Lok Sabha Debates
Introduction Of The Life Insurance Corporation (Amendment) Bill, 2008. on 22 December, 2008
> Title : Introduction of the Life Insurance Corporation (Amendment) Bill, 2008. THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF FINANCE AND MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF PARLIAMENTARY AFFAIRS (SHRI PAWAN KUMAR BANSAL): Sir, I beg to move for leave to introduce a Bill further to amend the Life Insurance Corporation Act, 1956. … (Interruptions)
श्री हरिन पाठक (अहमदाबाद) : अध्यक्ष महोदय, मुख्य मंत्री कांग्रेस का...( व्यवधान) MR. SPEAKER: I have committed to call Shri Santosh Gangwar. I will call him. … (Interruptions)
अध्यक्ष महोदय : यह सही नहीं है। जब इन्होंने बात उठाई थी, तब आप लोग नहीं थे। आपने सुना भी नहीं कि क्या हुआ। अब मेहरबानी करके बैठ जाइए। …( व्यवधान)
MR. SPEAKER: I have committed to call him first. … (Interruptions)
MR.SPEAKER: These are routine matters, you know that. SHRI HARIN PATHAK : Sir, is it a routine matter? अध्यक्ष महोदय : मैंने उनका रूटीन मैटर नहीं कहा। …( व्यवधान)
अध्यक्ष महोदय : हम अभी जो कर रहे हैं, उस रुटीन मैटर की बात कही है। …( व्यवधान)
MR. SPEAKER: Mr. Harin Pathak, don’t put words into my mouth. यह डिबेट नहीं है, इंट्रोडक्शन ऑफ बिल है। …( व्यवधान)
SHRI BASU DEB ACHARIA (BANKURA): Mr. Speaker, Sir, I have given a notice for opposing the introduction of this Bill. MR. SPEKAER: Motion moved:
“That leave be granted to introduce a Bill further to amend the Life Insurance Corporation Act, 1956.” You may make a brief submission.
*m02 SHRI BASU DEB ACHARIA : Sir, I oppose the introduction of the Life Insurance Corporation (Amendment) Bill, 2008. The Life Insurance Corporation of India is functioning successfully for the last 51 years. In its 51 years of existence, the Government of India never thought to increase the Government equity from Rs. 5 crore. … (Interruptions) MR. SPEAKER: Nothing will go on record except what Shri Basu Deb Acharia says. (Interruptions) … * 12.13 hrs. (At this stage, Shri Ashok Pradhan and some other hon. Members came and stood on the floor near the Table) SHRI BASU DEB ACHARIA: Sir, the Government of India has received thousands of crores as dividend from the Life Insurance Corporation of India. Moreover, the LIC has invested more than Rs. Two lakh crore for the development of infrastructure, industrial development and other activities in the country. Today, after 51 years of its existence, the Government of India has decided to increase the Government equity from Rs. 5 crore to Rs. 100 crore. There is some ill motive behind this decision. What is the rationale behind increasing the equity? In the other House, they are introducing a Bill to increase the Foreign Direct Investment in LIC from 26 per cent to 49 per cent, together with a decision to increase the Foreign Direct Investment in the insurance sector from 26 per cent to 49 per cent. Both these Bills are inter-related. This is nothing but a step towards rivatization of the Life Insurance Corporation of India. This is unconstitutional and that is why I am opposing the introduction of this Bill. So, we strongly oppose the introduction of this Bill.[R4] Not recorded MR. SPEAKER: I do not know what is happening.
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MR. SPEAKER: The House stands adjourned till 1 p.m. 12.15 hrs. The Lok Sabha then adjourned till Thirteen of the Clock.
13.00 hrs. The Lok Sabha re-assembled at Thirteen of the Clock. (Mr. Speaker in the Chair) GOVERNMENT BILLS-INTRODUCED-Contd.
(i)Life Insurance Corporation (Amendment) Bill, 2008- Contd.
