Budget Session 2018 Key Highlights: President Ram Nath Kovind to Address Parliament Today
This will be the first Budget in the post- GST (Goods and Services Tax) era and the last full budget from Jaitley before the general election in 2019.
New Delhi, January 29:ย The Budget session of the Parliament will begin on Monday at 11 am with the speech of President Ram Nath Kovind. Presidentย Kovind'sย address to a joint sitting of the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha will mark the beginning of the Budget Session 2018. The Muslim Women's (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Bill, 2017 related to triple talaq, the Codes of Wages Bill, 2017, Rights of Children to Free and Compulsory Education, 2017 are among the important bills that will be tabled for discussion and passage.
As many as 28 bills will be tabled in the Lok Sabha, while 39 bills are listed for the Rajya Sabha for the upcoming session. Long pending issues including the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Bill, 2016 and the Surrogacy (Regulation) Bill, 2016, will be discussed in the Lower House. Meanwhile, the Triple Talaq Bill passed in the Lok Sabha in the last winter session of the Parliament will be in focus in the Upper House of the Parliament.
Following is the list of issues that will be taken up in the Parliament โ
Lok Sabha:
Bills referred to Joint Committee:
ยท The Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement (Amendment) Second Bill, 2015
ยท The Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2016
ยท The Financial Resolution and Deposit Insurance Bill, 2017
Bill returned to Lok Sabha:
ยท The Constitution (One Hundred and Twenty-Third Amendment) Bill, 2017(as passed by Lok Sabha, as reported by Select Committee of Rajya Sabha and returned with amendments to Lok Sabha)
Bills referred to Standing Committees:
ยท The Codes of Wages, 2017
ยท The Rights of Children to Free and Compulsory Education (Second Amendment) Bill, 2017
ยท The National Medical Commission Bill, 2017
Bills not referred to Standing Committee:
ยท The High Court's (Alteration of Names) Bill, 2016
ยท The Constitution (Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes) Order (Amendment) Bill, 2016
ยท The Public Premises (Eviction of Unauthorised Occupants) Amendment Bill, 2017
ยท The Payment of Gratuity (Amendment) Bill, 2017
ยท The Dentists (Amendment) Bill, 2017
ยท The Representation of People (Amendment) Bill, 2017
ยท The Specific Relief (Amendment) Bill, 2017
ยท The National Council for Teacher Education (Amendment) Bill, 2017
ยท The Negotiable Instruments (Amendment) Bill, 2017
ยท The Consumer Protection Bill, 2018
ยท The New Delhi International Arbitration Centre Bill, 2018
Bills on which reports presented by Standing Committee:
ยท The Factories (Amendment) Bill, 2014
ยท The Electricity (Amendment) Bill, 2014
ยท The Lokpal and Lokayuktas and Other Related Law (Amendment) Bill, 2014
ยท The Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Development (Amendment) Bill, 2015
ยท The Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Bill, 2016
ยท The Surrogacy (Regulation) Bill, 2016
ยท The Merchant Shipping Bill, 2016
ยท The Major Port Authorities Bill, 2016
ยท The Inter-State River Water Disputes (Amendment) Bill, 2017
ยท The National Sports University Bill, 2017
Rajya Sabha:
Bill, as reported by Joint Committee:
ยท The Indian Medical Council (Amendment) Bill, 1987
Bills as passed by the Lok Sabha:
ยท The Whistle Blowers Protection (Amendment) Bill, 2015
ยท The Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement (Amendment) Bill, 2015
ยท The Factories (Amendment) Bill, 2016
ยท The National Commission for Backward Classes (Repeal) Bill, 2017
ยท The State Bank (Repeal and Amendment) Bill, 2017
ยท The Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Sites and Remains (Amendment) Bill, 2017
ยท The Central Road Fund (Amendment) Bill, 2017
ยท The Requisition Acquisition of Immovable Property (Amendment) Bill, 2017
ยท The Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Bill, 2017
Bills not referred to Standing Committee:
ยท The Tamil Nadu Legislative Council (Repeal) Bill, 2012
ยท The Readjustment of Representation of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes in Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies (Third) Bill, 2013
ยท The Delhi Rent (Repeal) Bill, 2013
Bill, as passed by the Lok Sabha and as reported by Select Committee:
ยท The Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Bill, 2017
Bill referred to Select Committee and report presented:
ยท The Prevention of Corruption (Amendment) Bill, 2013
Bills on which report presented by Standing Committee:
ยท The Constitution (79th Amendment) Bill, 1992 (small family norms for legislators)
ยท The Delhi Rent (Amendment) Bill, 1997
ยท The Provisions of the Municipalities (Extension to the Scheduled Areas) Bill, 2001
ยท The Seeds Bill, 2004
ยท The Homoeopathy Central Council (Amendment) Bill, 2005
ยท The Indian Medicine Central Council (Amendment) Bill, 2005
ยท The Indian Medicine and Homoeopathy Pharmacy Bill, 2005
ยท The Private Detective Agencies (Regulation) Bill, 2007
ยท The Pesticides Management Bill, 2008
ยท The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Amendment) Bill, 2008
ยท The Mines (Amendment) Bill, 2011
ยท The Inter-State Migrant Workmen (Regulation of Employment and Conditions of Service) Amendment Bill, 2011
ยท The National Commission for Human Resources for Health Bill, 2011
ยท The Armed Forces Tribunal (Amendment) Bill, 2012
ยท The Indecent Representation of Women (Prohibition) Amendment Bill, 2012
ยท The Building and Other Construction Workers Related Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2013
ยท The Employment Exchanges (Compulsory Notification of Vacancies) Bill, 2013
ยท The Rajasthan Legislative Council Bill, 2013
ยท The Indian Medical Council (Amendment) Bill, 2013
ยท The Nalanda University (Amendment) Bill,2013
ยท The Assam Legislative Council Bill, 2013
ยท The Registration (Amendment) Bill, 2013
ยท The Waqf Properties (Eviction of Unauthorized Occupants) Bill, 2014
ยท The Homoeopathy Central Council (Amendment) Bill, 2015
The Budget session of the Parliament will be conducted from January 29 to April 6, with the first phase to be held from January 29 to February 9 and the second phase from March 5 to April 6. The Finance Minister will present the Union Budget 2018 for the fiscal year 2018-19 on February 1. This will be the first Budget in the post- GST (Goods and Services Tax) era and the last full budget from Jaitley before the general election in 2019.
