The Winter Session, 2016 of
Parliament which commenced on Wednesday, the 16th November, 2016,
concluded on Friday, the 16th December, 2016. The Session provided
21 sittings spread over a period of 31 days.
During the Session, 10 Bills (all in Lok Sabha )
were introduced . Lok Sabha passed 4 Bills and the Rajya Sabha passed 1
Bill during the session. One Bill namely the the Taxation Laws (Second Amendment) Bill, 2016 was deemed to have been passed by both the Houses
of Parliament. Two more Bills namely the Appropriation (No.4) Bill, 2016 and
the Appropriation (No.5) Bill, 2016 as passed by Lok Sabha and transmitted to
Rajya Sabha for its recommendation, are not likely to be returned to Lok
Sabha within the period of fourteen days from the date of their receipt in
Rajya Sabha. The Bills will be deemed to have been passed by both Houses at the
expiration of the said period in the form in which they were passed by Lok
Sabha under clause (5) of article 109 of the Constitution on 23.12.2016. The
Rights of Persons with Disabilities Bill, 2016 has also been passed by the
Houses of Parliament.
During the Session, Supplementary
Demands for Grants (General) for 2016-17 and Demands for Excess Grants
(General) 2013-14 and their related Appropriation Bills, were discussed and
passed by the Lok Sabha. The Merchant Shipping (Amendment) Bill, 2015 was
withdrawn in Lok Sabha.
In Lok Sabha, one Short
Duration Discussion under Rule 193 was initiated on ‘Demonetization of currency notes to weed out black
money’ by Shri A.P. Jithender Reddy on 05.12.2016 and the same could not be concluded. In the Rajya
Sabha, Discussion under Notice under Rule 267 was held on’ Demonetization of
currency’ which remained inconclusive.
During the Session, the
productivity of work done in Lok Sabha has been 17.39 % and
that of Rajya Sabha has been 20.61%.
A list containing the titles
of the Bills introduced, considered and passed during the Session is as
follows:
I – BILLS INTRODUCED IN LOK SABHA
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The Admiralty
(Jurisdiction and Settlement of Maritime Claims) Bill, 2016
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The Surrogacy
(Regulation) Bill, 2016
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The Taxation
Laws (Second Amendment) Bill, 2016
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The Appropriation (No.5) Bill, 2016.
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The Appropriation (No.4) Bill, 2016
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The National Institutes of Technology, Science Education and
Research (Second Amendment) Bill, 2016
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The Constitution (Scheduled Castes & Scheduled Tribes) Order
(Amendment) Bill, 2016
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The Payment of Wages (Amendment) Bill, 2016
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The Merchant Shipping Bill, 2016
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The Major Port Authorities Bill, 2016
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II – BILLS PASSED BY LOK SABHA
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The Taxation
Laws (Second Amendment) Bill, 2016
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The Appropriation (No.5) Bill, 2016.
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The Appropriation (No.4) Bill, 2016
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The Rights of Persons with Disabilities Bill, 2016
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III – BILLS PASSED BY RAJYA SABHA
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The Rights of Persons with Disabilities Bill, 2016
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IV – BILLS PASSED BY BOTH HOUSES OF
PARLIAMENT
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*The Taxation
Laws (Second Amendment) Bill, 2016
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#The Appropriation (No.5) Bill, 2016.
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#The Appropriation (No.4) Bill, 2016
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The Rights of Persons with Disabilities Bill, 2016
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V – BILLS WITHDRAWN
The Merchant Shipping (Amendment) Bill,
2015
*Deemed to have been passed
by the Houses on Parliament on 14.12.2016 on expiry 14 days from receipt of
Bill, as passed by Lok Sabha in Rajya Sabha under clause (5) of article 109 of
the Constitution
# The Bills, as passed by Lok Sabha and
transmitted to Rajya Sabha for its recommendation, are not likely to be
returned to Lok Sabha within the period of fourteen days from the date of
their receipt in Rajya Sabha. The Bills will be deemed to have been passed by
both Houses of Parliament on the expiration of the said period (on
23.12.2016) in the form in which they were passed by Lok Sabha under clause
(5) of article 109 of the Constitution.
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