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As it happened: Lok Sabha passes bill to replace NEET ordinance; AIADMK walks out

NEET was brought to end multiplicity of exams and exploitation and to usher in free and fair process in medical admissions, says Health Minister.

July 19, 2016 10:14 am | Updated July 20, 2016 10:03 am IST

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The Lok Sabha is discussing the Indian Medical Council (Amendment) Ordinance and Dentists (Amendment) Ordinance, 2016, pertaining to NEET.

The Rajya Sabha discussed the Calling Attention on situation arising due to floods in the country.

The BJD and the JD(U) demanded a separate Ministry to deal with natural calamities like flood and drought, even as they sought a more pro-active approach by the Centre in releasing funds to the affected States.

Participating in the discussion,several leaders also questioned the official data on damages caused in the calamities and sought steps to put in place a warning system for floods and cloudbursts.

Responding to the members, Minister of State for Home Kiren Rijiju admitted that 196 people had lost their lives, 2,184 cattle perished and 38,285 houses and huts damaged besides 0.357 lakh hectares of crop area damaged this year due to floods.

He, however, said the primary responsibility to deal with natural calamities lies with the State government concerned.

The Rajya Sabha also discussed the Child Labour (Protection and Regulation) Amendment Bill.

As it happened:

8.20 pm: With this, our live coverage of Day 2 of the monsoon session of Parlaiment concludes. See you tomorrow.

8.19 pm: Lok Sabha adjourned till 11 am on Wednesday.

8.17 pm: The Indian Medical Council (Amendment) Bill 2016 and the Dentist Amendment bill 2016 bill, tomreplace the NEET ordinace, has been passed in Lok Sabha.

8.07 pm: AIADMK stages walk out during passing of the bill.

8.02 pm: Include all 22 languages of the Eighth Schedule, says Saugata Roy of Trinamool Congress moving an amendment to a clause. Amendment rejected.

8 pm: House takes up amendments clause by clause.

7.56 pm: RSP member N.K. Premachandran asks whether the same question paper will be given to all candidates.

7.55 pm: Nadda concludes reply to the debate.

7.54 pm: Language, fees and curriculum issues have been addressed, says Nadda.

7.52 pm: Private institutions are already under NEET, says Nadda.

7.50 pm: On standardisation of syllabus, Mr. Nadda says curriculum and syllabus under NCERT framework will be taken forward.

7.42 pm: NEET was brought to end multiplicity of exams, to bring in fair process and to end the exploitative process in admissions, says Mr. Nadda

7.39 pm: Health Minister J.P. Nadda begins reply to the discussion.

7.38 pm: Congress MP from Kerala Anto Antony seeks NEET centres in Gulf countries to benefit wards of NRI Malayalis.

7.34 pm: Shiv Sena's Arvind Ganpat Sawant asks, "Will the medical education fee be uniform across the country?"

7.28 pm: Pritam Gopinath Munde speaks on the bill, seeks NEET centres should be at zilla level.

7.25 pm: Independent member Joice George from Kerala says MCI has failed in its duty and wants a comprehensive legislation to regulate medical education in the country.

7.21 pm: States should be given choice to opt out of NEET, says Mr. Satav.

7.19 pm: In the continuing debate on the bill on NEET ordinance, Rajiv Shankarrao Satav of the Congress is speaking now. He is raising the CBSE-non-CBSE syllabus divide on the preparation for NEET.

7.19 pm: Rajya Sabha adjourned for the day.

7.11 pm: RS Deputy Chairman says the Child Labour (Prohibition & Regulation) Amendment Bill, 2012 has been moved and passage of it will be taken up later.

7.08 pm: We want consensus on all bills before they come for discussion, says Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad.

7.03 pm: Anand Sharma raises a point of order, wants the Bill passed by consensus and only after the govt. and opposition had a meeting.

7 pm: Anand Sharma objects to passing of the Bill on technicalities.

6.55 pm: In the Lok Sabha, the debate is still on on the Indian Medical Council (Amendment ) Bill pertaining to NEET. AIADMK's Kamaraj is speaking now.

6.52 pm: The House is now considering amendments clause by clause.

6.47 pm: This Bill is aligned with the statutes of the ILO convention, says Mr. Dattatreya while concluding his reply to the Child Labour Amendment Bill.

