PARLIAMENT TO TAKE UP MORE THAN 20
BILLS DURING WINTER SESSION
The Winter Session
of Parliament is scheduled to commence on Tuesday, the 2nd
of December 2003 and subject to exigencies of Government Business,
the Session will conclude on Tuesday, the 23rd of December
2003. The Session will provide 16 sittings spread over a period
of 22 days.
To finalize the
government Business for the Winter Session 2003, Minister of State
for Parliamentary Affairs, Heavy Industry and Public Enterprises,
Shri Santosh Gangwar, held a meeting with Secretaries/senior officers
of concerned Ministries/Departments on Monday the 24th
of November 2003 in Parliament House, New Delhi. Minister of State
for Parliamentary Affairs and Tourism & Culture, Smt. Bhavnaben
Devrajbhai Chikalia co-chaired the meeting.
A total of 54
items – 17 bills pending in Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha, 30 New
Bills, one financial item and 6 items of non-legislative Business,
were finalized for being taken up during the Winter Session.
Important items
of Legislative, Non-Legislative and Financial Business likely
to be taken up in the two Houses during the Winter Session are
as follows: -
- The Indian Telegraph (Amendment)
Bill, 2003 )
- The Taxation Laws (Amendment)
Bill, 2003 ) To replace
- The Indian Medicine Central
council (Amendment) Bill, 2003 ) Ordinances
- The Prevention of Terrorism
(Amendment) Bill, 2003 )
- The Delimitation (Amendment)
Bill, 2003 )
- The Representation of the People
(Amendment) Bill, 2003 )
- The National Tax Tribunal bill
2003
- Discussion and Voting on Supplementary
Demands for Grants (General) for 2003-04.
- The Lok Pal Bill 2001
- The Industrial Development Bank
(Transfer of Undertaking and Repeal) Bill 2002
- The Cantonment Bill 2003
- The Banking Regulation (Amendment)
Bill 2003
- The State of Delhi Bill 2003
- The Citizenship (Amendment)
Bill, 2003
- The State Emblem of India (Prevention
of Misuse) Bill, 2003
- The National Commission for
Children Bill 2003
- The Constitution (Eighty-fifth
Amendment) Bill, 1999
(To provide reservation
of seats for women in Lok Sabha and State Legislative Assemblies)
- The Constitution (One Hundredth
Amendment) Bill 2003
- The Constitution (One Hundred
and Second amendment) Bill, 2003
(The Bill seeks
to (i) repeal Articles 239 AA and 239 AB; and (ii) insert
a new Article 371 J in the Constitution for special provisions
for the State of Delhi etc).
- Discussion on National Charter
for Children.