The ongoing winter session of Parliament is set for a record performance in transacting legislative business. An official release said, 13 bills have been passed in the Lok Sabha during the first three weeks of the session while the Rajya Sabha has cleared nine of them.

The Delhi Special Police Establishment (Amendment) Bill, 2014, The Textile Undertakings (Nationalisation) Laws (Amendment and Validation) Bill, 2014 and the Central Universities (Amendment) Bill, 2014 are among those cleared by both the Houses. Besides, four bills including Coal Mines (Special Provisions) Bill, 2014 passed by the Lok Sabha are awaiting approval of the Upper House.

The government has proposed to move reform oriented bills like the Insurance and Companies Amendments Bills in the next week. While the Insurance Bill seeks to enhance FDI limit from 26 per cent to 49 per cent in the insurance sector, the Companies Bill aims at facilitating ease of doing business.