The ensuing session of the Lower House will be the 8th Session of the 16th and that of the Upper House the 239th Session of Rajya Sabha since the previous sessions of the Parliament were prorogued in March this year, after both the Houses were adjourned on March 16 for meetings of Department Related Standing Committees.
Financial business including discussion on demands for grants of various ministries in Lok Sabha and working of some ministries in Rajya Sabha, consideration and passing of the Railways Appropriation Bill,2016 and Finance Bill,2016 constitutes the main agenda of this session of Parliament.
Lok Sabha will take up discussion on Demands for Grants of the Ministry of Railways and the related Appropriation Bill for 2016-17 on April 26. This will be followed by discussion on Demands for Grants of the Ministries of Development of North-Eastern Region, Housing & Urban Poverty Alleviation, Skill Development and Entrepreneurship, Social Justice and Empowerment and Civil Aviation.
Rajya Sabha will discuss working of the Ministries of Health & Family Welfare, Human Resource Development, Finance, Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises and External Affairs. Thereafter, Finance Bill,2016 and application of Guillotine will be taken up.
Other Legislative agenda likely to be taken up in Lok Sabha include:
1.Consideration and Passing of the Sikh Gurudwaras (Amendment) Bill, 2016 as passed by Rajya Sabha (listed for April 25);
2.Consideration and Passing of the Regional Centre for Bio-technology Bill,2016 (listed for April 25);
3.The Factories (Amendment) Bill, 2014 (Standing Committee submitted its Report);
4.The Electricity Amendment Bill, 2014 (Standing Committee submitted its Report);
5.The Lok Pal and Lok Ayuktas and other related laws (Amendment) Bill,2014 (Standing Committee submitted its report);
6.The Merchant Shipping Bill, 2015 (Standing Committee submitted its Report);
7.The Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Development (Amendment) Bill,2015 (Standing Committee submitted its Report);
8.The Compensatory Afforestation Fund Bill, 2015 (Standing Committee submitted its Report);
9.The Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code,2015 (Report of Joint Committee awaited);
10.The Benami Transactions (Prohibition) Amendment Bill, 2015 (Report of Standing Committee awaited);
11.The Consumer Protection Bill, 2015 (Report of the Standing Committee awaited);
12.The Companies (Amendment) Bill,2016 (Report of the Standing Committee awaited)
13. The Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement (Amendment) Second Bill, 2015 (Report of Joint Committee awaited).
Legislative business likely to be taken up in Rajya Sabha include;
1.The Constitution (Scheduled Castes) Order (Amendment) Bill,2016 as passed by Lok Sabha;
2.The Appropriation Acts (Repeal) Bill,2016 as passed by Lok Sabha;
3.The Repealing and Amending (Third) Bill,2016 as passed by Lok Sabha;
4.The Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Amendment Bill,2016 as passed by Lok Sabha;
(The above four Bills listed for April 25)
5.The Constitution (One twenty second) Amendment Bill relating to introduction of GSG as passed by Lok Sabha and reported by the Select Committee of Rajya Sabha;
6.The Enemy Property (Amendment and Validation) Bill,2016 as passed by Lok Sabha and referred to Select Committee of the House;
7.The Whistle Blowers Protection (Amendment) Bill,2015 as passed by Lok Sabha;
8.The Indian Trusts (Amendment) Bill,2015 as passed by Lok Sabha;
9.The Industries (Development and Regulation) Amendment Bill,2015 as passed by Lok Sabha;
10.The Indian Medical Council (Amendment) Bill, 1987 as reported by Joint Committee; and
11. The Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement (Amendment) Bill, 2015 as passed by Lok Sabha and referred to Joint Committee.