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  • 18th Lok Sabha Inaugural Session To Witness Fireworks Over Speaker Election, NEET Row |

    Monday marks the start of the 18th Lok Sabha’s first session, during which freshly elected members of parliament, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi, will take the oath of office. The opposition is likely to corner the BJP-led NDA government on the June 26 Speaker election, debates about alleged paper leaks in NEET-UG and UGC-NET, and a dispute over the pro-tem Speaker’s appointment, therefore the first session is expected to be turbulent.

    Bhartruhari Mahtab, a legislator from the Bharatiya Janata Party, will take the oath of office as the acting Speaker of the Lok Sabha from President Droupadi Murmu. Mahtab will next ask Leader of the Lok Sabha, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, to swear in as a member of the House. 

    The Lok Sabha Speaker will be chosen on June 26. The address of President Droupadi Murmu to the joint session of both houses of Parliament is set for June 27.

    The National Democratic Alliance (NDA) won 293 seats, the INDIA bloc won 234 seats, and the Congress held 99 seats. This is the first session of the 18th Lok Sabha following the general elections.
    In the meantime, a meeting of the newly elected Congress MPs has been arranged for today at 10 a.m. at the CPP office in Parliament.

    NEET Row To Shadow The Proceedings

    After the alleged irregularities in the medical entrance examination National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test-Undergraduate 2024 (NEET-UG), Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi targeted the BJP and said that they stand with the students.

    The row over the appointment of BJP leader Bhartruhari Mahtab as the pro-tem Speaker is expected to shadow the proceedings as opposition claimed that Congress Member K Suresh, who is the senior most member was disregarded by the government.

    Meanwhile, BJP MP Bhartruhari Mahtab, who has been appointed as the pro-tem Speaker, will administer the oath to newly elected members and oversee the proceedings of the House.

    The Congress has reacted sharply to the central government’s decision to appoint seven-term BJP MP Bhartruhari Mahtab as Pro-tem Speaker of Lok Sabha over senior-most Dalit MP Kodikkunnil Suresh of Congress, saying that the appointment by the BJP deviates from the traditional practice of appointing the senior member.

    Congress leader K Suresh said that there is an eighth-term MP in the House, but a seventh-term MP has been appointed as pro-tem Speaker.
     

  • 18th Lok Sabha’s First Session To Begin From June 24 |

    The first session of the 18th Lok Sabha will be held from June 24 and conclude on July 3for oath/affirmation of newly elected Members, Union Minister of Parliamentary Affairs Kiren Rijiju said on Wednesday. The 264th Session of Rajya Sabha will also commence on June 27 and conclude on July 3, the minister said. “First Session of 18th Lok Sabha is being summoned from 24.6.24 to 3.7.24 for oath/affirmation of newly elected Members, Election of Speaker, President’s Address and discussion thereon. 264th Session of Rajya Sabha will commence on 27.6.24 and conclude on 3.7.24.”

    First Session of 18th Lok Sabha is being summoned from 24.6.24 to 3.7.24 for oath/affirmation of newly elected Members, Election of Speaker, President’s Address and discussion thereon. 264th Session of Rajya Sabha will commence on 27.6.24 and conclude on 3.7.24. https://t.co/8OCbfg4CT1


    — Kiren Rijiju (@KirenRijiju) June 12, 2024

    President Droupadi Murmu will address a joint sitting of the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha on June 27. The last session of the 17th Lok Sabha (Budget session) was held between January 31 and February 10, 2024. Lok Sabha had 274 sittings in which 202 Bills were introduced and 222 bills were passed. Rajya Sabha had 271 sittings, in which 31 Bills were introduced and 220 bills were passed. In total 221 Bills were passed by both the Houses and became Acts, during the term of the 17th Lok Sabha.

    During the 17th Lok Sabha one of the most important business transacted was the abrogation of certain provisions from Article 370 and Presidential Orders thereunder for ensuring equal opportunities to all sections of Society in Jammu & Kashmir particularly with the restoration of applicability of the provisions of the Constitution of India and all socio-economic legislations thereby ensuring rule of law and equity. Further for ensuring better administration and for curbing terrorism, the State of Jammu & Kashmir was reorganized with the formation of two Union Territories – Jammu &Kashmir and Ladakh.

    Also, three landmark Bills relating to the criminal justice system to ensure victim-centric justice namely the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 and the Bharatiya Sakshya Bill, 2023 replacing the Indian Penal Code, 1860, the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 and the Indian Evidence Act, 1872 were passed by both the Houses of Parliament.

  • Cupboard clears Telecommunication Invoice; is probably not tabled in present Parliament consultation

    By means of PTI

    NEW DELHI: The Union Cupboard is learnt to have cleared the Indian Telecommunication Invoice 2023, however the executive won’t desk it within the present Parliament consultation, in keeping with assets.

    In step with assets, the federal government has comfy an important a part of internet-based calling and messaging products and services from the ambit of telecom laws.

    “Cupboard has cleared Indian Telecommunication Invoice 2023 however the executive isn’t in a rush to desk it within the present consultation,” a supply, who didn’t need to be recognized, mentioned.

    The federal government had proposed to incorporate internet-based conversation products and services, in-flight and maritime connectivity products and services, interpersonal communications products and services, machine-to-machine conversation products and services and over-the-top (OTT) conversation products and services underneath the ambit of telecom carrier within the draft Invoice floated for public session.

    The federal government all over the session procedure had mentioned that customers’ coverage can be a key focal point of the Indian Telecommunication Invoice.

    The invoice seeks to interchange 3 rules — the Indian Telegraph Act, of 1885, the Indian Wi-fi Telegraphy Act, of 1933 and the Telegraph Wires (Illegal Ownership) Act, of 1950.

    NEW DELHI: The Union Cupboard is learnt to have cleared the Indian Telecommunication Invoice 2023, however the executive won’t desk it within the present Parliament consultation, in keeping with assets.

    In step with assets, the federal government has comfy an important a part of internet-based calling and messaging products and services from the ambit of telecom laws.

    “Cupboard has cleared Indian Telecommunication Invoice 2023 however the executive isn’t in a rush to desk it within the present consultation,” a supply, who didn’t need to be recognized, mentioned.googletag.cmd.push(serve as() googletag.show(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2′); );

    The federal government had proposed to incorporate internet-based conversation products and services, in-flight and maritime connectivity products and services, interpersonal communications products and services, machine-to-machine conversation products and services and over-the-top (OTT) conversation products and services underneath the ambit of telecom carrier within the draft Invoice floated for public session.

    The federal government all over the session procedure had mentioned that customers’ coverage can be a key focal point of the Indian Telecommunication Invoice.

    The invoice seeks to interchange 3 rules — the Indian Telegraph Act, of 1885, the Indian Wi-fi Telegraphy Act, of 1933 and the Telegraph Wires (Illegal Ownership) Act, of 1950.