6.46 pm: We taking the National Child Labour Project forward by spending more funds, says Mr. Dattatreya.

6.45 pm: Also watch remarks of some other RS members on the Child Labour Amendment Bill.

6.42 pm: Punishments for violations have been made stricter, says Mr. Dattatreya.

6.38 pm: In a "Family Enterprise", there is no employer-employee relationship.

6.34 pm: Mr. Dattatreya explains definition of "Family" of the "Family Enterprises" clause; safeguards have been kept, says the Minister.

6.31 pm: Mr. Dattatreya explains the "Family Enterprises" clause in the Child Labour Amendment Bill.

6.26 pm: In the Rajya Sabha Labour Minister Bandaru Dattatreya responds to the debate on the Child Labour Amendment Bill.

6.21 pm: Wrapup on the NEET legislation: Opposition members do differ on the merits of the NEET, but they are almost unanimous in railing against the MCI.

6.20 pm: MCI lives in an island of their own, says IUML's E.T. Mohammed Basheer in the Lok sabha.

5.39 pm: Tune in to RSTV where members are discussing the Child Labour (Prohibition & Reg.) Amendment Bill.

5.38 pm: 45 per cent of medical doctors under-qualified, Mr. Chowdhury says quoting an IMA report; MBBS syllabus has remain unchanged for 14 years, he says.

5.36 pm: Mr. Chowdhury wants a holistic legislation on the health services in the country.

5.30 pm: MCI has been turned into a miasma of corruption, says Mr. Chowdhury.

5.25 pm: Back in the Lok Sabha, Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury of the Congress is speaking on the debate on the Bill pertaining to NEET.

5.23 pm: Child Labour is an oxymoron, says Congress' Renuka Chowdhury. Childhood is about being children, not labour, she says.

5.22 pm: In the RS, CPI's D.Raja says the Child Labour Bill should not be passed in haste, takes objection to the "Family Enterprise" cluase.

5.21 pm: Centre should also consider the issues of private medical colleges, says Mr. Rao.

5.19 pm: Rural, disadvataged people should be given some preference, says YSRCP's Mr. Rao.

5.17 pm: YSRCP member Varaprasad Rao Velagapalli says continuing medical education should be made effective. He says Centre should make NEET mandatory ASAP.

5.10 pm: Liberate MCI from a corrupt clique, says Rajesh as he concludes his speach

5.05 pm: Rajesh mentions The Hindu 's report on doctors: > WHO report sounds alarm on ‘doctors’ in India

5 pm: MCI, which is supposed to be the regulator, has become a violators, says CPI(M) MP M.B. Rajesh. He also seeks NEET in all recognised regional languages.

4.42 pm: TDP's Ravindra Babu Pandula seeks introduction of a papers on ethics, cosumer law and psycology in medical education. Cites Munnabhai MBBS to press his point.

4.38 pm: If country can move to one nantion, one tax with GST, why can't we look for one nation, education, asks Sena MP Eknath Shinde

4.36 pm: Sena MP Eknath Shinde says the govt. should address NEET syllabus, to remove an apparaent pro-CBSE bias.

4.34 pm: Shiv Sena pitches for bridging gap between regional languages and English in education, particularly medical education.

4.33 pm: Navaneethakrishnan makes a point to delete the gender mention in the Act, says it will go against transgenders.

4.29 pm: In the Rajya Sabha, AIADMK's A. Navaneethakrishnan declares that there's no child labour in Tamil Nadu due to the efforts of Amma (Chief Minister Jayalalithaa.)

4.22 pm: During the Question Hour in Rajya Sabha, Health Minister J.P. Nadda said the govt. was working on easing the policy norms for starting medical colleges and increasing seats to address this problem.

He said the number of medical colleges in the government sector was being increased so that the shortfall of medical professionals can be met.

4.15 pm: Has the MCI, at any point of time, conducted exams, asks BJD.

4.05 pm: Medical Council of India should not be entrusted with conducting a common medical entrance test, says Trinamool MP Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar during discussion on the Indian Medical Council (Amendment) Bill.

