New Delhi: Parliamentary Affairs Minister Ananth Kumar on Monday announced that the monsoon session of the Parliament will be held from July 18 to August 10.
In the upcoming session, the government plans to pass the Constitution (123rd) Amendment Bill, 2017 that seeks to accord constitutional status to the National Commission for Backward Classes (NCBC).
“Other important Bills, including the Triple Talaq bill and the Transgender Bill, among others, will be brought in Parliament for passing them,” Kumar said, adding that the government expected constructive cooperation from all political parties for a productive session.
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According to the stats, the budget session in April – was mostly a washout. In the whole session, the Lok Sabha (LS) spent just 1% of its allotted time on legislative business while the Rajya Sabha (RS) spent 6%.
The actual hours that the Houses sat as against those available was 21% for the LS and 27% for the RS. In all, 250 hours were wasted while issues like the PNB scam and alleged dilution of the SC/ST Act couldn’t come up for discussion.