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Lok Sabha adjourned sine die, passes 18 Bills in Winter Session
New Delhi, Dec 23 (IBNS): The Winter Session of the of Lok Sabha was adjourned sine die on Tuesday after passing a "record" number of 18 Bills in 22 sittings.
Speaker Sumitra Mahajan announced the sine die adjournment soon after noon.
Parliamentary Affairs Minister M.Venkaiah Naidu on Tuesday stated: "On the whole, the Lok Sabha has passed a record 18 Bills as against 12 during the last Budget session early this year and 04 Bills during winter session last year."
He said introduction of GST Bill, the Companies Amendment Bill, the Coal Mines (Special Provisions) Bill and the Electricity (Amendment) Bill in the Lok Sabha were clear pointers of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) led government at the Centre.
"In fact, introduction of GST Bill is the high point of our government’s initiatives and of this winter session. All of you are aware of the efforts made by our government and the Finance Minister Shri Arun Jaitely in getting the states on board before introduction of this crucial Bill. When GST comes into being soon, this would be the most far reaching tax reform since Independence. GST is expected to increase GDP by about 2%. This would reduce corruption, and make business hassle-free," he said.
Naidu informed the House that two Bills related to labour reforms were cleared during this winter session. These being: The Labor Laws (Exemption from Furnishing Returns and Maintaining Registers by Certain Establishments) Amendment Bill, 2011 and The Apprentices (Amendment) Bill, 2014.
While the Winter Session witnessed frequent disruptions and adjournments, the Lower House on its concluding day unanimously adopted two resolutions condemning the massacre of innocent school children in Peshawar and the release on bail of 26/11 mastermind Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi by a Pakistani Court.
The Lok Sabha has also cleared important Bills relating to proposed auctioning of coal blocks and enhancing ease of doing business.
On the contrary, the Rajya Sabha could clear only 12 Bills during this period. The Upper House could not take up six Bills that were passed by the Lower House.
On account of interruptions, the Lok Sabha has lost 3 hours 26 minutes only while the Rajya Sabha has lost 51 hours and 57 minutes.
Accordingly, the productivity of the Lok Sabha has been 105 .71% while that of the Rajya Sabha has been only 67.18 %. All concerned owe an answer to the nation for this.
"With a heavy heart, I am constrained to say that the opposition has let the country down in the Rajya Sabha during this winter session. The way they have disrupted the House for almost half of the session time has no justification. It is unfortunate that the interests of the country have been held captive by their short sighted Political considerations," Naidu said.
"I do concede the right of the opposition to effectively voice their concerns. But it may not be wise to totally obstruct legislation, which is the primary mandate of the Parliament. I sincerely appeal to the opposition parties to seriously introspect and ensure that Parliament lives up to the expectations of the people in the times to come, he said.
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