Wednesday, September 8, 2010

Current Parliament Session



The Monsoon Session, 2010 of Parliament which commenced on Monday, the 26th of July, 2010, concluded on Tuesday, the 31st of August, 2010. The Session was originally scheduled to conclude on Friday, the 27th of August, 2010 but the sittings of both the Houses were extended by two days i.e. up to Tuesday, the 31st of August, 2010 to transact essential Government Legislative Business. The Session provided 26 sittings of both the Houses of Parliament spread over a period of 37 days.

Addressing the media persons today, the Union Minister for Parliamentary Affairs Shri Pawan kumar Bansalinformed that during the Session, 26 Bills (18 in the Lok Sabha and 08 in the Rajya Sabha) were introduced. The LokSabha passed 21 Bills (including the minor amendment in trade marks Bill) and the Rajya Sabha passed 24 Bills during the session. Total number of Bills passed by both Houses of Parliament during the Session is 24. One Bill, namely, the Representation of People (Amendment) Bill, 2006 was withdrawn in Rajya Sabha. Ministers of State for Parliamentary Affairs Shri Prithviraj Chavan and Shri Narayanasamy were also present at the press conference. A list containing the titles of the Bills introduced, and considered and passed during the Session is annexed.

The Statutory Resolution seeking approval of the Proclaimation issued by the President on the 1st of June, 2010 under Article 356(1) of the Constitution in relation to State of Jharkhand, was discussed and adopted by both the Houses. Besides a Government Motion on the issues of Population stabilization in the country was also discussed in Lok Sabha.

During the Session, Supplementary Demands for Grants (General and Railways) for 2010-11 and Supplementary Demands for Grants relating to the State of Jharkhand for the year 2010-11 and their Appropriation Bills, were discussed and passed by the Lok Sabha. Thereafter, the Rajya Sabha considered and returned these Appropriation Bills.

In Lok Sabha, motion regarding inflationary pressure on the economy and its adverse impact on the common man moved by Smt Sushma Swaraj, Leader of Opposition was discussed for about 9 hours spread over two days on August 3 and 4, 2010 and in Rajya Sabha, similar motion moved by Shri Arun Jaitely, Leader of Opposition was discussed for about 8 hours spread over two days on August 4 and 5, 2010. Thereafter, the Chair placed the Resolution urging upon the Government to take further effective action to contain its adverse impact on the common man, which was agreed to by both the Houses.

Two Bills replacing the Ordinances, namely, the Indian Medical Council (Amendment) Ordinance, 2010 and the Securities and Insurance Laws (Amendment and Validation) Ordinance, 2010 which were promulgated by the President, were considered and passed by both the Houses of Parliament during the Session. One Bill replacing the Ordinance, namely, the Jharkhand Panchayat Raj (Amendment) Ordinance, 2010, promulgated by the Governor was also considered and passed by both the Houses of parliament.

In the Lok Sabha, Six Short Duration Discussion under Rule 193 were held on (i) delay in preparation for Commonwealth Games, 2010; (ii) Bhopal gas tragedy; (iii) illegal mining; (iv) atrocities against Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes; (v) situation in Jammu and Kashmir; and (vi) flood and drought situation in the country. In the RajyaSabha, Two Short Duration Discussion under Rule 176 were held on (i) Bhopal gas tragedy; and (ii) illegal mining in the country. Besides, 7 Calling Attentions each in Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha were discussed. One Half-an-hour discussion inLok Sabha and two Half-an-hour discussions in Rajya Sabha were also discussed.

Annex

LEGISLATIVE BUSINESS TRANSACTED DURING FIFTH SESSEION OF FIFTEENTH LOK SABHA AND 220TH SESSION OF RAJYA SABHA

(MONSOON SESSION)

