Over 85 Private Members' Bills were introduced in the Lok Sabha on Friday, 28 December, on various issues, including a ban on serving non-vegetarian food in government meetings and functions and equal rights to LGBT community to serve in the armed forces.
Official Government Meetings and Functions (Prohibition on serving Non-Vegetarian Food) Bill, 2018 was introduced in the Lok Sabha by Parvesh Sahib Singh of BJP. Congress MP Shashi Tharoor introduced a Bill seeking setting up of an effective regime to maintain the integrity of sports in the country by preventing and penalising sports fraud and regulation of online sports gaming.
Supriya Sule of the NCP came up with a Bill for setting up an Employees' Welfare Authority to confer the right on every employee, to disconnect from work-related telephone calls and emails beyond work hours and on holidays, and the right to refuse to answer them outside work hours.
BJP’s Jagdambika Pal introduced a Bill seeking amendments in the Army Act, 1950, the Navy Act, 1957 and Air Force Act, 1950 with a view to give equal rights and opportunities to members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community to serve in the armed forces.
Shivaji Adalrao Patil of Shiv Sena introduced a Bill for abolition of begging and rehabilitation of beggars.
Kunwar Pushpendra Singh Chandel (BJP) introduced High Court at Allahabad (Establishment of a permanent bench at Mahoba) Bill, while Anurag Singh Thakur (BJP) introduced Suicide Prevention in Youth Bill and Single-use Plastic(Regulation) Bill.
BJP’s Parvesh Sahib Singh moved another Bill seeking amendment in the Emblems and Names (Prevention of Improper Use) Act, 1950.
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