NEW DELHI: On the first day of the Monsoon Session of Parliament on Monday, July 18,  the Central government is likely to table 'The Weapons of Mass Destruction and their Delivery Systems (Prohibition of Unlawful Activities) Amendment Bill, 2022' in the Rajya Sabha.

The Upper House will also mention the obituaries of departed persons such as renowned Santoor player Pandit Shivkumar Sharma, former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, and others.

The opposition is anticipated to pressure the administration on matters like Agnipath (the updated military recruitment programme), inflation, the depreciating value of the rupee, and others.
The Bill will be put on the table for discussion and approval. Dr. S. Jaishankar, the Union Minister for External Affairs, and will introduce the bill to alter the Lok Sabha-passed Weapons of Mass Destruction and their Delivery Systems (Prohibition of Unlawful Activities) Act, 2005.

A declaration listing the bills enacted by the Houses of Parliament during the 256th session of the Rajya Sabha and signed by the President will be placed on the table by the secretary general of the Rajya Sabha.

The Rajya will also mention the demise of former members Kishore Kumar Mohanty, Robert Kharshiing, and K.K. Veerappan, as well as the third president of Kenya, Mwai Kibaki, and the president of the UAE and ruler of Abu Dhabi, Sheikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan.

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