11 Bills passed during Budget Session of Parliament

The Session saw productivity of approximately 129% in Lok Sabha and 98% in Rajya Sabha

New Delhi: In all, 11 Bills were passed during the Budget Session, 2022 of Parliament which commenced on Monday, January 31, 2022, and was adjourned sine die today. The Session, which was originally scheduled to have sittings till April 8, 2022, was curtailed due to the demand of Leaders of various political parties, Union Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pralhad Joshi said today.

In between Rajya Sabha and Lok Sabha adjourned for recess on Friday, February 11, 2022, to reassemble on Monday, March 14, 2022, to enable Departmentally related Standing Committees to examine and report on the Demands for Grants relating to various Ministries/Departments.

The first part of the Budget Session yielded a total of 10 sittings of Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha.  In the second part of the Session, there were 17 sittings of both Houses.  The productivity of Lok Sabha during the Budget Session, 2022 was approximately 129% and that of Rajya Sabha was 98%.

Some of the major Bills passed by both Houses during the Session were as follows:

• The Criminal Procedure (Identification) Bill, 2022, authorises taking measurements of convicts and other persons for the purposes of identification and investigation in criminal matters and to preserve records and for matters connected therewith and incidental thereto.
• The Delhi Municipal Corporation (Amendment) Bill, 2022 to (i) unify the three municipal corporations into a single, integrated and well-equipped entity; (ii) ensure a robust mechanism for synergised and strategic planning and optimal utilisation of resources; (iii) bring about greater transparency, improved governance and more efficient delivery of civic service for the people of Delhi.
• The Constitution (Scheduled Tribes) Order (Amendment) Bill, 2022, to amend Part XV.—Tripura of the Schedule to the Constitution (Scheduled Tribes) Order, 1950 to insert “Darlong” community as a sub-tribe of “Kuki” after sub-tribe “(iii) Chhalya” in entry 9 in the list of Scheduled Tribes.
• The Constitution (Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes) Orders (Amendment) Bill, 2022, omits the Bhogta community from the list of Scheduled Castes in relation to the State of Jharkhand and the Constitution (Scheduled Tribes) Order, 1950 for inclusion of certain communities in the lists of Scheduled Tribes in relation to the State of Jharkhand.

Further, the Weapons of Mass Destruction and their Delivery Systems (Prohibition of Unlawful Activities) Amendment Bill, 2022 was also passed by Lok Sabha which seeks to— (a) prohibit financing of any activity in relation to weapons of mass destruction and their delivery systems; (b) empower the Central Government to— (i) freeze, seize or attach funds or other financial assets or economic resources for preventing such financing; (ii) prohibit making available funds, financial assets or economic resources for any prohibited activity in relation to weapons of mass destruction and their delivery systems.

LEGISLATIVE BUSINESS TRANSACTED DURING THE 8^th   SESSION OF 17^TH LOK SABHA AND 256^th SESSION OF RAJYA SABHA (BUDGET SESSION, 2022)

I – BILLS INTRODUCED IN LOK SABHA

1. The Finance Bill, 2022
2. The Constitution (Scheduled Tribes) Order (Amendment) Bill, 2022
3. The Jammu and Kashmir Appropriation Bill, 2022
4. The Jammu and Kashmir Appropriation (No. 2) Bill, 2022
5. The Appropriation (No. 2) Bill, 2022
6. The Appropriation (No. 3) Bill, 2022
7. The Appropriation Bill, 2022
8. The Delhi Municipal Corporation (Amendment) Bill, 2022
9. The Criminal Procedure (Identification) Bill, 2022
10. The Constitution (Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes) Orders (Amendment) Bill, 2022
11. The Indian Antarctic Bill, 2022
12. The Weapons of Mass Destruction and their Delivery Systems (Prohibition of Unlawful Activities) Amendment Bill, 2022

II – BILLS INTRODUCED IN RAJYA SABHA

1. The Constitution (Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes) Orders (Amendment) Bill, 2022

III – BILLS PASSED BY LOK SABHA

1. The Appropriation (No. 3) Bill, 2022
2. The Appropriation (No. 2) Bill, 2022
3. The Jammu and Kashmir Appropriation Bill, 2022
4. The Jammu and Kashmir Appropriation (No. 2) Bill, 2022
5. The Appropriation Bill, 2022
6. The Finance Bill, 2022
7. The Constitution (Scheduled Tribes) Order (Amendment) Bill, 2022
8. The Chartered Accountants, the Costs and Works Accountants and the Company Secretaries Amendment Bill, 2022.
9. The Delhi Municipal Corporation (Amendment) Bill, 2022.
10. The Constitution (Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes) Orders (Second Amendment) Bill, 2022
11. The Criminal Procedure (Identification) Bill, 2022.
12. The Constitution (Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes) Orders  (Amendment) Bill, 2022
13. The Weapons of Mass Destruction and their Delivery Systems (Prohibition of Unlawful Activities) Amendment Bill, 2022

