Rajya Sabha

Abir Ranjan Biswas’s Special Mention in the Rajya Sabha on 22.12.22 on vacancies in seats reserved for SCs, STs and OBCs in higher education institutes

Santanu Sen’s Special Mention in the Rajya Sabha on 22.12.22 on the need to study cardiovascular diseases among young people

Shanta Chhetri’s Special Mention in the Rajya Sabha on 22.12.22 on top soil erosion from the Himalayas in Darjeeling and Sikkim

Dola Sen’s speech in the Rajya Sabha on 22.12.22 on The Constitution (Scheduled Tribes) Order (Fourth Amendment) Bill, 2022 on 22.12.22

Mausam Noor’s speech in the Rajya Sabha on 22.12.22 on The Constitution (Scheduled Tribes) Order (Second Amendment) Bill, 2022

Md Nadimul Haque’s reply in the Rajya Sabha on 22.12.22 in response to the Health Minister’s statement regarding the COVID-19 pandemic in India

Sukhendu Sekhar Ray asked during Question Hour in the Rajya Sabha on 22.12.22 whether the government is taking any steps to investigate the archaeological remains of Chandraketugarh in Bengal using satellite and radar technology

Abir Ranjan Biswas asked in the Rajya Sabha during Question Hour on 22.12.22 about the steps being taken to prevent ill-treatment of foreign tourists

Santanu Sen in the Rajya Sabha requested the government during Question Hour on 22.12.22 to solve the issue of a company named VFS creating problems in issuing UK visas

Dola Sen’s Special Mention in the Rajya Sabha on 21.12.22 on the effect of the dilution of provisions of mandatory jute packaging on the jute sector

Sukhendu Sekhar Ray made a Special Mention in the Rajya Sabha on 21.12.22 for the restoration of public immigration service at Mahadipur in Malda district

Jawhar Sircar’s speech in the Rajya Sabha on 21.12.22 on The Maritime Anti-Piracy Bill, 2022

Abir Ranjan Biswas (Rajya Sabha) asked during Question Hour on 21.12.22 whether the government has any specific plans to place skill development course passouts under PMKVY

Jawhar Sircar (Rajya Sabha) asking during Question Hour why no fund has been given under MGNREGA to Bengal this year and why the funds are generally being reduced gradually

Jawhar Sircar (Rajya Sabha) during Zero Hour on 21.12.22 raising the issue of the need to roll back the proposed amendment to Rule 6 of IAS (Cadre) Rules, 1954

Mausam Noor (Rajya Sabha) made a Special Mention on 20.12.22 on the need to address the human-animal conflict

Dola Sen (Rajya Sabha) on 29.12.22 spoke on The Appropriation (No. 5) Bill, 2022 and The Appropriation (No. 4) Bill, 2022

Subhasish Chakraborty (Rajya Sabha) on 20.12.22 asked during Question Hour about the amount of the cess not transferred to the Reserve Funds and the amount devolved to the states in the first five years

Shanta Chhetri (Rajya Sabha) on 20.12.22 asked during Question Hour about the government’s plans to increase the number of women in the business correspondent network, considering only 10% are women

Jawhar Sircar (Rajya Sabha) on 20.12.22 asked during Question Hour that why shouldn’t there be a division of cesses and surcharges between Union and state govts

Dola Sen (Rajya Sabha) on 20.12.22 making a Zero Hour mention on resolving the issues of non-payment of wages under MGNREGA Scheme and disbursal of funds for other Union Government schemes

Dola Sen (Rajya Sabha) on 20.12.22 laid action-taken reports on recommendations of Standing Comm in their 30th, 31st & 32nd reports on Demands for Grants (2022-23) of Ministries of Labour & Employment, Textiles, and Skill Dev & Entrepreneurship

Derek O’Brien (Rajya Sabha) on 20.12.22 made a Point of Order on precedents for allowing issues to be raised under Rule 267

Md Nadimul Haque’s Special Mention, asking the National Medical Council to consider the plight of foreign medical graduates

Derek O’Brien questioned the implementation of BJP’s 2019 manifesto while speaking on The Appropriation (No.5) Bill, 2022 and The Appropriation (No.4) Bill, 2022

Dola Sen’s question on not signing of wage revision agreement for RINL, restructuring of SAIL’s NJCS committee, filling up of vacancies in PSUs and the reason for overqualified candidates in govt jobs

Shanta Chhetri’s Zero Hour mention to demand extension of Hill Compensatory Allowance to postal employees of Darjeeling and Kalimpong districts

Derek O’Brien’s Special Mention on the need to strengthen the pre-legislative consultative policy

