'57 Items, including 47 bills for Budget Session'

New Delhi, Feb 22: The Government has identified 57 items,including 47 bills and 8 financial business, to be taken up during theBudget Session of Parliament commencing tomorrow, Parliamentary AffairsMinister Priya Ranjan Dasmunsi today said.

The Bills include four legislations replacing the BankingRegulation (Amendment) Ordinance, 2007, the National Institute ofPharmaceutical Education and Research (Amendment) Ordinance, theNational Tax Tribunal (Amendment) ordinance and the Sports BroadcastingSignals (Mandatory Sharing with Prasar Bharati) Ordinance, 2007promulgated by the President during inter-session period.

Mr Dasmunsi said that as per the unanimous demand by leaders ofall political parties at a meeting with Lok Sabha Speaker SomnathChatterjee, the session would be rescheduled in view the UP AssemblyElection to be held during April-May, without curbing the total numberof 42 sittings--19 in the first part and 23 in the second part.

It will however be ensured that all financial business is completed well in time, he said.

He said the details of the resceduling of the business would be finalised at the Business Advisory Committee on February 26.

The session would commence with the discussion on the Motion ofThanks on the Presidents Address, to be followed by debates on theRailway Budget and General Budget.

The Bills include the Communal Violence (Prevention, control andRehabilitation of Victims) Bill, 2005, The Cable Television Networks(Regulation) Amendment Bill, The Electricity (Amendment) Bill, 2005,the Securities Contracts (Regulation) Amendment Bill, 2006,NationalCommission for Minorities (Repeal) Bill, 2004, Factories (Amendment)Bill, State Bank of India (Subsidiary Banks) (Amendment) Bill, 2006Besides the customary financial business which includes discussion onGeneral Budget and discussion and voting on Supplementary Demands forGrants, two non-legislative business-- Consideration and adoption ofthe recommendations of Railways Convention Committee (2004) made intheir third and fifth reports--had also been identified to be taken upduring the session.

In reply to a question, Mr Dasmusi said most of the parties favoured a discussion on the price rise, Samjhauta blasts and FDI.

UNI

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