New Delhi, Dec. 20 -- A productive winter session, which had marathon debates on key topics and passage of landmark bills, ended on Friday, but after a rumbustious protest by the Opposition at midnight in the Rajya Sabha to oppose the VB-G Ram G bill. Both Houses of Parliament passed eight bills including the G Ram G Bill that replaces the flagship MGNREGA and The Sustainable Harnessing and Advancement of Nuclear Energy for Transforming India Bill, 2025 that allows private enterprises in the sector and dilutes suppliers' liability. The Viksit Bharat Shiksha Adhishthan Bill, 2025 - the legislation to set up a single regulator for higher education has been referred to a joint committee of Parliament while The Securities Markets Code, 2025 would be sent to a standing committee for review. The Union government also imposed cess on Pan Masala and tobacco products by passing Health Security se National Security Cess Bill and amending the central excise bill. The House held marathon debates on 150 years of Vande Mataram and electoral reforms. But the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party and the Opposition Congress traded barbs about each others' conduct in the House. FULL STORY ON P8...