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Updated July 26th, 2022 at 16:14 IST

Parliament Monsoon Session News Updates: Rajya Sabha and Lok Sabha adjourned till Monday

The fifth day of the Parliament's Monsoon Session began with constant ruckus followed by adjournments on Friday. Lok Sabha managed to pass 'The Indian Antarctic Bill, 2022' after Question Hour. Deliberations on Private Members' bills were held in Rajya Sabha.

Reported by: Gloria Methri
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10: 52 IST, July 22nd 2022

A standing parliamentary committee has rapped  flood-prone states like Assam, Uttar Pradesh and Bihar for not taking any initiative to enact the model bill for flood plain zoning despite witnessing huge losses of human lives, cattle and properties during deluge.

The standing committee on water resources, tabled in Lok Sabha, said only Manipur, Rajasthan and Uttarakhand and erstwhile state of Jammu & Kashmir had enacted legislation, though delineation and demarcation of flood plains are yet to be undertaken. 

Flood-plain zoning measures aim at demarcating zones or areas likely to be affected by floods of different magnitude or frequencies and probability levels, and specify the types of permissible developments in these zones, so that whenever floods actually occur, the damage can be minimised.
 

9: 02 IST, July 22nd 2022

No time limit has been drawn for appointment of chairperson and full-time and part-time members in the Law Commission, the government told Lok Sabha citing the notification which formed the 22nd law panel.

The 22nd law commission is without a chairperson and members since its inception in February, 2020..

The term of the 21st Law Commission ended on August 31, 2018. 

In a written reply, Law Minister Kiren Rijiju said the Cabinet had approved the constitution of 22nd Law Commission of India for a term of three years with effect from February 21, 2020.

"As per the notification dated February 21, 2020, no time limit has been drawn for appointment of chairperson, full-time and part-time members in the Commission," the minister said.

(PTI)
 

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7: 37 IST, July 22nd 2022

India and China are in touch with each other to work out the modalities for facilitating the return of Indian medical students to that country, the government informed Parliament on Friday.

Thousands of Indian students are unable to return to China for over two years due to Beijing's COVID-19 restrictions.

In a written reply to a question in the Lok Sabha, Minister of State for External Affairs V Muraleedharan said the Centre has been taking up the matter of return of the Indian students with the Chinese authorities.
 

6: 39 IST, July 22nd 2022

India has supplied 23.9 crore doses of coronavirus vaccine to 101 countries and UN entities in the form of grant, commercial export, or through COVID-19 Vaccines Global Access (COVAX) as on July 15, 2022, the Lok Sabha was informed on Friday.

Minister of State for Health Bharati Pravin Pawar also said as on July 19, 2022, a total of 200.34 crore COVID-19 vaccine doses have been administered to beneficiaries above 12 years of age in the country.

In a written reply to a question, she said the COVID-19 vaccination below 12 years of age has not begun under the National Covid Vaccination Programme.

Currently, five COVID-19 vaccines --Covishield, Covovax, Covaxin, Sputnik V vaccine and Corbevax -- are being used under the vaccination programme, the minister told the House.

(PTI)
 

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5: 21 IST, July 22nd 2022

Rajya Sabha, the upper House of Parliament, has been adjourned till Monday, July 25. 

"Swearing-in ceremony of President-elect #DroupadiMurmu will take place on 25th July in Central Hall of Parliament House. To facilitate Members to attend that ceremony, Rajya Sabha will meet that day at 2 pm instead of 11 am. Accordingly, the House is adjourned," BJD MP Sasmit Patra said.

4: 56 IST, July 22nd 2022

There is a need to develop a simple, affordable and easy-to-adopt certification system to differentiate the crops grown from organic and natural farming, Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar said on Friday.

Tomar, in his written reply to the Rajya Sabha, said although both organic and natural farming are non-chemical systems of farming, there is a need to adopt a certification system specific to them.

Both largely rely on diversity, on-farm bio mass management, rejuvenation of natural nutrient recycling, crop rotation, multiple cropping and efficient resources recycling.

However, organic farming is open to use of off-farm purchased organic and biological inputs and need-based soil correction through natural mined minerals.

Natural farming, on the other hand, is based on biomass mulching, round-the-year green cover, indigenous cow dung and urine formulations in exclusion of purchase inputs whether organic, biological or otherwise, he said.

