16 Bills, meet & greet — glimpses from day 1 of Winter Session of Parliament

Vice-President Jagdeep Dhankhar officiated as chairman of Rajya Sabha. The winter session, delayed because of Gujarat polls, will be on till 29 Dec.

PM Narendra Modi greets the media at the interaction session | Photo: Praveen Jain | ThePrint

New Delhi: The Modi government plans to introduce a total of 16 new Bills in the Winter Session of Parliament, which began Wednesday.

The session, which was delayed by a month because of the Gujarat assembly elections, will go on until 29 December.

Vice-President Jagdeep Dhankhar officiated as the chairman of the Rajya Sabha while Prime Minister Narendra Modi interacted with the press.

Among the Bills slated for introduction this session are the Trade Marks (Amendment) Bill, 2022; the Geographical Indications of Goods (Registration and Protection) (Amendment) Bill, 2022; and The Repealing and Amending Bill, 2022.

The Trade Marks (Amendment) Bill seeks to incorporate certain aspects of the Madrid Registration System, an international system that provides a one-stop solution to enterprises for registering trademarks to help protect their brands in multiple countries.

ThePrint’s national photo editor brings you some moments from the first day of the Winter Session of Parliament.

Vice-President Jagdeep Dhankhar pays tribute to the Gandhi statue in Parliament | Praveen Jain | ThePrint

Minister of Parliamentary Affairs of India Pralhad Joshi hurries to the officiating ceremony of Vice-President Jagdeep Dhankhar as Rajya Sabha’s ex-officio chairman | Praveen Jain | ThePrint

Union Minister Piyush Goyal hurries to Parliament | Praveen Jain | ThePrint

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman looks at the under construction new Parliament building | Praveen Jain | ThePrint

Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrives | Praveen Jain | ThePrint

PM Modi meets his Union ministers | Praveen Jain | ThePrint

Minister of Home Affairs Amit Shah arrives at the Parliament | Praveen Jain | ThePrint

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh at the Parliament | Praveen Jain | ThePrint

Aam Aadmi Party Rajya Sabha MP Raghav Chadha shows the victory sign after his party’s win at the Delhi Municipal Corporation elections | Praveen Jain | ThePrint

Member of Parliament Farooq Abdullah waves at the media | Praveen Jain | ThePrint

BJP leader Manoj Tiwari greets Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas) leader Chirag Paswan | Praveen Jain | ThePrint

The new Parliament building that’s being constructed opposite the old one | Praveen Jain | ThePrint

Construction workers at the site of the new Parliament building | Praveen Jain | ThePrint

With inputs from ANI