New Delhi: In the Winter Session of Parliament, which begins on December 7, the Narendra Modi-led government plans to present 16 new bills, including the Multi-State Cooperative Societies (Amendment) Bill, 2022, and the Trade Marks (Amendment) Bill, 2022. Some of the bills have already been passed by either of the Houses or have been reviewed by Parliamentary committees, and will be taken up for passage in the winter session starting Wednesday.
There will be a total of 17 working days, and the winter session will go on till December 29, 2022.
Other bills such as the National Dental Commission Bill, which seeks to set up a National Dental Commission and to repeal the Dentists Act, 1948, the National Nursing and Midwifery Commission Bill, another measure the Health Ministry plans to introduce, seeks to set up a National Nursing and Midwifery Commission (NNMC) and to repeal the Indian Nursing Council Act, 1947, are also in the tentative session agenda of the government, the PTI reported.
However, the data protection bill and bills to amend the banking act, insolvency law, and competition commission act have not been included in the legislative business list.
Let’s take a look at the list of 16 bills to be introduced in the Parliament this session for the first time:
- The Trade Marks (Amendment) Bill, 2022
- The Geographical Indications of Goods (Registration and Protection) (Amendment) Bill, 2022
- The Multi-State Cooperative Societies (Amendment) Bill, 2022
- The Cantonment Bill, 2022
- The Old Grant (Regulation) Bill, 2022
- The Constitution (Scheduled Tribes) Order (Second Amendment) Bill, 2022
- The Constitution (Scheduled Tribes) Order (Third Amendment) Bill, 2022
- The Constitution (Scheduled Tribes) Order (Fourth Amendment) Bill, 2022
- The Constitution (Scheduled Tribes) Order (Fifth Amendment) Bill, 2022
- The Repealing and Amending Bill, 2022
- The National Dental Commission Bill, 2022
- The National Nursing and Midwifery Commission Bill, 2022
- The Forest (Conservation) Amendment Bill, 2022
- The Coastal Aquaculture Authority (Amendment) Bill, 2022
- The North East Water Management Authority Bill, 2022
- The Kalakshetra Foundation (Amendment) Bill, 2022
Some bills have already been introduced and will be taken up for consideration and passing. The full list of such bills:
- The Anti-Maritime Piracy Bill, 2019
- The Mediation Bill, 2021
- The New Delhi International Arbitration Centre (Amendment) Bill, 2022
- The Constitution (Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes) Orders (Second Amendment) Bill, 2022
- The Biological Diversity (Amendment) Bill, 2021
- The Wild Life (Protection) Amendment Bill, 2021
- The Energy Conservation (Amendment) Bill, 2022
An all party-meeting is underway at the Parliament ahead of the winter session to discuss the legislative agenda and other important issues.
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pralhad Joshi, and TMC MP Derek O’Brien are among the attendees.