Md Nadimul Haque’s Supplementary Questions on the reason for inadequate IPM sessions for farmers and whether any farmer field schools have been conducted to teach them about reducing pesticide residues in fruits and vegetables

Md Nadimul Haque’s Zero Hour mention on the issue of unethical practices of digital lending apps, which are inflicting financial hardship on the weaker sections of society

Shanta Chhetri’s Special Mention on the need to find ways to revive the tea industry in Bengal

Dola Sen’s Special Mention on the need for mitigating the various defects of the new National Pension Scheme, including making dearness relief as part of the scheme, as was the case with the earlier NPS

Jawhar Sircar’s speech during a Short Duration Discussion on the serious effects of global warming and the need for remedial steps to tackle it

Md Nadimul Haque’s Supplementary Question about fund allocation for Project Lion

Jawhar Sircar’s Supplementary Questions on the reason for mandating public service broadcasting for all channels and whether Ramayana and Mahabharata fit into public service broadcasting

Derek O’Brien raised a Point of Order with a view to get a clarification from the Rajya Sabha Chairman regarding submission of topics for discussion under Rule 267

Sukhendu Sekhar Ray’s speech on The New Delhi International Arbitration Centre (Amendment) Bill, 2022

Dola Sen’s Supplementary Question on child labour and trafficking pertaining to adopted children

Mausam Noor asked for information on the waiting period for adoption

Md Nadimul Haque’s Supplementary Questions on reintegration of dropped-out students into the vocational education domain and the ministry’s monitoring of skill development by the states

Md Nadimul Haque made a Special Mention to request the government to withdraw its decision to discontinue the Maulana Azad National Fellowship

Sukhendu Sekhar Ray raised during Zero Hour the demand for capacity enhancement to deal with cyberattacks

Abir Ranjan Biswas raised during Zero Hour the issue of the need for revoking 20% customs duty on gobindobhog rice

Mausam Noor’s Special Mention on the need for revoking the population criteria for building Eklavya Model Residential Schools for tribal children

Abir Ranjan Biswas’s Special Mention on the concerns over write-offs worth Rs 10 lakh crore to banks by the government

Santanu Sen’s Special Mention on the need to regulate foods high in fats, salt and sugar

Santanu Sen’s speech on The Constitution (Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes) Orders (Second Amendment) Bill, 2022

Derek O’Brien, through a Point of Order, quoting Rule 29, asked for the listing of business to be done in the proper manner and asking for permission for the Opposition to participate in a debate after the Defence Minister’s reply

Sukhendu Sekhar Ray asked a Supplementary Question on air connectivity to four airports in Bengal

Santanu Sen asked a Supplementary Question on giving special preference by the government to the better-performing states in the MSME sector

Abir Ranjan Biswas’s Supplementary Questions on regulating milk price, esp. to help children, and removal of GST on milk products

Md Nadimul Haque raised during Zero Hour the need for formulating an SOP for heirs of the deceased to claim their inheritance from banks

Sukhendu Sekhar Ray raised an objection to a Minister characterising a state government as ‘chor’ and asked whether this is admissible under the Rules

Jawhar Sircar’s Supplementary Question on the steps taken by the government to ensure adequate procurement of foodgrains for its schemes

Shanta Chhetri’s Supplementary Questions on funds allotted for Darjeeling and Kalimpong districts under PM-MITRA scheme and rules for setting up textile parks

Abir Ranjan Biswas’s Special Mention on the need for further studies before rolling out GM mustard

Md Nadimul Haque’s Special Mention, asking for updates on the actions taken on compensating the victims of fraud and misappropriation of public funds by postal staff

Mausam Noor’s Special Mention on the need for the Union Government to take up riverbank erosion prevention measures in Malda district

Jawhar Sircar spoke on The Energy Conservation (Amendment) Bill, 2022

Sushmita Dev’s speech on The Wild Life (Protection) Amendment Bill, 2022

Dola Sen asked the Labour Ministry about the retrenchment of workers in the erstwhile Ordnance Factory Board and other organisations under the Union Government

Santanu Sen raised, during Zero Hour, the issue of the need for a discount ticketing scheme for poor commuters on the railways

Shanta Chhetri raised the issue of giving the status of scheduled tribe to 11 Gorkha communities

Jawhar Sircar raised the issue of raising the rates of reimbursement for treatments made under CGHS, during Zero Hour

Derek O’Brien raised the issue of precedence regarding Rule 267 during Zero Hour

Sukhendu Sekhar Roy’s speech, felicitating Jagdeep Dhankhar on his assuming the chairmanship of Rajya Sabha