The sit-in protest by eight suspended MPs on Parliament premises continued for the second day on Tuesday, with Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairman Harivansh Singh offering them tea in the morning. The suspended parliamentarians spent the night in the lawns near Mahatma Gandhi's statue.
As many as eight members of the Rajya Sabha were suspended for a week on Monday. This comes a day after controversial farm bills were passed amid dramatic opposition protests and verbal clashes in the Rajya Sabha.
Farm bills tabled in Rajya Sabha: Union Minister of Agriculture and Farmer Welfare Narendra Singh Tomar today introduced Farmers' and Produce Trade and Commerce (Promotion and Facilitation) Bill, 2020 and Farmers (Empowerment and Protection) Agreement on Price Assurance and Farm Services Bill, 2020, in Rajya Sabha.
Both Houses of the Parliament likely to be adjourned sine die post passage of the Finance Bill, ANI sources after an all-party meet on the issue of adjourning the House in wake of Covid19. The session, which was earlier scheduled to conclude on April 3.
During the second half of the Budget Session, the government is expected to push its legislative agenda that includes Bills relating to surrogacy and resolution of disputed tax. The Congress has accused the Central and Delhi governments of failing to contain the violence that erupted in parts of northeast Delhi.
The government will introduce two important Bills in the Lok Sabha today-- the Taxation Laws (Amendment) Bill and the International Financial Services Centres (IFSCs) Authority Bill. These Bills were cleared by the Union Cabinet on November 20. The Taxation Laws (Amendment) Bill provides for a reduction in rates of corporate income tax as an additional fiscal stimulus to attract investment, generate employment and boost growth.
A bill to ban the production, import and sale of electronic cigarettes and similar products were introduced in the Lok Sabha on Friday. The Prohibition of Electronic Cigarettes (Production, Manufacture, Import, Export, Transport, Sale, Distribution, Storage and Advertisement) Bill, 2019, seeks to replace an ordinance issued on September 18.
The government will also present a half-yearly review of the trends in receipts and expenditure in relation to the budget at the end of the first half of the Financial year 2018-2019 under sub-section (1) of Section 7 of the Fiscal Responsibility and Budget Management Act, 2003, the list stated.
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has said the government would be moving forward on the merger of the three state-run general insurance companies as announced in the previous Budget.
The triple talaq bill criminalising instant divorce in the Muslim community was passed by the Rajya Sabha on Tuesday, with the government mustering numbers for its smooth sailing in the Upper House where it still lacks majority support. The contentious bill was passed with 99 members voting in favour and 84 against it. It was passed by the Lok Sabha last week.
Samajwadi Party MP Mohd Azam Khan, facing flak for his indecent remarks against BJP MP Rama Devi, made an apology in the Lok Sabha just as the Parliament began proceedings at 11 am.
The ongoing Parliament session has been extended until August 7.
The ongoing Parliament session will be extended by 10 more working days to complete the legislative business and the government's target to pass at least 35 Bills, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pralhad Joshi said on Tuesday.
Asked about the likelihood of the session's extension, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pralhad Joshi told reporters after the meeting, "There is a possibility of this. You will be officially conveyed when a decision is taken."
The government is considering extending the ongoing session of Parliament by at least two to three days to complete its legislative business, sources said on Friday.
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