Showing posts with label Budget session. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Budget session. Show all posts

Tuesday, March 24, 2020

From Finance Bill to Termination of Pregnancy, Bills passed by Parliament

Parliament passed 12 bills during the curtailed budget session with Lok Sabha passing 15 bills and Rajya Sabha 13. During the session, 19 bills were introduced in the two Houses (18 in Lok Sabha and 1 in Rajya Sabha).
The two Houses were adjourned sine die on Monday after completion of the budgetary process including passage of the Finance Bill. The second part of the session was curtailed in view of the threat of the spread of coronavirus.
The budget session began on January 31 and the first part of the session ended on February 11 while the second part of the session commenced on March 2. The recess was used by department-related standing committees to examine the demands for grants.
Here are the details of the Bills passed by either Lok Sabha or Rajya Sabha or both.
The Appropriation (No.2) Bill, 2020: Initiated by the finance ministry to authorise payment and appropriation of certain sums from and out of the Consolidated Fund of India for the services of the financial year 2019-20. Details here
The Jammu and Kashmir Appropriation (No.2) Bill: Initiated by the finance ministry to Issue of Rs 55317,81,00,000 from and out of the Consolidated Fund of the Union territory of Jammu and Kashmir for financial year 2019-20. Details here
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The Jammu and Kashmir Appropriation (No.4) Bill: Initiated by the finance ministry to Issue of Rs. 123127,98,40,000 from and out of the Consolidated Fund of the Union territory of Jammu and Kashmir for financial year 2020-21. Details here
The Jammu and Kashmir Appropriation (No.3) Bill, 2020: Initiated by the finance ministry to Issue of Rs. 208,70,40,000 from and out of the Consolidated Fund of State of Jammu and Kashmir for financial year 2019-20. Details here
The Appropriation Bill, 2020: To authorise the government to draw funds from the Consolidated Fund of India for its working.
Indian Institutes of Information Technology Laws (Amendment) Bill: Initiated by Human Resource and Development Ministry to declare five IIITs as institutes of national importance. Details here
The Medical Termination of Pregnancy (Amendment) Bill, 2020: The amended bill has provision to increase the upper limit of legal abortions to 24 weeks for special categories of women. Details here
The Minerals Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2020: This bill will enable the companies to participate in the coal auction even if they don't have prior experience in the field.

The Institute of Teaching and Research in Ayurveda Bill, 2020: To provide for the establishment of an Institute of Teaching and Research in Ayurveda and to declare it as an Institution of national importance for the promotion of quality and excellence in education, research and training in Ayurveda. Details here

Monday, February 3, 2020

Lok Sabha adjourned till noon amid uproar over Hegde's Gandhi remarks

Current Affairs
Lok Sabha procedures were suspended till early afternoon on Tuesday following mayhem by Opposition individuals over BJP pioneer Anant Hegde's dubious comments on Mahatma Gandhi.
Generally individuals from the Congress, DMK and NCP tried to raise the issue of Hegde's comments yet Speaker Om Birla didn't permit them.
The House likewise watched quietness as a characteristic of regard for the left spirits, including Sultan of Oman Majesty Sultan Qaboos Bin Said Al Said.
Not long after the House mourned the passing of previous individuals, fights started. Some Congress individuals showed bulletins saying 'BJP Party Godse Party' and 'Mahatma Gandhi, Amar Rahe'.
In the midst of the hullabaloo, the Speaker deferred procedures till early afternoon.
At an occasion in Bengaluru as of late, Hegdge had said that political dissidents, who didn't forfeit anything, caused the nation to accept that it accomplished Independence through 'Upavas Satyagrah', Gandhi's favored method of disturbance, and became Mahapurush (incredible individual).

The previous MP had stated, "There were two sorts of political dissidents, one which had faith in Shastra (arms) and another in Shaastra (scholarly sparks).....READ MORE

Wednesday, January 30, 2019

BUDGET SESSION 2019 LIVE: PREZ KOVIND LISTS OUT ACHIEVEMENTS OF NDA GOVT

Interim Budget 2019:

The Budget session of Parliament has begun, a day before the Interim Budget 2019 will be presented by Finance Minister Piyush Goyal.
With the Lok Sabha elections around the corner, this year's Budget session is expected to be a stormy one. While the Opposition will seek to corner the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) -led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government on a range of issues, including Rafale, the problem of farmers and unemployment, the government is expected to push its legislative agenda that includes the Triple Talaq Bill and the citizenship (amendment) Bill.
The session will begin with President Ram Nath Kovind's address to the joint sitting of the two Houses. Apart from a vote of thanks to the President's address, the government's legislative agenda for the day includes replacing three ordinances with Bills. These include the triple talaq Bill, companies (Amendment) Bill and Medical Council (Amendment) Bill.

 Ahead of the Budget session, Prime Minister Narendra Modi urged all the political parties to ensure Parliament runs smoothly.