TRIPURA LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY 12th Legislative Assembly FIRST SESSION (From the 23rd March, 2018 to 28th March, 2018) RESUME OF BUSINESS TRIPURA LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY SECRETARIAT ASSEMBLY HOUSE, AGARTALA P R E F A C E 1. This Publication Contains the “Resume of Business” transacted by the Tripura Legislative Assembly during its First Session of the Twelfth Tripura Legislative Assembly held from the 23rd March, 2018 to 28th March, 2018. 2. It is hoped that the Publication would be found useful by the Members and others who may wish to know in brief the work done by the Tripura Legislative Assembly during the above mentioned Session. 3. Any Suggestion for further improvement of the Publication in future would be very gratefully welcomed. B. Majumder Dated, Agartala Secretary, nd The 2 May, 2018 Tripura Legislative Assembly C O N T E N T S Sl. No. Subject-Matter Pages I. Summons 1 III. Duration of the Session 1 III. Sitting of the Assembly 1 IV. Election of Speaker 1 V. Governor’s Address 1 VI. Motion of thanks on the Governor’s Address – Adopted 2 VII. Discussion on the Motion of thanks to the address by the Governor’s - Adopted 2 VIII. Obituary References 3 IX. Questions 3 X. Formation of Business Advisory Committee 4 XI. Report of the Business Advisory Committee - Adopted 4 XII. Panel of Chairman 5 XIII. Announcement by the Chair 5 XIV. Reference Cases 6 XV. Calling Attention 6 XVI. Financial Business 6 XVII. Discussion and Voting on the Demands for Supplementary Grants 6 XVIII. Moving of Motion for vote on Account for a part of the Financial Year 2018-19 6 XIX. Laying of papers on the Table of the House 7 XX. Legislative Business 8 XXI. Motion for Election of Assembly Committees 9 XXII. Formation of Assembly Committees for the year 2018-2019 9 XXIII. Valedictory Speech Made by the Chair 10 XXIV. Admission to Galleries 10 Reference Cases (Appendix-I) 11 Calling Attention (Appendix-II) 12 Formation of Committee (Appendix-III) 13 RESUME OF BUSINESS TRANSACTED DURING THE FIRST SESSION OF THE TWELFTH TRIPURA LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY I. SUMMONS Summons for the First Session of the Twelfth Tripura Legislative Assembly were issued to the Hon’ble Members on the 14th March, 2018. II. DURATION OF THE SESSION The First Session of the Twelfth Tripura Legislative Assembly Commenced from the 23rd March, 2018 and the House was adjourned SINE-DIE by the Hon’ble Speaker on the 28th March, 2018. The House was subsequently prorogued by the Hon’ble Governor of Tripura with effect from the 19th April, 2018. III. SITTING OF THE ASSEMBLY The Tripura Legislative Assembly met under Rule 16 (1) of Rules of Procedure and conduct of Business in the Tripura Legislative Assembly for 4 (four) days during the period from the 23rd March, 2018 to 28th March, 2018 and in terms of hours it sat for 19 (Ninteen) hour and 55 (fifty five) minutes. IV. ELECTION OF SPEAKER. On March 23rd, 2018 the newly constituted Assembly met at 11.00 A.M. with the Hon’ble Speaker pro-tem Shri Ratan Chakraborty in the Chair to conduct the election of it’s Speaker, first the name of Shri Rabati Mohan Das was proposed by Shri Biplab Kr. Deb, Hon’ble Chief Minister and duly seconded by Shri Jishnu Dev Varma, Hon’ble Dy. Chief Minister. Secondly the name was proposed by Shri Narendra Ch. Deb Barma, Hon’ble Minister and duly seconded by Shri Mevar Kr. Jamatia, Hon’ble Minister. Thirdly the name was proposed Shri Ratan Lal Nath, Hon’ble Minister and duly seconded by Shri Pranajit Singha Roy, Hon’ble Minister, for the post of Speaker. The Motion was moved by one of the proposers Shri Ratan Lal Nath, Hon’ble Minister- in-Charge of the Parliamentary affairs Department for Election of the Speaker. Thereafter, the Hon’ble Speaker Pro-tem Shri Ratan Chakraborty declared that Shri Rabati Mohan Das was unanimously Elected as the Speaker without contest of the Assembly. As soon as the declaration was made by the Hon’ble Speaker pro-tem, Shri Rabati Mohan Das was conducted to the respective Chair by Shri Biplab Kr. Deb, Hon’ble Chief Minister, Shri Narendra Ch. Deb Barma, Minister, Shri Mevar Kr. Jamatia, Minister and Shri Manik Sarkar, Hon’ble Leader of the Opposition. 