On Wednesday, both Houses will reconvene for business following an additional day of disruptions and suspensions that brought the total number of members suspended for the duration of the current Winter Session to 141. On the 17th day of the winter session of Parliament, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will move for leave to introduce a Bill to amend the Central Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 in the Rajya Sabha when the session resumes. The Lok Sabha had already approved the Bill.
She will also move the Provisional Collection of Taxes Bill, 2023 in the Upper House on Wednesday for consideration and return to provide for the immediate effect for a limited period of provisions in Bills relating to the imposition or increase of duties of customs or excise. The Bill was earlier passed by the Lok Sabha.
Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan is also scheduled to move a motion in the Rajya Sabha on Wednesday regarding election to the University of Delhi court. This will allow the House to elect a member from among its members to the Court of the University of Delhi, following the Chairman’s instructions. Additionally, MPs Tiruchi Siva, Birendra Prasad Baishya, and Sulata Deo will present (in Hindi and English) the 324th Report of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Industry related to the Department on the “Promotion of Electric Vehicles in the Country” with reference to the Ministry of Heavy Industries.
BJP MP and Union Minister Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti will make a statement regarding the status of implementation of recommendations contained in the 29th Report of the Department-related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Rural Development and Panchayati Raj on Demands for Grants 2023-24 pertaining to the Department of Rural Development.