Monsoon Session Of Parliament Begins Tuesday July 21,2015

The monsoon session of Parliament beginning Tuesday July 21,2015 is set to be stormy as Congress and several other Opposition parties appeared to be closing ranks to corner the government on a range of issues including Vyapam scam and Lalit Modi controversy.

Besides pressing for removal of Union ministers Sushma Swaraj and Smriti Irani, Opposition parties have indicated that they would raise the issue of scams and controversies allegedly involving BJP chief ministers -- Shivraj Singh Chouhan of Madhya Pradesh, Vasundhara Raje of Rajasthan and Raman Singh of Chhattisgarh -- and demand their resignations

Bills pending in Lok Sabha
The Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement (Amendment) Bill, 2015
Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Amendment Bill, 2014
Delhi High Court (Amendment) Bill, 2015
The Electricity (Amendment) Bill, 2014.

Bills pending in Rajya Sabha
Constitution (122nd) Amendment Bill, 2014 relating to GST
Whistle Blower Protection (Amendment) Bill, 2015
Prevention of Corruption (Amendment) Bill, 2013
Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Amendment Bill, 2015.
Child Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) Amendment Bill, 2012
Appropriation Act (Repeal) Bill
Readjustment of Representation of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes in Parliamentary, Assembly Constituencies (Third) Bill, 2014.

New bills to be introduced
Consumer Protection (Amendment) Bill, 2015
Constitution (Amendment) Bills, 2015
Arbitration and Conciliation (Amendment) Bill, 2015
High Court and Supreme Court Judges (Salaries and Conditions of Services)
National Commission for Women Bill, 2015
Human Deoxyribose Nucleic Acid (DNA) Profiling Bill, 2015
Others are the Constitution (Amendment) Bills, 2015 relating to reservation of women in Panchayats and urban local bodies, Arbitration and Conciliation (Amendment) Bill, 2015 to settle commercial disputes outside courts, the High Court and Supreme Court Judges (Salaries and Conditions of Services), which seeks to redress their long-pending demand of high court judges of one rank one pension, the National Commission for Women Bill, 2015 and the Human Deoxyribose Nucleic Acid (DNA) Profiling Bill, 2015.

Note

During the last session, Lok Sabha lost six hours and 54 minutes due to interruptions but made up for the lost time by giving up lunch breaks and working beyond scheduled time for 42 hours and 41 minutes. Rajya Sabha lost 18 hours and 28 minutes but made up for 20 hours.

The NDA Government is keen on a minimum of 100 sittings of Parliament each year as recommended by the last Conference of Chief Whips and Floor Leaders of Legislatures held in October 2014.