The 10th day of the winter session of Parliament is expected to be marked by important business in both the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha as Union Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal is expected to move the Bill today Repeal and Amendment Bill, 2023 to the Rajya Sabha for consideration and adoption.
The bill aims to repeal certain texts and modify one. The bill had already been passed by the Lok Sabha.
Another Union minister, Dharmendra Pradhan, is expected to move the Central Universities (Amendment) Bill, 2023, in the Rajya Sabha today for consideration and passage. The bill seeks to amend the Central Universities Act, 2009. The bill had already been passed by the Lok Sabha.
Union Minister Smriti Zubin Irani is expected to make a statement in the Rajya Sabha today regarding the status of implementation of the recommendations and observations contained in the 350th report of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Education, women, children, youth and sports regarding grant requests (2023-24) relating to the Ministry of Women and Children’s Development.
Apart from this, Rajya Sabha MPs Vivek Thakur, Sangeeta Yadav and Faitaz Ahmad are scheduled to present three reports (in English and Hindi) of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Education, Women, Children, Youth and sports of the ministry.
These reports are the 357th report on “Action taken by the government regarding the recommendations/observations contained in the 351st report on applications for grants 2023-24 of the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports”, the 358th report on “Education based on research and Anusandhan storyline. in Science and Allied Fields” and 359th Report on “Action Taken by the Government on the Recommendations/Observations Contained in the 350th Report on Grant Applications 2023-24 of the Ministry of Women and Child Development”.
MPs Dr Ashok Bajpai and Rajmani Patel will table a copy of the 35th report of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution (2023-2024) on the action taken by the government following the observations and recommendations contained therein. in its thirty-first report on “Production and distribution of coarse grains”.
Meanwhile, General VK Singh (retd), Ministry of Road Transport and Highways, Sadhvi Niranjana Jyoti, Ministry of Rural Development; Nityanand Rai, Ministry of Interior; Annpurna Devi, Ministry of Education; BL Verma, Ministry of Cooperation; Ajay Kumar, Ministry of Interior; Pratima Bhoumik, from the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment and 8 Dr Subhas Sarkar from the Ministry of Education are also scheduled.
The 2023 winter session of Parliament began on December 4 and will continue until December 22 and will consist of 15 sessions spread over 19 days.
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