Review of proceedings in Parliament

August 4, 2023 8:12 PM

Review of proceedings in Parliament

The Lok Sabha on Friday passed a Bill which seeks to empower the commander-in-chief and the officer-in-command of inter-services organisations with disciplinary and administrative powers over personnel from other forces serving in such establishments. Moving the Bill for consideration and passage, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said the Inter-Services Organisations (Command, Control and Discipline) Bill is part of a series of steps being taken by the government to strengthen the ...

August 2, 2023 8:39 PM

Review of proceedings in Parliament

Parliament has passed three key Bills - the Forest Conservation (Amendment) Bill, the Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Amendment Bill, 2023 and the Jan Vishwas (Amendment of Provisions) Bill, 2023 with the Rajya Sabha giving its seal of approval today. The Lok Sabha has already passed the Forest Conservation (Amendment) Bill on 26th of July and the Mines and Minerals Bill on 28th of July. The Forest Conservation (Amendment) Bill exempts land within ...

August 1, 2023 8:51 PM

Review of proceedings in Parliament

Parliament has passed three Bills -The Multi-State Cooperative Societies (Amendment) Bill, 2023, the Mediation Bill and the Biological Diversity (Amendment) Bill, 2023 with the Rajya Sabha adopting them today. The Lok Sabha passed them on 25th of July, 2023. The Cooperative Societies Bill seeks to strengthen cooperatives by making their functioning more transparent, introducing a system of regular elections and prohibiting appointment of related persons in cooperatives. ...

July 28, 2023 8:54 PM

Review of proceedings in Parliament

The Lok Sabha today passed several Bills amid continuous protests by the opposition Members. The National Nursing and Midwifery Commission Bill, 2023 and the National Dental Commission Bill, 2023, which seek to usher in better quality of nursing and dental education. The National Dental Commission Bill seeks to repeal the Dentists Act, 1948. It proposes to set up National Dental Commission to regulate dental education and the profession in the country. It also aims ...

July 25, 2023 9:38 PM

Review of proceedings in Parliament

Lok Sabha today passed two bills- The Biological Diversity (Amendment) Bill 2022 and the Multi-State Co-operative Societies (Amendment) Bill, 2022 - amid opposition protests over Manipur violence. The bills were taken up for debate and passing after the Lok Sabha proceedings were completely washed out in the last three working days due to protests by the opposition which has been demanding a statement from Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the floor of the House. ...