The Election Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2021, which seeks to link the voter list with Aadhaar number, has been listed for introduction in the Lok Sabha on Monday.
The Bill allows voter registration officers to ask for Aadhaar numbers of applicants wishing to register as voters to establish the applicant’s identity.
It seeks to allow officers to call for numbers “from persons already included in the electoral roll for the purposes of authentication of entries in the electoral roll, and for identifying the registration of the name of the same person in more than one electoral roll”. Is. constituency or more than once in the same constituency”.
Here are the latest updates:
Lok Sabha | 11:44 am
Lok Sabha is adjourned till 12:00 noon
Speaker Om Birla urged the protesting MPs to return to their seats and maintain decorum in the House. He reminds them that they are representatives of the largest democracy in the world. Lok Sabha is adjourned till 12:00 noon
Lok Sabha | 11:39 am
Sri Krishna Devarayulu Lavu, YSRCP (Narsaraopet) asks is there any scheme to define gig workers so that they can avail the benefits of social security schemes? The Minister of Labor and Employment noted that the Social Security Code defines gig workers and notes that gig workers can register themselves for e-labor cards which will help them avail social security schemes.
Lok Sabha | 11:34 am
Questions related to gig and platform workers are being considered in the House.
Lok Sabha | 11:32 am
Madila Gurumurthy, YSRCP (Tirupati) sought details regarding community-led restoration of forests in India. Forest and Climate Change Minister Bhupendra Yadav noted that the ministry is working with the Ministry of Tribals to work in the same direction and assures that the work will be done as per the existing plans.
Lok Sabha | 11:26 am
Questions related to jobs abroad for the youth are being considered in the House.
Lok Sabha | 11:25 am
Questions related to mid-day meal schemes are being considered in the House.
Lok Sabha | 11:23 am
“What steps have been taken to improve the capacity of ASI to promote their conservation and conservation efforts?”, asks Vanga Geeta Vishwanath, YSRCP (Kakinada) and asks whether private players will be involved in conservation projects. She also asks the minister to inform the House about the efforts being made to protect the archaeological sites in the southern parts of the country. Ms. Lekhi notes that the ASI is in charge of conservation of sites across the country and also points out that state governments are responsible for the conservation of some sites.
Lok Sabha | 11:16 am
Maluk Nagar of BSP (Bijor) notes that the government is protecting Mughal monuments and monuments built during Lodhi’s rule and asks what the government is doing to preserve sites like Hastinapur. Ms. Lekhi says that the government is doing its part to protect these sites and also notes that they are making progress in preserving sites like Dholavira.
Lok Sabha | 11:10 am
Questions related to monuments of national importance are being considered in the Lower House. Meenakshi Lekhi, Minister of State for External Affairs and Culture is answering supplementary questions. Members are asking questions specific to their constituencies.
Rajya Sabha | 11:06 am
Rajya Sabha adjourned till 2 pm
The Speaker says that if the opposition and the government discuss, then the discussion cannot go on. Unable to reach consensus. He says that he is disappointed. “My concern is debate and complacency.”
Rajya Sabha has been adjourned till 2 pm
Lok Sabha | 11:04 am
Question Hour begins in Lok Sabha. The opposition is protesting in the house.
11:03 am
Rajya Sabha and Lok Sabha resume
Rajya Sabha and Lok Sabha proceedings resumed on the 16th day of the winter session.
Papers being laid on the Table in Rajya Sabha
Tributes are being paid in Lok Sabha. The lower house is giving respect to:
(1) Shri Chandra Pal Shailani (Member, Fifth and Seventh Lok Sabha),
(2) Shri Konijeti Rosaiah (Member, Twelfth Lok Sabha), and
(3) Shri Ram Nagina Mishra (Member, Seventh, Eighth, Tenth, Eleventh, Twelfth and Thirteenth Lok Sabha).
10:01 am
The legislative act of December 20, 2021 is as follows:
Lok Sabha:
1. The Election Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2021 will be introduced
2. The Appropriation (No. 5) Bill, 2021 is to be introduced for consideration and passing.
Rajya Sabha:
1. The Arbitration Bill, 2021 will be introduced
2. The Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (Amendment) Bill, 2021 will be considered for passing
10:00 am
Government is leaving our questions hanging: MP
Former Congress president Rahul Gandhi on December 7 asked the central government to give in writing whether it would give compensation to the families of farmers killed during the year-long agitation.
Another part of the same question also asked whether the government is considering giving a legal guarantee of Minimum Support Price (MSP), which the farmers are demanding.
But the answer skips the first two parts and responds to the impact of COVID-19 on the farming community.
10:00 am
Potion tracker data not made public due to privacy concerns: Govt
The government told Parliament last week that the data entered in the nutrition tracker has not been made public in the interest of privacy of women and children.
“To maintain the privacy of women and children in our country, the data we deal with within Potion Tracker, especially minor children whose data should not be made publicly available, is an issue that strikes my heart. Women and Child Development Minister Smriti Irani told the Lok Sabha on Friday, “My pledge is to respect the privacy of women and children who are served by the Government of India in collaboration with the state governments in the Anganwadi systems in the country. Is.”
The minister was responding to a question by YSRCP MP Goddeti Madhavi on why the nutrition indicators recorded in the tracker were not in the public domain.
10:00 am
Opposition calm on proposal of government meeting on suspension of MPs
Floor leaders of parties whose Rajya Sabha members are from 12 suspended for entire winter session He has been asked to attend a meeting with Parliamentary Affairs Minister Prahlad Joshi on Monday morning to discuss a way out of the parliamentary impasse.
Replying to Mr Joshi, Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge said it was “unfortunate and unfair” to invite leaders of only those parties whose MPs were suspended instead of all opposition party leaders.
9:55 am
Day 15 Recap
The Lok Sabha today passed the Surrogacy (Regulation) Bill after the Rajya Sabha cleared all the amendments. The bill was passed amid incessant sloganeering by the opposition over the Lakhimpur Kheri incident, which had earlier adjourned the lower house after taking up only four questions in the Question Hour.
Lok Sabha considers questions on under-utilisation of funds allocated for POSHAN Abhiyaan and digitization of notary work.
After resuming the proceedings, members in the Lok Sabha introduced the National Anti-Doping Bill (2021), the Wildlife (Protection) Amendment Bill (2021), and three Bills titled Chartered Accountants, Cost and Works Accountants and Companies. The Secretary (Amendment) Bill (2021).
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