With the Winter session starting from Wednesday Nov 16,2016, the fireworks are expected in the Parliament as the Opposition will attempt to corner the NDA government over many issues, chief among them being demonetisation.
-The Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha will meet for the winter session between November 16 and December 16, 2016. There will be a total of 22 sessions.
Some of the important bills listed for consideration and passing include the consumer protection bill, 2015; HIV Aids (prevention and control) bill, 2014; maternity benefits (bill), 2016 that increased the maternity leave to 26 weeks and even grants leaves to adopting and commissioning mothers; citizenship (amendment) bill, 2016 that proposes illegal migrants from afghanistan, bangladesh and pakistan from specified religious groups
- Other important bills also include the contentious Whistle Blowers Protection (Amendment) bill, 2015; prevention of corruption bill, 2013; and enemy property (amendment and validation) bill, 2016.
- Three legislative pieces of the primary GST act that was passed in the last monsoon session will be introduced by the government for passage
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