1 After taking the Chair, Shri Rabati Mohan Das felicitated the Members of all Sections of the House for Electing him as Speaker. Shri Biplab Kr. Deb, Hon’ble Chief Minister and Shri Manik Sarkar, Hon’ble Leader of the Opposition, offered felicitation to Shri Rabati Mohan Das for being Elected as Speaker. V. GOVERNOR’S ADDRESS On March 23rd, 2018 the first day of the Session Shri Tathagata Roy, Hon’ble Govenor of Tripura arrived at the Assembly Chamber at 12.00 P.M. and addressed in the House under Article 175 of the Constitution of India. After conclusion of the Speech, Hon’ble Governor left the Assembly Chamber at 1.00 A.M. The House then dispersed to re-Assemble after 15 (fifteen) minites at 1.15 A.M. VI. MOTION OF THANKS ON THE GOVERNOR’S ADDRESS- Adopted On March 23rd, 2018 Shri Ratan Lal Nath, Hon’ble Minister-in-Charge of the Parliamentary Affairs Department moved a Motion of Thanks on the Governor’s Address as follows : ÚÚ !l¡¨!°!áï˛ ÙˆÏÙ≈ !e˛õ%Ó˚yÓ˚ Ùyll#Î˚ Ó˚yçƒ˛õyˆÏ°Ó˚ !lÜ˛ê˛ §Ë˛yÓ˚ Ü,˛ï˛K˛ï˛y Óƒ_´ ܲÓ˚y •í˛zܲ ˆÎñ 23ˆ¢ Ùyã≈˛ñ 2018 •zÇ ï˛y!Ó˚ˆÏá Ùyll#Î˚ Ó˚yçƒ˛õy° وϕyòÎ˚ ~•z §Ë˛yÎ˚ ˆÎ ˲y£Ïî ≤Ãòyl ܲˆÏÓ˚ˆÏSÈl ï˛yÓ˚ çlƒ !e˛õ%Ó˚y !Óôyl§Ë˛yÓ˚ §ò§ƒ ˘ §ò§ƒyÓ,® à˲#Ó˚˲yˆÏÓ Ü,˛ï˛K˛–ÛÛ The Motion was seconded by Smt. Kalyani Roy, Government Chief Whip. VII. DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION OF THANKS TO THE ADDRESS BY THE GOVERNOR’S - Adopted The Motion of thanks to the address by the Governor was debated on March 26th and 27th, 2018. Amendment to the Motion of thanks on the Governor’s address was received from the Opposition Hon’ble Members Shri Tapan Chakraborty and taken as moved. On the other hand the Hon’ble Treasary Bench Members and Minister also took part in the discussion. On March 27th, 2018 Shri Biplab Kumar Deb, Hon’ble Chief Minister replied to the debates. Then, the amendment on the Motion of thanks to the Address by the Governor which had been taken up as moved was put to voice vote and negatived by the House. Thereafter, the Motion of thanks on the Governor’s Address as moved by Shri Ratan Lal Nath, Hon’ble Minister-in-Charge of the Parliamentary Affairs Department was adopted by the House. 2 VIII. OBITUARY REFERENCES On March 26th, 2018 the Hon’ble Speaker made references to the passing away of the following distinguished persons namely : i) Naresh Ch. Roy, Ex-Member, Tripura Legislative Assembly. ii) Khagen Das, Ex- Minister, Tripura. iii) Dinesh Nandan Sahay, Ex- Governor of Tripura. iv) Kali Kumar Deb Barma, Ex-Member, Tripura Legislative Assembly. v) Ramendra Narayan Deb Barma, Ex- Member, Tripura Legislative Assembly. vi) Khagendra Jamatia, Ex-Minister, Tripura. vii) Ratanlal Ghosh, Ex-Minister, Tripura. At the end of the references the Hon’ble Members stood in silence for 2 (Two) minutes as a mark of respect to the deseased. IX. QUESTIONS Information in details regarding question during the session are given below : 1. Number of Notice of Questions received : i) Short Notice : Nil ii) Starred : Nil iii) Unstarred : Nil Total : Nil 2. Number of Questions admitted as : i) Short Notice : Nil ii) Starred : Nil iii) Unstarred : Nil Total : Nil 3. Number of Questions converted form : i) Short Notice to Starred : Nil ii) Starred to Unstarred : Nil Total : Nil 4. Number of Questions returned to the Members Concerned for improvement, if any : i) Starred : Nil ii) Unstarred : Nil Total : Nil 3 5. Number of Questions put down in the list of Business : i) Short Notice : Nil ii) Starred : Nil iii) Unstarred : Nil Total : Nil 6. Number of Questions orally answered on the floor of the House : i) Short Notice : Nil ii) Starred : Nil Total : Nil X. FORMATION OF BUSINESS ADVISORY COMMITTEE On March 23th, 2018 the Hon’ble Speaker announced in the House that in persuance of rule 202 (2) of the Rules of Procedure and conduct of Business in the Tripura Legislative Assembly. He had constituted Business Advisory Committee of the Tripura Legislative Assembly with the following Members for the period up to the 31st March, 2019. 1. Shri Rabati Mohan Das, Speaker, Ex. Officio. Chairman. 2. Shri Jishnu Dev Varma, Deputy Chief Minister. Member. 3. Shri Ratan Lal Nath, Minister. Member. 4. Shri Sudip Roy Barman, Minister. Member 5. Shri Narendra Chandra Debbarma, Minister. Member. 6. Smt. Kalyani Roy, Govt. Chief Whip. Member. 7. Shri Tapan Chakraborty Member. 8. Shri Sudhan Das Member. XI. REPORT OF THE BUSINESS ADVISORY COMMITTEE – Adopted. On March 23th, 2018 Shri Ratan Lal Nath, Minister-in-Charge of the Parliamentary Affairs Department presented before the House, the Report of the Business Advisory Committee allocating the times for transaction of various items of Business of the House for the Period from the 23rd March, 2018 to 28th March, 2018. Shri Ratan Lal Nath, Hon’ble Minister-in-Charge of the Parliamentary Affairs Department moved also the following Motion :- “That, this House agrees with the allocating of time proposed by the committee.” The Motion was adopted by the House unanimously. 4 XII.