The Winter Session, 2006 of Parliament (9th Session of Fourteenth Lok Sabha and the 209th Session of the Rajya Sabha) is scheduled to commence on Wednesday, the 22nd of November, 2006 and subject to exigencies of Government Business, the Session will conclude on Tuesday, the 19th of December, 2006. The Session will provide a total of 20 sittings spread over a period of 28 days.
2. The Session will mainly be devoted to essential Government legislative and other business, including financial business relating to Supplementary Demands for Grants for the year 2006-07 in respect of Railway and General Budgets.
3. The Hon’ble Minister of Parliamentary Affairs held a meeting on Friday, the 17th of November, 2006 with the Secretaries/Senior Officers of the various Ministries/Departments to finalise the Government Legislative and other Business for the Winter Session, 2006. During the meeting, various items of legislative, financial and other business were identified for being taken up during the Session. Some important items are indicated below:-
A. Legislative Business
For Introduction
1. The Information Technology (Amendment) Bill, 2006
2. The Jalianwala Bagh Memorial (Amendment) Bill, 2006
3. The Jawaharlal Institute of Post-Graduate Medical Education and Research, Pondicherry Bill, 2006
4. The Uttaranchal (Alteration of Name) Bill, 2006
5. The National Council for Teacher Education (Amendment and Validation) Bill, 2006 (Ordinance)
6. The Cable Television Networks (Regulation) Amendment Bill, 2006
7. The Commissions for Protection of Child Rights (Amendment) Bill, 2006
8. The Child Marriage Restraint (Prohibition of Child Marriage) Amendment Bill, 2006.
9. The Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Bill, 2006
10. The Judges (Inquiry) Bill, 2006
11. The Central Road Fund (Amendment) Bill, 2006
12. The Parents and Senior Citizens (Welfare and Maintenance) Bill, 2006
13. The Insurance (Amendment) Bill, 2004
14. The Broadcasting Services Mandatory Sharing of Sports Signals Bill, 2006
15. The Gram Nyayalaya Bill, 2006
16. The Seamen’s Provident Fund (Amendment) Bill, 2006
17. The Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Petroleum Technology Bill, 2006
Depending upon exigencies, some of these Bills may also be taken up for consideration and passing.
For consideration and passing
1. The Indian Telegraph (Amendment) Bill, 2006 (Ordinance)
2. The Essential Commodities (Amendment) Bill, 2006
3. The Banking Regulation (Amendment) Bill, 2005
4. The Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority Bill, 2005
5. The Dalmia Dadri Cement Limited (Acquisition and Transfer of Undertakings) Amendment Bill, 2006
6. The Constitution (Scheduled Tribes) Order (Amendment) Bill, 2006
7. The Seeds Bill, 2004
8. The Warehousing (Development and Regulation) Bill, 2005
9. The Armed Forces Tribunal Bill, 2005
10. The Securities Contracts (Regulation) Amendment Bill, 2006
11. The Factories (Amendment) Bill, 2005
12. The Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and other Backward Classes (Reservation in Posts and Services) Bill, 2004
13. The Electricity (Amendment) Bill, 2005
14. The Merchant Shipping (Amendment) Bill, 2004
15. The Inland Vessels (Amendment) Bill, 2005
16. The Scheduled Tribes (Recognition of Forest Rights) Bill, 2005
B. Financial and other Business
Discussion and Voting on the following Demands and introduction, consideration and passing of the related Appropriation Bills:-
(i) Supplementary Demands for Grants (General) for 2006-07.
(ii) Demands for Excess Grants (General) for 2004-05
(iii) Supplementary Demands for Grants (Railways) for 2006-07
(iv) Demands for Excess Grants (Railways) for 2004-05
C. Non-legislative Business
1. Consideration and adoption of the recommendations of Railways Convention Committee (2004) made in their Third Report.
2. Consideration and adoption of the recommendations of Railways Convention Committee (2004) made in their Fifth Report.
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