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Discussion on the working of the Ministry of Labour and Employment to continue

Rajya Sabha passed the Chartered Accountants, the Cost and Works Accountants and the Company Secretaries (Amendment) Bill, 2022

After the discussion and the reply of Union Home Minister Amit Shah, Rajya Sabha passed the Delhi Municipal Corporation (Amendment) Bill to amend the Delhi Municipal Corporation Act, 1957. The Bill seeks to unify three municipal corporations of Delhi into a single body. It was passed in the Lok Sabha on March 30, 2022.

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Sujeet Kumar raises the issue of teachers not being appointed permanently in a central university in Odisha. “The University should have 20 departments but because of lack of teachers, only 14 departments are currently running.”

“Contract teachers are appointed on an ad-hoc basis with no service benefits, no job security, and lower salary than regular teachers, and this has caused a general discontent among the teachers,” says V. Vijaysai Reddy. In response, Chairman Venkaiah Naidu says that this issue must be taken care of by state governments.

Tuesday’s proceedings kicked off with oath and affirmation by two new members of the Rajya Sabha, Dr Sikander Kumar (BJP, Himachal Pradesh), Manik Saha (BJP, Tripura).

Questions were raised about food adulteration and nutritional information labelling in the House.