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श्री हरिन पाठक (अहमदाबाद): अध्यक्ष जी, बहुत शर्मनाक बात है। कुछ दिन पहले ही हमने आतंकवाद के खिलाफ एक रिजोल्यूशन पास किया था…( व्यवधान) 13.01 hrs. (At this stage, Shri Ratilal Kalidas Verma and some other hon. Members came and stood on the floor near the Table) MR. SPEAKER: Mr. Acharia, are you pressing? SHRI BASU DEB ACHARIA (BANKURA): Mr. Speaker, Sir, we are pressing for a division at the time of introduction of the Bill. We do not want that this Bill be introduced. … (Interruptions) MR. SPEAKER: The question is:
“That leave be granted to introduce a Bill further to amend the Life Insurance Corporation Act, 1956.” Mr. Acharia, do you want a division?
SHRI BASU DEB ACHARIA: Yes, Sir.… (Interruptions)
MR. SPEAKER: There has to be a division; you go to your seats.
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MR. SPEAKER: Let the Lobbies be cleared— … (Interruptions)
MR. SPEAKER: I will take action; record their names.
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MR. SPEAKER: Now, the Lobbies have been cleared.
The question is:
“That leave be granted to introduce a Bill further to amend the Life Insurance Corporation Act, 1956. ” The Lok Sabha divided: DIVISION NO. 1 AYES 13.01 hrs. Aaron Rashid, Shri J.M. Agarwal, Dr. Dhirendra Ahmad, Dr. Shakeel Aiyar, Shri Mani Shankar Athawale, Shri Ramdas *Athithan, Shri Dhanuskodi R. Baalu, Shri T.R. *‘Baba’, Shri K.C. Singh Bansal, Shri Pawan Kumar Barku, Shri Shingada Damodar *Bhadana, Shri Avtar Singh Botcha, Shrimati Jhansi Lakshmi Chaliha, Shri Kirip Chander Kumar, Prof. Chaudhary, Dr. Tushar A. Chinta Mohan, Dr. Chitthan, Shri N.S.V. Chowdhury, Shri Adhir · Voted through slip Deo, Shri V. Kishore Chandra S. Dikshit, Shri Sandeep Elangovan, Shri E.V.K.S. Engti, Shri Biren Singh Fanthome, Shri Francis Gadakh, Shri Tukaram Gangadhar Ghuran Ram, Shri *Gill, Shri Atma Singh Gogoi, Shri Dip Gowda, Shrimati Tejasvini Handique, Shri B.K. *Hooda, Shri Deepender Singh Hossain, Shri Abdul Mannan *Hussain, Shri Anwar Jagadeesan, Shrimati Subbulakshmi *Jai Prakash, Shri *Jayaprada, Shrimati Kader Mohideen, Prof. K.M. Kalmadi, Shri Suresh Kamat, Shri Gurudas Voted through slip Kaur, Shrimati Preneet Kharventhan, Shri S.K. Krishna, Shri Vijoy Krishnaswamy, Shri A. Kumar, Shrimati Meira Kumari Selja Kyndiah, Shri P.R. Lalu Prasad, Shri *Madam, Shri Vikrambhai Arjanbhai Mcleod, Ms. Ingrid Meena, Shri Namo Narain Mehta, Shri Alok Kumar Meinya, Dr. Thokchom Mishra, Dr. Rajesh Mistry, Shri Madhusudan Mukherjee, Shri Pranab Muniyappa, Shri K.H. Muttemwar, Shri Vilas Nikhil Kumar, Shri · Voted through slip Oraon, Dr. Rameshwar Pallani Shamy, Shri K.C. Patel, Shri Dinsha Patel, Shri Jivabhai A. Patil, Shri Balasaheb Vikhe Patil, Shri Laxmanrao Patil, Shri Pratik P. Pingle, Shri Devidas *Ponnuswamy, Shri E. Prasad, Shri Harikewal Purandeswari, Shrimati D. Raja, Shri A. Rajagopal, Shri L. *Raju, Shri M.M. Pallam Ramakrishna, Shri Badiga Rana, Shri Gurjeet Singh Rana, Shri