Minister of State for Home Hansraj Ahir said note ban, which was aimed at curbing black money and terrorism, was successful in hurting violent elements domestically.
Last week, Chief Justice of India Justice Dipak Misra had called for shift towards institutional arbitration which should be both timely and cost effective for making India a sought-after arbitration centre.
Presiding over the Upper House proceedings on the opening day of the Winter Session of Parliament, Naidu said no one should use the word "I beg to" while laying papers on the table.
Speaking at an all-party meeting on the session's eve, Modi again pitched for simultaneous polls for the Lok Sabha and state assemblies saying that holding elections once in five years will boost development.
Prominent among those who attended include NCP leader Tariq Anwar, TMC leader Derek O'Brien, NC's Farooq Abdullah, SP's Naresh Agrawal, RJD's Jaiprakash Narain Yadav, and CPI's D Raja.
If the BJP retains Gujarat and snatches Himachal Pradesh from Congress, the grand old party under its new President Rahul Gandhi would find it difficult to corner the government over the issues they raised during the polls.
The Winter Session will be held from 15 December to 5 January. The Opposition has claimed that the ruling BJP delayed the session fearing that it would raise various issues ahead of the Gujarat Assembly polls government.
At least 14 new bills are set to be introduced during the session, according to a list compiled by think tank PRS Legislative Research.
The Cabinet Committee on Parliamentary Affairs headed by Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Friday met to decide the dates of the Winter Session.
The development comes in the backdrop of opposition parties criticism of the government's decision to delay the Winter Session which usually begins in mid-November.
Sonia Gandhi had on Monday accused PM Narendra Modi of sabotaging the Winter Session on flimsy grounds by "locking the temple of democracy".
A ministerial committee has been constituted to frame a law and the Union Government has proposed to bring this legislation in the forthcoming Winter Session of Parliament.
Jaitley said the opposition party, when in power, had also delayed a session in 2011 and even earlier because the sittings coincided with election campaigns.
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