With the first part of Budget Session to conclude in the next three days, the Centre is planning to press for the passage of key Bills including the Whistle Blower Protection (Amendment) Bill, 2015 and Enemy Property (Amendment and Validation) Bill, 2016. Besides, the Parliamentary panel will also discuss the controversial land acquisition Bill of 2015 on Monday.
The passing of the Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Bill and the Aadhar Bill were highlights for the Government in the third week of Budget session which had begun on a stormy note last month.
In the remaining days, the Government would be keen to see that the real estate Bill passed by the Rajya Sabha on March 16 gets the nod of lok Sabha and Aadhar bill passed by the lok Sabha gets passed in Rajya Sabha besides transaction of the scheduled financial business.
In lok Sabha, the business in remaining three days will include discussion and voting on Supplementary Demands for Grants (General) for 2015-16 and introduction, consideration and passing of related Appropriation Bill.
The legislative items proposed to be taken up in the lower House are the consideration and passing of the Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Bill, 2015 as passed by Rajya Sabha, the Constitution (Scheduled Castes) Orders (Amendment) Bill, 2016 and the consideration of amendments made by Rajya Sabha in the Bureau of Indian Standards Bill 2015, as passed by lok Sabha.
Besides the House could also take up the consideration of amendments made by Rajya Sabha in the National Waterways Bill, 2015, as passed by lok Sabha and the introduction of the Regional Centre for Biotechnology Bill, 2016.
Besides the general discussion on Railway Budget in Rajya Sabha, the Government plans to take up the Whistle Blower Protection (Amendment) Bill, the Enemy Property (Amendment and Validation) Bill, 2016, the Constitution (Scheduled Castes) Orders (Amendment) Bill 2016 and the Child labour (Prohibition and Regulation) Amendment Bill, 2012.
The lok Sabha will also take up scheduled financial business, including the Appropriation (Railways) Bill, 2016, besides a general discussion on the Budget.
Further, Joint Committee on the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement (Second Amendment) Bill 2015, headed by BJP MP SS Ahluwalia will take a view on the remaining clauses of the Bill in the coming week.
The Government is hopeful that a consensus will emerge on all issues related to the bill. The committee has already been given at least five extensions. In November last year, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley had hoped for "some consensus" on the legislation.
The panel had on December 16 decided to seek a fresh extension of its term till the beginning of the Budget session as only a few states had by then tendered their response to various clauses of the bill.
At the panel's meeting on August 3 last year, BJP had agreed to bring back the key provisions of UPA's land law including the ones on consent clause and social impact assessment and drop controversial amendments brought by the Narendra Modi Government in December last year through an ordinance.