Govt prepared to convey women's bill in budget meeting

The government on Tuesday has spoken its willingness to begin the long-delayed women's Bill in the Lok Sabha in the budget meeting on basis of a new harmony after a parliamentary reputation committee endorsed the inventive proposals in its report without any dilution.

PK Bansal told, "After the Standing Committee on Law and Justice submitted its unanimous report we hope all the political parties will now come forward in backing the legislation.”

Bansal said, the stab of the government would be to table the Bill without any dilution in its promise of 33% reservations for women.

He admits that since of chaos and protests by members, both Houses had lost a lot of business in the winter session. At the same time as the Lok Sabha lost 31 hours of business, the Rajya Sabha lost 13 hours due to turmoil, he said.

Bansal, however, pointed out that the Rajya Sabha improved nearly 11 hours of lost time by meeting late and skipping lunch.

The winter assembly saw 21 sittings of the Lok Sabha over 30 days and 23 sittings of the Upper House in 34 days, he said. He said the government was intense to ensure more sittings of Parliament.