I Bills Introduced in Lok Sabha

1. The Securities and Insurance Laws (Amendment and Validation Bill, 2010.

2. The Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research Bill, 2010

3. The Enemy Property (Amendment and Validation) Bill, 2010

4. The New Delhi Municipal Council (Amendment) Bill, 2010

5. The Indian Medical Council (Amendment) Bill, 2010

6. The Appropriation (No. 4) Bill, 2010

7. The Jharkhand Appropriation Bill, 2010

8. The Essential Commodities (Amendment) Bill, 2010.

9. The Jharkhand Panchayat Raj (Amendment) Bill, 2010

10. The Repatriation of Prisoners (Amendment) Bill,2010

11. The Appropriation (Railways) No. 4 Bill, 2010

12. The Arms (Amendment) Bill, 2010

13. The Constitution (One Hundred and Fourteenth Amendment) Bill, 2010 (Amendment of Articles 217 and 224)

14. The Salary, Allowances and Pension of Members of Parliament (Amendment) Bill, 2010

15. The Public Interest Disclosure and Protection to Persons Making the Disclosures Bill, 2010

16. The Dam Safety Bill, 2010

17. The Institutes of Technology (Amendment) Bill, 2010

18. The Direct Taxes Code Bill, 2010

II Bills Passed by Lok Sabha

1. The Securities and Insurance Laws (Amendment and Validation) Bill,2010

2. The State Bank of India (Amendment) Bill, 2010

3. The Appropriation (No. 4) Bill, 2010

4. The Jharkhand Appropriation Bill, 2010

5. The Industrial Disputes (Amendment) Bill, 2010

6. The Foreign Trade (Development and Regulation) Amendment Bill, 2010

7. The Code of Criminal Procedure (Amendment) Bill, 2010.

8. The Indian Medical Council ( Amendment) Bill,2010

9. The Trade Marks (Amendment) Bill, 2010

10. The Essential Commodities )Amendment) Bill,2010

11. The Jharkhand Panchayat Raj (Amendment)Bill, 2010

12. The Appropriation (Railways) No. 4 Bill, 2010

13. The Personal Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2010

14. The Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Amendment Bills, 2010

15. The Civil Liability for Nuclear Damage Bill, 2010

16. The Nalanda University Bill, 2010

17. The Educational Tribunals Bill, 2010

18. The Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Bill, 2010

19. The Salary, Allowances and Pension of Members of Parliament (Amendment) Bill, 2010

20. The Indian Medicine Central Council Bill, 2010

21. The Representation of the People (Amendment) Bill, 2010

III - Bills Introduced in Rajya Sabha

1. The Marriage Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2010

2. The Jawaharlal Institute of Post-Graduate Medical Education and Research, Puducherry (Amendment) Bill, 2010

3. The Central Educational Institutions (Reservation in Admission) Amendment Bill, 2010

4. The Nalanda University Bill, 2010

5. The Anti-Hijacking (Amendment) Bill, 2010

6. The Representation of the People (Amendment) Bill, 2010

7. The Architects (Amendment) Bill, 2010

8. The Prasar Bharati (Broadcasting Corporation of India) Amendment Bill, 2010

IV - Bills Passed by Rajya Sabha

1. The Industrial Disputes (Amendment) Bill, 2009

2. The Clinical Establishment (Registration & Regulation) Bill, 2010

3. The National Commission for Minority Educational Institutions (Amendment) Bill, 2010

4. The Securities and Insurance Laws (Amendment and Validation) Bill, 2010

5. The Foreign Trade (Development and Regulation) Amendment Bill, 2009

6. The Trade Marks (Amendment) Bill, 2009

7. The Jharkhand Appropriation Bill, 2010

8. The Appropriation (No.4) Bill, 2010

9. The State Bank of India (Amendment) Bill, 2010

10. The Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Amendment Bill, 2008

11. The Personal Laws (Amendment) Bill 2010

12. The Energy Conservation (Amendment) Bill, 2010

13. The Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Bill, 2006

14. The Land Ports Authority of India Bill, 2010

15. The Appropriation (Railways) No.4 Bill, 2010

16. The Nalanda University Bill,2010

17. The Jharkhand Panchayat Raj (Amendment) Bill, 2010

18. The Indian Medicine Central Council (Amendment) Bill, 2010.

19. The Indian Medical Council (Amendment) Bill, 2010

20. The Code of Criminal Procedure (Amendment) Bill, 2010

21. The Essential Commodities (Amendment) Bill, 2010

22. The Civil Liability for Nuclear Damage Bill, 2010

23. The Representation of People (Amendment) Bill, 2010

24. The Salary, Allowances and Pension of Members of Parliament (Amendment) Bill, 2010

V - Bills passed by Both Houses

1. The Clinical Establishment (Registration & Regulation) Bill, 2010

2. The National Commission for Minority Educational Institutions (Amendment) Bill, 2010

3. The Securities and Insurance Laws (Amendment and Validation) Bill,2010

4. The Industrial Disputes (Amendment) Bill, 2010

5. The Trade Marks (Amendment) Bill, 2009

6. The Jharkhand Appropriation Bill, 2010

7. The Appropriation (No. 4) Bill, 2010

8. The State Bank of India (Amendment) Bill, 2010

9. The Foreign Trade (Development and Regulation) Amendment Bill, 2010

1. The Energy Conservation (Amendment) Bill, 2010

2. The Land Ports Authority of India Bill, 2010

3. The Appropriation (Railways) No. 4 Bill, 2010

4. The Personal Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2010

5. The Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Amendment Bills, 2010

6. The Jharkhand Panchayat Raj (Amendment)Bill, 2010

7. The Nalanda University Bill, 2010

8. The Indian Medical Council ( Amendment) Bill,2010

9. The Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Bill, 2010

10. The Code of Criminal Procedure (Amendment) Bill, 2010.

11. The Essential Commodities )Amendment) Bill,2010

12. The Civil Liability for Nuclear Damage Bill, 2010

13. The Salary, Allowances and Pension of Members of Parliament (Amendment) Bill, 2010

14. The Indian Medicine Central Council Bill, 2010

15. The Representation of the People (Amendment) Bill, 2010

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CURRENT AFFAIRS PREPARATION PLAN

“Current Affairs” and “General Knowledge” cover many topics like from economy to sports or education to politics, or even technology to automobiles. In every second some issues are happening around the world in these sectors, and to accumulate the excerpt of some highlighted news, and memorize it is a good plan to prepare current affairs and GK.

