NEW DELHI : A total of five Bills, including the Delhi Police Special Establishment Act (Amendment) Bill, 2014, were passed by the Lok Sabha while the Rajya Sabha passed two bills,including the Labour Laws(Exemption from filing Returns and maintaining Registers by certain Establishments) Amendment Bill, 2014, during the first week of the Winter session of Parliament. A release issued by the Ministry of Parliamentary affairs today said substantial Legislative Business was transacted during the first week of the Winter Session that commenced on November 24.
The Bills passed by the Lok Sabha during the first week of the session were ‘The Delhi Police Special Establishment Act (Amendment) Bill, 2014’, ‘The Labour Laws(Exemption from Furnishing Records and Maintaining Registers by Certain Establishments) Amendment Bill’, ‘The Central Universities (Amendment) Bill, 2014’, ‘The Indian Institutes of Information Technology Bill, 2014’ and ‘The Constitution Scheduled Castes Orders (Amendment) Bill,2014’.
The Rajya Sabha has passed the Labour Laws(Exemption from filing Returns and maintaining Registers by certain Establishments) Amendment Bill, 2014, The Delhi Special Police Establishment Act (Amendment) Bill, 2014 and The Apprentices Act(Amendment) Bill.
During the first week, both Houses of Parliament passed two Bills that is ‘The Labour Laws Amendment Bill’ and ‘The Delhi Special Police Establishment Bill’. The Apprentices Act (Amendment) Bill was passed by Lok Sabha during the last session while the same was passed by Rajya Sabha during this session.
No Legislative Business could be taken up on the first day as both the Houses were adjourned due to death of sitting members after Oath Taking by new members , introduction of new ministers and obituary references. Two Bills pertaining to reform of Labour Laws were passed.
During the first week of the Winter session, the Government made suo-moto statements on the issues of Indian hostages in Iraq and WTO talks in the Lok Sabha. Similar statement was also made in the Rajya Sabha on WTO talks while the Government’s response on the hostages issue was made after members spoke on the issue. Both the Houses discussed the issue of bringing back black money from foreign banks while the Rajya Sabha took up the issue of dilution of MGNREGA under Calling Attention Motion. The Rajya Sabha took up two Private Members Bills for discussion. These included Compulsory Military Training Bill to which the Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar replied besides the Fertilizer Prices Control Bill, on which discussion remained inconclusive.
The Lok Sabha also took up two Private Members Bills that is the Central Himalayan States Development Council Bill which was withdrawn after discussion and reply by the Minister. Discussion on The Acid (Control) Bill remained inconclusive. Legislative business proposed by the Government for the next week include: Introduction and Consideration and Passing of The Textile Undertakings (Nationalisation) Laws (Amendment and Validation) Bill to replace an Ordinance, The Merchant Shipping(Amendment) Bill, 2013 and The Merchant Shipping (Second Amendment) Bill,2013 and Supplementary Demands for Grants and concerned Appropriation Bill, in both the Houses. (AGENCIES)
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