The Parliament session commenced on Friday as MPs continued to test positive for Covid-19.
In today’s schedule, bills that will be discussed in the Rajya Sabha include the Homeopathy Central Council (Amendment) Bill, 2020, the Indian Medicine Central Council (Amendment) Bill, 2020, the Salaries and Allowances of Ministers (Amendment) Bill, 2020, the Salary, Allowances and Pension of Members of Parliament (Amendment) Bill, 2020, the Indian Institutes of Information Technology Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2020.
Union defence minister Rajnath Singh on Thursday spoke in the Rajya Sabha on India’s border standoff with China, saying that the issue is unsolved. He reiterated that China is not accepting the traditional alignment of the border. While, health minister Dr Harsh Vardhan spoke about coronavirus in the upper house of the parliament. History will remember PM Modi for ‘meticulous’ Covid-19 handling, he said during the address.
Meanwhile, the Lok Sabha passed the Farmers’ Produce Trade and Commerce (Promotion And Facilitation) Bill, 2020 and the Farmers (Empowerment and Protection) Agreement on Price Assurance and Farm Services Bill, 2020 together on Thursday.
