The Budget Session of Parliament will commence on Monday with the President's address to a joint sitting of both houses as the Narendra Modi government readies to present its last full Budget before the 2019 Lok Sabha elections. The first leg of the session will be between 29 January and 9 February during which the government will present the Economic Survey on 29 January, followed by the Union Budget on 1 February.
Following a recess after 9 February, the Parliament will meet again from 5 March to 6 April.The Rajya Sabha will also take up the Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Bill, 2017 which proposes radical changes to the law with high penalties for various traffic offences, reported News18. It also provides for protection of those who come forward to help accident victims.
The Lok Sabha will discuss 28 bills this session:
- Bills referred to Joint Committees
- Bills returned to Lok Sabha
- Bills referred to Standing Committtees
- Bills not referred to Standing Committee
- Bill on which reports presented by Standing Committee
The Rajya Sabha will debate 39 bills this session:
- Bill, as reported by joint committee
- Bills as passed by Lok Sabha
- Bills not referred to Standing Committee
- Bill, as passed by Lok Sabha and as reported by Select Committee
- Bill referred to Select Committee and report presented
- Bills on which report presented by Standing Committee
No comments:
Post a Comment