Rajya Sabha adjourned till 9 am tomorrow
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14:27 September 22
14:25 September 22
Parliament passes bill giving national importance tag to five new IIITs
Parliament on Tuesday passed legislation to declare the five new IIITs in Surat, Bhopal, Bhagalpur, Agartala and Raichur as institutes of national importance, enabling them to award degrees.
The Indian Institutes of Information Technology Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2020, was introduced in Rajya Sabha by Education Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank on Monday. The bill was passed by Lok Sabha in March.
Nishank said there are 25 IIITs in the country, of which five are run by the Union government and 15 operate under the public-private-partnership model.
"We have brought the proposal before this House to bring five new operational institutes, which are located and have started operations in Surat (Gujarat), Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh), Bhagalpur (Bihar), Agartala (Tripura) and Raichur (Karnataka), under this legislation," Nishank said.
Bringing the five new IIITs under this law will make them institutes of national importance and they will have the legal right to grant diplomas, degrees, and PhDs, he said.
The institutes were hitherto registered under the Societies Registration Act, 1860, and did not have the power to award degrees or diplomas.
The bill will also enable the institutes to attract enough students to develop a strong research base in the field of information technology. The five IIITs, set up on the PPP model, can now use the nomenclature B.Tech, M.Tech and PhD.
14:08 September 22
Rashtriya Raksha University Bill
Parliament passes Rashtriya Raksha University Bill, 2020
13:37 September 22
National Forensic Sciences University Bill 2020
House passes the National Forensic Sciences University Bill 2020
13:36 September 22
House takes up national Forensic Sciences University Bill, 2020 for discussion
13:19 September 22
Companies (Amendment) Bill, 2020
Parliament passed the Companies (Amendment) Bill, 2020
12:49 September 22
Banking Regulation (Amendment) Bill, 2020
Parliament passes the Banking Regulation (Amendment) Bill, 2020
12:41 September 22
Essential Commodities (Amendment) Bill
Parliament on Tuesday passed a bill to remove cereals, pulses, oilseeds, edible oils, onion and potatoes from the list of essential commodities.
The Essential Commodities (Amendment) Bill, which was approved by the lower house on September 15, was approved by a voice vote in Rajya Sabha. The bill replaces an ordinance promulgated in June.
The bill is also aimed at removing fears of private investors of excessive regulatory interference in their business operations.
The freedom to produce, hold, move, distribute and supply will lead to harnessing of economies of scale and attract private sector/foreign direct investment into agriculture sector, the government had said earlier.
12:40 September 22
V.Vijayasai Reddy
"Essential commodities bill is being regulated as there is the rise in the volume of commodities but government should also show the date as it is only why the bill is being taken up for amendment," said V.Vijayasai Reddy
11:49 September 22
Dr Amar Patnaik
" The purpose of the bill is to increase the competitiveness in the agricultural sector and enhance the income of the farmers," said Dr Amar Patnaik, MP BJD
11:40 September 22
Rajya Sabha has taken up the Essential Commodities (Amendment) Bill 2020 for passage
11:07 September 22
"We wanted not just the suspension to be revoked but at the same time, we wanted the farm bills to be taken back & proper voting to happen. But nothing of that sort was going to happen as the Chairman wasn't ready to listen to anyone," said Syed Nasir Hussain, Congress Rajya Sabha MP
11:06 September 22
"Till our demands which include revocation of suspension of the 8 MPs and Govt to bring another bill under which no private player can purchase below MSP are not met, the Opposition will boycott the session," said LoP & Congress Rajya Sabha MP Ghulam Nabi Azad.
11:06 September 22
"I am a senior Member of Parliament, I have apologised for what happened in the House, but I didn't get any response. I found this very insulting. My party has decided to boycott the entire session," said Samajwadi Party Rajya Sabha MP Ram Gopal Yadav.
10:53 September 22
M Venkaiah Naidu
"I am not happy about the suspension of the members. The action has been taken on their conduct. We have nothing against any member," said Rajya Sabha Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu.
10:45 September 22
Pralhad Joshi
"Is it not painful what happened in the Upper House? Is it a way to behave? If they express their regret, the government is not bent upon to run the business without them. We are ready to hold a discussion as we're on a strong footing," said Union Parliamentary Affairs Min Pralhad Joshi.
10:44 September 22
Deve Gowda
"The government should come to an understanding. Both the Opposition and the Government should sit together to help run the House. Democracy should work with cooperation," said HD Deve Gowda, Former Prime Minister and Rajya Sabha MP.
