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PROVINCIAL ASSEMBLY OF SINDH

ORDERS OF THE DAY

MONDAY, THE 29^TH FEBRUARY, 2016.

Business to be brought forward before the Legislature on Monday, the 29^th February, 2016 at 10.00 a.m.

I.       (A)     RECITATION FROM THE HOLY QUR’AN.

(B)     NAAT SHAREEF.

II.      QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS:

            (Revenue Department)

III.      CALL ATTENTION NOTICES:

1.  CALL ATTENTION NOTICE NO. 148 OF 2016;GIVEN NOTICE OF BY ENGINEER SABIR HUSSAIN KAIMKHANI, MPA: The Honourable Minister for Local Government, Sindh may please to give answer/ statement that salaries of WASA employees have not been paid due to which they are on strike for two days, steps being taken by the department in this regard?

2.  CALL ATTENTION NOTICE NO. 19 OF 2016;GIVEN NOTICE OF BY SYED KHALID AHMED, MPA: The Honourable Minister for Health, Sindh may please to give answer / statement that is it true that the Management of National Institute of Cardiovascular Disease (NICVD), Karachi on instruction of their Director has created a new post of Chief Operating Office (CEO) by violating service rules?

3.  CALL ATTENTION NOTICE NO. 29 OF 2016;GIVEN NOTICE OF BY SYED AMIR HYDER SHAH SHEERAZI, MPA: The Honourable Minister for Health, Sindh may please to give answer / statement that is it fact that there is acute shortage of Doctors in Civil Hospital, Thatta action taken by the Government in this regard? 

4.  CALL ATTENTION NOTICE NO. 114 OF 2016;GIVEN NOTICE OF BY MR. KHURRAM SHER ZAMAN, MPA: The Honourable Minister for Excise & Taxation, Sindh may please to give answer / statement that wine shops selling alcohol to Muslims and people drinking outside wine-shops creating problem for residents in PS-112 (Clifton)?

5.  CALL ATTENTION NOTICE NO. 157 OF 2016;GIVEN NOTICE OF BY DR. MUHAMMAD RAFIQUE BANBHAN, MPA: The Honourable Senior Minister for Education & Literacy and Parliamentary Affairs, Sindh may please to give answer/ statement that is it fact that the roof of Government Primary School Hashimabad Chang, Karoondi Taluka Faiz Gunj has fallen, steps taken to restore the same?

IV.     LEAVE APPLICATION OF MEMBERS, IF ANY.

V.       PRIVILEGE MOTION NO. 18 OF 2016;GIVEN NOTICE OF BY ENGINEER SABIR HUSSAIN KAIMKHANI, MPA REGARDING SINDH GOVERNMENT HAS BEEN DELETED APPROVED DEVELOPMENT SCHEME OF HYDERABAD FROM ADP 2015-16.

VI.     ADJOURNMENT MOTION NO. 14 OF 2016;GIVEN NOTICE OF BY MR. MUHAMMAD RASHID KHILJI, MPA  AND MR. MUHAMMAD DILAWAR QURESHI, MPA REGARDING VACCINES OF HEPATITIS ‘B’ AND ‘C’ ARE NOT AVAILABLE IN THE DEPARTMENT CONCERNED SPECIALLY IN HYDERABAD.

VII.     CONSIDERATION OF THE FOLLOWING GOVERNMENT BILLS:

1.    Bill No. 44 of 2015-The Karachi Institute of Technology and Entrepreneurship Bill, 2015, Clause by Clause. 

2.    Bill No. 04 of 2016-The Sindh Employees’ Social Security Bill, 2016.

VIII.   NOMINATION OF ONE MEMBER OF THE PROVINCIAL ASSEMBLY OF SINDH ON THE FOLLOWING STANDING COMMITTEES:

1.    STANDING COMMITTEE ON INDUSTRIES AND COMMERCE.

2.    STANDING COMMITTEE ON COOPERATIVES. 

3.    STANDING COMMITTEE ON EXCISE, TAXATION & NARCOTICS.

4.    STANDING COMMITTEE ON PRIMARY HEALTH (BHU, HRC AND VERTICAL PROGRAMMES) AND SECONDARY HEALTH (REST OF HEALTH). 

5.    STANDING COMMITTEE ON LABOUR AND HUMAN RESOURCES.

VICE DR. ARSHAD ABDULLAH VOHRA, MPA HAS RESIGNED.

IX.       NOMINATION OF ONE MEMBER OF PROVINCIAL ASSEMBLY OF SINDH ON THE FOLLOWING STANDING COMMITTEES:

1.    STANDING COMMITTEE ON HOME.

2.    COMMITTEE ON RULES OF PROCEDURE AND PRIVILEGES. 

VICE MR.IRFANUALLAH KHAN MARWAT HAS BEEN UNSEATED.

