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Monsoon session may start on July 18 (Updated- 08:18 PM)

By IndianMandarins- 28 Jun 2016
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monsoon-session-may-start-on-july-18 The Cabinet Committee on Parliamentary Affairs, chaired by Home Minister Rajnath Singh, will meet tomorrow to decide the schedule of the Monsoon session, which is expected to start in the third week of July. There are indications that the session may start on July 18 and continue till August 13 but a final decision on the dates will be taken tomorrow. As many as 45 bills are pending in Rajya Sabha. Lok Sabha has 5 bills pending before it. The bills pending in Rajya Sabha include the contentious Constitution (One Hundred and Twenty-second Amendment) Bill, 2014, known as the GST Bill, which was moved in the Upper House in August last year after being passed by Lok Sabha. The government is hopeful of the passage of the GST bill in this session amid indications that a number of regional parties have broken ranks with Congress on the issue and are willing to extend their support to this crucial economic reform measure. Another key bill is the Whistle Blowers Protection (Amendment) Bill, 2015, which was moved in December last year but the discussion on which had remained inconclusive. In the Budget session this year, this bill could not be taken up. In Lok Sabha, important bills pending include the Consumer Protection Bill 2015 and the Benami Transactions (Prohibition) Amendment Bill, 2015. The government may also push for clearing a bill, which seeks to replace an Ordinance to amend the Enemy Property Act as well as a bill to replace the Ordinance on the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET). The last few sessions of Parliament have seen sparrings even though the second part of the Budget session recorded a relative improvement as far as the completion of government business was concerned. But the problem of pending bills is not limited to the two years of the NDA government.

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