The Joint Committee on the Constitution (129th Amendment) Bill, 2024, and the Union Territories Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2024, has scheduled its sittings on March 25 and April 2, 2025.
Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla stated on Tuesday that the tradition of barrier-free, orderly discussion and smooth communication should be maintained in legislatures. Expressing concern over the decline in the number of sittings, Birla said that it should be the endeavour of all Presiding Office
Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla expressed concern and anguish on the planned disruption of house proceedings, a trend of decline in the number of sittings and erosion of dignity and decorum of Legislatures, as per a statement from the Lok Sabha Secretariat.
According to PRS Legislative Research, the Lok Sabha functioned for 52 per cent of its scheduled time and the Rajya Sabha functioned for 39 per cent of its scheduled time. In the first week, both Houses functioned for less than 10 per cent of the scheduled time. Lok Sabha sat an extra day
BJP MP Aparajita Sarangi, a member of the Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) on the Waqf (Amendment) Bill 2024, on Monday emphasized the committee's commitment to respecting every opinion and ideology on the bill. The JPC has been working diligently, with over 100 hours of discussion and 25
Opposition lawmakers from the PTI (Sunni Ittehad Council) and ruling Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) lawmakers have been at loggerheads after 11 opposition members were suspended for 15 sittings due to "rowdyism" during Punjab CM Maryam Nawaz's address on Friday.
The last session of the 17th Lok Sabha, which commenced on January 31, saw a total of 9 sittings over 11 days, Union Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pralhad Joshi informed on Saturday.
"As a result, the following consequences arise from their suspension and remain in force during the period of suspension: they cannot enter Chamber, Lobby and Galleries. They stand suspended from sittings of Parliamentary Committees of which they may be a member, No item is put down in th
Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Thursday said the Special Session of Parliament, comprising four sittings, registered a total productivity of 132 per cent.