Government representatives meet Floor Leaders of political parties today for smooth functioning of Parliament session
Request
all parties for co-operation for the smooth functioning of Parliament: Union
Minister for Parliamentary Affairs
Government wants healthy discussion in Parliament: Rajnath Singh
A meeting
of the Government with Floor Leaders of all parties was held here today, a day
before the start of the Monsoon Session of Parliament, 2022. In his opening
address, Union Minister for Parliamentary Affairs, Pralhad Joshi
informed that the Monsoon Session of Parliament, 2022 will commence on Monday, the 18th July, 2022 and subject to exigencies of Government
Business, the session may conclude on Friday, the 12th August, 2022. The Session will provide a total of
18 sittings spread over a period of 26 days. He also informed that for this
session, tentatively 32 legislative items have been identified for being taken
up out of which 14 items have already been finalized.
The Union
Minister for Parliamentary Affairs said that the Government is always ready to
discuss on the floor of the House, any issue as permitted under Rules of
Procedure by respective Presiding Officers. He also requested all party leaders
for active cooperation and support for the smooth functioning of the two Houses
of Parliament. The meeting was also attended by Rajnath Singh, Union Minister
for Defence, Union Minister for Commerce & Industry, Consumer Affairs, Food
and Public Distribution & Textiles, Piyush Goyal, who is also Leader of the
House in Rajya Sabha, Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs &
Ministry of Culture Arjun Ram Meghwal and Minister of State for Parliamentary
Affairs & Ministry of External Affairs V Muraleedharan.
Addressing the meeting, after
listening to the points raised by the leaders of all parties attending, Rajnath
Singh, Union Minister for Defence, thanked leaders for their active and
effective participation in the meeting and also expressed his appreciation that
the discussion had been very healthy and that important issues had been
flagged. He also stated that necessary efforts will be made by the Government
to discuss the matters of urgent public importance besides the usual
legislative business in Parliament.
Thirty five parties which were present in the meeting,
besides the BJP, were INC, DMK, AITC, YSRCP, SS, JD(U), BJD, BSP, TRS, LJSP,
NCP, SP, CPI(M), IUML, TDP, Apna Dal, CPI, NPF, SAD, RLD, AAP, AJSU, AIADMK,
KC(M), MNF, NDPP, RSP, VCK, RPI(A), RJD, NPP, MDMK, UPP(L), AGP and RLP.
LIST OF BILLS LIKELY TO BE TAKEN UP DURING MONSOON
SESSION, 2022
I – LEGISLATIVE
BUSINESS
1. The Indian Antarctic
Bill, 2021
2. The Wild Life (Protection) Amendment Bill, 2021
3.
The Anti-Maritime Piracy Bill, 2019
4. The Maintenance and
Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens (Amendment) Bill, 2019
5.
The National Anti-Doping Bill, 2021
6. The Weapons of Mass
Destruction and their Delivery Systems (Prohibition of Unlawful Activities)
Amendment Bill, 2022, as passed by Lok Sabha.
7. The Inter-State River
Water Disputes (Amendment) Bill, 2019 as passed by Lok Sabha.
8. The Constitution
(Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes) Orders (Second Amendment) Bill, 2022, as passed by Lok Sabha.
9. The Coffee (Promotion
and Development) Bill, 2022
10. The Development of
Enterprises and Services Hubs (DESH) Bill, 2022
11. The Multi State
Cooperative Societies (Amendment) Bill, 2022
12. The Geographical
Indications of Goods (Registration and Protection) (Amendment) Bill, 2022
13. The Warehousing
(Development and Regulation) (Amendment) Bill, 2022
14. The Competition
(Amendment) Bill, 2022
15. The Insolvency and
Bankruptcy Code (Amendment) Bill, 2022
16. The Ancient Monuments
and Archaeological Sites and Remains (Amendment) Bill, 2022
17. The Kalakshetra
Foundation (Amendment) Bill, 2022
18. The Cantonment Bill,
2022
19. The Old Grant
(Regulation) Bill, 2022
20. The Forest (Conservation)
Amendment Bill, 2022
21. The National Dental
Commission Bill, 2022
22. The National Nursing
and Midwifery Commission Bill, 2022
23. The Indian Institute
of Management (Amendment) Bill, 2022
24. The Central
Universities (Amendment) Bill, 2022
25. The Central Universities
(Amendment) Bill, 2022
26. The Press and
Registration of Periodicals Bill, 2022
27. The Mines and Mineral
(Development and Regulation) Amendment Bill, 2022
28. The Energy
Conservation (Amendment) Bill, 2022
29. The Constitution
(Scheduled Tribes) Order (… Amendment) Bill, 2022
30. The Constitution
(Scheduled Tribes) Order (… Amendment) Bill, 2022
31. The Trafficking of
Persons (Protection, Care and Rehabilitation) Bill, 2022
32. The Family Courts
(Amendment) Bill, 2022