11. COMMITTEE SECTION (H.A)

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1 11. COMMITTEE SECTION (H.A) 11.1 Main functions of the Section: The primary function of this Section is to provide secretarial assistance to one of the eight Department-related Parliamentary Standing Committees (DRSCs) serviced by the Rajya Sabha Secretariat i.e. Committee on Home Affairs. Like the other seven DRSCs serviced by the Rajya Sabha Secretariat, the Committee on Home Affairs is governed by Rules 268 to 277 of the Rules of Procedure and Conduct of Business in the Council of States. In other respects, the rules applicable to the Select Committee on Bills in the Council also apply mutatis mutandis to the Committee. As per the Rule 270 of the Rules of Procedures and Conduct of Business in the council of States, (Rajya Sabha), the functions assigned to the Committee, are as under:- (a) to consider the Demands-for-Grants of related Ministries/Departments and report thereon. The report shall not suggest anything of the nature of cut motions; (b) to examine Bills, pertaining to related Ministries/Departments, referred to the Committee by the Chairman or the Speaker, as the case may be, and report thereon; (c) to consider the annual reports of the Ministries/Departments and report thereon; and (d) to consider national basic long term policy documents presented to the Houses, if referred to the Committee by the Chairman or the Speaker, as the case may be, and report thereon. Provided that the Committee shall not consider matter of day-to-day administration of the related Ministries/Department Jurisdiction of the Committee: Two Ministries namely, the Ministry of Home Affairs; and the Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region (DONER), as listed in the Third Schedule to the Rules of Procedure and Conduct of Business in the Council of States, are under the jurisdiction of the Committee on Home Affairs Tenure of Committee: The Committee re-constituted, under the Chairmanship of Shri M. Venkaiah Naidu, for a term of one year w.e.f. 31 August , with 10 Members from Rajya Sabha and 21 from Lok Sabha, continued to function till its re-constitution again w.e.f. 31 August Consideration of Demands for Grants ( ): Two Reports (161 st and 162 nd ) on the Demands for Grants of the Ministry of Home Affairs and the Ministry of Development of North- Eastern Region, for the year , were presented to Parliament, on 30 th April 2012 and 7 th May 2012, respectively, after their scrutiny by the Committee Consideration of Bills: During the period under review, the following six Bills were referred to the Committee for examination and report thereon: S. Date of reference Name of the Bill No January 2012 The Arms (Amendment) Bill, January 2012 The Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Amendment Bill, January 2012 The North-Eastern Areas (Re-organisation) Amendment Bill, September 2012 The Constitution (One Hundred Eighteenth Amendment) Bill, Rajya Sabha Parliamentary Bulletin Part-II No dated 15 September Rajya Sabha Parliamentary Bulletin Part-II No dated 01 October, Rajya Sabha Parliamentary Bulletin Part-II No dated 16 January Rajya Sabha Parliamentary Bulletin Part-II No dated 16 January Rajya Sabha Parliamentary Bulletin Part-II No dated 16 January Rajya Sabha Parliamentary Bulletin Part-II No dated 12 September

