Amit Shah to Introduce Citizenship Amendment Bill in Lok Sabha

All the live updates from Parliament’s Winter Session.

A day after Supreme Court granted bail to former finance minister P Chidambaram, he arrived at the Parliament on Thursday, 5 December, to attend the ongoing winter session.

On Wednesday, FM Sitharaman, while discussing supplementary demands for grants, stated that funds allocated for Jammu and Kashmir will have to go through a different head as it become a Union Territory.

• Lok Sabha passed Dadra & Nagar Haveli, Daman & Diu Bill 2019, seeking to merge the two UTs
• Rajya Sabha passed the controversial Transgender (Protection of Rights) Bill 2019 in a joint Parliament session on Constitution Day, 26 November
• On 20 November, Lok Sabha passed Chit Funds (Amendment) Bill, 2019
• The Winter Session will end on 13 December

Amit Shah to Introduce Citizenship Amendment Bill (CAB) in Lok Sabha

Citizenship Amendment Bill (CAB) to be introduced by Union Home Minister Amit Shah in the Lok Sabha on Monday, 9 December.

Govt Cannot Suppress My Voice: Chidambaram

Speaking to the reporters, in the Parliament on Thursday, Chidambaram said that the government cannot suppress his voice in the House.

RS Adjourned Till Noon

Rajya Sabha adjourned till noon as chairman disallows members from raising issues not listed for Zero Hour.

Structural Problems, Lack of Advanced Storage Systems: Sitharaman on Decreased Onion Production

NCP leader Supriya Sule asked Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman as to the reason behind the fall in onion production.

Sitharaman said, “I have oevernight passed orders to help with the exports as well. There are structural problems, lack of advanced systems of storage. We are looking at ways to improve post harvest capacity of onions. Undue weather conditions have also majorly affected the production.”