The Winter Session of the parliament was adjourned sine die on Friday with 97% work productivity as many important legislative businesses were transacted.
New Delhi,UPDATED: Dec 24, 2022 02:59 IST
Lok Sabha speaker Om Birla said that nine bills were introduced during the session, and seven bills were passed.
By Manjeet Negi: The tenth session of the 17th Lok Sabha that commenced on December 7 was adjourned sine die on December 23. On this occasion, Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla, who was presiding in the House, said that during the session, 13 sittings were held, and Lok Sabha sat for 68 hours and 42 minutes.
The productivity of the House during the session was 97 per cent, and many important legislative businesses were transacted. Birla also said that nine bills were introduced during the session, and seven bills were passed.
BILLS PASSED
Some of the important bills which were passed during the session were: The Anti-Maritime Piracy Bill, 2019; The Appropriation (No.4) Bill, 2022; The Appropriation (No.5) Bill, 2022; The Constitution (Scheduled Tribes) Order (Second, Third, Fourth and Fifth) Amendment Bill, 2022; and The Repealing and Amending Bill, 2022. Supplementary Demands for Grants – First Batch for 2022-2023 and Demands for Excess Grants for 2019-2020, which were passed on December 14, were discussed for 10 hours and 53 minutes.
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The speaker also noted that on December 20, the Multi-State Cooperative Societies (Amendment) Bill was referred to a Joint Committee of both the Houses of Parliament consisting of 21 members from Lok Sabha and 10 members from Rajya Sabha.
On December 22, The Jan Vishwas (Amendment of Provisions) Bill was also referred to the Joint Committee of both the Houses of Parliament.
QUESTION HOUR
Mentioning Question Hour, Birla said that 56 starred questions were orally answered in the House during the session. Answers to 2760 unstarred questions were laid on the table of the House.
Besides, 298 matters of public importance were raised under Rule 377, members raised 374 matters of urgent public importance during the Zero Hour. The Speaker added that Standing Committees presented 36 reports to the House, and 43 statements, including two statements of the Parliamentary Affairs on the business of the House, were made to the House during the session. A total number of 1811 papers were laid on the table of the House.
Mentioning the short discussions, Birla said that two discussions were held under Rule 193 during the session. Discussion on the “Need to promote sports in India and steps taken by the government in this regard” concluded on December 9, 2022, and the discussion lasted for 8 hours and 6 minutes against the allotted time of 2 hours.
Minister of Sports and Youth Affairs Anurag Thakur replied to the discussion on the “Problem of drug abuse in India and steps taken by the government” concluded on December 21 with the reply of the Minister of Home Affairs and Cooperation Amit Shah, which was discussed for 7 hours and 13 minutes.
PRIVATE MEMBER BILLS
About private members’ bills, Birla informed that during the session, 59 bills on various subjects were introduced by private members. Further, the discussion on “The Representation of the People (Amendment) Bill, 2019 (Insertion of new section 29AA)” by Gopal Chinayya Shetty continued on December 9, which could not be completed.
Similarly, the discussion on the resolution of beautification and modernisation of railway stations by Shri Reddeppa Nallakonda Gari continued on December 16, could not be completed.
Discussion on the resolution on Anganwadi workers and helpers by Ritesh Pandey was held on December 16, 2022, which was concluded with the reply of Minister of Women and Child Development Smriti Zubin Irani.
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