2 5. 28 December 2012 The Governors (Emoluments, Allowances and Privileges) Amendment Bill, December 2012 The Criminal Law (Amendment) Bill, The Reports on the Arms (Amendment) Bill, 2011, the North-Eastern Areas (Reorganisation) Amendment Bill, 2011 and The Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Amendment Bill, 2011 were presented/laid to/in the Rajya Sabha/Lok Sabha on 28 March The Report on the Constitution (One Hundred Eighteenth Amendment) Bill, 2012 was presented to/laid in the Rajya Sabha/Lok Sabha on 23 and 22 November 2012, respectively. Examination of the Bill at Sr. No. 5 and 6 will be under taken by the Committee in the year Bills inherited from previous Committee and reports presented thereon: Sl. No. Date of reference Name of the Bill Date of presentation to/ laying in of Report Rajya Sabha/Lok Sabha 1. 9 December 2011 The Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, March Consideration of General Subjects: The Committee inherited the following subjects from the previous Committee which were identified in its sitting held on 11 th May 2011 for detailed study and examination 10 :- 1. Security at Airports in the country; 2. Working of Immigration Division in the Ministry of Home Affairs; 3. Working of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel National Police Academy, Hyderabad; 4. Disaster Management in the country; 5. Administration of Union Territories; 6. Infrastructure Projects and Economic Development in NE Region; 7. Functioning of Civil Defence Training Institutes in the country; 8. Coastal Security Management; 9. Indo-Bangla Border Fencing; 10. Problems faced by the Home Guards and their Working Conditions; and 11. Law and order situation in Delhi 11. The Report on the Working of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel National Police Academy, Hyderabad was presented to/laid in the Rajya Sabha/Lok Sabha on 30 August Sub-Committees: The Chairman, Department-related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Home Affairs constituted two sub-committees to study in details the subjects relating to North Eastern Region and Administration of Union Territories on 18 May 2012 consisting of 8 Members each. The Composition of the sub-committees is as below: Composition of the Sub-Committee for North-Eastern Region (NER) Rajya Sabha (1) Shri D. Raja - Convenor (2) Shri Rishang Keishing (3) Shri Prasanta Chatterjee 7 Rajya Sabha Parliamentary Bulletin Part-II No dated 02 January Rajya Sabha Parliamentary Bulletin Part-II No dated 02 January Rajya Sabha Parliamentary Bulletin Part-II No dated 09 December Rajya Sabha Parliamentary Bulletin Part-II No dated 18 May The Committee in its sitting held on 18 July 2012 decided to change the nomenclature of the subject Law and Order situation in Delhi. to functioning of Delhi Police in order to broaden the scope of the study. 97

3 Lok Sabha (4) Shri Khagen Das (5) Smt. Kakali Ghosh Dastidar (6) Shri Ramen Deka (7) Shri Naveen Jindal (8) Shri Harsh Vardhan Composition of the Sub-Committee for Administration of Union Territories Rajya Sabha (1) Shri Tariq Anwar - Convenor (2) Dr. V. Maitreyan Lok Sabha (3) Shri Baijayant Panda (4) Shri Lalubhai B. Patel (5) Shri Natubhai Gomanbhai Patel (6) Shri Hamdullah Sayeed (7) Shri Neeraj Shekhar (8) Shri Ravneet Singh 11.8 Tours/Visits: The Committee undertook study visits to Chennai, Tamil Nadu from 13 th to 16 th June 2012 to have in-depth study of Coastal Security and Disaster Management set up in the State. The Committee also visited Andhra Pradesh from 6 th to 10 th November 2012 to assess the Coastal Security and Disaster Management set up there. The sub-committee on Administration of Union Territories visited Union Territory of Chandigarh as part of the study of Administration of UTs Meetings & Reports: The Committee held 26 meetings in all devoting 27 hours and 35 Minutes. The details in respect of the meetings are as follows:- Meetings of the Committee during the year 2011 S. No. Date of Meeting (Record of discussion) Time devoted Main Agenda Hrs. Mts (i) Appraised of the reference of the three Bills namely, the North-Eastern Areas (Reorganisation) Amendment Bill, 2011 (as introduced in Lok Sabha on 7 th December 2011 and pending therein); The Arms (Amendment) Bill, 2011 (as introduced in Lok Sabha on 12 th December 2011 and pending therein) and The Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Amendment Bill, 2011 (as introduced in Lok Sabha on 29 th December 2011 and pending therein).by the Hon ble Chairman, Rajya Sabha, in consultation with the Speaker, Lok Sabha, to the Committee on Home Affairs, on 13 th January, 2011, for examination and report thereon by 31 st March (ii) Discussion with representatives of J&K migrants on 'Action Taken by the Government on 137 th Report of the Committee' (i) Heard the presentation of the Home Secretary on the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2011; the Arms (Amendment) Bill, 2011; the North-Eastern Areas (Reorganisation) Amendment Bill, 2011; and the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Amendment Bill, 2011; and Nominated to the sub-committee w.e.f

