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04:53 pm:
The National Council for Teacher Education (Amendment) Bill, 2017 was taken up for passing and consideration in the Lok Sabha.
04:45 pm:
Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore rose in support of the Bill For Sports University in Manipur in Lok Sabha. The Bill was moved by Dr. Ratna De Nag. The National Sports University Bill, 2018 will replace the ordinance promulgated by the President on 31 May.
04:36 pm:
The Lok Sabha on Monday passed the Negotiable Instruments (Amendment) Bill that provides the filing of cheque bounce cases at the place where a cheque is presented for clearance and not the place of issue. Reports inform that the Bill overturns a Supreme Court ruling, which said the cases have to be initiated where the cheque-issuing branch was located.
04:00 pm :
Ruckus in Rajya Sabha over the Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Bill, 2017.
03:58 pm:
Karan Singh Yadav of the Congress raised the lynching of a man in Rajasthan’s Alwar district during Zero hours hence triggered protests from BJP members.
03:18 pm:
The Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Bill, 2017 is being discussed in Upper House and is introduced by Mansukh L. Mandaviya, MoS, Road Transport and Highways. Will be chaired by Shri Tiruchi Siva.
03:14 pm:
Rajya Sabha passes Specific Relief (Amendment) Bill, 2018.
02:56 pm:
The amendments to the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act, 2016 cleared by the cabinet were tabled in the monsoon session of the state Assembly on July 23.
02:50 pm:
Lok Sabha now: Kalyan Banerjee, AITC, Serampure: Justice delayed, is justice denied.
02:45 pm:
Rajya Sabha now: V. Vijaysai Reddy, YSRCP, rises in support of the Amendment of the Specific Relief Bill offers suggestion while concluding.
02:38 pm:
Piyush Goyal lashes out at Rahul Gandhi.
02:33 pm:
Surendar Singh Nagar, SP, Uttar Pradesh rises to speak about the consideration and passing of Specific Relief (Amendment) Bill, 2018.
02:31 pm:
Ravi Shankar Prasad, Minister of Law and Justice rises in support of the Amendment in the Bill: Injunction will cause delay. Motion moved by Honorable Chairman.
02:28 pm:
Honorable Chairman asks ministers to maintain decorum of the house due to alleviated argument on the issue of passing the Ancient Monuments and Archaelogical Sites (Amendment) Bill.
02:25 pm:
Congress MP Shashi Tharoor commented on the Negotiable Instruments (Amendment) Bill 2017, saying that credibility of cheques is important for organizations and people. “One-fifth of all criminal cases in India involve cheque bouncing. The proposed bill does not do enough to address this very serious problem.”
02:20 pm:
Lok Sabha proceedings begin, House takes up Negotiable Instruments (Amendment) Bill.
02:13 pm:
Ghulam Nabi Azhad, Leader of Opposition : Minister can talk about the Bill only if the Bill was approved in Introductory stage but this was not the case. Dr. Mahesh Sharma, MoS (IC) Culture, granted permission by Honorable Chairman of the Rajya Sabha to speak about the rationale of urgency and not upon the merits of the Bill.
02:05 pm:
Rajya Sabha resumes.
02:00 pm:
Congress to move a privilege motion against Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in Lok Sabha on Rafale issue.
13:07 pm:
Lok Sabha adjourned till 2:05 pm.
13:04 pm:
Rajesh Ranjan aka Pappu Yadav, RJD, speaks about child safety and rape in India requests CBI inquiry into the issue of a minor rape case in Bihar.
13:03 pm:
Rajya Sabha adjourned till 2 pm.
12:59 pm:
Renuka Butta: Prime Minister has mentioned that he is concerened about Andhra Pradesh but the status of the Special Category hasn’t been made clear.
12:53 pm:
Haryana’s Dushyant Chautala, INLD, Hisar( Haryana) rises to talk about a gag audit order which should be issued by the Health Minister on due to escalated pricing around with regards to the NHM grant.
12:48 pm:
Speaker of the Lok Sabha, Sumitra Mahajan to Jyotiraditya Scindia: Do not politicise everything.
12:44 pm:
Jyotiraditya M. Scindia questions humanity on rape and chargesheet should be put up on BJP’s credibility.
12:37 pm:
Alappuzha member KC Venugopal raises the issue of Kerala floods.
12:25 pm:
Matters of Urgent Public Importance taken up.
12:18 pm:
Finance Minister Piyush Goyal introduces Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (Second Amendment) bill, 2018 in Lok Sabha.
Opposition parties objected to certain changes in the Act alleging that these intended to “help one industry”. The Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (Second Amendment) Bill, 2018, was introduced by finance minister Piyush Goyal. The bill replaced the Ordinance which was approved by the Union Cabinet in May.
The amendments to the IBC is intended to give relief to the home buyers by recognising their status as financial creditors, thus giving them due representation in the Committee of Creditors (CoC) and making them an integral part of the decision-making process. The bill also proposes to reduce the minimum voting threshold for the CoC to 66 per cent, from 75 percent for key decisions: a provision which was opposed by BJD member Bhartruhari Mahtab.
Kiren Rijiju introduces Criminal Law (Amendment) Bill, 2018.
12:13 pm:
Giriraj Singh’s, MoS, proposal of Amendment to the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Development Act, 2006 to be reintroduced in Lok Sabha. The National Sports University Bill, 2017 and The Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Development (Amendment)Bill, 2015 have been withdrawn from the Lok Sabha.
11:55 am:
Parliament is scheduled to discuss the Anti-Trafficking Bill in its session today. The Trafficking of Persons (Prevention, Protection and Rehabilitation) Bill was introduced in the monsoon session of the Lok Sabha on July 18, 2018, by Union Minister for Women and Child Development Maneka Gandhi.
11: 50 am:
Rajya Sabha adjourned till 12:00 noon after uproar in the house on Anand Sharma’s comment on Central Investigation agencies.
11:45 am:
Union HRD Minister Prakash Javadekar addresses Lok Sabha on the question regarding the Higher Education Commission of India.
He said, “We are not converting UGC into a bureaucratic body. It will be autonomous. We will only change the name. The UGC has to concentrate on quality of education and maintenance of standards..”
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Highlights of the Bills to be introduced in the Lok Sabha:
- The Criminal Law (Amendment) Bill, 2018
- The National Sports University Bill, 2018
- The Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Development (Amendment) Bill, 2018
- The Homoeopathy Central Council (Amendment) Bill, 2018
- The Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (Second Amendment) Bill, 2018
The Monsoon Session of the Parliament has entered fourth day and the heated debate between the political parties on specific issues is continuing. With issues related to including the Jio Institute in the ‘Institute of Eminence’, firey speeches are most likely to lead the headlines. Among issues being lined up include the rising lynching cases, women’s safety and RTI Amendment Bill.
The House was adjourned on Friday after Prime Minister’s speech in which he took on Congress president for hugging him and alleging that the BJP-led Union government is not working for the development of the underprivileged people of the country. Though there the Session went on till 11:30 pm in the night, there were multiple occasions when opposition created ruckus in the Lok Sabha.