Vananchal, Uttaranchal bills to come up
in winter session of Parliament
All Cabinet ministers have been asked to complete the formalities relating to new bills following the President's approval of the government's decision to convene the winter session of Parliament on November 30.
Union Parliamentary Affairs Minister Madan Lal Khurana said in a statement in New Delhi today that he had written to all his colleagues to give necessary notices for the consideration and passage of pending bills.
The secretariats of the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha have also been asked to take necessary action and issue summons to members.
Forty-six bills -- 11 in the Lok Sabha, 35 in the Rajya Sabha -- were pending at the end of the monsoon session.
The winter session is slated to have 18 sittings spread over 24 days, until December 25. Three of the sittings will be for private members' business.
Khurana said the session would be convened on November 30 in view of the elections in four states, including Delhi, scheduled for November 25.
It is learnt that the bills to create Vananchal and Uttaranchal states will be introduced during the session.
The session will also take up bills to replace three ordinances passed after the monsoon session. Two of the ordinances were promulgated even as the relevant bills -- the Prasar Bharati Corporation Bill and the Oil Fields (Regulation and Development) Bill -- were pending in Parliament. The third ordinance relates to the Central Vigilance Commission.
Khurana has already said the government will try to reach a consensus on the bill to reserve seats for women in the Lok Sabha and state legislatures before the session begins. He said Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee would hold talks with leaders of all parties on the issue.
Among other important legislative business likely to be taken up are the Lok Pal Bill, the Constitution (Seventy-ninth Amendment) Bill relating to population control, and the eighty-third amendment relating to free and compulsory education to all citizens between six and 14 years of age.
Apart from these, there is the Essential Commodities (Amendment) Bill which has been referred to a joint committee, and three bills pending before standing committees -- the Urban Land (Ceiling and Regulation) Repeal Bill, the Foreign Exchange Management Bill, and the Prevention of Money Laundering Bill.
UNI
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