New Delhi: After a heated first session of the Budgetr 2023, the second leg of the Session of Parliament will begin today, March 13.. The government is likely to work towards passing the maximum number of bills, including Finance bills while the Opposition will try to corner the ruling dispensation on the issue of misuse of central agencies.
As per the records, the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha each have close to 9 bills that need to be passed.
The government last winter session forwarded two bills namely The Multi-State Co-operative Societies (Amendment) Bill, 2022 and The Jan Vishwas (Amendment of Provisions) Bill, 2022 to a Joint Committee, which is currently reviewing them.
Sources have confirmed that the Multi-State Cooperation Bill group led by CP Joshi will provide its findings to Parliament during the next session. This group has finished debating the Bill, and today it will probably accept its draught report.
The Biological Diversity (Amendment) Bill, 2021, which was scrutinized by a Joint Committee of Parliament, will also be mentioned by the government.
The administration may introduce the eagerly anticipated Personal Data Protection Bill in the upcoming session, according to sources, it is also known. The Union Cabinet will probably approve this Measure soon.
The Inter-State River Water Disputes (Amendment) Bill, 2019, the Constitution (Scheduled Tribes) Order (Third Amendment) Bill, 2022, and the Constitution (Scheduled Tribes) Order (Fifth Amendment) Bill, 2022 are among the bills that are still pending in the Rajya Sabha.
On March 13, before the start of the second half of the budget session of the parliament, Vice President and Rajya Sabha Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar met with the MPs of nine parties and discussed ways to reduce disruptions in the operation of the House, according to sources.
AAP MP Sanjay Singh, Samajwadi Party MP Ram Gopal Yadav, BRS MP K Keshava Rao, TDP MP K Ravindra Kumar, JD(U) Ram Nath Thakur, and Shiv Sena (Uddhav faction) MP Sanjay Raut were among the leaders who attended the meeting at Upa-Rashtrapati Nivas in the capital.
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