Rabinder Kumar Rani, Shrimati K. Rao, Shri D. Vittal Rao, Shri K.S. · Voted through slip Rathwa, Shri Naranbhai *Reddy, Shri A. Indra Karan Reddy, Shri K.J.S.P Reddy, Shri M. Raja Mohan Reddy, Shri M. Sreenivasulu Reddy, Shri N. Janardhana Reddy, Shri S.P.Y. Regupathy, Shri S. Sajjan Kumar, Shri *Saradgi, Shri Iqbal Ahmed Sardinha, Shri Francisco Cosme Sarma, Dr. Arun Kumar Selvi, Shrimati V. Radhika Shakya, Shri Raghuraj Singh Shandil, Dr. Col. (Retd.) Dhani Ram *Sharma, Dr. Arvind Shivanna, Shri M. Singh, Chaudhary Bijendra Singh, Dr. Akhilesh Prasad Singh, Rao Inderjit · Voted through slip Singh, Shri Chandra Bhushan Singh, Shri Ganesh Prasad Singh, Shri Manvendra Singh, Shri Rewati Raman Singh, Shrimati Kanti Sugavanam, Shri E.G. *Suklabaidya, Shri Lalit Mohan Suman, Shri Ramji Lal *Sumbrui, Shri Bagun Suryawanshi, Shri Narsingrao H. Thangkabalu, Shri K.V. *Thummar, Shri V. K. Tytler, Shri Jagdish Vallabhaneni, Shri Balashowry *Velu, Shri R Venkatapathy, Shri K. Verma, Shrimati Usha Vijayan Shri A.K.S. Vundavalli, Shri Aruna Kumar Yadav, Dr. Karan Singh Yadav, Shri Anirudh Prasad alias Sadhu Voted through slip.
Yadav, Shri Chandra Pal Singh Yadav, Shri Devendra Prasad Yadav, Shri Giridhari Yadav, Shri Jay Prakash Narayan Yadav, Shri Ram Kripal Yaskhi, Shri Madhu Goud NOES Acharia, Shri Basu Deb Acharya, Shri Prasanna Ajaya Kumar, Shri S. Appadurai, Shri M. Barman, Prof. Basudeb Barman, Shri Ranen Basu, Shri Anil Bauri, Shrimati Susmita Bellarmin, Shri A.V. *Chakraborty, Dr. Sujan Chakraborty, Shri Swadesh Chandrappan, Shri C.K. Chatterjee, Shri Santasri Dasgupta, Shri Gurudas George, Shri K. Francis Hussain, Shri Anwar *Jena, Shri Mohan Karunakaran, Shri P. Voted through slip Krishnadas, Shri N.N. Krishnan, Dr. C. Lahiri, Shri Samik Mahtab, Shri B. Manoj, Dr. K.S. Mediyam, Dr. Babu Rao Mohan, Shri P. Mollah, Shri Hannan Mondal, Shri Abu Ayes Murmu, Shri Rupchand *Nayak, Shrimati Archana Pal, Shri Rupchand Panda, Shri Prabodh *Patasani, Dr. Prasanna Kumar Radhakrishnan, Shri Varkala Rajendran, Shri P. Salim, Md.
Satheedevi, Shrimati P Satpathy, Shri Tathagata Seth, Shri Lakshman Voted through slip *Singh, Shri Sugrib Sippiparai, Shri Ravichandran Sujatha, Shrimati C.S. Sumbrui, Shri Bagun Topdar, Shri Tarit Baran *Tripathy, Shri Braja Kishore Veerendra Kumar, Shri M.P. Voted through slip MR. SPEAKER: Subject to correction*, the result of the Division is: Ayes: 106 Noes: 39 The motion was adopted. ** SHRI PAWAN KUMAR BANSAL: Sir, I introduce the Bill.
· Ayes 106+ S/Shri R. Velu, M.M. Pallam Raju, K.C. Singh, L.M.Suklabaidya, Anwar Hussain, Vikrambhai Arjanbhai Madam, Dhanuskodi R. Athithan, Bagun Sumbrui, Avtar Singh Bhadana, Jai Prakash, Iqbal Ahmed Saradagi, Dr. Arvind Sharma, S/Shri. Deepender Singh Hooda, V. K. Thummar, Atma Singh Gill, E. Ponnuswamy, Shrimati Jayaprada, and Sh.A Indra Karan Reddy. Noes 39+ Dr. Sujan Chakraborty, Shri Braja Kishore Tripathy, Dr. Prasanna Kumar Patasani, Shrimati Archana Nayak Shri. Sugrib Singh and Shri Mohan Jena.