4 pm: Earlier, responding the issue raised by Derek O’Brien (Trinamool) in the Rajya Sabha during Zero Hour, Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar said the foundation for a memorial in the honour of former President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam will be laid on July 27, 2016 in Rameswaram. He said while the Centre wanted 5 acres of land for the memorial, as of now only 1.8 acres was available. Tamil Nadu government is supporting “what we are trying to do,” he said, adding that “we have already decided that whatever land is available, we are setting up a memorial for which foundation will be laid. On 27th, we are going ahead with the programme on the land already in our possession.

3.56 pm: Meanwhile, the Lok Sabha has been discussing the The Indian Medical Council (Amendment) Bill, 2016.

3.51 pm: RS takes up the Child Labour (Prohibitio and Regulation) Amendment Bill 2012.

3. 50 pm: Earlier, the government urged the Rajya Sabha to pass the GST bill expeditiously to enable states get a share of the Service Tax which is not shared under the provisions of 14th Finance Commission.

“As per the 14th Finance Commission, service tax is not shared with states. The earlier you pass the GST, the better it is for states so that they get a share in the Service Tax,” Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said in reply to questions.

3.45 pm: NDRF emergency control rooms function 24/7, says Rijiju and the debate on the Calling Attention on the flood situation in the country concludes.

3.45 pm: Ambika Soni asks about the number of people rehabilitated.

3.41 pm: Congress' Anand Sharma asks if there is coordination between NDRF and the States

3.40 pm: Anand Sharma takes offence to the Chair's objection to Anand Sharma's query.

3.40 pm: You may be senior, but I have to run the House, Chair tells Anand Sharma.

3.37 pm: Deputy Chairman Kurien tells Anand Sharma not to ask questions while the Minister is speaking.

3.33 pm: Centre is duty-bound to help States during disasters, but States should use funds judiciously, says Rijiju.

3.27 pm: TN has done an excellent job in tackling the flood situation in Chennai, says Rijiju.

3.24 pm: I have been declared disaster reduction champion by the U.N., says Rijiju.

3.23 pm: For disaster management awareness and ground training every high-level institution has been engaged, says Rijiju.

3.20 pm: No technology to predict cloudburst yet, says Mr. Rijiju.

3.19 pm: Disaster management funds should be spent according to norms, says Rijiju.

3.18 pm: Half of disaster management funds given to States in January of every year.

3.17 pm: Primary responsibility of post-disaster management lies with State governments, says Mr. Rijiju.

3.13 pm: Planning and processing of National Disaster Management lies with the PMO, but Home Ministry responds to calls, says Rijiju.

3.11 pm: MoS Home Kiren Rijiju responds to the Calling Attention motion on the flood situation.

3.10 pm: Meghraj Jain of the BJP seeks flood containement measures to be impelemented in Madhya Pradesh.

3.05 pm: BSP's Veer Singh speaks on the calling attention motion on the flood situation.

2.55 pm: DMK's Tiruchi Siva speaks on the calling attention motion on the flood situation.

2.50 pm: SP's Vishambhar Prasad Nishad speaks during the discussion on floods.

2:30 pm: Navaneethakrishnan, who was re-nominated to Rajya Sabha begins his speech thanking Chief Minister Jayalalithaa. He urges government to release more funds to the State to tackle damage caused by Tamil Nadu floods.

2:20 pm: We need a national-level policy to manage calamities. Last session we discussed drought. This session we are discussing floods. Next session we will again discuss about drought or floods. The issue is water management, says D. Raja.

2:15 pm: Ms. Thakur, Congress MP from Himachal Pradesh asks what is the necessity of sending a Central team to assess damage when the State governments send reports.

2:10 pm: Discussion on Calling attention to matter of urgent public importance is under way. A.U. Singh Deo, Naresh Agarwal, Ms. Viplove Thakur called the attention of the Minister of Home Affairs to the situation arising due to floods in the country, particularly in Odisha and preventive measures taken by the Government.

2:00 pm: Rajya Sabha proceedings begin.

01:00 pm: The Rajya Sabha adjourned till 2 pm

12:58 pm: KC Venugopal raises the issue of missing Muslim men from Kerala. He claims some people are trying to divide the country by raising Islamophobia. The GoI should curb this.

