One of the ordinances the government plans to pass as a bill during the 18-day-long session relates to providing preventive measures against violence on heathcare personnel.
Parliament gears up for Monsoon Session amid pandemic
NEW DELHI: The upcoming monsoon session of Parliament will be legislation-intensive with the government lining up 33 Bills, including 22 new ones. This number could increase further, people in the know told ET. Apart from 11 Bills to replace Ordinances, the government plans to introduce and pass a number of new Bills in the session starting on Monday.
These include the Multi-State Cooperative Societies (Amendment) Bill, Bilateral Netting of Financial Contracts Bill 2020, Factoring Regulation (Amendment) Bill 2020, Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority (Amendment) Bill 2020, Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Amendment Bill 2020, Assisted Reproductive Technology (Regulation) Bill 2020, Prohibition of Employment as Manual Scavengers and their Rehabilitation (Amendment) Bill, Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Amendment Bill, Jammu and Kashmir Official Language Bill 2020, Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi (Amendment) Bill, and Representation of People (Amendment) Bill, 2020.
The government would allow short-duration discussions on situations arising out of Covid-19 and the India-China border dispute, sources said.
The opposition has moved statutory resolutions against all 11 Ordinances promulgated by the government during the lockdown after the budget session was adjourned sine die. The resolutions have been moved by Congress and Trinamool Congress MPs under Article 123 (2) (a) of the Constitution.
These Ordinances include Taxation and Other Laws Ordinance, Salary, Allowances and Pension of MPs, Epidemic Diseases, Homeopathy Central Council Ordinance, Indian Medicine Central Council Ordinance, Essential Commodities Ordinance, Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, and three Ordinances pertaining to agriculture.
The parliament complex has been readied for the session. Officials of health and family welfare ministry and Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) on Friday went over the preparations for the session.
Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha secretariats have wrapped up coronavirus tests of all the staff and has drawn out a proper shift-wise list of employees. X-ray machines, touchless sanitiser dispensers and high-tech sanitisation processes are in place.
The MPs would not be asked to remove their masks for identification. They would be required to carry their identity cards or radio frequency (RF) tags for instant recognition. Three gates – main gate number 1, 4 and 12 – will be open for entry of MPs. They would be allowed to exit from two gates – main gate number 1 and 2.
As first reported by ET, Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha secretariats have ensured a paperless session putting in place seamless electronic means for transmitting notices and other parliamentary papers to members through secure portals. All parliamentary papers would be circulated through members’ portals.
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