RS chairman Venkaiah Naidu calls for disruption-free, orderly discussions in House
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Last Updated: Feb 02, 2021, 12:26 PM IST
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Making a veiled reference to the ugly scenes witnessed in the House during the passage of farm bills in the last session, Naidu asked members to make the current budget session more purposeful where issues are discussed threadbare in a peaceful, orderly and dignified manner.
PTI Democracy is all about the participation of people in the management of public affairs and policy-making through their elected representatives, he said.
NEW DELHI: Keen to ensure
orderly functioning of the Upper
House of Parliament, Rajya Sabha
Naidu, however, allowed members who gave notices to make very brief mentions.
Thousands of farmers have been protesting at the Delhi borders with Haryana and Uttar Pradesh, demanding a rollback of the Farmers Produce Trade and Commerce (Promotion and Facilitation) Act, 2020; Farmers (Empowerment and Protection) Agreement on Price Assurance and Farm Services Act, 2020; and the Essential Commodities (Amendment) Act, 2020.
The protesting farmers have expressed the apprehension that these laws would pave the way for the dismantling of the minimum support price (MSP) system, leaving them at the mercy of big corporations.
However, the government has maintained that the new laws will bring better opportunities to farmers and introduce new technologies in agriculture.
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The Opposition has demanded a separate discussion on farmers issue in Rajya Sabha during the first leg of Budget Session but the government did not agree to it saying the MPs could raise the issue during the debate on Motion of Thanks to the President s speech.
The issue was raised at a meeting of Rajya Sabha floor leaders chaired by Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu during which it was decided that the Upper House will adjourn the first leg of Budget Session on February 13 instead of the scheduled February 15 to enable the Parliamentary Standing Committees to immediately start an examination of budget allocations of various ministries.
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Online study will continue until educational institutions reopen: PM
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DHAKA, Dec 31, 2020 (BSS) – Noting that online study will continue until the educational institutions reopen, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today reiterated her call to countrymen to maintain proper health guidelines to stop Covid-19 spread.
“The second wave of Covid-19 hit the country when the government started thinking of reopening the educational institutions. If the COVID-19 situation is not improved till January 15, online academic activities will continue,” she said.
The premier said this while inaugurating free textbook distribution activities for pre-primary, primary and ethnic students for 2021 at Bangabandhu International Conference Center (BICC), joining virtually from her official residence Ganabhaban.