Rao Inderjit Singh, MoS Corporate Affairs, moved the amendments in The Chartered Accountants, the Cost and Works Accountants and the Company Secretaries (Amendment) Bill, 2021 for consideration. Opposition MPs criticised the Bill. Further discussion on the same to continue today.

Here are the updates:

11-00 a.m.

Proceedings commence in the Lok Sabha. Question Hour in progress.

10-15 am

List of Business

1. Question Hour
2. Papers, reports of the parliamentary standing committee to be laid on the table
3. Secretary-General to report two messages from Rajya Sabha regarding the Appropriation Bill, 2022 and the Finance Bill, 2022
4. Ganesh Singh to lay on the Table the Fourth Report (Hindi and English versions) of the Committee of Privileges
5. Dr Jitendra Singh and Darshana Vikram Jardosh to make statements regarding their respective ministries
6. Arjun Ram Meghwal and Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury to present the 32nd Report of the Business Advisory Committee
7. Further consideration of The Chartered Accountants, the Cost and Works Accountants and the Company Secretaries (Amendment) Bill, 2021
8. Further consideration of The Delhi Municipal Corporation (Amendment) Bill, 2022

10 am

Day 11 recap

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman moved The Chartered Accountants, the Cost and Works Accountants and the Company Secretaries (Amendment) Bill, 2021.

Union Minister of State for Home Nityanand Rai informed the Lok Sabha in a written reply that the Ministry has declined to renew the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act or FCRA licence of 466 NGOs since 2020.

Mr. Rai said in a written reply that as many as 34 people from outside Jammu and Kashmir have bought properties in the Union Territory after the abrogation of its special status in August 2019.

Mr. Rai said in the Lok Sabha that nearly 3,400 communal riot cases were registered in the country between 2016 and 2020.