Some Important Tips to Follow:

Read Newspapers regularly

We all know that “Old is Gold”, same thing applies here too. We need to make a habit of reading newspapers regularly. I’ll suggest you to read more than one newspaper. It will be better if you read one newspaper of your mother language, and other of English. Some useful newspapers are “The Times of India”, “The Hindu”, “The Telegraph” etc. You need to start this habit at least 6 months before the actual exam that will help you to get access to all the important events of that period of time.

You need to keep an eye on what’s happening around you in your country and world as well. Trust me guys, you will surely find it interesting after several days. We all know that staying updated is always a good idea, as it will stand you apart from the rest.

Read Magazines thoroughly

This is another great option to prepare the subject we are talking about. There are many leading magazines that focus on current affairs and General Knowledge. You need to buy it from your local magazine seller, and start reading it thoroughly. These magazines beautifully categorize the articles with its genres to make it interesting to read on. Some of the useful magazines are Pratiyogita Darpan andManorma.

Try to read some business magazines and sports magazines too along with a general magazine. This will increase your chances of cracking the competitive exams with ease. Some useful business magazines areBusiness Today, Business Line etc.

Follow News Channels

You will need to follow news channels at least once a day. Now most of the leading news channels are active for 24*7. You need to pick up a suitable time for yourself to watch any favorite news channel of yours. You can watch ABP News, NDTV, Times Now, ET Now, Zee News etc. Try to go through all the breaking and highlighted news, and make it a habit.

I know that watching news channels for long will bore you, so I’ll suggest you to allocate only 30 minutes for it in a whole day. All the leading ones shows the glimpses of all important events of the day quite frequently, so 30 minutes will be enough for you to boost up your current affairs and GK knowledge.

Maintain a Diary

My teacher used to tell me that whenever you learn something try to write it down in your diary, as it will help you to memorize it in a better manner. He is so right, as this method helped me a lot to score good marks in every exam that I appeared for. As I already mentioned before that a lot of events are occurring in the country and around the world, so it is easily understandable that it is not easy to remember everything. It’s always a superb idea to maintain a diary of current events.

You need to update this diary on a daily basis with all the events that you consider as important ones. This diary will become quite useful for the revision part, as it will provide you information about all the important events at a place. You should keep revising the diary frequently, as it will help you to memorize important names, dates, awards etc.

Channelize your Preparation Accordingly

All the competitive exams are not same, as all of them have different pattern, even when it comes to the same topic as ‘Current Affairs’ or ‘GK’. For example for civil services exam, you need to give importance on events of National value. On the other scenario, in matter of bank job exam, the focus should be on the news on banking sectors, and economic and business news.

Thus I’ll suggest you to prepare as per the exams you are appearing for, as channelizing your preparation according to the pattern of the exam will accelerate your chance of getting selected.

Use Internet Resources

“Google, YouTube and Wikipedia are my favorite teachers’; one of my friends told me this once. This is quite true indeed, so you should use all the available online resources to study current affairs and GK for exams. For example this blog is all about “Current Affairs”, so you can check this blog regularly by subscribing to us (check the sidebar for subscription options). You can actively take part some forums that are focusing on current events. The good part is you can follow the websites of all leadingnewspapers online if you don’t have enough time to read newspapers.

Use Social Networking Sites for Good

Believe me or not you can surely use social networking sites to your benefits. Especially to prepare current affairs and General knowledge Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and StumbleUpon may help you a lot. You can join some Facebook pages, or follow some twitter accounts that are related to current affairs. You can join our Facebook Page too for this matter, or connect with me at LinkedIn or circle me in Google Plus for all the information on recent happenings to boost up your General Knowledgeability.

Give Priority to your Strength

We usually find difficulties when we try to learn everything at once. In that process basically we study a lot, but remember a little. We need to first select our strength areas for our preparation. Try to givepriority to your strength areas. It may be Sports, economy, Government Affairs or technology. Suppose you are applying for Bank exams, then you should prepare industry related news. Along with that you may pick any 2-3 areas of your strength like sports or technology. You need to prepare these sections to the utmost level. I can assure you that these strategies will help you to score much better in Current Affairs section.

Participate in Online Quizzes

You should participate in some free quizzes that are available online to evaluate yourself. For this matter you can easily access our “Quiz Section”. This will give you proper idea whether you are ready for the big exam day or not. As an added factor it will also provide you confidence i.e. very much essential. You can download Monthly-wise current affairs questions from Here.