4 (ii) heard oral evidence of Home Secretary alongwith Chief Secretary, Government of J&K on the Action Taken by the Government on 137 th Report of the Committee on Rehabilitation of J&K Migrants and sought clarifications thereon (i) Decided for issuing of press release inviting comments/suggestions on the provisions of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Amendment Bill, 2011 from various individuals/stakeholders/organizations; and (ii) Held internal discussion on the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, (i) Heard the presentation of the Home Secretary on the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Amendment Bill, 2011; and (ii) Took up the clause-by-clause consideration of the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, (i) Took up clause-by-clause consideration of the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2011; (ii) Further heard the Home Secretary on the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Amendment Bill, 2011; and (iii) Sought extension of time for presenting Report of the Committee on the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2011 upto 30 th March, (i) Apprised the Committee that Hon ble Chairman, Rajya Sabha granted extension of time to the Committee for presentation of report on the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2011 upto 30 th March (ii) Consideraed and adopted of draft 157 th on the Arms (Amendment) Bill, and 158 th Report on the North-Eastern Areas (Reorganisation) Amendment Bill, 2011; (iii) Further heard the Home Secretary on the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2011; and Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Amendment Bill, Further heard the Home Secretary on the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Amendment Bill, 2011 and took the clause-by-clause consideration of the Bill (a) Considered and adopted the draft 159 th Report on the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2011 and draft 160 th Report on the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Amendment Bill, 2011; and (b) Nomination of two Members each from Rajya Sabha and Lok Sabha for presenting/ laying of 157 th, 158 th, 159 th and 160 th Reports of the Committee to Rajya Sabha/Lok Sabha Heard the presentation of Home Secretary on Demands for Grants ( ) of the Ministry of Home Affairs and discussion thereon Further heard the Home Secretary on Demands for Grants ( ) of the Ministry of Home Affairs and sought clarification thereon Heard the Secretary, Ministry of DoNER on Demands for Grants ( ) of the Ministry of DoNER and sought clarification thereon Further heard the Secretary, Ministry of DoNER on Demands for Grants ( ) of the Ministry of DoNER and sought clarification thereon Considered and adopted draft 161 st Report on Demands for Grants ( ) of the Ministry of Home Affairs. 99

5 Considered and adopted draft 162 nd Report on Demands for Grants ( ) of the Ministry of DoNER Decided its future programme Heard the views of Shri P.S. Rama Mohan Rao, Former DGP & Former Governor of Tamil Nadu, Shri Shanker Sen, Ex-Director, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel National Police Academy and Senior Fellow, Institute of Social Sciences; and Shri Prakash Singh, Ex- DG, BSF on the working of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel National Police Academy (record note of discussion) Heard the views of Special Secretary, Ministry of Home Affairs on the working of the Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel National Police Academy, Hyderabad Heard presentation of the Home Secretary on Law & Order Situation in Delhi Considered and adopted the draft 163 rd Report on the Working of the Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel National Police Academy, Hyderabad (i) Appraised the Committee of the reference of the Constitution (One Hundred Eighteenth Amendment) Bill, 2012, as introduced in Lok Sabha on 7 th September, 2012 and pending therein, to the Committee on Home Affairs, for examination and report by first day of the Winter Session of Parliament. (ii) Decided its future programme Heard the presentation of Additional Secretary, Ministry of Home Affairs and Principal Secretary, Government of Karnataka on the Constitution (One Hundred-Eighteenth Amendment) Bill, Heard the Home Secretary and representatives of the Planning Commission, Ministry of Law & Justice and State Governments of Andhra Pradesh and Maharastra on the Constitution (One Hundred Eighteenth Amendment) Bill, (i) Further heard the Union Home Secretary and the Chief Secretary, State Government of Karnataka on the Constitution (One Hundred Eighteenth Amendment) Bill, 2012; and (ii) Sought extension of time upto the first week of the first part of Budget Session 2013 of the Parliament for presentation of report on the Constitution (One Hundred Eighteenth Amendment) Bill, Further heard presentation of the Commissioner of Police, Delhi on the Functioning of Delhi Police Considered communications received from Chief Minister of Karnataka and Ministry of Home Affairs in connection with the Constitution (One Hundred Eighteenth Amendment) Bill, Heard the Home Secretary along with Commissioner of Police, Delhi, on 'Growing atrocities against women and general law & order situation in Delhi' as part of the examination of the subject "Functioning of Delhi Police" The sub-committee on North-Eastern Region of DRPSC on Home Affairs held five meetings in all devoting 6 hours 52 Minutes. The sub-committee on the Administration of UTs of 100

