Reply to issues raised during Zero hour and special mentions

Rajya Sabha Chairman Venkaiah Naidu Monday asked the concerned ministers to reply to members on issues raised by them during Zero as well as through special mentions within 30 days.

Naidu said the Leader of the House, the Minister of Parliamentary Affairs, and he himself have been watching and also receiving feedbacks from the the members that they subsequently are not getting replies of Zero Hour Submissions and Special Mentions made in the House.

"You need not give instant replies on the same day. But, sometimes when the Minister is there and if the matter is so important and the minister is familiar with the matter, I give the permission and the Minister responds to that," the Chairman said in Rajya Sabha.

Otherwise, the practice is that the minister should respond in writing to the members, he noted.

"So, I suggest to the Minister of Parliamentary Affairs as well as to the Leader of the House to discuss with the concerned ministers and see to it that hereafter the ...