X.       ANY OTHER BUSINESS WITH THE PERMISSION OF THE CHAIR.

KARACHI, THE                                                                     G.M.UMAR FAROOQ

27^TH FEBRUARY, 2016.                                                            SECRETARY

PROVINCIAL ASSEMBLY OF SINDH

Summary of Proceedings

PROVINCIAL ASSEMBLY OF SINDH

REVENUE DEPARTMENT

LIST OF STARRED ASSEMBLY QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS FOR

MONDAY THE 29^TH FEBRUARY, 2016.

 *251. MS. HEER SOHO: Will the Minister for Revenue be pleased to state:-

District/year wise target fixed for tax collection on different sectors of Agriculture during 2008 to 2013 upto June alongwith the amount actually collected?

 ANSWER

MAKHDOOM JAMEEL UZ ZAMAN, Minister for Revenue:

District wise position of demand and collection of all Jamabandi items viz; Land Tax, Abiana, Local Cess, Drainage Cess and Mutation fee assessed on cultivated Land in Agriculture Sector during 2008-2013 is at (Annexure, placed on the table of the House). as regards Agriculture Income Tax, the information received from Deputy Commissioner is being reconciled with concerned District Accounts Officers and the actual details thereof as to assessment and recovery shall be submitted very shortly after doing the requisite needful.

 *253. MS. HEER SOHO: Will the Minister for Revenue be pleased to state:-

Names of the sectors from which revenue is being collected except Agriculture sector?

ANSWER

MAKHDOOM JAMEEL UZ ZAMAN, Minister for Revenue:

Name of sectors from which revenue is being collected except Agriculture Sector is given as under:

1.       TAXES/FEES COLLECTED AT TIME OF REGISTRATION OF IMMOVABLE PROPERTY;

(i)                         Stamp Duty

(ii)                       Capital Value Tax

(iii)                      Registration Fee

(iv)                     Micro Filming Fee

2.       TAXES/FEES COLLECTED AT TIME OF SURVEY/DEMARCATION AND ETC OF LAND

(i)             Survey Fee

(ii)           Demarcation Fee

(iii)          Mutation Fee

(iv)         Sub-Division Fee

(v)           Amalgamation Fee

(vi)         Inspection Fee

(vii)        Mapping Fee

(viii)      Sanad Fee

(ix)         Inspection Fee

(x)           Certification Copies

3.       TAXES/FEES COLLECTED AT THE TIME OF ALLOTMENT/LEASE/SALE OF GOVERNMENT LAND

(i)       Malkana

(ii)     Lease Money

(iii)    Ground Rent

(iv)   Extra-Ordinary Receipts (Sale of Land)

 *781. MS. SUMETA AFZAL SYED: Will the Minister for Revenue be pleased to state:-

District-wise number of landlords come under the agriculture tax net along with the number out of above paying the same regularly?

 ANSWER

MAKHDOOM JAMEEL UZ ZAMAN, Minister for Revenue:

The District wise number of landlords come under the agriculture tax net alongwith the number out of above paying the same regularly is as under:-

 *1536. MR. POONJO BHEEL: Will the Minister for Revenue be pleased to state:-

Taluka-wise total survey numbers in district Tharparkar?

 ANSWER

MAKHDOOM JAMEEL UZ ZAMAN, Minister for Revenue:

The taluka-wise details of total survey numbers in District Tharparkar as under:

*1538. MR. POONJO BHEEL: Will the Minister for Revenue be pleased to state:-

Names of talukas of district Tharparkar where barrage irrigated land exists and number of acres cultivated there; Deh-wise area under cultivation there?

 ANSWER

MAKHDOOM JAMEEL UZ ZAMAN, Minister for Revenue:

Taluka wise and Deh wise requisite details relating to above Assembly Question as reported by the Deputy Commissioner Tharparkar are as under:

 *1539. MR. POONJO BHEEL: Will the Minister for Revenue be pleased to state:-

Amount collected in head of cess on agricultural land in Tharparkar district during Kharif 2008 to Chate 2013?

 ANSWER

MAKHDOOM JAMEEL UZ ZAMAN, Minister for Revenue:

The amount collected in head of cess on agricultural land in Tharparkar district during Kharif 2008 to Rabi 2013 as reported by the Deputy Commissioner Tharparkar is at Annexure, placed on table of the House.

 *2190. MR. KHURRAM SHER ZAMAN: Will the Minister for Revenue be pleased to state:-

Is it a fact that illegal promotions have been made in Revenue department during 2010 to 2012?

 ANSWER

MAKHDOOM JAMEEL UZ ZAMAN, Minister for Revenue:

1.             No it is not a fact that any illegal promotion has been made in the Revenue Department during 2010 to 2012 as there is no any complaint, appeal, petition pending in any Court of law made, presented or preferred by any aggrieved employee thereto.

