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Budget Session of Parliament to begin on Jan 31, conclude on April 6

This will be the last Budget Session of the incumbent government as the general elections are scheduled for 2024 so it's expected that the Centre may announce major schemes

Assam Assembly to discuss child protection issues during budget session

Assam Assembly Speaker Biswajit Daimary on Monday said child protection issues will be discussed in the House during the budget session. A day will be fixed when all MLAs and UNICEF officials and other stakeholders will discuss issues being faced by children and ways to resolve those, he said while speaking at a function to distribute fellowship awards to journalists to commemorate World's Children Day here. An amount of Rs 1 lakh will be earmarked for every legislator to create awareness about child protection and drug abuse in their respective constituencies. Assam State Commission for Protection of Child Rights (ASCPCR) chairperson Sunita Changkakoti said child trafficking is the most inhuman problem faced by children in the state. "We take suo motu cognisance of such cases but most of the accused manage to get bail which is a matter of great concern," she said. UNICEF Northeast chief Madhulika Jonathan highlighted various problems faced by children in the region, particularly

IBC process: Resolution and distribution of funds may be separated

IBC amendments likely in the Budget Session, MCA also rethinking priority given to govt dues in the waterfall mechanism

Govt to kick off Budget-making exercise for FY 2023-24 on Monday

The government on Monday will kick off its annual Budget making exercise for financial year 2023-24, that is expected to look at measures to revive growth amid a gloomy global outlook. The meeting would start with consultations with various ministries and departments on the revised estimates (RE) of expenditure for ongoing financial year and the fund requirement for 2023-24. On the first day on Monday, RE meetings with Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Ministry of Labour And Employment, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation and Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports would take place. Most of these discussions to finalise RE for ongoing financial year (2022-23) and Budget Estimate for 2023-24 would be chaired by the Finance Secretary and Expenditure Secretary. The month-long deliberations would end on November 10, with consultations with Ministry of Cooperation, Department of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, ...

Top Headlines: Threshold for Benami deals, green bond investors, and more

The Centre may introduce a value threshold for "Ben­ami deals", beyond which such transactions shall be invalidated and assets involved confiscated

Central government to begin Budget 2023-24 preparations from October 10

Budget 2023-24 will be the fifth budget of the Modi government. It will be FM Sitharaman's last Budget before the 2024 General Elections

Punjab power subsidy at multi-year high, other sops in focus in new budget

Punjab's new budget promises sops that may delay the state's date with fiscal prudence

Decoded: What criminal data Bill, passed by Parliament, is all about

The Criminal Procedure (Identification) Bill was strongly criticised by Opposition parliamentarians as anti-people and draconian

Parliament's Budget Session likely to adjourn sine die on Thursday

The second half of the Budget Session began on March 14. According to the original schedule, the session was to conclude on April 8

Budget session: Accountancy Bill passed in both Houses

Rajya Sabha passed the Chartered Accountants, the Cost and Works Accountants and the Company Secretaries (Amendment) Bill, 2022 with a voice vote after negating all amendments moved by the Opposition

Defence equipment import to be exception: Govt in Rajya Sabha

The defence ministry said import of defence equipment from a foreign industry, irrespective of value and type of acquisition, should only be an exception

GST for Covid-19 medicines pegged at 5%, says Pankaj Chaudhary

Covid medicines and instruments are being sold at a GST rate of five per cent while other medicines are sold at a GST rate between five and 12 per cent, Pankaj Chaudhary said

India continues to remain highest receiver of FDI: FM Nirmala Sitharaman

India continues to remain the highest receiver of the FDI, finance minister Nirmala Sitaraman told Lok Sabha on Monday while replying to a question by Congress member Shashi Tharoor

Paytm Payments Bank still to appoint firm for IT audit: MoS

The Paytm Payments Bank has not yet appointed a firm which will conduct an audit of its information technology (IT) systems, minister of state for finance Bhagwat Karad said

Criminal Procedure (Identification) Bill gets Lok Sabha approval

Lok Sabha passed the Criminal Procedure (Identification) Bill that seeks to take measurements of convicts and other persons for purposes of identification and investigation in criminal matters.

Faultlines in federalism to be evident in debates, says Chakshu Roy

Coming to this year's Budget Session, there were only 15 Bills pending before Parliament since the start of the 17th LS in 2019, says Roy

Seven Bills on Rajya Sabha agenda in last week of budget session

The government will bring seven bills in Rajya Sabha during the final week of the budget session of which three have already been passed by Lok Sabha.

Budget Session: Accountancy Bill approval, vehicle safety norms, and more

Nearly 70 million senior citizens travelled by trains without availing concessions over the last 2 years since the Railways suspended the rail concession facility in March 2020, Ashwini Vaishnaw said

Budget Session: 'Lowest' Covid deaths, panel on MSP, and more

India has one of the "lowest" 374 Covid-19 deaths per million population, according to the World Health Organisation

11 crypto exchanges found to be evading Rs 81.54 cr in GST, says govt

WazirX, Coin DCX and CoinSwitch Kuber among companies under investigation, Parliament is told