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LOK SABHA SECRETARIAT
Press and Public Relations Wing Fourth Session of Seventeenth Lok Sabha: An Overview *
1. Period of the Session (Fourth Session) 14 September 2020 – 23 September 2020
Adjourned sine die on: 23 September 2020
2. Number of Sittings held 10 sittings (Fourth Session)
* Provisional
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5
10
15
20
25
30
35
40
First Second Third Fourth
37
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23
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3. Total Number of Sitting Hours 60 hours (Fourth Session)
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280
130.45
110.15
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Sitting Hours
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4. Time lost due to interruptions/ 3 hours and 51 minutes forced adjournments (Fourth Session)
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6.39
30.03
3.51
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25
30
35
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Time lost due to interruptions / forced adjournments
Sessions of Seventeenth Lok Sabha
Time lost due to interruptions / forced adjournments
First Nil
Second 6 hours and 39 minutes
Third 30 hours and 03 minutes
Fourth 3 hours and 51 minutes
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280
130.45110.15
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6.39 30.03
3.51
Sitting Hours and Time lost due to interruptions/forced adjournments
Sitting Hours Time lost due to interruptions/forced adjournments (hours)
Sessions of Seventeenth Lok Sabha
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5. House sitting late to complete 23 hours Listed Business (Fourth Session)
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First Second Third Fourth
73.14
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6. Legislative Business -- Government Bills
Sessions of Seventeenth Lok Sabha
Number of Government Bills introduced
Number of Government Bills passed
First 33 35
Second 18 14
Third 18 15
Fourth 16 25
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18 18
16
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Government Bills introduced / passed during the Session
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List of Government Bills introduced during the Fourth Session
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No.
Title of the Bill Date of Introduction
1. The Salary, Allowances and Pension of Members of
Parliament (Amendment) Bill, 2020
14 September 2020
2. The Essential Commodities (Amendment) Bill, 2020 14 September 2020
3. The Assisted Reproductive Technology (Regulation) Bill, 2020 14 September 2020
4. The Bilateral Netting of Qualified Financial Contracts Bill,
2020
14 September 2020
5. The Farmers' Produce Trade and Commerce (Promotion and
Facilitation) Bill, 2020
14 September 2020
6. The Farmers (Empowerment and Protection) Agreement of
Price Assurance and Farm Services Bill, 2020
14 September 2020
7. The Factoring Regulation (Amendment) Bill, 2020 14 September 2020
8. The Banking Regulation (Amendment) Bill, 2020 14 September 2020
9. The Taxation and Other Laws (Relaxation and Amendment
of Certain Provisions) Bill, 2020
18 September 2020
10. The Appropriation (No.4) Bill, 2020 18 September 2020
11. The Appropriation (No.3) Bill, 2020 18 September 2020
12. The Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions
Code, 2020
19 September 2020
13. The Industrial Relations Code, 2020 19 September 2020
14. The Code on Social Security, 2020 19 September 2020
15. The Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Amendment Bill,
2020
20 September 2020
16. The Jammu and Kashmir Official Languages Bill, 2020 22 September 2020
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List of Government Bills passed during the Fourth Session
Sl.
No. Title of the Bill Date of Passing
1. The National Commission for Homoeopathy Bill, 2020, as
passed by Rajya Sabha 14 September 2020
2. The National Commission for Indian System of Medicine
Bill, 2020, as passed by Rajya Sabha 14 September 2020
3. The Salary, Allowances and Pension of Members of
Parliament (Amendment) Bill, 2020 15 September 2020
4. The Essential Commodities (Amendment) Bill, 2020 15 September 2020
5. The Banking Regulation (Amendment) Bill, 2020 16 September 2020
6. The Farmers Produce Trade and Commerce
(Promotion and Facilitation) Bill, 2020' 17 September 2020
7. The Farmers (Empowerment and Protection)
Agreement on Price Assurance and Farm Services
Bill, 2020
17 September 2020
8. The Appropriation (No.4) Bill, 2020 18 September 2020
9. The Appropriation (No.3) Bill, 2020 18 September 2020
10. The Taxation and Other Laws (Relaxation and
Amendment of Certain Provisions) Bill, 2020 19 September 2020
11. The Companies (Amendment) Bill, 2020 19 September 2020
12. The National Forensic Sciences University Bill, 2020 20 September 2020
13. The Rashtriya Raksha University Bill, 2020 20 September 2020
14. The Salaries and Allowances of Ministers
(Amendment) Bill, 2020 as passed by Rajya Sabha 20 September 2020
15. The Bilateral Netting of Qualified Financial
Contracts Bill, 2020 20 September 2020
16. The Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Amendment
Bill, 2020 21 September 2020
17. The Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (Second
Amendment) Bill, 2020, as passed by Rajya Sabha 21 September 2020
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18. The Epidemic Diseases (Amendment) Bill, 2020, as
passed by Rajya Sabha 21 September 2020
19. The Homoeopathy Central Council (Amendment)
Bill, 2020, as passed by Rajya Sabha
21 September 2020
20. The Indian Medicine Central Council (Amendment)
Bill, 2020, as passed by Rajya Sabha
21 September 2020
21. The Occupational Safety, Health and Working
Conditions Code, 2020 22 September 2020
22. The Industrial Relations Code, 2020 22 September 2020
23. The Code on Social Security, 2020 22 September 2020
24. The Jammu and Kashmir Official Languages Bill,
2020 22 September 2020
25. The Major Port Authorities Bill, 2020 23 September 2020
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7. Legislative Business -- Private Members’ Bills (Fourth Session)
(i) Introduced - *
(ii) Passed
- *
( * No day was allotted for transaction of Private Members' Business during the Fourth Session)
8. Number of matters raised under Rule 377 183 (Fourth Session)
{Rule 377 stipulates that a member who wishes to bring to the notice of the House a matter which is not a point of order, shall give notice in writing to the Secretary- General specifying clearly and precisely the text of the matter to be raised. The member may be permitted to raise it only after the Speaker has given the consent and at such time and date as the Speaker may fix.}
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9. Number of matters of Urgent Public Importance 370 Raised during “Zero Hour” (Fourth Session)
10. N umber of Discussions held under Rule 193 01
11. Statements by Ministers 40
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12. Number of Reports of Parliamentary Committees (DRSCs) 02 Reports presented during 17th Lok Sabha (Fourth Session)
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13. Total number of Questions admitted (Fourth Session)
Sl. No. Type of Questions Number of Questions
1. Starred Questions admitted -- *
2. Starred Questions answered orally -- *
3. Unstarred Questions admitted 2300
( * Starred List of Questions was dispensed with during the Fourth Session)
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Starred Questions
Starred Questions Admitted Answered orally bt Minister concerned
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First Second Third Fourth
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Unstarred Questions admitted