IV – BILLS PASSED BY RAJYA SABHA

1. The Appropriation (No. 3) Bill, 2022
2. The Appropriation (No.2) Bill, 2022
3. The Jammu and Kashmir Appropriation Bill, 2022
4. The Jammu and Kashmir Appropriation (No. 2) Bill, 2022
5. The Appropriation Bill, 2022
6. The Finance Bill, 2022
7. The Constitution (Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes) Orders  (Amendment) Bill, 2022
8. The Chartered Accountants, the Costs and Works Accountants and the Company Secretaries Amendment Bill, 2022.
9. The Delhi Municipal Corporation (Amendment) Bill, 2022.
10. 10. The Constitution (Scheduled Tribes) Order (Amendment) Bill, 2022
11. The Criminal Procedure (Identification) Bill, 2022 Bill, 2022

V – BILLS PASSED BY BOTH HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT

1. The Appropriation (No. 3) Bill, 2022
2. The Appropriation (No. 2) Bill, 2022
3. The Jammu and Kashmir Appropriation Bill, 2022
4. The Jammu and Kashmir Appropriation (No. 2) Bill, 2022
5. The Appropriation Bill, 2022
6. The Finance Bill, 2022
7. The Constitution (Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes) Orders  (Amendment) Bill, 2022
8. The Chartered Accountants, the Costs and Works Accountants and the Company Secretaries Amendment Bill, 2022.
9. The Delhi Municipal Corporation (Amendment) Bill, 2022.
10. The Constitution (Scheduled Tribes) Order (Amendment) Bill, 2022
11. The Criminal Procedure (Identification) Bill, 2022

This being the First Session of the year, the President addressed both Houses of Parliament assembled together in terms of Article 87(1) of the Constitution, on January 31, 2022. The Motion of Thanks for the President’s Address in Lok Sabha was moved by Harish Dwivedi and seconded by Kamlesh Paswan.  This item engaged the Lok Sabha for 15 hours and 13 minutes against the allotted 12 hours. In Rajya Sabha, it was moved by Geeta alias Chandraprabha and seconded by Shwait Malik. This item engaged the Rajya Sabha for 12 hours and 56 minutes against the allotted 12 hours. The Motions of Thanks were discussed and adopted after a reply from the Prime Minister by the two Houses during the first part of the Session.

The Union Budget for 2022- 23 was presented on Tuesday, February 1, 2022. General Discussion on the Union Budget was held in both Houses in the first part of the Session.  This engaged the Lok Sabha for 15 Hours 35 minutes against the allotted 12 hours and Rajya Sabha for 11 hours 01 minutes against the allotted 11 hours.

During the second part, in Lok Sabha, Demands for Grants relating to Ministries of Railways, Road Transport and Highways, Civil Aviation, Commerce and Industry and Ports, Shipping and Waterways were discussed and adopted individually. Thereafter rest of the Demands for Grants of the Ministries/ Departments were put to the vote of the House on Thursday, March 24, 2022. The related Appropriation Bill was also introduced, considered and passed by Lok Sabha on the same day. Appropriation Bills relating to Supplementary Demands for Grants for the year 2021-22; Demands of Excess Grants for 2018-19; Demands for Grants for the year 2022-23 and Supplementary Demands for Grants for the year 2021-22 in respect of the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir after their adoption were also introduced, considered and passed on March 14, 2022, in Lok Sabha.  The Finance Bill, 2022 was passed by Lok Sabha on March 25, 2022.

In the Rajya Sabha, the working of the Ministries of Development of North Eastern Region, Tribal Affairs, Railways and Labour and Employment were discussed.  The discussion of the working of the Ministry of Labour and Employment, however, remained inconclusive. The Rajya Sabha returned the Appropriation Bills related to Supplementary Demands for Grants for the year 2021-22 and Demands of Excess Grants for 2018-19 on 21.03.2022 and Demands for Grants for the year 2022-23 and Supplementary Demands for Grants for the year 2021-22 in respect of the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir on 23.03.2022. The Finance Bill, 2022 and the Appropriation Bill, 2022 were returned on 29.03.2022.  As such the entire Financial Business was completed in the Houses of Parliament before March 31, 2022.

During this Session, a total of 13 Bills (12 in Lok Sabha and 01 in Rajya Sabha) were introduced. 13 Bills were passed by Lok Sabha and 11 Bills were passed by Rajya Sabha. The total number of Bills passed by both Houses of Parliament was 11.

– global bihari bureau