6 DRPSC on Home Affairs held three meetings in all devoting 3 hours 25 Minutes. The details in respect of the meetings of the two sub-committees are as follows:- Meetings of the Sub-Committee on North-Eastern Region of DRPSC on Home Affairs during the year 2012 Sl. Date of Time devoted Business Transacted No. Meeting May minutes Decided its future programme June Hour and 20 Minutes June Hour and 35 Minutes 4. 9 July Hours and 27 Minutes hour and 55 minutes Heard the presentation of the Home Secretary on the subject Indo-Bangla Border Fencing and Flood Lighting. Heard the presentation of the Secretary, DoNER on implementation of Road Projects in North-eastern Region. Heard the presentation of Secretary, Ministry of Development of North-eastern Region and the representatives of other concerned Ministries on the following subjects as part of the examination of subject Infrastructure projects and economic Development in North-Eastern Region :- (i) Further discussion on Road Projects in the North-eastern Region including presentation by Ministry of Rural Development; and (ii) Railway projects in the North-eastern region. Heard the presentation of Secretary, Ministry of Development of North-eastern Region and the representatives of Ministry of Railways Ministries on Railway Projects in the North-eastern Region as part of the examination of subject Infrastructure projects and economic Development in North-Eastern Region. Meetings of the Sub-Committee on Administration of UTs of DRPSC on Home Affairs during the year 2012 Sl. Date of Time devoted Business Tranacted No. Meeting May minutes Decide its future programme July Hours & 20 Minutes Hour and 35 Minutes Heard the presentation of JS (UT) and Administrator, Daman & Diu and Dadra & Nagar Haveli on various aspects of administrations of both the UTs. Heard the presentation of JS (UT), Ministry of Home Affairs and Administrator, Daman & Diu and Dadra & Nagar Haveli on the various aspects of administration of UT of Dadra & Nagar Haveli Reports of the Committee: During the year under review, the Committee presented Eight Reports, which included five Reports on Bills. Details of the Reports are given in the accompanying table: - Sl. No. List of Reports of the Committee presented to Parliament during the Year 2012 Report No. Subject Dates of Presentation/Laying Rajya Sabha Lok Sabha th Arms (Amendment) Bill, th North-Eastern Areas (Reorganisation) Amendment Bill, th The Citizenship (Amendment) Bill,

7 th The Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Amendment Bill, st Demands for Grants ( ) of Ministry of Home Affairs nd Demands for Grants ( ) of Ministry of DoNER rd Working of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel National Police Academy, Hydrabad th Constitution (One Hundred Eighteenth Amendment) Bill, Goals & Objectives: The broad objectives of Department-related Parliamentary Standing Committees have been spelt out in Rule 270 of Rules of Procedures and Conduct of Business in Council of States (Rajya Sabha). The Committee on Home Affairs had the following specific goals to be achieved: (i) (ii) (iii) (iv) Consideration of Demands for Grants ( ) of related Ministries and report thereon; Consideration of ATRs received from the related Ministries on the respective Reports pertaining to Demands for Grants ( ) and report thereon; Examination of Bills and report thereon; and Detailed examination of the subjects and report thereon The succeeding paragraphs contain the analysis of the extent to which each of the above mentioned goals were achieved during the tenure of the Committee With regard to the goal mentioned at Sl.No.(i), the Committee considered the Demands for Grants ( ) of the Ministry of Home Affairs and the Ministry of DoNER and 161 st and 162 nd reports, respectively, were presented on the Demands for Grants during the period under review Regarding Sl. No. (ii), ATNs of the concerned Ministries on the observations/recommendations of the Committee as contained in its Reports on Demands for Grants ( ) have been prepared and are to be considered by the Committee, and two reports thereon would be presented to the both the Houses of Parliament in ensuing Budget Session As regards the examination of Bills, the Committee presented five Reports on the Arms (Amendment) Bill, 2011; North-Eastern Areas (Reorganisation) Amendment Bill, 2011; The Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2011; The Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Amendment Bill, 2011 and Constitution (One Hundred Eighteenth Amendment) Bill, 2012 during the year In respect of Sr. No. (iv), the status of the subjects undertaken by the Committee for detailed study are given below:- S. No. Subject Status/suggested course of action 1. Internal Security The previous Committee visited Chennai from 13 th to 16 th June, 2012 in connection with the 2. Security at Airports in the country examination of the subjects. 3. Disaster Management in the country The Committee Visited Andhra Pradesh from 6 th to 10 th November 2012 in connection with the examination of the subjects. 4. Coastal Security Management 5. Working of Sardar Vallabhbhai The Report on the subject was presented on 30 th 102