2.             However, it is further clarified that all the promotions during the above referred period have been made after due process of law and rules, fulfillment of all codal formalities and after due consideration by the Departmental Promotion Committee on seniority-cum-fitness basis, by the competent authority under the Appointment, Promotion and Transfer Rule, 1974, the detail at Annexure, placed on the table of the House.

 *2274. MR. NAND KUMAR GOKLANI: Will the Minister for Revenue be pleased to state:-

Year-wise recovery of agriculture tax during 2011 to 31-12-2013?

 ANSWER

MAKHDOOM JAMEEL UZ ZAMAN, Minister for Revenue:

During the last three years the annual recovery of Agriculture Income Tax is furnished as under:

 *2654. MR. MUHAMMAD MOIN AAMIR PIRZADA: Will the Minister for Revenue be pleased to state:-

Number of posts filled in Board of Revenue department on urban quota during 01-01-2008 to 15-03-2013 along with name, post, BPS and domicile of each employee?

 ANSWER

MAKHDOOM JAMEEL UZ ZAMAN, Minister for Revenue:

It is clarified that the method of appointment in Revenue Department is done in consonance with the procedure prescribed/laid down in the Sindh Civil Servants (Appointment, Promotion & Transfer) Rules 1973. The number of posts falls under the category of Urban Quota from the period 2008 to 2010 at (Annexure-I).

It is further informed that the recruitments made in Revenue Department after the              31 December 2010 uptodate is under enquiry vide Notification dated 02-10-2015  (Annexure-II). Therefore, the remaining required information will be submitted after completion of enquiry.

Annexure-I and II, are placed on the table of the House

 *3203. ENGINEER SABIR HUSSAIN KAIM KHANI: Will the Minister for Revenue be pleased to state:-

Steps being taken to secure the record of land in the province?

 ANSWER

MAKHDOOM JAMEEL UZ ZAMAN, Minister for Revenue:

Board of Revenue has undertaken computerization of land record of the Province to secure it from forgery, theft, fire or any other incident, salient initiatives taken and achieved by the department in this regard are listed here as under:-

·         A provincial Record Cell is established at Shahbaz Building, Thandi Sarak, Hyderabad wherein all mutations in record are scanned, Indexed and made available to an online portal namely www.sindhlarmis.gos.pk and on mobile app namely “Sindh Zameen” where all mutations in record since 2010 can be viewed.

·         A Data Center of computerized record has been established at Revenue House, Clifton Block-6, Karachi wherein land record of the Province is not only available in scanned format, but its data entry has also been completed upto 90%. The Data Center is based on Tier III technology which provides three consecutive power backup options. The building is secure with surveillance, monitoring and High Sensitivity Smoke Detection based Fire Suppression System to provide maximum level of safety to land records of the province.

·         A Disaster Recovery Center has been established at Directorate of Settlement Survey & Land Records Office, Thandi Sarak, Hyderabad to provide a backup facility for scanned, indexed and computerized record in case of any unfortunate incident to the Data Center at Karachi. The building is also secured with similar surveillance, monitoring and fire suppression system as Data Center at Karachi.

·         The computerized land records are being made online accessible to all 27 Districts of the Province through a Service Center in each District, will be equipped with fire fighting, surveillance and monitoring system.

·         A part from above, Board of Revenue Sindh has also undertaken scanning, indexing and draft entry of all records of registration under ADP scheme namely “Automation of Stamps & Registration” in all Districts of Sindh Province which is in process and will be completed within one year.

·         Moreover, Maps of Districts, Dehs and Talukas of the Province have also been computerized completely under the scheme namely “Creation of Geo-Database for LARMIS” which are secure now and readily available through the GIS Unit of Board of Revenue Sindh established at Revenue House, Karachi.

·         Lastly, the old & archival land records available with the Department has also been taken care of through its chemical & digital preservation which is underway under the scheme namely “Preservation of Old Revenue Record”.

 *3217. MR. MAZAHIR AMIR KHAN: Will the Minister for Revenue be pleased to state:-

Districts/domicile-wise number of recruitments made in Board of Revenue Sindh during    01-01-2012 to 31-10-2013?

ANSWER

MAKHDOOM JAMEEL UZ ZAMAN, Minister for Revenue:

Recruitments made in Board of Revenue Sindh during 01-01-2012 to 31-10-2013 is under enquiry vide Notification dated 02-10-2015 (Annexure, placed on the table of the House). Therefore, the detailed reply will be submitted after completion of enquiry.

Karachi:-                                                                                         G. M. Umar Farooq

the 26^th February, 2016.                                                                      Secretary

                                                                                                 Provincial Assembly of Sindh.