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The Monsoon Session, 2006 of Parliament which commenced on Monday, the 24th of July, 2006, concluded on Friday, the 25th of August, 2006.  The Session provided 22 sittings of both the Houses of Parliament spread over a period of 33 days. 

 

2.         During the Session, Adjournment Motion moved by Shri L. K. Advani, the Leader of Opposition, in the Lok Sabha on 25.7.2006 on “failure of the Government to ensure security of the lives of innocent citizens from planned terrorist violence in various parts of the country as has been sharply highlighted by the recent serial bomb blasts in seven local trains in Mumbai on 11th July, 2006, killing more than 200 persons and injuring over 700”, was discussed and negatived.

 

3.         Financial Business transacted consists of Supplementary Demands for Grants (General) and (Railways) for 2006-07 and their Appropriation Bills, which were discussed and passed by the Lok Sabha during the Session. Thereafter, the Rajya Sabha considered and returned these Appropriation Bills.

 

4.         In the Lok Sabha, Short Duration Discussions under Rule 193 and in the Rajya Sabha, Short Duration Discussions under Rule 176, were held on (i) Rise in the prices of essential commodities; (ii) Widespread distress among the farmers in the country; (iii) Report of the Justice R.S. Pathak Inquiry Authority and the Action Taken Report thereon laid on the Table of the House on 7.8.2006; (iv) Indo-US Nuclear Agreement; and (v) Report of the Justice Mukherjee Commission of Inquiry regarding disappearance of Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose.

 

5.         During the Session, 15 Bills (8 in the Lok Sabha and 7 in the Rajya Sabha) were introduced.  The Lok Sabha passed 17 Bills and the Rajya Sabha passed 16 Bills during the session.  Total number of Bills passed by both Houses of Parliament during the Session is 17 Bills. One Bill, namely, the Constitution (Eighty-seventh Amendment) Bill, 1999 was withdrawn in Rajya Sabha.  A list containing the titles of the Bills introduced, and, considered and passed during the Session is enclosed.

 

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BILLS TRANSACTED DURING THE MONSOON SESSION, 2006 OF PARLIAMENT

 

I -        BILLS INTRODUCED IN LOK SABHA

 

1.      The Payment and Settlement Systems Bill, 2006

2.      The Dalmia Dadri Cement Limited (Acquisition and Transfer of             Undertakings)       Amendment Bill, 2006

3.      The Constitution (Scheduled Castes) Order (Amendment) Bill, 2006

4.      The Aircraft (Amendment) Bill, 2006

5.      The Appropriation (No.4) Bill, 2006

6.      The Appropriation (Railways) No.4 Bill, 2006

7.      The Salary, Allowances and Pension of Members of Parliament             (Amendment) Bill, 2006

8.       The Central Educational Institutions (Reservation in Admission) Bill, 2006

 

II -       BILLS INTRODUCED IN RAJYA SABHA

 

  1. The Pondicherry (Alteration of Name) Bill, 2006
  2. The Sashastra Seema Bal Bill, 2006
  3. The Tripura University Bill, 2006
  4. The Rajiv Gandhi University Bill, 2006
  5. The Sikkim University Bill, 2006
  6. The Constitution (Scheduled Tribes) Order (Amendment) Bill, 2006
  7. The Code of Criminal Procedure (Amendment) Bill, 2006

 

III -      BILLS PASSED BY LOK SABHA

 

  1. The Parliament (Prevention of Disqualification) Amendment Bill, 2006
  2. The Food Safety and Standards Bill, 2005
  3. The Actuaries Bill, 2005
  4. The Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Amendment Bill, 2005
  5. The Assam Rifles Bill, 2006
  6. The Produce Cess Laws (Abolition) Bill, 2006
  7. The Spirituous Preparation (Inter-State Trade and Commerce) Control (Repeal) Bill, 2006
  8. The Government Securities Bill, 2006
  9. The Appropriation (No. 4) Bill, 2006
  10. The Appropriation (Railways) No. 4 Bill, 2006
  11. The Cantonments Bill, 2006
  12. The Central Silk Board (Amendment) Bill, 2006
  13. The Banking companies (Acquisition and Transfer of Undertakings) and Financial Institutions Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2006
  14. The Salary, Allowances and Pension of Members of Parliament (Amendment) Bill, 2006
  15. The Protection of Human Rights (Amendment) Bill, 2006
  16. The Pondicherry (Alteration of Name) Bill, 2006
  17. The Wild Life (Protection) Amendment Bill, 2006    

 

IV -      BILLS PASSED/RETURNED BY RAJYA SABHA

 

  1. The Parliament (Prevention of Disqualification) Amendment Bill, 2006
  2. The Cantonments Bill, 2006
  3. The Food Safety and Standards Bill, 2006
  4. The Protection of Human Rights (Amendment) Bill, 2006
  5. The Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Amendment Bill, 2006
  6. The Actuaries Bill, 2006
  7. The Central Silk Board (Amendment) Bill, 2006
  8. The Produce Cess Laws (Abolition) Bill, 2006
  9. The Government Securities Bill, 2006
  10. The Pondicherry (Alteration of Name) Bill, 2006
  11. The Essential Commodities (Amendment) Bill, 2006
  12. The Wild Life (Protection) Amendment Bill, 2006
  13. The Appropriation (No. 4) Bill, 2006
  14. The Appropriation (Railways) No. 4 Bill, 2006
  15. The Banking companies (Acquisition and Transfer of Undertakings) and Financial Institutions Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2006
  16. The Salary, Allowances and Pension of Members of Parliament (Amendment) Bill, 2006

 

V -       BILLS PASSED BY BOTH HOUSES

 

  1. The Parliament (Prevention of Disqualification) Amendment Bill, 2006
  2. The Food Safety and Standards Bill, 2006
  3. The Assam Rifles Bill, 2006
  4. The Spirituous Preparation (Inter-State Trade and Commerce) Control (Repeal) Bill, 2006
  5. The Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Amendment Bill, 2006
  6. The Actuaries Bill, 2006
  7. The Produce Cess Laws (Abolition) Bill, 2006
  8. The Government Securities Bill, 2006
  9. The Cantonments Bill, 2006
  10. The Central Silk Board (Amendment) Bill, 2006
  11. The Appropriation (No. 4) Bill, 2006
  12. The Appropriation (Railways) No. 4 Bill, 2006
  13. The Protection of Human Rights (Amendment) Bill, 2006
  14. The Pondicherry (Alteration of Name) Bill, 2006
  15. The Banking companies (Acquisition and Transfer of Undertakings) and Financial Institutions Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2006
  16. The Salary, Allowances and Pension of Members of Parliament (Amendment) Bill, 2006
  17. The Wild Life (Protection) Amendment Bill, 2006

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