(PTI)
 

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4: 09 IST, July 22nd 2022

Indian Railways suffered a loss of Rs 259.44 crores due to damage and destruction of its assets in agitations against the Agnipath Scheme, said Union Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw in Rajya Sabha

3: 27 IST, July 22nd 2022

Current global evidence suggests approximately 10 to 20 percent of people who develop COVID-19 experience a variety of mid- and long-term effects after they recover from their initial illness, the Lok Sabha was informed on Friday.

The Union health ministry had on October 21, 2021 issued National Comprehensive Guidelines for Management of Post-Covid Sequelae, Minister of State for Health Bharati Pravin Pawar said in a written reply.

"According to the World Health Organisation, most people who develop coronavirus fully recover, but current global evidence suggests that approximately 10 per cent-20 per cent of people experience a variety of mid- and long-term effects after they recover from their initial illness," Pawar said in her reply.

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2: 52 IST, July 22nd 2022

 

2: 49 IST, July 22nd 2022

The Lok Sabha has passed 'The Indian Antarctic Bill, 2022' which seeks to give effect to the Antarctic Treaty, the Convention on Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources, and the Protocol on Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty.

It also seeks to protect the Antarctic environment and regulate activities in the region. 

Shortly after the passage of the Bill, the House was adjourned till July 22, 2 PM. 

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2: 33 IST, July 22nd 2022

Continuous hooting and sloganeering marred Rajya Sabha proceedings today, forcing the House to be adjourned till 2 PM. Leader of Opposition Mallikarjun Kharge demanded a debate on the issue of price rise, which was denied by the Chair as he requested members to take their seats and engage in a separate discussion with the government.

 

2: 33 IST, July 22nd 2022

 

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2: 06 IST, July 22nd 2022

 

2: 06 IST, July 22nd 2022

Proceedings have resumed in the Lok Sabha after multiple adjournments owing to protests by Opposition MPs.

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2: 02 IST, July 22nd 2022

The full Report may be accessed at http://loksabhaph.nic.in/Committee/CommitteeInformation.aspx?comm_code=44&tab=1 

 

1: 55 IST, July 22nd 2022

"We emphasize to speed up the procedure of the Under Trial Review Committees under District Judges to release higher numbers of undertrials in view of Amrit Kaal, for which the Government is working in sync with the Courts at various levels", Union Law Minister Kiren Rijiju informed the Lok Sabha.

 

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1: 31 IST, July 22nd 2022

Congress MPs from Punjab staged a protest at the Gandhi statue in the Parliament over the dispute between Punjab and Haryana over the Chandigarh land issue.

12: 51 IST, July 22nd 2022

AAP MP Raghav Chadha has alleged that despite earning Rs 16 lakh crores excise duty in the last six years, the states were not provided adequate funds by the Central government. Accusing the Centre of "looting" the people, he said, "They used public money to pay off loans of big industrialists and loot common man."

 

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12: 32 IST, July 22nd 2022

There was a ruckus in Rajya Sabha during the Question Hour as Opposition MPs trooped with placards into the Well of the House, in protest against the price rise issue. They raised slogans demanding urgent debate over the GST hike. 

 

12: 20 IST, July 22nd 2022

 

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12: 20 IST, July 22nd 2022
12: 12 IST, July 22nd 2022

"Both Sonia-Rahul Gandhi went to SC but (the national herald) case wasn't dismissed. They're out on bail. They harassed PM Modi when he was the CM of Gujarat. Yesterday they didn't let Parliament function even when we accepted to discuss price rise issue. They think they're above law," Union Min Pralhad Joshi told reporters.

 

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12: 00 IST, July 22nd 2022

Proceedings have resumed in both Houses after being adjourned for almost an hour over Opposition ruckus. The Opposition MPs have demanded a discussion on price rise and alleged misuse of agencies.

11: 41 IST, July 22nd 2022

Monsoon session of Parliament | CPI Rajya Sabha MP Binoy Viswam has given notice under Rule 67 objecting to the introduction of 'The Places of Worship (Special Provisions) Repeal Bill' BJP MP Harnath Singh Yadav.

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11: 41 IST, July 22nd 2022

BJP Lok Sabha MP Ravi Kishan is set to introduce the private members' bill on population control today. 

