Winter Session 2022 News Today

Parliament's ongoing Winter Session may end on Friday, a week ahead of schedule, sources have said.The decision, the sources said, was taken at a meeting of the Business Advisory Committee, which manages the schedule of Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha.

Dhankhar addressed the Rajya Sabha in response to a statement by Congress leader Sonia Gandhi that ministers and a "high constitutional authority" were attempting to delegitimise the judiciary.

As many as 115 daily wage earner and 63 housewives ended their lives every day in India in 2021, which saw a total of 1,64,033 suicides in the country, the Lok Sabha was informed Tuesday.

On December 16, questions in Parliament were answered on themes ranging from the abuse of Aadhaar IDs to undertrials in foreign nations.

The party has been repeatedly trying to get the government to discuss the issue and asked on Friday that that the PM and government should make a statement.

Parliament on December 13 saw replies to questions on undertrial prisoners, URLs blocked by the Central government and also on convictions and arrests under the UAPA.

On December 12, questions were answered regarding pendency and vacancies at the NCLT and cases by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) against public representatives.

The Winter Session will last till December 29, with 17 sittings over 23 days

The number of Indians who renounced their citizenship was 1,33,049 in 2017, and five years later till October 31, this year a total of 1,83,741 gave up their citizenship.

The Bill seeks to give effect to India's obligations under the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES).