Rajya Sabha Supriya Sule had two unstarred questions—on Cold Bed Methane (CBM) exploration and the possibility of credit supply in exchange of energy, to countries that are cash-starved but resourceful. She also asked the Tourism Ministry whether it had identified the creation of tourism infrastructure at the World Heritage Sites on a priority basis.JAI PANDA had questions on vehicle tracking system on taxiways at Hyderabad and Delhi airports, World Heritage Sites, and the possibility of Kuwait Petroleum opening a refinery in India. He sought to know from the Tourism Ministry whether the Government of Orissa had proposed to set up a state-of-the-art marine aquarium at Puri to boost tourism in the area and the response of the ministry in this regard.RAJEEV CHANDRASEKHAR had two unstarred questions, on 11th Finance Commission allocation to Karnataka and on Turkey offering transit for Central Asian crude.KANIMOZHI had one question, on medical tourism.Lok Sabha SHAMIK LAHIRI joined the CPI(M) walkout over the issue of price-rise and later met the Prime Minister as part of a Left delegation.OMAR ABDULLAH put a supplementary on the issue of recruitment of ex-terrorists into security forces.PRIYA DUTT had two unstarred questions on the quality of DD transmission signals and NGOs active in SSA.DEEPENDER HOODA, JITIN PRASADA, SACHIN PILOT and SANDEEP DIKSHIT were present and the last three left for Karnataka in the afternoon on a talent scouting mission for the Youth Congress. AKHILESH YADAV was missing from the House, but was spotted inside the Parliament Complex.RAHUL GANDHI, MILIND DEORA, DUSHYANT SINGH, MEHBOOBA MUFTI, SUKHBIR BADAL, NAVEEN JINDAL, MANVENDRA SINGH and JYOTIRADITYA SCINDIA were missing. Jyotiraditya Scindia had three questions — on the 95th Science Congress, smuggling from China and police reforms. Jindal had one question on the number of radio channels and Deora had two questions—on Indo-China trade and the possibility of recruiting women in CISF and BSF.
