New Delhi, Dec 15 (IANS) The bill to control communal violence may not be introduced in parliament’s winter session which ends Dec 21, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal said Tuesday.
“There is legislative agenda besides some discussions. There may not be enough time to introduce the bill,” Bansal told IANS. The Lok Sabha is expected to discuss the problem of Naxalite violence on Thursday.

The Communal Violence (Prevention, Control and Rehabilitation of Victims) Bill was cleared by the cabinet earlier this month.

The government has finalised the legislative agenda for the remaining part of the winter session with a series of bills listed for introduction and discussion,

The government is also expected to table the Ranganath Mishra report on the issue of reservations in jobs for Dalit Muslims and Dalit Christians.

The bills slated for introduction in the Lok Sabha include the Commercial Division of High Courts Bill, 2009, the Payment of Gratuity (Amedment) Bill, 2009, and the Trade Marks (Amendment) Bill, 2009, Bansal said.

The bills slated for discussion in the lower house include the National Capital Territory of Delhi Laws (Special Provisions) Second Bill, 2009, the Civil Defence (Amendment) Bill, 2009, and the National Rural Employment Guarantee (Amendment) Bill, 2009.

The first seeks to extend till December 31, 2010, special provisions for the National Capital Territory made in view of sealing of commercial premises in unauthorised colonies. The previous bill was enacted in March 2009 and provided protection to encroachment or unauthorized development in various categories.

The National Rural Employment Guarantee (Amendment) Bill seeks to rename the ambitious welfare scheme of the United Progressive Alliance Government (UPA) after Mahatma Gandhi. The move comes amid apprehensions in the Congress that the party was not getting credit for the measure as some opposition ruled states were presenting it as their own.

The Civil Defence (Amendment) Bill seeks to bring disaster management in its purview.

The high courts bill seeks to set up commercial division in the high courts for adjudicating commercial disputes.

The Payment of Gratuity (Amendment) Bill aims at amending definition of employee in the 1972 legislation for covering teachers in private institutions with retrospective effect.

The Trade Marks Bill seeks to empower the registrar of trade marks to deal with international applications, both originating from India and received from contracting parties, and prescribe the procedure for dealing with them.