8 Patel National Police Academy, August, Hyderabad 6. Administration of Union Territories The sub-committee on Administration of UTs held three meetings. The Sub-Committee also visited Chandigarh from 26 th to 28 th July 2012 to study various aspects of Administration of UT of Chandigarh. 7. Infrastructure Projects and The erstwhile Committee heard Secretary, DoNER Economic Development in NE on 19 th July, However, the presentation Region remained inconclusive. The sub-committee on NER was constituted, which held five meetings on 21 May, 7 June, 29 June, 9 July and 26 July 2012 and covered Road projects, Rail Projects and air connectivity in NER. 8. Functioning of Civil Defence Subject yet to be taken up. Training Institutes in the country 9. Indo-Bangla Border Fencing and flood lighting. 10. Problems faced by the Home Guards and their Working Conditions; and 11. Law and order situation in Delhi (renamed as Functioning of Delhi Police) The sub-committee on NER in its sitting held on 7 th June, 2012 heard the Home Secretary on the subject. The proposed sub-committee may continue to study the subject. Subject yet to be taken up. The previous Committee in its sitting held on 18 th July 2012 heard presentation of the Home Secretary on the subject. The Committee after reconstitution in its sitting held on 4 th and 27 th December, 2012 heard further presentation on Functioning of Delhi Police Status of items under examination of the Committee: The status of items under examination of the Committee on Home Affairs as on is given below in tabular form: - Status of Items of work under examination of the Committee Sr. No. Bills/Subjects Status 1. Arms (Amendment) Bill, 2011 Report Presented 2. North-Eastern Areas (Reorganisation) Amendment Bill, Report Presented The Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2011 Report Presented 4. The unlawful Activities (Prevention) Amendment Bill, Report Presented Demands for Grants ( ) of ministry of Home Report Presented Affairs 6. Demands for Grants ( ) of Ministry of DoNER Report Presented 7. Working of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel National Police Academy, Hydrabad 8. Constitution (One Hundred eighteenth Amendment) Bill, 2012 Report Presented Report Presented 103

9 11.13 Status of Computerisation: Five Computers have been installed in the Section and all typing work is done on them. Information material for research and reference purposes is also searched on the internet. All computers are connected with LAN Inspection of the Section: The Annual Inspection of the Section for the year 2011 was held on 17 May Training: No Staff members of this Section took training during Budget: The details of allocation of Budget & Expenditure is as under: i) Budgetary Allocation: Rs.1,50,000/- Lunch/Dinner/Refreshment etc. Rs. 10,000/- for Administrative Expenses ii) Expenditure: a) Anticipated Expenditure upto 31 December 2012 is to the tune of Rs. 1,04,503/- on Lunch/Dinner/Refreshment etc.; b) Anticipated Expenditure on binding of Reports and verbatim proceedings of the Committee upto 31 December 2012 is to the tune of Rs. 570/-. 104

10 Presentation of Report by Shri M. Venkaiah Naidu, Chairman Department-Related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Home Affairs to Hon'ble Chairman