Parliament LATEST Updates: Speaker Om Birla has extended the Lok Sabha proceedings till 10 pm today. The House is taking up the Zero Hour now.
The Lok Sabha is likely to be adjourned sine die on Wednesday, eight days ahead of the scheduled end of the Monsoon Session, amid concerns of spread of coronavirus among lawmakers, sources said on 22 September, reports PTI.
The labour reforms that are being undertaken by the government will prove to be a milestone for the welfare of workers, Labour Minister Santosh Gangwar said in Lok Sabha on Tuesday
Opposition MPs, including Congress' Adhir Ranjan Chowdhary and NCP's Supriya Sule, hold a meeting in Parliament premises after boycotting the ongoing Lok Sabha session.
Opposition parties led by Congress boycott Lok Sabha session, in support of Rajya Sabha MPs who have been suspended for one week and the farm Bills issue.
Lok Sabha proceedings were adjourned till 4:15 pm after MPs led by the Congress shouted slogans and raised banners to protest against the contentious farm Bills
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday targeted the government over the passage of the "dangerous" farm Bills without division of votes in Rajya Sabha, while lauding the sit-in protest on the Parliament premises by the eight suspended MPs
Lok Sabha has been adjourned for an hour as Opposition members shout slogans, raising the issue of farmers protest over the recently passed Agriculture Bills in the Lower House.
The Occupational Safety, Health And Working Conditions Code, 2020, The Industrial Relations Code, 2020, The Code On Social Security, 2020 are a few bills that will be discussed today in Lok Sabha
The Upper House was adjourned after the passage of the Rashtriya Raksha University Bill, 2020 and Taxation Amendment Bill 2020. A total of seven bills were passed since the session began at 9 am today
Union minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said that the government will consider revoking the suspension of eight Rajya Sabha MPs only if they apologise for their unruly behaviour in the House.
The Rajya Sabha passed The Banking Regulation (Amendment) Bill, 2020 by voice vote. Responding to concerns of MPs over Yes Bank and PMC Bank scams, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said the amendment aims to protect the interest of depositors.
The Rajya Sabha passed the Essential Commodities (Amendment) Bill, with Minister of State for Consumer Affairs Danve Raosaheb Dadarao assuring the House that the Bill is in the interest of farmers and consumers.
The Rajya Sabha passed the Indian Institutes of Information Technology Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2020, which seeks to declare five Indian Institutes of Information Technology (IIITs) set up under the Public-Private Partnership model in Surat, Bhopal, Bhagalpur, Agartala and Raichur as institutions of national importance.
Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairman Harivansh Singh is observing a one-day fast against the unruly behaviour with him in the House by Opposition MPs during the discussion on agriculture reform Bills on 20 September.
Parliamentary Affair minister Pralhad Joshi said many leaders have asked him to finish the proceedings of the House quickly, owing to the pandemic. He added, "The government is not hellbent upon keeping the suspended MPs out of the House. If they express regret, the government will look into it."
Leader of Opposition Ghulam Nabi Azad said no one is happy with what transpired in the House over the past two days. "We fight for each minute in the House like it's a fight at the border. If we go beyond time restrictions, things will be de-escalated 90 percent," he said.
Deputy Chairman of Rajya Sabha Harivansh Singh met the eight MPs, who were suspended for unruly behaviour during the debate on two farm bills on Sunday and have been protesting in the Parliament Complex.
The Rajya Sabha will continue discussion on the The Indian Institutes of Information Technology Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2020, which could not be conducted on Monday even as protests were witnessed in the Opposition Benches over the suspension of eight MPs.
The House will also see the introduction of The Essential Commodities (Amendment) Bill, 2020, a proposed legislation that has been in contention along with the two farm Bills that have led to protests in the PArliament ever since their introduction in the Lok Sabha last week.
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will move motions for the consideration and passage of The Banking
Regulation (Amendment) Bill, 2020, The Companies (Amendment) Bill, 2020, The Taxation and Other Laws (Relaxation and Amendment of Certain Provisions) Bill, 2020, The Appropriation (No.3) Bill, 2020 and The Appropriation (No.4) Bill, 2020.
Other proposed legislations on the Rajya Sabha's List of Business are The National Forensic Sciences University Bill, 2020 and The Rashtriya Raksha University Bill, 2020.
Meanwhile, according to Lok Sabha's List of Business, consideration and passage of The Occupational Safety, Health And Working Conditions Code, 2020, The Industrial Relations Code, 2020, The Code On Social Security, 2020 and The Factoring Regulation (Amendment) Bill, 2020 are on the agenda.
The sit-in protest in front of the Parliament Complex's Gandhi statue by eight suspended MPs on Monday continued past midnight. Senior opposition leaders, including NC leader Faroukh Abdullah, JD(S)' HD Deve Gowda, Samajwadi Party's Jaya Bachchan, Congress’ Ahmed Patel and NCP's Praful Patel, paid a visit to the MPs.
After witnessing ruckus despite reconvening after the fifth adjournment for the day on Monday, the Rajya Sabha was adjourned till Tuesday, even as eight suspended MPs refused to leave the House. They were suspended by Chairman Venkaiah Naidu for unruly behaviour, who also dismissed the no-confidence motion against deputy chairman Harivansh Singh.
The Lok Sabha passed Homoeopathy Central Council (Amendment) Bill, 2020, and Indian Medicine Central Council (Amendment) Bill, 2020 in proceedings that continued past midnight.
These Bills were moved for passage after the House passed the Epidemic Diseases (Amendment) Bill, 2020 that seeks to bring a law that punishes those who attack health workers or doctors who are fighting the coronavirus outbreak or during any situation similar to the current COVID-19 pandemic. The Lower House also passed the FCRA Amendment Bill, 2020.