Overview
- C. P. Radhakrishnan met Deputy Chairman Harivansh and the Rajya Sabha Secretary General on Thursday in Parliament House to plan the upcoming session.
- Discussions focused on arrangements for the transaction of business and on facilities for MPs who submit questions.
- The President has approved convening the Winter Session from December 1 to 19, subject to parliamentary exigencies, as announced by the parliamentary affairs minister.
- This will be Radhakrishnan’s first session presiding as Chairman after taking oath as Vice President on September 12.
- Radhakrishnan’s October 21 visit to the Rajya Sabha Secretariat highlighted engagement with key offices, set against monsoon productivity of about 31% in Lok Sabha and 38.8% in Rajya Sabha.