The Winter Session, 2022 of Parliament which commenced on December 7 has been adjourned sine die on December, 23, six days ahead of the schedule.
In his valedictory address, Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla said the productivity of the House was 97 per cent during the 13 sittings which saw the passage of seven bills, including the supplementary demands for grants and the Maritime Anti-Piracy Bill.
This was Dhankhar’s first session as chairman of the Rajya Sabha, after his election as vice president on August 10. “Disruption as an expression mechanism is antithetical to grace, decorum and sublimity of this solemn platform. The fallout is invariably negative as it generates disillusionment, disappointment, helplessness and hopelessness in the people,” Dhankhar said.
Speaking about the Winter Session, Union Minister for Parliamentary Affairs, Coal and Mines, Prahlad Joshi stated that the Winter Session, 2022 provided 13 sittings spread over a period of 17 days.
The Minister while addressing a Press conference in the Parliament premises said, the Session, which was originally scheduled to have 17 sittings from 7th of December, 2022 to 29th of December, 2022, was curtailed due to completion of essential Government Business and on the recommendations of Business Advisory Committees (BACs) of both Houses of Parliament.
BACs of the Houses took cognizance of demand and sentiments of Members of Parliament across party lines for Christmas/Year end celebrations. Union Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs & Culture, Arjun Ram Meghwal and Union Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs & External Affairs , V. Muraleedharan were present in the press conference.
During the Session, First Batch of Supplementary Demands for Grants for 2022-23 and Demands for Excess Grant for 2019-20 were discussed and voted in full and the related Appropriation Bills were introduced, discussed and passed by Lok Sabha on 14.12.2022 after a debate of about 11 hours. Rajya Sabha returned these Bills on 21.12.2022 after a debate of about 9 hours, said the Minister Joshi.
Joshi further said that Two Bill namely “the Multi-State Co-operative Societies (Amendment) Bill, 2022” to strengthen governance, enhancing transparency, increasing accountability and reforming electoral process, etc. in the Multi State Cooperative Societies by supplementing existing legislation and incorporating the provisions of Ninety-seventh Constitutional amendment & to improve monitoring mechanism and ensuring ease of doing business for Multi-State cooperative societies and “ the Jan Vishwas (Amendment of Provisions) Bill, 2022” to amend certain enactments for decriminalising and rationalising minor offences to further enhance trust-based governance for ease of living and doing business were referred to the Joint Committee of both Houses of Parliament after motion having been adopted in the respective Houses after their introduction.
The Minister added that during the Session 9 Bills were introduced in Lok Sabha. 7 Bills were passed by Lok Sabha and 9 Bills were passed by Rajya Sabha. Total number of Bills passed by both Houses of Parliament during the Session is 9.
