Rajya Sabha adjourned sine die

14:12 September 23

The Monsoon Session of Parliament concluded on Wednesday

14:11 September 23

Rajya sabha paid tribute to the COVID warriors, Farmers and Armed Forces

14:11 September 23

M Venkaiah Naidu while concluding the Rajya Sabha session on September 23 mentioned that the session seated for 10 days, instead of 18 days due to the COVID-19 pandemic. 25 Bills have been passed and 6 Bills introduced, he added.

Appealing the members who are present and not present should not repeat any unpleasant behaviour in the house. There should be an order in the house. Members should ensure that the house should run smoothly, Naidu said.

14:08 September 23

Rajya Sabha returns the Appropriation (No. 3) Bill, 2020 and The Appropriation (No. 4) Bill, 2020. Lok Sabha had passed the Bills on September 18th.

14:01 September 23

Rajya Sabha passes Jammu and Kashmir Official Languages Bill, 2020. Lok Sabha had passed the Bill yesterday.

13:20 September 23

Rajya Sabha passes the Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code, 2020, the Industrial Relations Code 2020 and the Code on Social Security, 2020. 

12:58 September 23

Ramdas Athawale, MoS Social Justice and Empowerment hails the centre for bringing the bill saying there is a need to make law for the contractual labourers. He also praised the health check-up facility for the workers, adding, that the labourers will now get social justice.

12:54 September 23

"73 yrs after independence, labourers are getting the right they'd been waiting for. The Bills guarantee wage, social and health security," said Union Minister P Javadekar on Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code, Industrial Relations Code & Code on Social Security Bill.

When a Bill that assures wage security, social security and health security to 50 crore labourers has been brought, the Opposition is absent because they are distanced from the public, he added.

12:08 September 23

MPs of Opposition parties which boycotted the ongoing Rajya Sabha session, meet at the chamber of Leader of Opposition in the House, Ghulam Nabi Azad. They will be discussing their further strategy on the farm bills passed in Parliament.

11:40 September 23

Rajya Sabha passes the Bilateral Netting of Qualified Financial Contracts Bill, 2020, that seeks to provide a legal framework for bilateral netting of qualified financial contracts.

11:32 September 23

FM Sitharaman in RS on Bilateral Netting of Qualified Financial Contracts Bill, 2020, said: "The Bill covers financial contracts entered into on bilateral basis outside clearing system. It'll empower financial regulators RBI, SEBI, IRDAI etc. They'll notify contract under its purview as qualified financial contractor."

This Bill, if passed, will have a very big bearing on the financial stability of India and we'll have a buoyant market as a result of which business will have greater, affordable resources: FM Sitharaman in RS on Bilateral Netting of Qualified Financial Contracts Bill, 2020.

11:13 September 23

Rajya Sabha Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu on Wednesday announced the names of 11 members who will be retiring from the Upper House after completing their term in November, this year.

10:48 September 23

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman moves motion for considering The Bilateral Netting of Qualified Financial Contracts Bill, 2020.

10:40 September 23

Rajya Sabha passes The Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Amendment Bill, 2020.

10:36 September 23

The Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Amendment Bill, 2020 is a law for national and internal security. Its main motive is to ensure that foreign funds don't dominate the political and social discourse of India: Minister of State MHA Nityanand Rai, in Rajya Sabha

10:03 September 23

BJP MP Arun Singh says some NGOs were misusing funds by "buying chocolates and renting big houses". The bill provides for verifying if the funds received by the NGOs are indeed being used for the purpose. "Some NGOs are using such funds for forced conversions," he says. The bill checks the anti-national activities of NGOs which receive funds from outside the country, he says, adding he supports the bill.

09:57 September 23

The meeting has been called by opposition parties, that boycotted Rajya Sabha session, to discuss further strategy on the farm bills passed in Parliament. It will be held at the office of Leader of Opposition in the House, Ghulam Nabi Azad in the Parliament later today.

09:42 September 23

Rajya Sabha to take up FCRA Bill and Bilateral Netting of Qualified Financial Contracts Bill today

Rajya Sabha on Wednesday will take up four bills for consideration including the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Amendment Bill, 2020 and The Bilateral Netting of Qualified Financial Contracts Bill, 2020 for consideration and passing.  

Lok Sabha had on Monday passed The Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Amendment Bill, 2020. The Bilateral Netting of Qualified Financial Contracts Bill, 2020 was passed on Sunday from the Lower House.  

The Upper House will also take up The Appropriation (No. 3) Bill, 2020 and The Appropriation (No 4) Bill, 2020 for consideration and return today.

09:23 September 23

I've to inform members that the Govt has decided to recommend adjournment of the House sine die today. But some important legislative business passed by Lok Sabha has to be disposed off before adjournment of the House sine die: MoS for MEA & Parliamentary Affairs, V Muraleedharan

09:05 September 23

RJD, Shiv Sena MPs give zero hour notice in Upper House

New Delhi: Two Opposition MPs -- one from RJD and from Shiv Sena each -- have given zero hour notices in Rajya Sabha ahead of Wednesday's proceedings.

Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) MP Manoj Kumar Jha has given zero hour notice in Rajya Sabha over 'demand for health insurance cover to voters in the upcoming Assembly election in the States'.

While Shiv Sena MP Anil Desai has given zero hour notice over 'demand to reconsider disinvestment of Life Insurance Corporation of India'.

Zero Hour is the time when MPs can raise issues of urgent public importance.