Guwahati: The two Houses of Parliament enacted nine legislation during the winter session which came to an end on Friday.
Nine legislation have been introduced in Lok Sabha during the course of the 13 sittings from the session’s start on December 7. Rajya Sabha passed nine bills compared to the Lok Sabha’s seven.
Minister for Parliamentary Affairs Pralhad Joshi stated at a press conference that the first batch of Supplementary Demands for Grants for 2022–23 and Demands for Excess Grant for 2019–20 were introduced, discussed and passed by Lok Sabha on December 14 following an approximately 11–hour debate. After a discussion that lasted around nine hours on December 21, Rajya Sabha returned these bills.
The major Bills passed by both Houses during the Session include The Wild Life (Protection) Amendment Bill, 2022, The Energy Conservation (Amendment) Bill, 2022, The New Delhi Arbitration Centre (Amendment) Bill, 2022, The Constitution (Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes) Order (Second Amendment) Bill, 2022, The Maritime Anti-Piracy Bill, 2022, The Constitution (Scheduled Tribes) Order (Second Amendment) Bill, 2022 and The Constitution (Scheduled Tribes) Order (Fourth Amendment) Bill, 2022.
Following requests and sentiments from members to depart for their constituencies for Christmas and year-end celebrations the winter session was shortened by one week. The two Houses were adjourned sine die on Friday.