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The Gazette of India
EXTRAORDINARY
PART I—Section 1
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No. 312 NEW DELHI, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1973/PAUSA I, 1895
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LOK SABHA
NOTIFICATIONS
New Delhi, the 22nd December 1973
No, 41/4/CI/73.—The following paragraph published in the Lok Sabha Bulletin Part II, dated the 21st December, 1973, is hereby published for general informa- tion:—
"No. 1515
Amendments to the Rules of Procedure and Conduct of Business in Lok Sabha
(Fifth Edition)
In pursuance of sub-rule (3) of rule 331 of the Rules of Procedure and Conduct of Business in Lok Sabha (Fifth Edition), the following amendments approved by the Lok Sabha to the said Rules are hereby published:—
Rule 2 etc,
1. In the rules, for the word "Secretary", wherever it occurs, the words "Secretary-General" shall be substituted.
New Rules 331A and 331B
2. After rule 331, the following rules shall be inserted, namely:—' "(m) Committee on the Welfare of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes
(1827)
828 THE GAZETTE OP INDIA EXTRAORDINARY [PAST I—Sue. l],l Functions of Committee on the Welfare of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes- 331A. There shall be a Committee on the Welfare of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes. The functions of the Committee shall be—(a) to consider the reports submitted By the Commissioner for Scheduled, Castes and Scheduled Tribes under article 338(2) of the Constitution and to report as to the measures that should be taken by the Union Government in respect of matters within the purview of the Union Government including the Administrations of the Union Territories; (b) to report on the action taken by the Union Government and the Ad- ministrations of the Union territories on the measures proposed by the Committee;
|c) to examine the measures taken by the Union Government fo secure due representation of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes in ser- vices and posts under its control (including appointments in the Public Sector Undertakings, Statutory and Semi-Government Bodies and in the Union Territories) having regard to the provisions of article 335;
(d) to report on the working of the welfare programmes for the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes In the Union Territories; and (e) to examine such other matters ae may seem fit to the Committee or
are specifically referred to it by the House or the Speaker.
Constitution of Committee
331B. (1) The Committee shall consist of not more than twenty members who shall be elected by the House every year from amongst its members according to the principle of proportional representation by means of the single trangferabW vote:
Provided that a Minister shall not be elected a member of the Committee, and that if a member, after his election to the Committee, is appointed a Minister he shall cease to be a member of the Committee from the date of auch appointment. (2) The term of office of members of the Committee shall not exceed one year: Provided that the members of the Committee constituted In pursuance of the motion adopted by the House on the 13th August, 1973, shall hold office for a period of two years from the date of the first meeting of that Committee."
Fourth Schedule
3. In the Fourth Schedule, in Part I, after entry 9, the following shall be addod, namely:—
"10, The Industrial Development Bank of India.
11. The Agricultural Refinance Corporation.'1
[PAHT I—Sic. 1] THE GAZETTE OF INDIA EXTRAORDINARY 1829 183O THE. GAZETTE OF INDIA EXTRAORDINARY [PART I—SEC. QNo. 46/2/CI/73.—The following paragraph published in the Lok Sabha Bulletin Part II, dated the 21st December, 1973, is hereby published for general informa- tion:—
"No. 1512 Amendment to Directions by the Speaker under the Bales of Procedure of Lok Sabha
In pursuance of rule 389 of the Rules of Procedure and Conduct of Business in Lok Sabha (Fifth Edition), the Speaker has made the following amendment to the Directions:—
"In the Directions, for the word 'Secretary' wherever it occurs, the words 'Secretary-General' shall be substituted."
S. L. SHAKDHER,
Secretary-General."
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