List of bills to be considered during Monsoon Session

New Delhi July 16 (IANS) The government s agenda for the Monsoon Session of the Parliament beginning on Monday includes a total of 34 bills.

Among the 16 new ones that are to be introduced are the Consumer Protection Bill and two bills to implement the GST in Jammu and Kashmir.

Parliamentary Affairs Minister Ananth Kumar said that apart from 16 new bills 21 bills are pending in Lok Sabha while 42 bills are pending in Rajya Sabha many of which would be considered for passing during the session.

A list of items of government business identified for being taken up in both the Houses of Parliament is as follows:

New bills for Introduction:

1. The Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Sites and Remains (Amendment) Bill 2017;
2. The Financial Resolution and Deposit Insurance (FRDI) Bill 2017;
3. The Banking Regulation (Amendment) Bill 2017
4. The State Banks (Repeal and Amendment) Bill 2017
5. The Punjab Municipal Corporation Law (Extension To Chandigarh) Amendment Bill 2017;
6. The Central Goods and Services Tax (Extension to Jammu and Kashmir) Bill 2017;
7. The Integrated Goods and Services Tax (Extension to Jammu and Kashmir) Bill 2017;
8. The Indian Institute of Petroleum and Energy (IIPE) Bill 2017;
9. The Requisitioning and Acquisition of Immovable Property Amendment Bill 2017;
10. The Public Premises (Eviction of Unauthorised Occupants) Amendment Bill 2017;
11. The Consumer Protection Bill 2017;
12. The National Investigation Agency (Amendment) Bill 2017;
13. The Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (Amendment) Bill 2017;
14. The Right of Children Free and Compulsory Education (Second Amendment) Bill 2017;
15. Labour Code on wages; and
16. The National Sports University Bill 2017

Bills already pending in Lok Sabha:

1. The Companies (Amendment) Bill 2016;
2. The National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (Amendment) Bill 2017;
3. The Indian Institute of Management Bill 2017;
4. The Right of Children Free and Compulsory Education (Amendment) Bill 2017;
5. The Repealing and Amending Bill 2017;
6. The Citizenship (Amendment) Bill 2016;
7. The Indian Institutes of Information Technology (Amendment) Bill 2017 ;and
8. The Indian Institutes of Information Technology (Public-Private Partnership) Bill 2017

Bills already pending in Rajya Sabha:

1. The Footwear Design and Development Institute Bill 2017 as passed by Lok Sabha;
2. The National Institutes of Technology Science Education and Research (Second Amendment) Bill 2016 as passed by Lok Sabha;
3. The Factories (Amendment) Bill 2016 as passed by Lok Sabha;
4. The Whistle Blowers Protection (Amendment) Bill 2015 as passed by Lok Sabha;
5. The Prevention of Corruption (Amendment) Bill 2013;
6. The Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Bill 2016 as passed by Lok Sabha;
7. The Admiralty (Jurisdiction and Settlement of Maritime Claims) Bill 2016 as passed by Lok Sabha;
8. The Constitution (One Hundred and Twenty Third Amendment) Bill 2017as passed by Lok Sabha;
9. The National Commission for Backward Classes (Repeal) Bill 2017 as passed by Lok Sabha; and
10. The Collection of Statistics (Amendment) Bill 2017 as passed by Lok Sabha.

Financial Business:

1. Supplementary Demands for Grants (including Railways) for 2017-18

Bills for withdrawal in Lok Sabha

1. The Consumer Protection Bill 2015

Bills for withdrawal in Rajya Sabha

1. The North-Eastern Council (Amendment) Bill 2013;and
2. The Participation of Workers in Management Bill 1990.

--IANS
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