Parliament met for the last sitting of Winter Session today. At the time of sending this update, the Lok Sabha had adjourned Sine Die.
Ten bills have been passed by Parliament in this session. In addition, eight bills have also been passed by Lok Sabha, but could not be taken up in Rajya Sabha due to frequent disruptions.
Bills such as the Insurance Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2008 and the Coal Mines (Special Provisions) Bill, 2014 remain pending in the Rajya Sabha.
A snap shot of proceedings in both Houses during the over month long session indicates that the Lok Sabha was more productive (102 per cent) than the Rajya Sabha (61 per cent).
The Lower House had 129 hours of sitting, while the Upper House has 75 hours
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Functioning of Question Hour wast 84 per cent in the Lok Sabha and 27 per cent in the Rajya Sabha.
Ninety eight questions were answered orally in the Lok Sabha as opposed to 44 in the Rajya Sabha. Seventeen bills were passed in the former as opposed to ten in the latter
Fifteen bills were introduced in the Lok Sabha as opposed to one in the Rajya Sabha.
Both Houses had four important discussions each.
The Lok Sabha worked beyond scheduled hours to transact its business, while Rajya Sabha witnessed frequent adjournments due to disruptions.
Of the 15 Bills introduced in the Lok Sabha in this Session, two were referred to Standing Committees. While discussing Bills related to coal mines, companies, payment and settlements and motor vehicles, MPs requested that the Bills be referred to a Standing Committee. These Bills were passed without reference to a Standing Committee.
Question Hour was a casualty to disruptions in Rajya Sabha, functioning for 27 per cent of its scheduled time. The Upper House had changed the timing of its Question Hour from 11am to 12pm in this Session. However, this did not lead to better functioning of Question Hour.
The winter session also saw discussions related to black money, religious conversions, natural calamities and dilution of MNREGA in Lok Sabha. Rajya Sabha discussed issues related to agrarian crisis, black money, sexual assault of a woman by a cab driver and government's stand on WTO.
Bills passed by Parliament during the Winter Session were as follows:
1.The Apprentices (Amendment) Bill, 2014
2.The Labour Laws (Exemption from Furnishing Returns and Maintaining Registers by certain Establishments) Amendment Bill, 2011
3.The Delhi Special Police Establishment (Amendment) Bill, 2014
4.The Indian Institutes of Information Technology Bill, 2014
5.The Central Universities (Amendment) Bill, 2014
6.The Constitution (Scheduled Castes) Orders (Amendment) Bill, 2014
7.The Textile Undertakings (Nationalisation) Laws (Amendment and Validation) Bill, 2014
8.The Merchant Shipping (Amendment) Bill, 2013
9.The Merchant Shipping (Second Amendment) Bill, 2013
10.The School of Planning and Architecture Bill, 2014
ills passed by Lok Sabha but not passed by Rajya Sabha during the Winter Session were as follows:
1.The Repealing and Amending (Second) Bill, 2014
2.The Payment and Settlement Systems (Amendment) Bill, 2014
3.The Coal Mines (Special Provisions) Bill, 2014
4.The Public Premises (Eviction of Unauthorised Occupants) Amendment Bill, 2014
5.The National Capital Territory of Delhi Laws (Special Provisions) Amendment Bill, 2014
6.The Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Bill, 2014
7.The Companies (Amendment) Bill, 2014
8.The Regional Rural Banks (Amendment) Bill, 2014
ills introduced in Lok Sabha but not passed during the Winter Session were as follows: .The Lokpal and Lokayuktas and other related Law (Amendment) Bill, 2014
2.The Electricity (Amendment) Bill, 2014
3. The Constitution (122nd Amendment) (GST) Bill, 2014
4. The Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2014
Bills Introduced in Rajya Sabha but not passed during the Winter Session were as follows:
1.The Anti-Hijacking Bill, 2014
ills Withdrawn from the Rajya Sabha during the Winter Session were as follows:
1. The Higher Education and Research Bill, 2011
2. The Protection and Utilisation of Public Funded Intellectual Property Bill, 2008
3. The Coal Mines (Nationalisation) Amendment Bill, 2000
4. The Delhi Hotels (Control of Accommodation) Repeal Bill, 2014
5. The Food Safety and Standards (Amendment) Bill, 2014
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