Parliament highlights: RS passes Energy Conservation (Amendment) Bill, 2022, both Houses adjourned for the day

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Both Houses adjourned for the day, to reconvene at 11 am on December 13.

The Rajya Sabha passedthe Energy Conservation (Amendment) Bill, 2022 Bill which seeks amendment to the Energy Conservation Act, 2001 to empower the central government to specify a carbon credit trading scheme.

Finance Minister crosses swords with Telangana Congress MP over rupee fall

A bitter war of words ensued between Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and Congress member A Revanth Reddy in the Lok Sabha on Monday over rupee depreciation and the overall state of the economy.

The drama began during Question Hour, when Reddy, who represents Telangana's Malkajgiri, while asking a question on depreciation of rupee, referred to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's old statement on rupee's fall, which he had made when he was Gujarat Chief Minister.

Reddy said, quoting Modi's statement, that when the rupee was at 66 against the dollar, it was stated that it had gone to the ICU. So now when rupee is at 83.20, it seems like it is heading towards the mortuary.

Women's Reservation Bill still alive as it has been passed by Rajya Sabha: Jairam Ramesh

The Congress is committed to the Women's Reservation Bill to ensure one-third of seats in Lok Sabha and state legislative assemblies for women, party spokesperson Jairam Ramesh said on Monday.

Addressing the press on the sidelines of the party's Bharat Jodo Yatra here, he said the bill, which was passed in Rajya Sabha during the Manmohan Singh-led government around 11 years ago, was still alive as Rajya Sabha never dissolves.

"The bill is still alive as it has been passed by Rajya Sabha and once it is passed in Lok Sabha it will become an Act," he said.

Unsubstantiated remarks in RS tantamount to breach of privilege: Dhankhar

Rajya Sabha Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar on Monday cautioned the MPs that they should not make unsubstantiated remarks as that can tantamount to breach of privilege of the House.

During the Zero Hour, Sanjay Singh (AAP) alleged the government was misusing investigative agencies to target opposition leaders. He said that in the past eight years, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) conducted 3,000 raids on the opposition leaders but only 23 persons could be convicted.

Enforcement agencies seized 3,083 kg gold till Nov this year; Kerala accounts for maximum seizures

Enforcement agencies have seized 3,083 kg of gold till November this year, with Kerala accounting for the maximum number of seizures, Parliament was informed Monday.

Gold seizures across the country have gone up this year when compared to 2,383 kg seized in the 2021 calendar year and 2,154 kg in 2020. In 2019, 3,673 kg of gold was seized.

In 2022 (up to November), 3,083.61 kg of gold was seized in 3,588 cases.

In Kerala, 690 kg of yellow metal was seized in 2022, up from 587 kg in 2021 and 406 kg in 2020. In 2019, 725 kg was seized.

I personally think that MNREGA is the worst, most corrupt scheme of the Congress government. Congress has always tried to misguide the nation: BJP MP Nishikant Dubey

When PM Modi came to power in 2014, what was the condition of the country? There could be a blast anywhere, there could be riots anywhere. Incidents like Nirbhaya were happening. And then they are blaming us for demonetisation, and for banning outfits like PFI: BJP MP Nishikant Dubey in Lok Sabha

China is still locked down due to Covid-19. In US, UK, shops and businesses have been shut down due to coronavirus. UK has changed three prime ministers in the past three years. In India, due to the finance ministry, we could save lives of crores of Indians: BJP MP Nishikant Dubey

In Congress governments, all big economists in the country were employed. They decided to merge Air India and Indian Airlines, but they never could. Even till UPA II, they only could make a committee: Nishikant Dubey, in response to Tharoor's statements

The previous governments set disinvestment targets, and failed to meet them; they also set privatisation targets and failed to meet them. They promised Acche Din, the goal post for which has been moved 25 years in the future: Shashi Tharoor

DIscussion on supplementary demand for grants in Lok Sabha; Tharoor says govt depending too much on imports of fertilisers and then blame external factors for price rise

Jha asks how carbon credits in the Carbon Trading Market will be distributed. Will India use the EU's auction system? he asks on the topic of favouring some clientele

Jha says the Energy Conservation Bill should have been sent to a legislative committee for scrutinisation. He also asks who will regulate the carbon creditisation and says that there is a domain conflict between ministry of Environment & Power

YSRCP supports Bill, makes recommendations to bring about regulation, fix compliance issues etc

Discussion on Energy Conservation (Amendment) Bill under way in Rajya Sabha

Parliament proceedings commence

Lok Sabha adjourned till 2 pm

Rajya Sabha adjourned till 2 pm

Discussion on UDAN scheme under way in Rajya Sabha

INC MP from Idukki urges MSP for cardamom, says region suffering a crisis due to falling prices of the spice. Also says that the government providing no support to country's spice board

INC MP Suresh urges govt to intervene and regulate prices for tickets of special trains to Sabaraimala during season

Hardeep Singh Puri answers questions on the national urban transport policy

Kanimozhi raises the issue of safety matches industry, says the government must ban teh use of single-use plastic lighters and cut GST for the industry in light of the phenomenal rise in raw materials

It is sad that some people in Parliament are jealous of country's increasing economy. India has the fastest-growing economy but opposition has a problem with it. Everyone should be proud of India's growth but some people take it as a joke: FM

Puri responds to Jha's question on demolition, says better to refer to such 'slums' as 'informal settlements', reiterates that the Delhi govt had notified that illegal 'jhuggis' would be removed

Manoj Kumar Jha raises the issue of demolition in Delhi slums in RS

India receives more FDI than emerging markets: Sitharaman in Lok Sabha

Sitharaman says "my vocal chords are tearing" in response to Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury's intervening statements.

