Monsoon Session Of Parliament

Recently, idols wing of Tamil Nadu CID initiated the process for retrieving six Chola-era idols from US

After the parliamentary panel put out different claims in its report on loss due to corporate tax cut, Congress targeted Centre alleging that the decision was taken just 2 days before 'Howdy Modi'

The central government is planning to introduce a "leniency plus" programme in a bid to encourage companies, under investigation for one cartel, to report other cartels that are not known to the CCI

A parliamentary committee has recommended that senior citizen concessions be reviewed and restored "urgently" at least for sleeper class and AC 3-tier train travel

A recent Parliament reply disclosed that scheduled commercial banks have written off loans worth about Rs 10 lakh crore in the last five financial years

The government is not considering setting up 8th Pay Commission for central government employees, Minister of State for Finance Pankaj Chaudhary informed Lok Sabha on Monday. "No such proposal is under consideration with the government for constitution of 8th Central Pay Commission for the central government employees," Chaudhary said in a written reply to a question if the government proposes to ensure timely constitution of Pay Commission for central government employees so that it could be implemented on January 1, 2026. ln order to compensate central government employees for erosion in the real value of their salaries on account of inflation, dearness allowances (DA) is paid to them and the rate of DA is revised periodically every six months on the basis of rate of inflation as per All lndia Consumer Price lndex for Industrial Workers released by Labour Bureau under the Ministry of Labour & Employment, he said. The government had set up 7th Pay Commission in February, 2014. ...

Amid the ongoing monsoon session and adjournments in parliament, Union Minister Pralhad Joshi lambasted TMC leader Derek O'Brien for calling the parliament a 'Gujarat Gymkhana'

A Parliamentary panel said there was a need to harmonise the Hindu Adoptions and Maintenance Act and the Juvenile Justice Act and bring out a uniform and comprehensive legislation

Infrastructure assets worth over Rs 1.62 lakh crore are expected to be monetised during the current fiscal, Parliament was informed

More than 47 hours were lost due to interruptions, "which is a sad reflection on the functioning of the Upper House of Parliament", said the outgoing Chairman, M. Venkaiah Naidu on Monday.

Rajya Sabha Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu, whose tenure will end on August 10, adjourned the house sine die, saying that detailed statistics pertaining to the session will be circulated during the course

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said that the outgoing Vice-President M Venkaiah Naidu's term in office may end but his experience will continue to guide the nation for years to come

Vice President and Rajya Sabha Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu will be accorded a farewell in the House on Monday with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and other top leaders in attendance

The Central government on Monday will move the 'The New Delhi International Arbitration Centre (Amendment) Bill, 2022' in the Lok Sabha

The Central government will move the Central Universities (Amendment) Bill, 2022 for consideration and passing in the Rajya Sabha on Monday

A total of 150,000 Ayushman Bharat Health and Wellness Centres will be available to serve the people by the end of December, Mansukh Mandaviya said in Rajya Sabha

He advised the members not to cite House duty as reasons to avoid appearing before any investigating agency if one called upon to do so.

Members of the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) on Friday walked out of the proceedings of Lok Sabha in protest, claiming that they wanted to raise an issue in the House but they were not being allowed

The Competition (Amendment) Bill, which seeks structural changes in the governing structure of the Competition Commission of India (CCI), was introduced in the Lok Sabha on Friday

A total of 130 cases of "hate news" were reported to social media platforms between the 2019 Lok Sabha election and the latest round of Assembly polls in five states held earlier this year