Winter Session of Parliament from Dec 15

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New Delhi : The Cabinet Committee on Parliamentary Affairs (CCPA) on November 24, 2017,  recommended convening of Winter Session of Parliament from December 15, 2017, to January 5, 2018, subject to exigencies of government business. This was informed by the Minister for Parliamentary Affairs Ananthkumar to mediapersons after the meeting of CCPA. Ananthkumar  stated that the ensuing Winter Session will have a total of 14 sittings during a duration of 22 days. The meeting was chaired by Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh to discuss legislative agenda for the coming session of Parliament.

Ananthkumar noted that it is not unprecedented that the schedule of the Parliament Session has been decided so as to avoid any overlap with the Assembly Elections in the States. This practice has been followed on many occasions by different Governments in the past. Ananthkumar appealed to all political parties for fruitful and constructive discussions on important Bills and ensure smooth functioning of both the Houses of the Parliament, according to a PIB release.

Answering a question on Triple Talaq & the National Commission for Backward Classes,  Ananthkumar stated that it is a strong desire of the people of India that Parliament should legislate on these two important issues and the Government is committed to respond to this desire.

Three Bills are to be taken up in the coming Winter session to replace three Ordinances. They are : The Goods & Services Tax (Compensation to States) Ordinance, 2017 (promulgated on September 2, 2017), Insolvency & Bankruptcy Code (Amendment) Ordinance, 2017, and Indian Forest (Amendment) Ordinance, 2017. Parliament will also discuss the Supplementary Demands for Grants in this Winter Session.