Winter Session of Parliament: Day 1

Parliament met for the first sitting of the Winter Session today. In Lok Sabha, four MPs who were elected in recent bye-elections were sworn in. These were Kotha Prabhakar Reddy from Medak, Pritam Munde from Beed, Tejpratap Singh Yadav from Mainpuri, and Ranjanben Bhatt from Vadodara. Prime Minister Narendra Modi also introduced newly appointed Ministers in Lok Sabha.

Both Houses of Parliament adjourned after obituary notices were read. The following list of business will be considered by Parliament tomorrow.

Lok Sabha

• Introduction of The Delhi Special Police Establishment (Amendment) Bill, 2014
• Consideration and passage of The Constitution (Scheduled Castes) Orders (Amendment) Bill, 2014

Rajya Sabha

• Withdrawal of The Higher Education and Research Bill, 2011
• Consideration and passage of The Labour Laws (Exemption from Furnishing Returns and Maintaining Registers by certain Establishments) Amendment Bill, 2011
• Consideration and passage of The Apprentices (Amendment) Bill, 2014
• An official list of Bills to be introduced and considered in this Session is still awaited.