NEW DELHI : The current Budget session of
Parliament, which was to end on Friday, has been extended till
August 7 to help transact essential government business, Rajya
Sabha Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu informed the House.
When the Upper House met for the day, Naidu said the
sitting of the house has been extended till August 7.
During the extended tenure of the session, Question Hour
has been dispensed away with, he said.
Lok Sabha was informed on Thursday about the extension of
session.
Reading out the government agenda for the extended
duration of Rajya Sabha, Minister of State for Parliamentary
Affairs V Muraleedharan said Friday that legislations
including triple talaq bill that criminalises Muslim practice
of instant divorce will be brought.
Lok Sabha had on Thursday passed the bill that provides
for punishing those who practice triple talaq with a jail term
of up to three years.
Other bills that will be brought will be The Insolvency
and Bankruptcy Code (Amendment) Bill 2019 which aims to speed
up the entire process of bankruptcy resolution and sets
deadlines for completion.
Also listed is the Companies (Amendment) Bill, 2019,
which seeks to tighten corporate social responsibility
compliance and reduce the load of cases on the National
Company Law Tribunal (NCLT).
The Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Amendment Bill 2019,
which is also called Anti-Terrorism Bill, and the Motor
Vehicles (Amendment) Bill 2019 are also listed, he said.
The Banning of Unregulated Deposit Schemes Bill is also
listed.
Other legislations that the government intends to bring
during the extended tenure include the DNA Technology (Use and
Application) Regulation Bill, The Consumer Protection Bill,
the Public Premises (Eviction of Unauthorised Occupants), the
Jallianwala Bagh National Memorial (Amendment) Bill, Surrogacy
(Regulation) Bill, the Code on Wages Bill and the National
Institute of Design Bill, he said.
TMC leader Derek OBrien suggested that since the
Question Hour has been dispensed away with, the duration of
the zero hour can be doubled to two hours – from 11 am to 1 pm
on each day – to allow members to raise more issues.
He also said that opposition members have given a notice
for short duration discussion on how to strengthen media and
the same should be taken up.
Naidu said he will decide on taking up the discussion and
also on the topic. (AGENCIES)
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