12:52 pm: In the Lok Sabha, AIADMK menber K Parasuraman speaks in Tamil. He requests the government to speed up the process of green energy grid between the States.

12:45 pm: Thiruvananthapuram MP Shashi Tharoor requests the Centre to consider Kerala as a location for new AIIMS.

12:37 pm: AIADMK member from Tamil Nadu, Anwar Raja, raises the issue of repeated arrests of fisherfolk from Tamil Nadu by the Sri Lankan Navy.

12:35 pm: If there is a hole in their boat and they put it in water, the boat will drown. Water cant be blamed for it, says Mr. Singh.

12:32 pm: Uttarakhand and Arunachal were unfortunate problems, says Mr. Singh. The unfortunate crises were because of the Congress' internal crisis and the BJP has nothing to do with it, he adds. In Arunachal, the Congress got split and in Uttarakhand, some Congress MLAs rebelled.

12:30 pm: Rajnath Singh says, "I want to say that dismissing popular govts. is the oldest habit of the Congress." They have done it 105 times since Independence, he observes.

12:10 pm: Mallikarjun Kharge raises issue of Uttarakhand and Arunachal Pradesh crises. Mr. Kharge says "This government destabilises popular governments."

12:02 pm: Home Minister Rajnath Singh responds to a question on cyber crime. Cyber crime up, he says. "I made an expert group under Gulshan Rai to look into it. The report is now out. We are working on how we can combat cyber crime. It is not easy. But we have to put a system in place," he says. The minister says technology and research were lacking in combating such crimes and the government is taking steps.

11:42 am: Compensation for human life right now is Rs. 2 lakh, says Mr. Dave in response to a question from Karnataka MP.

11:40 am: The Centre has permitted farmers to chase out animals, not to kill. Mr. Dave adds, if these are inadvertently killed in this, the farmer won't be held liable.

11:35 am: Five States had asked what to do to manage animal-man conflict, threat from neelgai, wild boar, etc. A letter was written not to kill but to manage this conflict, says MoS for Environment Dave in the Lok Sabha.

11:30 am: Kerala MP K.K. Ragesh raises the issue of merging associated banks of State Bank with SBI. He appeals to the government to reconsider its decision.

11:24 am: We reiterate we have honoured Ambedkar's symbols like his birthplace, etc. "It has been demolished. Would have been better if it had not been," Mr. Gehlot says.

11:22 am: A BJP MP says no role of government in the demolition. A trust is behind it.

11:21 am: Minister for Social Justice Thawar Chand Gehlot says, "I have asked state govt to send details." We have taken into cognisance the building's demolition. We will request the state govt to make a memorial for ambedkar there, he adds.

11:20 am: The Rajya Sabha continues to discuss the issue of demolition of Ambedkar Bhavan in Dadar, Mumbai. Anand Sharma (Congress) says the government cannot be silent on this. Mayawati too joins. She says Ambedkar, in his lifetime, purchased the land in Dadar and installed a press there. But, the municipality demolished it.

11:15 am: Question Hour underway in the Lok Sabha. MPs are raising questions regarding crop loss and damage of crops. MoS for consumer affairs C.R. Chaudhary responds.

11:10 am: Zero Hour begins in the Rajya Sabha. Sitaram Yechury rises the issue of demolition of Ambedkar Bhavan in Mumbai.

11:09 am: Some MPs demand salary revision for parliamentarians. Deputy Chairmain Kurien says it is up to the government to consider it and the Chair cannot comment on that.

11:08 am: Lok Sabha proceedings begin. Mallikarjun Kharge gets up to question attempt to disturb elected governments, referring to Arunachal Pradesh crisis. Speaker Sumitra Mahajan says she will give him time later.

11:07 am: Health Minister J.P. Nadda tables statement regarding status of implementation of recommendations contained in the Eighty Second, Eighty Third, Eighty Ninth and Ninetieth Reports of the Department-related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Health and Family Welfare on Demand for Grants of the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.

11:05 am: Vice-President Hamid Ansari reads obituary reference to the passing away of Abdul Gaiyur Qureshi, a former member of the House.

11:00 am: Rajya Sabha proceedings begin. New members take the oath.

10:13 am: Congress has given adjournment notice in the Lok Sabha on Arunachal issue.

10:00 am:

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