10:44 September 22
Opposition leaders stage walk-out
Opposition leaders stage walk-out from Rajya Sabha; protest before Gandhi statue in Parliament premises, demanding revocation of suspended MPs
10:21 September 22
Rajya Sabha LIVE: Parliament passes amendments to essential commodities law
Ghulam Nabi Azad
Opp to boycott Monsoon session if MPs' suspension not revoked: Azad
New Delhi: The opposition in the Rajya Sabha led by Congress' Ghulam Nabi Azad demanded immediate revocation of the suspension of eight MPs, failing which he threatened to boycott the remaining monsoon session.
"Till our demands are met which include revocation of suspension of the eight MPs and the government bringing in another bill under which no private player can purchase below MSP, the Opposition will boycott the session," the Leader of the Opposition said.
"No one is happy with the incidents that have taken place in this House. The public wants that their leaders should be heard. No one can put across their views in just 2-3 minutes. There will be de-escalation if MPs are not constrained by time to speak," added Azad.
Samajwadi Party's Ram Gopal Yadav apologised on behalf of the suspended members for their conduct, and demanded immediate revocation of the suspension but added that there have been fault from both sides.
Rajya Sabha Chairman M. Venkiah Naidu said this was not the first time that a suspension has taken place "but I was convinced with the motion of the Minister". He also said that there was certain procedure to remove the Deputy Chairman which was not in proper format.
He also defended the Deputy Chairman and said that chair should not be blamed.
On Sunday there was a pandaemonium in the House as unruly scenes were witnessed when Trinamool MP Derek O'Brien approached the Chair and tried to snatch a mike while citing from the rule book.
When his objections were overruled, O'Brien tore the rule book called the Bills "Kala Kanoon" or black laws. As the aides of the Deputy Chair, tried to shield Harivansh many opposition members reached the Well of the House to register their protests against the Farm Bills.
The moment the House met on Monday, Naidi suspended eight lawmakers -- Derek O'Brien and Dola Sen of Trinamool Congress, Rajeev Satav, Ripun Bora, and Syed Naseer Hussain of Congress, Sanjay Singh of Aam Aadmi Party and K.K. Ragesh and E. Kareem of Communist Party of India-Marxist.
IANS
14:27 September 22
Rajya Sabha adjourned till 9 am tomorrow
14:25 September 22
Parliament passes bill giving national importance tag to five new IIITs
Parliament on Tuesday passed legislation to declare the five new IIITs in Surat, Bhopal, Bhagalpur, Agartala and Raichur as institutes of national importance, enabling them to award degrees.
The Indian Institutes of Information Technology Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2020, was introduced in Rajya Sabha by Education Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank on Monday. The bill was passed by Lok Sabha in March.
Nishank said there are 25 IIITs in the country, of which five are run by the Union government and 15 operate under the public-private-partnership model.
"We have brought the proposal before this House to bring five new operational institutes, which are located and have started operations in Surat (Gujarat), Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh), Bhagalpur (Bihar), Agartala (Tripura) and Raichur (Karnataka), under this legislation," Nishank said.
Bringing the five new IIITs under this law will make them institutes of national importance and they will have the legal right to grant diplomas, degrees, and PhDs, he said.
The institutes were hitherto registered under the Societies Registration Act, 1860, and did not have the power to award degrees or diplomas.
The bill will also enable the institutes to attract enough students to develop a strong research base in the field of information technology. The five IIITs, set up on the PPP model, can now use the nomenclature B.Tech, M.Tech and PhD.
14:08 September 22
Rashtriya Raksha University Bill
Parliament passes Rashtriya Raksha University Bill, 2020
13:37 September 22
National Forensic Sciences University Bill 2020
House passes the National Forensic Sciences University Bill 2020
13:36 September 22
House takes up national Forensic Sciences University Bill, 2020 for discussion
13:19 September 22
Companies (Amendment) Bill, 2020
Parliament passed the Companies (Amendment) Bill, 2020
12:49 September 22
Banking Regulation (Amendment) Bill, 2020
Parliament passes the Banking Regulation (Amendment) Bill, 2020
12:41 September 22
Essential Commodities (Amendment) Bill
Parliament on Tuesday passed a bill to remove cereals, pulses, oilseeds, edible oils, onion and potatoes from the list of essential commodities.
The Essential Commodities (Amendment) Bill, which was approved by the lower house on September 15, was approved by a voice vote in Rajya Sabha. The bill replaces an ordinance promulgated in June.