Urging Opposition members to extend support to the bill, he said, "I have been wanting to introduce a bill on population control for the past two years. But could not do so because of COVID-19. I appeal to the opposition to support the bill as it is for the country's future. We can be a superpower only if the population is in control. China brought this bill and is able to prosper. I request Opposition members to let the House run today and let the bill be introduced in Parliament."

11: 27 IST, July 22nd 2022

"Yet again the Modi Sarkar refused an urgent debate in the Rajya Sabha on galloping price rise and senseless increase in GST rates on a food item," tweeted Congress Rajya Sabha MP Jairam Ramesh after both Houses were adjourned till noon. "The Opposition is united that we want to debate on this critical issue impacting crores of Indians," he said.

 

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11: 23 IST, July 22nd 2022

Questions listed on Ministries of AYUSH; Chemicals and Fertilizers; Defence; External Affairs; Health and Family Welfare; Law and Justice; Ports, Shipping and Waterways; and Women & Child Development will be answered in Loksabha today.

11: 16 IST, July 22nd 2022

 

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11: 09 IST, July 22nd 2022

 

11: 03 IST, July 22nd 2022

Rajya Sabha and Lok Sabha proceedings commence with Question Hour.

 

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10: 48 IST, July 22nd 2022

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is holding a meeting with top cabinet ministers to discuss the government's strategy in Parliament. Union ministers Rajnath Singh, Amit Shah, Pralhad Joshi, Anurag Singh Thakur, Kiren Rijiju, and Piyush Goyal are present at the meeting.

10: 40 IST, July 22nd 2022

Monsoon session | Congress MP Kodikunnil Suresh gives adjournment motion notice in Lok Sabha on the issue of unemployment

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10: 40 IST, July 22nd 2022

Delhi | Opposition leaders including Congress MPs continued their protest against the Central government over the issues of inflation and price rise in Parliament. The fifth day of the Monsoon Session will commence at 11 AM.

 

10: 37 IST, July 22nd 2022

A total of 4,23,559 Indian migrant workers returned from ECR countries during the Covid pandemic between June 2020 to December 2021, with more than half of them from the UAE and Saudi Arabia, the government informed Rajya Sabha on Thursday. According to the Emigration Act, 1983, Emigration Check Required (ECR) categories of Indian passport holders need to obtain Emigration Clearance from the office of Protector of Emigrants (POE) for going to 18 countries which are mostly in the Gulf region.

In a written reply to a question in Rajya Sabha, Minister of State for External Affairs V Muraleedharan stated that the number of Indian migrant workers returning from the ECR countries, between June 2020 to December 2021, as per records available in the eMigrate system is 4,23,559.

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10: 11 IST, July 22nd 2022

Out of 563 Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officers available for central deputation, only 397 joined the Centre in the last five years, the government said on Thursday.

As many as 124 IAS officers were on offer for central deputation in 2021, 112 in 2020, 127 in 2019, 101 in 2018 and 99 in 2017 (a total of 563), Union Minister of State for Personnel Jitendra Singh said in a written reply.

Of these, 71 IAS officers were appointed on central deputation during 2021, 69 in 2020, 101 in 2019, 71 in 2018, and 85 in 2017 (a total of 397), he said.

9: 49 IST, July 22nd 2022

A total of 1,59,615 candidates were selected by Union Public Service Commission (UPSC), Staff Selection Commission (SSC), and the Institute of Banking Personnel Selection, popularly known as the IBPS, between 2020 and 2022, Union Minister Jitendra Singh told the Rajya Sabha on Thursday.

Of the 1,59,615 candidates; 8,913 were recruited by UPSC; 97,914 by SSC and 52,788 by IBPS.

Laying a statement on the table of the Rajya Sabha, Singh mentioned that 96,601 candidates were recruited in 2020-2021. Of them, 4,214 were recruited by UPSC, 68,891 by SSC, and 23,496 by IBPS.

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9: 33 IST, July 22nd 2022

Financial assistance worth an estimated Rs 34 crore has been approved under the MSME Idea Hackathon 2022 during the current financial year, said MoS MSME, Bhanu Pratap Singh Verma in a written reply to the Lok Sabha.

