New Delhi: The government is mulling extending the Budget session of the Lok Sabha by 2-3 days to try and pass some other Bills which have been passed by the Cabinet. The current session of the Lok Sabha ends on May 8.
Several key bills like the Black Money Bill, Real Estate Bill and the controversial Land Acquisition Bill are yet to be cleared.
A final call will be taken after a meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Parliamentary Affairs on Thursday evening. Sources say the government may extend the session if crucial pending legislations aren't passed in the next two days.
On Land Acquisition Bill, the government may send it to a joint panel of MPs. The government is yet to take a final call on tabling the Bill in the Lok Sabha. The finality on the Land Bill discourse will be seen in the monsoon session.
The Anti-Corruption Amendment Bill is scheduled to be taken up for discussion in Rajya Sabha on Thursday. Union Minister Jitendra Singh will move the bill which is aimed at raising penalty for corruption to a maximum of seven years from the present five years. The bill also aims to provide protection to retired government employees.
Earlier in April, the Union Cabinet had given a go ahead to official amendments to the bill that provides for stricter punishment for the offences of bribery.
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