an objective for which we must learn to coope greater international cooperation, and the beginning, however tenuous, of efforts for a dialogue between deve loped and developing countries. The Prime Minister participated in the rate, transcending disputes. We have the ' strength and the resources to move forward speedily. 

The first Commonwealth Heads of Govern ment Meeting in Melbourne and in the International Conference on Co-operation for Development in two years of the Sixth Plan were years of consolidation. Let us now use this strength to make the next three years of the Plan, years of a march  forward,  JAI  HIND. 

[Text of the  President's  Address  in Cancun, Mexico. Her visits during the year to Australia, Bulgaria, Fiji, France, Italy, Kuwait, Kenya, Indo nesia, Philippines, Rumania, Sey Hindi} 
chelles, Switzerland, Tonga and the United Arab Emirates led to further strengthening of friendship with those countries. Since I last addres sed you, we have had visits from the Heads of States or Governments of Kenya, the Federal Republic of Ger many, Guinea, Tanzania, Britain, Bahrain, FDR 
Yemen. 

Zimbabwe. 

Nauru, Australia, Madagascar, Bots wana, Ghana, Venezuela, Uganda, Spain and Sweden all of which were useful. We look forward to the visit next week of President Nyerere and to the Conference of some develop ing countries. 

Greater co-operation among developing countries is mutu ally beneficial and strengthens them 
 
MR. CHAIRMAN; Do not take down anything. 

SHRI G. C. BHATTACHARYA:    
MR. CHAIRMAN: Nothing is being taken down. *(Interruptions)* I do not want anything. 

(Interruptions) 
Mr. Bhattacharya, please listen to me. 

SHRI RAMANAND YADAV: Point of order. 

MR. CHAIRMAN: There is no point of order. I will say what I feel about it.   Please sit dawn. 

SHRI G. C. BHATTACHARYA: *** 
MR. CHAIRMAN: I tell you, it is not going on record. 

SHRI G. C. BHATTACHARYA:  *** 
MR. CHAIRMAN: Nothing to be taken down. So long as I am standing, nothing will be taken down. 

SHRI G. C. BHATTACHARYA: Sir. as a protest,  I am walking out. 

(The    hon.   Member   then    left    the Chamber), MR. CHAIRMAN: I am very sorry to find that an hon. Member has been so discourteous that he should have stood up even before that obituary references were read by me. I thought he should have read it in the programme of the Bulletin that this will take precedence over everything else. 

Having disturbed the solemnity of it. he has chosen to walk out. The House will take note of it. 

SHRI    G.     C.    BHATTACHARYA 

## Obituary  References

MR. CHAIRMAN: I refer with profound 
(Uttar Pradesh): What is this Address? We have boycotted this Address, Sir, because we said, by not holding   . 

MR. CHAIRMAN:  Please sit down. 

sorrow to the passing away of Shri H. M. Trivedi, Shri Ahmad Said Khan of Chhatari and Shri Jai Sukh Lal    Hathi,    former   
Members of the SHRI 
RAMANAND        YADAV 
*Not recorded. 

 
(Bihar): This is not the proper occasion.   
Please sit down. 

SHRI    G.    C.    BHATTACHARYA: 
But with regard to .   .   . 
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