New Delhi, Nov 23: The Union government’s priority will be to take up three other ordinance-related bills fast as Winter Session of Parliament begins on November 26.
Two of these bills are The Negotiable Instruments (Amendment) Bill, 2015 to deal with cheque bounce cases; and The Commercial Division and Commercial Appellate Division of High Courts and Commercial Bill, 2015 that enables the creation of commercial divisions in high courts.
Another bill is needed to convert The Arbitration and Conciliation (Amendment) Ordinance, 2015 into an Act, which was brought to achieve the purpose of speedy settlement of disputes via arbitration.
As the Monsoon Session remained a near wash out and Opposition parties have closed ranks to corner the government on various issues in both Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha even in Winter Session, the government floor managers are working out a strategy to pass the less contentious bills.
They are also discussing ways for clearing the crucial GST bill amid indications from Congress that it may not stonewall the measure.
Parliamentary Affairs Minister M Venkaiah Naidu will meet leaders of NDA in both Houses on Tuesday, a day before he holds an all party-meeting on November 25 to reach out to Opposition to help the government pass the key bills.
There are eight pending bills in Lok Sabha and 11 in Rajya Sabha.
