NEW DELHI (TIP): Even as the BJP stalled Parliament for the seventh consecutive day on Aug 30, the ruling UPA managed to get passed two important Bills in the Lok Sabha amid pandemonium. This was the first of piece of serious legislative work since August 22. In the Rajya Sabha, the BJP forced two adjournments at 11 am and noon before it was adjourned for the day at 2 pm. The two Bills were passed even as BJP members entered the Well of the House seeking resignation of the Prime Minister over coal blocks allocation. The Lok Sabha was adjourned for the day within minutes of the passing of the two Bills around noon. A Bill regulating chemical weapons in accordance with international convention and another to set up more AIIMS-like institutes were passed with voice vote amid sloganeering by BJP MPs. However, five other Bills-relating to money laundering, banking laws, protection of women against sexual harassment at workplace, North-Eastern reorganisation and the national institute of mental health sciences-could not be taken up. The All-India Institute of Medical Sciences (Amendment) Bill, 2012, will replace the ordinance that allowed six AIIMS-like institutes to become operational from September 15. The Chemical Weapons Convention (Amendment) Bill seeks to amend the Chemical Weapons Convention Act, 2000, on the prohibition of development, production, stockpiling and use of chemical weapons and their destruction
Related Articles
Former US test site sues nuclear nations including India and US for disarmament failure
WASHINGTON (TIP): The tiny Pacific republic of the Marshall Islands, scene of massive US nuclear tests in the 1950s, sued the United States and eight other nucleararmed countries on Thursday, April 25, accusing them of […]
Motor Vehicle Bill to be Upgraded to International Standards, Says Nitin Gadkari
New Delhi (TIP): Shaken by the untimely death of union rural development minister Gopinath Munde in a road accident on Tuesday, the Centre today said it will amend the Indian Motor Vehicle (Amendment) Bill to […]
Frustration for Lampard as Chelsea held
Not even another goal from talisman Olivier Giroud could give Chelsea coach Frank Lampard the change in fortune he needs, as his team drew 1-1 with Aston Villa in the Premier League. That makes it […]
Be the first to comment