Winter Session of Parliament adjourned sine die today

way2barak, Dec.23: The Winter Session, 2022 of Parliament which commenced on Wednesday, the 7^th of December, 2022 has been adjourned sine die on Friday the 23^rd of December, 2022.  Speaking about the Winter Session, Union Minister for Parliamentary Affairs, Coal and Mines, Prahlad Joshi stated that the Winter Session, 2022 provided 13 sittings spread over a period of 17 days.

The Minister while addressing a Press conference in the Parliament premises said,  the Session, which was originally scheduled to have 17 sittings from 7 December, 2022 to 29 December, 2022, was curtailed due to completion of essential Government Business and on the recommendations of Business Advisory Committees (BACs) of both Houses of Parliament.  BACs of the Houses took cognizance of demand and sentiments of Members of Parliament across party lines for Christmas/ Year end celebrations. Union Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs & Culture, Arjun Ram Meghwal and Union Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs & External Affairs, V. Muraleedharan were present in the press conference.

During the Session, First Batch of Supplementary Demands for Grants for 2022-23 and Demands for Excess Grant for 2019-20 were discussed and voted in full and the related Appropriation Bills were introduced, discussed and passed by Lok Sabha on 14.12.2022 after a debate of about 11 hours. Rajya Sabha returned these Bills on 21.12.2022 after a debate of about 9 hours, said Minister Joshi.

Joshi further said that Two Bill namely “the Multi-State Co-operative Societies (Amendment) Bill, 2022” to strengthen governance, enhancing transparency, increasing accountability and reforming electoral process, etc. in the Multi State Cooperative Societies by supplementing existing legislation and incorporating the provisions of Ninety-seventh Constitutional amendment & to improve monitoring mechanism and ensuring ease of doing business for Multi-State cooperative societies and “ the Jan Vishwas (Amendment of Provisions) Bill, 2022” to amend certain enactments for decriminalising and rationalising minor offences to further enhance trust-based governance for ease of living and doing business were referred to the Joint Committee of both Houses of Parliament after motion having been adopted in the respective Houses after their introduction.

The Minister added that during the Session 9 Bills were introduced in Lok Sabha. 7 Bills were passed by Lok Sabha and 9 Bills were passed by Rajya Sabha. Total number of Bills passed by both Houses of Parliament during the Session is 9. Some of the major Bills passed by both Houses during the Session are:

1. The Wild Life (Protection) Amendment Bill, 2022
2. The Energy Conservation (Amendment) Bill, 2022
3. The New Delhi Arbitration Centre (Amendment) Bill, 2022
4. The Appropriation (No.4) Bill, 2022
5. The Appropriation (No.5) Bill, 2022
6. The Constitution (Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes) Order (Second Amendment) Bill, 2022
7. The Maritime Anti-Piracy Bill, 2022
8. The Constitution (Scheduled Tribes) Order (Second Amendment) Bill, 2022
9. The Constitution (Scheduled Tribes) Order (Fourth Amendment) Bill, 2022