MPs and their families to have corona test 72 hours before monsoon session

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New Delhi: The monsoon session of Parliament can begin from the second week of next month. However, it has not been formally announced yet. Before the start of the monsoon session of Parliament, Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla has clarified that the corona test will be conducted for all MPs 72 hours before the commencement of action. Apart from MPs, there will be a corona test of the staff coming to Parliament.

Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla says that the smooth conduct of Parliament proceedings during the monsoon session is our top priority. All comprehensive arrangements will be made for this. Birla also held a meeting with the general secretaries of both houses and officials of CPWD and NDMC on Thursday about the arrangements made during the session. Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla held a meeting with officials of both houses, officials of the Ministry of Health, DRDO and other agencies on Thursday to finalize the preparations for the upcoming monsoon session of Parliament in view of Kovid-19. The meeting was attended by Dr. Randeep Guleria, Director of All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Director General of Indian Council of Medical Research Balram Bhargava, Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan and other officials.

MPs will sit in social distancing
Vigorous preparations are going on for the monsoon session because in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic a lot is going to happen for the first time in parliamentary history. According to officials, new arrangements are being made to follow the proper distance. For example, both house halls and galleries are likely to be used to seat members. According to the Rajya Sabha Secretariat, during the proceedings of the session, members of the upper house will sit in both the chamber and the gallery.

Action will be done in two sessions in the morning and evening
Normally, both houses meet together but sources say that due to extraordinary circumstances this time, one house will sit in the morning and the other will be held in the evening. For the first time in the history of the Indian Parliament, such an arrangement will be held where 60 members will sit in the House chamber and 51 members will sit in the Rajya Sabha Gallery. Apart from this, the remaining 132 members will sit in the House chamber of the Lok Sabha.

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