Rupee has been strong against every currency and that has been proved. Dollar is getting stronger due to the policies by the US Fed. RBI has intervened with reserves to maintain the level of volatility between Rupee and Dollar: Sitharaman

Jail all ministers, shut down Opposition. ED, CBI not probing into Mallya, Nirav Modi but are raiding ministers like Sisodia, Sanjay Raut: AAP's Sanjay Singh

Watch: Dimple Yadav takes oath as MP

Piyush Goyal says the Opposition resorting to 'shoot and scoot' and levying charges without fact-checking

Dhankhar to meet floor leaders on sanctity, authenticity, veracity of statements by House members

Kharge says everyone should be made accountable for their statements, including claims made by the Prime Minister in public

Dhankhar tells House members to not make statements without submitting facts; substantiated claims on paper on the table of the Rajya Sabha

Samajwadi Party's Dimple Yadav takes oath as Lok Sabha MP after getting elected from Mainpuri parliamentary seat

GST compensation already been extended, all that was collected has already been disbursed: Sitharaman in Lok Sabha

Sitharaman answers questions on GST, GST collection in Lok Sabha

Luzio Falero, Dr Manmohan Singh to remain absent from Winter Session in Rajya Sabha on medical grounds

Question Hour discusses GST collection in Lok Sabha

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Around Rs 1.25 lakh crores of black money have been recovered by the Government. Disproportionate assets worth Rs 4,600 crores were attached: Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw

Congress MP Deepender Singh Hooda gives Zero Hour notice in Rajya Sabha to raise the matter of "Medical Bond Policy"

Congress MP Manish Tewari has given adjournment notice in the Lok Sabha on judiciary-Collegium issue.

The issue is at the centre of a row following statements from various quarters. Tewari has sought a discussion on the issue.

"That this House do suspend Zero Hour and relevant rules relating to Question Hour and other businesses of the day to have a discussion on the confrontation with the judiciary brought to the fore by recent statements made by various Government and constitutional functionaries, including the Hon'ble Law Minister. Such statements prima facie undermine the faith in the highest court of judicature in our country and the justice system in general."

YSRCP MP V Vijayasai Reddy gives Zero Hour notice in Rajya Sabha over "rising incidents of blackmail and extortion by instant loan apps."

Papers to be laid on the table (Rajya Sabha)

Rajnath Singh to lay on the Table, a copy of the Annual Report and Accounts of the Defence Institute of Advanced Technology, (DIAT), Girinagar, Pune, Maharashtra, for the year
2021-22, together with the Auditor's Report on the Accounts.

Bhanu Pratap Singh Verma to lay on the Table, a copy of Sixtieth Annual Report and Accounts of the National Institute for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (ni-msme), Hyderabad, for the year 2021-22, together with the Auditor's Report on the Accounts.

Parties like Biju Janata Dal (BJD), Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD), Janata Dal United JD(U) and Trinamool Congress (TMC) have asked the government to introduce and pass the Women's Reservation Bill afresh in Parliament.

"BJD has asked the Centre to pass the bill during the current winter session of Parliament," Rajya Sabha member Dr Sasmit Patra told PTI.

"If the government brings a bill, our party will support it," he said, adding that Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has time and again expressed his commitment to the issue of women's empowerment.

A few days ago, in a meeting of the Business Advisory Committee convened by Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla, Trinamool Congress's Sudip Bandopadhyay demanded an all-party meeting on the issue, which was supported by other parties.

SAD MP Harsimrat Kaur Badal said the time has come to pass the Women's Reservation Bill and give women their due.

Women representation in parliament and most state legislatures across the country is below 15 per cent with 19 of state assemblies having less than 10 per cent women lawmakers, according to a government data.

The state legislatures which have more than 10 per cent women lawmakers are Bihar (10.70), Chhattisgarh (14.44), Haryana (10), Jharkhand (12.35), Punjab (11.11), Rajasthan (12), Uttarakhand (11.43), Uttar Pradesh (11.66), West Bengal (13.70) and Delhi (11.43).

A delegation of BJP MPs from Karnataka likely to meet the Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday in Delhi to brief him about the existing situation in the border region

Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai had asked the state MPs to meet Shah and present facts. The call was made following the visit of a delegation of MPs from Maharashtra meeting the home minister.

Tribal Affairs Minister Arjun Munda to move 'The Constitution (SC and ST) Orders (Second Amendment) Bill, 2022' in Rajya Sabha

Union Minister for Power and New & Renewable Energy, RK Singh to move 'The Energy Conservation (Amendment) Bill, 2022' in the Rajya Sabha today to amend the Energy Conservation Act, 2001.

50 Bills mooted amid discussion on private members' Bills

A bill for the protection and rehabilitation of internally displaced climate migrants, another that penalises mob-lynching, and one to regulate the sale and manufacturing of plastic were among the 50 bills that were mooted by Parliamentarians on Friday as part of a discussion on the private members' bills.

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Private bill in Rajya Sabha pitches Oppositon committee, fourth session

Amid allegations that the government ignores Opposition demands for debate on issues of their interest, RJD MP Manoj K Jha has piloted a private member’s bill in Rajya Sabha seeking the constitution of an Opposition Business Committee to decide on issues to be taken up as well as a “short session”, a fourth one, to exclusively discuss at least two issues of public importance.

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