REPORTERS BRANCH

Subject: Annual Administrative Report, 2014

FUNCTIONS:
Reporters Branch is charged with the responsibility of
preparing and issuing verbatim records of the proceedings of Lok
Sabha and Parliamentary Committees, meetings/Conferences of All
India

Presiding

Association.
Conferences,

Officers,

and

Commonwealth

Parliamentary

It is also assigned the task of reporting verbatim

Lectures,

Seminars/Talks

organised

under

the

auspices of the Indian Parliamentary Group and the Bureau of

Parliamentary Studies and Training. It is coordinating with the Lok
Sabha TV Channel for expunging portions that are to be deleted from
the video recorded proceedings of the House. It coordinates with the
Sound Unit (CPWD) for preservation of digitally recorded audio CDs
containing important/historic record of proceedings.
It also conducts Shorthand and Typewriting training classes for
the staff as and when required, under the auspices of BPST.
REPORTING VERBATIM OF LOK SABHA PROCEEDINGS:
There were, in all, 67 days sittings of Lok Sabha during the
year under report. The proceedings reported verbatim totalled 328
hours 19 mts ( English 158 hours 07 mts and Hindi 170 hours 12
mts).

The

time

taken

for

preparing

the

proceedings

was

approximately 3930 man-hours.

SPEECHES, STATEMENTS, MATTERS UNDER RULE 377, ETC. AS
LAID ON THE TABLE: (in pages)

There were, in all, a record number of 2503 pages (375 pages

in Winter Session (Part-II), 159 pages in First Session of Sixteenth
Lok Sabha, 1779 pages in Monsoon Session and 188 pages in
Winter Session), that include Matters Under Rule 377, Statements by
Ministers, Speeches of hon. Members on various discussions etc.
that were laid on the Table of the House for incorporating them in the
Lok Sabha Proceedings during the year under report.
(Contd2/-)
--2--

SPEECHES IN REGIONAL LANGUAGES:

English translations of 96 speeches (5 speeches in Winter
Session (Part-II) and 47 speeches in Monsoon Session and 44
speeches in Winter Session) in regional languages totalling 07 hours
and 28 minutes, and 07 speeches in regional languages as laid on
the Table of the House were incorporated in the Lok Sabha debates
with the assistance of the Interpreters Branch.
SUPPLY OF PERSIAN SCRIPT:
Persian script, in addition to Devnagri script was supplied to
those Members who spoke in Urdu and desired to have copies of
their speeches in the Persian script.
LANGUAGE-WISE PERCENTAGE OF HOUSE PROCEEDINGS:
The language-wise percentage of House Proceedings in
English, Hindi and Regional languages was as under:
English

48.70

Hindi

49.58

Regional Languages

1.72

EXPUNCTIONS/NON-RECORDING OF PROCEEDINGS:
There were 84 occasions during the year when the Chair
ordered expunction or non-recording of words or expressions from
the House proceedings.

--3-REPORTING VERBATIM OF PARLIAMENTARY COMMITTEES/

CONFERENCES/ SEMINARS/ BPST LECTURES, ETC.:

During the year under report, verbatim records of proceedings

of

Parliamentary

Seminars/Lectures/Talks

Committees

and

etc.

by

organised

Conferences/
the

Bureau

of

Parliamentary Studies and Training/IPG were prepared for a total

duration of 381 hrs. and 32 mts., totalling 134 committee days, out of
which 219 hrs., and 38 mts. were in English and 162 hrs., and 54
mts. were in Hindi.
The total time taken for preparing the Committee proceedings
verbatim was approximately 4578 man-hours.

LANGUAGE-WISE PERCENTAGE OF COMMITTEE

PROCEEDINGS:
English

57.53

Hindi

42.47

TOTAL VOLUME OF REPORTING WORK DURING THE YEAR:

Reporting
Work

Total Volume
Hrs. Mts.

House

33558

Committee

383

Total

719 30

32

English
Hrs. Mts

Volume in
Hindi
Hrs. Mts.

158

07

170

219

18

164

377

25

334

52.48 %

18

Regional
Hrs. Mts.
07

33

14

32

07

46.50 %

33

01.0 4 %

--4-SUPPLY OF COPIES OF MINISTERS SPEECHES TO PIB/PRESS:

Copies of speeches made by Ministers/Members or Special
Mentions made by Members were supplied to the Press/PIB, HS
office and PMO on request. The Press Correspondents were also
given facilities to check portions of proceedings, whenever in doubt.
STATUS OF COMPUTERISATION:
During the year under report, the Branch has the operating
system Windows XP with PCs of P4 model. The system is working
with frequent hiccups. However, since the Hardware equipment was
installed eight years back, there is an urgent need to upgrade
hardware and software system to keep pace with the pressure and
expediency of work.

STAFF STRENGTH:
(i) Officers
Name of the Post
Director (R)

Sanctioned
Strength
02

Staff in
Position
02

Addl. Dir. (R)

05$

04
English

J.D. (R)
Parly. Reporters Grade-I

Parly. Reporters Grade-II

Post lying
Vacant
0
01

Hindi

26

18

06

02

}
}

21

01

08

12

}
}

14

03

02

09

(ii) Ministerial/Clerical Staff

Name of the Post

Sanctioned
Strength

Staff in
Position

Post lying
Vacant

Sr. P.A.

Exe Assistant (Urdu)

Sr. Clerk

Jr. Clerk

Attendants

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------$ Including One Addl. Dir. who has gone on deputation to the office of the
Deputy Speaker.

ANNEXURE
CHANNEL OF SUBMISSION
As on 1.1. 2014

Secretary-General

Joint Secretary (MC)

Director (R)

Addl. Director (R)

Reporters Branch

REPORTERS BRANCH
Subject: Annual Administrative Report, 2014

A draft copy of Annual Administrative Report for the year 2014 in respect
of Reporters Branch is placed below for favour of approval, please.

(K.V. Jagannatha)
Additional Director (R)
23.03.2015
Director (R)

REPORTERS BRANCH

Executive Engineer (Civil) CPWD, Parliament House is requested to direct

the concerned person for white-washing the Room No.-133 (both the partitions)
tomorrow i.e. 19th September, 2015 (Saturday). Junior Engineer (Civil) CPWD,
Parliament House has already spoken to me in this regard. Executive Engineer
(Civil) CPWD is requested to do the needful.
2.

Parliament Security (PH) is requested to keep Room No.-133 (both the

partitions) open from 1000 hrs till the completion of work.

(K. SRINIVASAN)
Additional Director (R)
18.09.2015
Executive Engineer (Civil) CPWD, PH
Junior Engineer (Civil) CPWD, PH
Parliament Security (PH)