Published on Dec 24, 2024
Current Affairs
Winter Session 2024
Winter Session 2024

❖ Both Houses of the Parliament were adjourned sine die of the frostiest winter sessions.

❖ The session was marked by debate on the Constitution’s 75th anniversary, notice of no-confidence moved by the Opposition against the Rajya Sabha Chairman.

❖ The government managed to introduce the debatable Bills - the Constitution (129) Amendment Bill, 2024 and the Union Territories Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2024 to give effect to “One Nation One Election”.

❖ Only four Bills were passed in the Lok Sabha and three Bills in the Rajya Sabha

❖ The productivity of the Lok Sabha was 54.5% and that of the Rajya Sabha 40%.

❖ Of the scheduled 16 Bills, only one Bill, the Bharatiya Vayuyan Vidheyak, 2024, was passed in both Houses.

❖ Only one Bill passed in the first six months of the Lok Sabha term.

❖ It is the lowest performance in comparison to the last six Lok Sabhas.

❖ Question Hour did not function in the Rajya Sabha for 15 out of 19 days.

❖ In the Lok Sabha, Question Hour did not function for more than 10 minutes in 12 out of 20 days.

❖ No private member’s business was transacted in the Lok Sabha and only one resolution was discussed in the Rajya Sabha