Parliament Highlights: The session will continue until December 22.
The Centre moved a bill in the Rajya Sabha to regulate the appointment, conditions of service and term of office of the Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) and other Election Commissioners (ECs), and the procedure for the transaction of business by the Election Commission.
Union Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal moved the Chief Election Commissioner and other Election Commissioners (Appointment, Conditions of Service and Term of Office) Bill, 2023, in the Upper House for its consideration and passage.
While moving the bill, Mr Meghwal said three to four important issues are here in the bill, which include salary and regulation of appointments, among others.
The bill replaces the Election Commission (Conditions of Service of Election Commissioners and Transaction of Business) Act, 1991. Earlier, the bill was introduced in the Rajya Sabha on August 10 of this year.
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Chief Election Commissioner and other Election Commissioners Bill clears Rajya Sabha
Winter Session of Parliament UpdateBill to reserve one-third seats for women in J-K assembly introduced in Lok Sabha
A bill seeking to reserve one-third of assembly seats in Jammu and Kashmir was introduced in the Lok Sabha on Tuesday.
The Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation (Second Amendment) Bill, 2023 was introduced in the House by Minister of State for Home Nityanand Rai.
The bill seeks to enable greater representation and participation of women as public representatives in law-making processes of Jammu and Kashmir assembly.
Winter Session of Parliament UpdateUnion Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal moves the Chief Election Commissioner and other Election Commissioners (Appointment, Conditions of Service and Term of Office) Bill, 2023 in the Rajya Sabha for consideration and passage to regulate the appointment, conditions of service and term of office of the Chief Election Commissioner and other Election Commissioners, and the procedure for transaction of business by the Election Commission.
Winter Session of Parliament UpdateLeader of Congress in Lok Sabha, Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury says, "I would like to speak on the Silkyara tunnel rescue. 41 workers were trapped for 17 days in the tunnel. I would also like to report the recent incidents of collapse in the Himalayas taking place...The reasons that have been cited by the experts are fractured or fragile rock, water seepage, landslide-prone Himalayan rock system, lack of geological and geotechnical studies, improper study of CR zone, and failure to design an escape tunnel. At the last moment, rat hole miners were engaged to rescue those labourers. I feel that this kind of situation which took place in Uttarkashi could have been averted provided the government had taken a little patience with those geologists who had earlier red-flagged that these kinds of tunnels could be disastrous, but the government is still not responding to such incident..."
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The 'Government of Union Territories (Amendment) Bill, 2023' also introduced in Lok Sabha
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Congress MP Rahul Gandhi arrives at the Parliament
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'The Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation (Second Amendment) Bill, 2023' introduced in Lok Sabha.
Congress Parliamentary Party Chairperson Sonia Gandhi arrives at the Parliament for its winter session proceedings.
Winter Session of Parliament UpdateCongress MP Manish Tewari gives Adjournment motion notice in Lok Sabha to discuss the situation of Navy personnel in Qatar and the steps taken to bring them back to India.
Winter Session of Parliament Update: Amit Shah to re-introduce three new Criminal Law bills in Parliament
Union Home Minister Amit Shah will reintroduce three proposed criminal law bills--the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, the Bharatiya Sakshya Bill and the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita--with amended versions, following various recommendations made by a parliamentary panel.
On December 11, Union Home Minister Amit Shah notified Lok Sabha members that the three criminal law bills would be withdrawn and replaced with three new bills that would incorporate the improvements proposed by a parliamentary committee.
A Statement from the office of the Home Minister said " The bill (Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, Bharatiya Sakshya Bill and Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita) was referred to Department related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Home Affairs on August 18 for consideration. The Committee held several round of discussion with the officials of the Ministry of Hme Affairs, Ministry of Law and justice, domain experst and various stakeholders and submitted its reports along with recommendations on November 10. Based on the recommendations of the Committee ammendments are proposed in the bill (Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, Bharatiya Sakshya Bill and Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita). it is proposed to introduce a new bill in place of the bill. "
Winter Session of Parliament UpdateUnion Home Minister Amit Shah arrives at the Parliament
Winter Session of Parliament UpdateParliamentary Affairs Minister Pralhad Joshi says, "...The Standing Committee has given several recommendations on the three bills (Criminal Bills) given to it by the Home Minister...The new bill will be introduced today."
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Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and BJP national president JP Nadda arrive at the Parliament.
Winter Session of ParliamentCongress MP Gaurav Gogoi gives Adjournment motion notice in Lok Sabha to discuss the recent train accidents and their effects on the transportation system.
Winter Session of Parliament UpdateCongress MP Manickam Tagore gives adjournment motion in Lok Sabha to discuss the massive loss to MSME industries in the districts of Kanchipuram, Thiruvallur, Chennai and Chengalpattu in Tamil Nadu due to recent floods.
Winter Session of Parliament UpdateRajya Sabha MPs Anil Jain and Radha Mohan Das Agrawal are to lay on the table, a copy (in English and Hindi) of the Twenty-First Report of the Committee on Public Undertakings (Seventeenth Lok Sabha) on 'Oil India Limited' in the House today.
Winter SessionRajya Sabha MPs Abdul Wahab and Ashok Kumar Mittal are to lay on the table, a copy (in English and Hindi) of the Twenty-Sixth Report of the Department-related Parliamentary Standing Committee on External Affairs (Seventeenth Lok Sabha) on 'India and Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) - Contours of Cooperation'.
Winter Session of ParliamentRajya Sabha MPs Satish Chandra Dubey and Fauzia Khan are to lay on the table, a copy (in English and Hindi) of the Thirty-Fourth Report of the Department-related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution (2023-2024) on Action Taken by the Government on the Observations/Recommendations contained in the Twenty-Eighth Report of the Committee on "Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana (PMGKAY)" pertaining to the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution (Department of Food and Public Distribution).
Winter Session of Parliament UpdateRajya Sabha MPs Laxmikant Bajpayee, Vivek Tankha and Jayant Chaudhary are to present the Two Hundred and Fifty-second Report (in English and Hindi) of the Committee on Subordinate Legislation on the Wetlands (Conservation and Management) Rules, 2017 in the House today.
Winter Session of Parliament UpdateUnion Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal is to move the Repealing and Amending Bill, 2023 in the Rajya Sabha today for consideration and passage to repeal certain enactments and to amend an enactment. The Bill was earlier passed by the Lok Sabha.
Winter Session of Parliament UpdateUnion Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal is to move the Chief Election Commissioner and other Election Commissioners (Appointment, Conditions of Service and Term of Office) Bill, 2023 in the Rajya Sabha today for consideration and passage to regulate the appointment, conditions of service and term of office of the Chief Election Commissioner and other Election Commissioners, and the procedure for transaction of business by the Election Commission.