The Monsson session of Parliament will begin from Monday. The fourth session of 17th Lok Sabha and 252nd Session of Rajya Sabha is scheduledto be held on Monday, 14th September and subject to exigencies of Government Business, may conclude on Thursday, 1st October, 2020.

The Session will provide a total of 18 sittings spread over a period of 18 days (all the days including Saturdays and Sundays of the ensuing session will be working days) and a total of 47 items have been identified for being taken up during the Monsoon Session.

The total eleven Bills replacing the ordinance namely: The Farmers’ Produce Trade and Commerce (Promotion and Facilitation) Bill, The Farmers (Empowerment and Protection) Agreement on Prices Assurance and Farm Services Bill, The Homoeopathy Central Council (Amendment) Bill, The Indian Medicine Central Council (Amendment) Bill, The Essential Commodities (Amendment) Bill, The Insolvency & Bankruptcy (Second) Amendment Bill, The Banking Regulation (Amendment) Bill, The Taxation and Other Laws (Relaxation of Certain Provisions) Bill, The Epidemic Diseases (Amendment) Bill, The Salary and Allowances of Ministers (Amendment) Bill, The Salary, Allowances and Pension of Members of Parliament (Amendment) Bill are required to be passed during the ensuing Monsoon Session.

Further, some important pending legislations in the Houses required to be considered and passed during the Session.

Some other new bills likely to be introduced, considered and passed during this session are: The Bilateral Netting of Financial Contracts Bill, The Factoring Regulation (Amendment) Bill, The Pension Fund Regulatory And Development Authority (Amendment) Bill, The National Commission for Allied and Healthcare Professions Bill, The Assisted Reproductive Technology (Regulation) Bill, The Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi (Amendment) Bill, The Foreign Contribution (Regulation)Amendment Bill, The Representation of People (Amendment) Bill, The Prohibition of Employment as manual Scavengers and their Rehabilitation (Amendment) Bill, The Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Amendment Bill, The Multi State Cooperative Societies (Amendment) Bill, The Jammu and Kashmir Official Language, Bill.

There are few bills for withdrawal during the session namely: The Allied and Healthcare Professions Bill, 2018, The Mines (Amendment) Bill, 2011, The Inter-State Migrant Workmen (Regulation of Employment and Conditions of Service) Amendment Bill, 2011, The Building and Other Construction Workers Related Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2013, The Employment Exchanges (Compulsory Notification of Vacancies) Amendment Bill, 2013.

This will be the first Parliament session being held amid the Covid-19 pandemic. Therefore all safety measures have been taken to conduct the session as per guidelines issued for Covid-19.

There will be a four-hour session for each House each day (9 am to 1 pm for Rajya Sabha and 3 pm to 7 pm for Lok Sabha. But on the first day only i.e. on 14th September of the Lok Sabha will meet in the morning session. The session will see other measures like seating MPs in a staggered way in chambers of both Houses, as well as galleries to maintain physical distancing norms, introduction of mobile app for registering of MPs’ attendance and seats separated with poly-carbon sheets in the House.

The Zero Hour will be there and the un-starred questionswill be laid on the table.