NewsX: The crucial monsoon session which is seen as the last opportunity for the UPA government to pass key bills before the 2014 elections begins on Monday.Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Monday appealed to the Opposition to cooperate in smooth functioning of Parliament and said government is willing to discuss all issues during the Monsoon Session. "We have wasted a lot of time in the last two-three sessions and hope this is not repeated in this session," Singh told reporters outside Parliament."Government is willing to discuss all issues on the floor of the House", he said while urging the Opposition to ensure that the session is "truly productive and constructive with solid results". The ruling dispensation has listed 44 legislations to be passed during the August 5 to 30 session. The session offers a 16-day window to the UPA to push several long-pending bills, in both social and economic sectors. The UPA managers are also looking forward to the session to end the almost two years' 'drought' it faces in terms of passing key bills which include the food security bill, those related to reforms in the insurance and pension sectors and an amendment to the RTI Act to keep political parties out of its ambit. During the past six sessions or 24 months, the UPA had been able to pass just 49 bills and it sits on the record number of pending legislations (116). The last two years have not seen any significant financial reforms related bill getting the approval of the government.Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Saturday gave top priority to the approval of the food security ordinance in the upcoming monsoon session of parliament.
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