The bill is also aimed at removing fears of private investors of excessive regulatory interference in their business operations.
The freedom to produce, hold, move, distribute and supply will lead to harnessing of economies of scale and attract private sector/foreign direct investment into agriculture sector, the government had said earlier.
12:40 September 22
V.Vijayasai Reddy
"Essential commodities bill is being regulated as there is the rise in the volume of commodities but government should also show the date as it is only why the bill is being taken up for amendment," said V.Vijayasai Reddy
11:49 September 22
Dr Amar Patnaik
" The purpose of the bill is to increase the competitiveness in the agricultural sector and enhance the income of the farmers," said Dr Amar Patnaik, MP BJD
11:40 September 22
Rajya Sabha has taken up the Essential Commodities (Amendment) Bill 2020 for passage
11:07 September 22
"We wanted not just the suspension to be revoked but at the same time, we wanted the farm bills to be taken back & proper voting to happen. But nothing of that sort was going to happen as the Chairman wasn't ready to listen to anyone," said Syed Nasir Hussain, Congress Rajya Sabha MP
11:06 September 22
"Till our demands which include revocation of suspension of the 8 MPs and Govt to bring another bill under which no private player can purchase below MSP are not met, the Opposition will boycott the session," said LoP & Congress Rajya Sabha MP Ghulam Nabi Azad.
11:06 September 22
"I am a senior Member of Parliament, I have apologised for what happened in the House, but I didn't get any response. I found this very insulting. My party has decided to boycott the entire session," said Samajwadi Party Rajya Sabha MP Ram Gopal Yadav.
10:53 September 22
M Venkaiah Naidu
"I am not happy about the suspension of the members. The action has been taken on their conduct. We have nothing against any member," said Rajya Sabha Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu.
10:45 September 22
Pralhad Joshi
"Is it not painful what happened in the Upper House? Is it a way to behave? If they express their regret, the government is not bent upon to run the business without them. We are ready to hold a discussion as we're on a strong footing," said Union Parliamentary Affairs Min Pralhad Joshi.
10:44 September 22
Deve Gowda
"The government should come to an understanding. Both the Opposition and the Government should sit together to help run the House. Democracy should work with cooperation," said HD Deve Gowda, Former Prime Minister and Rajya Sabha MP.
10:44 September 22
Opposition leaders stage walk-out
Opposition leaders stage walk-out from Rajya Sabha; protest before Gandhi statue in Parliament premises, demanding revocation of suspended MPs
10:21 September 22
Rajya Sabha LIVE: Parliament passes amendments to essential commodities law
Ghulam Nabi Azad
Opp to boycott Monsoon session if MPs' suspension not revoked: Azad
New Delhi: The opposition in the Rajya Sabha led by Congress' Ghulam Nabi Azad demanded immediate revocation of the suspension of eight MPs, failing which he threatened to boycott the remaining monsoon session.
"Till our demands are met which include revocation of suspension of the eight MPs and the government bringing in another bill under which no private player can purchase below MSP, the Opposition will boycott the session," the Leader of the Opposition said.
"No one is happy with the incidents that have taken place in this House. The public wants that their leaders should be heard. No one can put across their views in just 2-3 minutes. There will be de-escalation if MPs are not constrained by time to speak," added Azad.
Samajwadi Party's Ram Gopal Yadav apologised on behalf of the suspended members for their conduct, and demanded immediate revocation of the suspension but added that there have been fault from both sides.
Rajya Sabha Chairman M. Venkiah Naidu said this was not the first time that a suspension has taken place "but I was convinced with the motion of the Minister". He also said that there was certain procedure to remove the Deputy Chairman which was not in proper format.
He also defended the Deputy Chairman and said that chair should not be blamed.
On Sunday there was a pandaemonium in the House as unruly scenes were witnessed when Trinamool MP Derek O'Brien approached the Chair and tried to snatch a mike while citing from the rule book.
When his objections were overruled, O'Brien tore the rule book called the Bills "Kala Kanoon" or black laws. As the aides of the Deputy Chair, tried to shield Harivansh many opposition members reached the Well of the House to register their protests against the Farm Bills.
The moment the House met on Monday, Naidi suspended eight lawmakers -- Derek O'Brien and Dola Sen of Trinamool Congress, Rajeev Satav, Ripun Bora, and Syed Naseer Hussain of Congress, Sanjay Singh of Aam Aadmi Party and K.K. Ragesh and E. Kareem of Communist Party of India-Marxist.
IANS
Last Updated : Sep 22, 2020, 2:29 PM IST
