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Suspension of Question Hour
September 7 , 2020
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- The Central government has decided to suspend the Question Hour and curtail Zero Hour for Monsoon Session.
- In the past too, the Question Hour has been suspended.
- However, they were suspended during national emergencies.
- Also, there is no Question Hour on the day the President addresses MPs from both Houses in the Central Hall.
- The current suspension has been done during a regular session.
Question Hour
- It is regulated according to parliamentary rules.
- The first hour of every parliamentary sitting is slotted for the Question Hour.
- But in 2014 the Question Hour was shifted in the Rajya Sabha from 11 am to 12 noon.
- Prior to Independence, the first question on government was asked in 1893.
Type of Questions
- Starred question - this requires an oral answer and hence supplementary questions can follow.
- Unstarred question - this requires a written answer and hence, supplementary questions cannot follow.
- Short notice question is one that is asked by giving a notice of less than ten days.
- It is answered orally.
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