257 ideas under MSME Idea Hackathon 2022, reimbursement of 1,196 trademarks, 186 patents, 53 design,s and 11 Geographical Indication (GI) have been approved for a grant of financial assistance.

The MSME Idea Hackathon is an initiative of the Ministry of Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises. The scheme had been released on March 10, 2022.

9: 17 IST, July 22nd 2022

Monsoon session | Congress MP Manickam Tagore has given adjournment motion notice in Lok Sabha on the issue of the recent GST rate hike.

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9: 10 IST, July 22nd 2022

"Production of exhibits and display of placards within with precincts of Parliament House is prohibited," said PC Mody, Secretary General, Rajya Sabha in a Parliamentary bulletin released on July 21. 

8: 34 IST, July 22nd 2022

CPI(M) MPs Elamaram Kareem, Bikash Ranjan Bhattarya, Dr. V Sivadasan, John Brittas, and AA Rahim have given notices to the Rajya Sabha Chairman for disallowing the permission to introduce the Private Member Bills of BJP MPs - ‘The Uniform Civil Code in India Bill, 2020’ by Dr. Kirodi Lal Meena and 'The Places of Worship (Special Provisions) Repeal Bill, 2022' by Shri. Harnath Singh Yadav.

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7: 59 IST, July 22nd 2022

BJP Lok Sabha MP Ravi Kishan will introduce the private members' bill on population control today, reported ANI. On Tuesday, Minister of State for Health Bharati Pravin Pawar told the Rajya Sabha that the government is not contemplating any legislative measures for population control.

7: 49 IST, July 22nd 2022

There is no proposal to increase the retirement age of Supreme Court and high court judges, Union Law Minister Kiren Rijiju informed Rajya Sabha on Thursday. While Supreme Court judges retire at the age of 65 years, judges of the 25 high courts retire at 62 years. 

The Constitution (114th Amendment) Bill was introduced in 2010 to increase the retirement age of high court judges to 65 years. However, it was not taken up for consideration in Parliament and lapsed with the dissolution of the 15th Lok Sabha, he said.

Chief Justice of India NV Ramana will retire on August 26. Justice Uday Umesh Lalit is the senior-most judge in the top court after Justice Ramana and is next in line to be the CJI.

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7: 25 IST, July 22nd 2022

Information and Broadcasting Minister Anurag Thakur on Thursday said that lawful action was taken on complaints against those attempting to create tension in the society on the pretext of fact-checking. 

Responding to a question from Rajya Sabha MP Manoj Kumar Jha of the RJD, in an apparent reference to Alt News co-founder Mohammed Zubair, Thakur said: “It is also important to know who is the fact-checker and who is trying to create tension in the society under the garb of checking facts.”

7: 08 IST, July 22nd 2022

Rajya Sabha on Thursday deferred till July 25 the passage of a bill that seeks to ban funding of weapons of mass destruction so that opposition members can participate in the discussion on the draft law.

Bhubaneswar Kalita, who was in the Chair, accepted the request of MoS for Parliamentary Affairs V Muraleedharan for deferring the passage of the bill.

When the House resumed in the afternoon, the opposition members demanded a discussion on the issue of price rise under Rule 267. When the Chair did not accept their demand, a large number of the opposition members walked out.

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7: 08 IST, July 22nd 2022

Lok Sabha proceedings were adjourned for the day on Thursday following a request from the government that the Indian Antarctic Bill, 2022 be taken up for consideration when Opposition members are also present in the House.

Several Opposition members were not present in the House with many of them protesting outside over Congress president Sonia Gandhi's questioning by the Enforcement Directorate in the National Herald money laundering case.

After the House reassembled at 2:15 PM following a routine adjournment, Union minister Jitendra Singh said his request is that the bill be taken up for consideration only when Opposition members are present as it is important legislation.

7: 08 IST, July 22nd 2022

Rajya Sabha on Thursday finally managed to conduct Question Hour amid a protest by opposition parties and a brief adjournment, after the first three days of the monsoon session were washed out due to disruptions.

In the Upper House, Question Hour starts at 12 noon. During Question Hour, members ask questions and the concerned ministers reply.

On Thursday, 15 oral questions were listed and the House was able to take up 13.

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Published July 22nd, 2022 at 07:08 IST

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