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Lok Sabha fails to transact legislative business for second consecutive day

Lok Sabha proceedings were repeatedly adjourned Tuesday

Lok Sabha adjourned till 2 pm amid protests over fuel price hikes

Lok Sabha proceedings were adjourned for the second time on Tuesday till 2 pm amid protests by Opposition members over the rising fuel prices

Budget session of Parliament may conclude before 1st phase of state polls

Houses will resume normal timing of 11 am from today

Banks write-off Rs 1.15 trn in 9 months of FY21: Anurag Thakur to Lok Sabha

Replying to another question, Thakur said various measures have been taken to check unauthorised digital lending platforms

Both Houses of Parliament to commence at 11 am from Tuesday

Both Rajya Sabha and Lok Sabha were operating under curtailed hours of timing and social distancing norms owing to coronavirus pandemic

LSTV, RSTV merger begins to create SANSAD TV, CEO appointed

The presiding officers of both houses of Parliament have set the ball rolling for the merger of Lok Sabha TV and Rajya Sabha TV into a single entity

Lok Sabha, Rajya Sabha TV channels to be merged into one Sansad TV

Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha TV channels have been merged into one channel- Sansad television.Retired IAS officer Ravi Capoor has been appointed the Chief Executive Officer of the channel for a period of one year with immediate effect, or until further orders, whichever is earlier, read a order by Sunil Minocha, the under secretary of Sansad Television.

Two is not too many for Kharge

Mallikarjun Kharge was, recently, appointed as the leader of the opposition in both the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha by Congress

First phase of Budget session concludes, Lok Sabha to reconvene on March 8

Lok Sabha was adjourned on Saturday as the first phase of the Budget session concluded

Jammu and Kashmir will get statehood at an appropriate time, says Amit Shah

He further added, "I have said in this House and I say it again that this Bill has got nothing to do with the statehood of Jammu & Kashmir."

Govt introduces J&K Reorganisation (Amendment) Bill, 2021 in Lok Sabha

A bill to replace an ordinance to merge the Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) cadre of civil services officers with the Arunachal Pradesh, Goa, Mizoram Union Territory (AGMUT) cadre was introduced in the Lok Sabha on Saturday. Introducing 'The Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation (Amendment) Bill, 2021', Minister of State for Home Affairs G Kishan Reddy said the government was working to take Jammu and Kashmir on the path to development. He said around 170 central laws are being implemented in Jammu and Kashmir after abrogation of Article 370 of the Constitution that gave a special status to the erstwhile state. The government is implementing different development projects and schemes in Jammu and Kashmir, he added. "I request the members to pass the bill," he added. Raising objections on the bill, Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury asked "what was the need to bring an ordinance for this?". He said regularly promulgating an ordinance is not good for a parliamentary democracy as an ordinanc

9.7 million healthcare workers registered on Co-WIN app, says Govt

A total of 9.7 mn healthcare workers and 7.1 mn frontline workers have been registered on Co-WIN application till February 9, MoS for Health Ashwini Choubey told the Lok Sabha on Friday

FM Nirmala Sitharaman to reply on Budget discussion in Lok Sabha today

Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman will reply to the discussion on the Union Budget in Lok Sabha on Saturday at 10 am.Saturday will also mark the end of the first part of the Budget session of the Parliament.Sitaraman, while replying to the discussion on the Union Budget in Rajya Sabha on Friday, slammed the Opposition and accused them of constantly alleging a false narrative that the government only worked for cronies and said several of the Centre's schemes were for the poor.She reminded members of the Upper House of several schemes that have been implemented for the poorer sections of the country, like the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana and the Pradhan Mantri Saubhagya Yojana.She also said the Union Budget 2021-22 is the instrument through which Aatmanirbhar Bharat is to be attained and asserted that the government is also looking at "long term sustainable growth".Finance Minister had presented the Union Budget 2021-22 in the Parliament on February 1.

Lok Sabha to meet at 10 am on Saturday instead of 4 pm: Speaker Om Birla

FM to reply on Budget discussion

Don't read 41% share for states from divisible tax pool as 'reduction': FM

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Thursday said that fixing 41 per cent as share of states from the divisible pool of taxes should not be seen as a "reduction" but was a result of one state becoming two Union territories. Her remarks came in response to a query in Lok Sabha about the allocation by NCP member Supriya Sule. States' share coming down to 41 per cent from 42 per cent should not be read as a reduction, the minister said. "42 per cent was the devolution formula based on the Finance Commission's recommendations as states' share but when there is one less state, which has become a Union territory... to that extent that one per cent was brought down," she said during an intervention on Budget discussion. It is because that portion has to be added to Union territories to which the Centre distributes, she added Jammu & Kashmir has been converted into Union territories of J&K and Ladakh. "So, kindly don't read as reduction in devolution of quantum... if there is one ..

Opposition slams govt in Lok Sabha for ignoring 'aam admi' in Budget

The Opposition slammed the government in the Lok Sabha on Wednesday for ignoring the "aam admi" and showing insensitivity towards agitating farmers in the budget proposals for 2021-22

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Budget discussion likely to begin first in Rajya Sabha, 6th time in history

Departing from the usual practice, the discussion on Union Budget is likely to start first in Rajya Sabha. This is only for the sixth time Upper House will take up the discussion before the Lok Sabha

Govt has decided to shut 2 pharma PSUs, disinvest other 3: Govt tells LS

The government has decided to close two pharma public sector undertakings and disinvest the other three, Parliament was informed on Tuesday. "The Department of Pharmaceuticals has five public sector undertakings (PSUs). Out of the five PSUs, the government has taken a decision to close two pharma PSUs, namely Indian Drugs & Pharmaceuticals Ltd (IDPL) and Rajasthan Drugs & Pharmaceuticals Ltd (RDPL)," Minister ofChemicals and Fertilisers D V Sadananda Gowda said in response to a question in the Lok Sabha. The government has also decided to strategically disinvestthe other three -- Hindustan Antibiotics Ltd (HAL), Bengal Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals Ltd (BCPL), and Karnataka Antibiotics & Pharmaceutical Ltd (KAPL), he added. The government has offered voluntary retirement benefits to allemployees of IDPL and RDPL, Gowda said. "However, the Committeeof Ministers constituted on September 9, 2019, will take necessary decisions pertaining toclosure/strategic sale of the ...

Over 676,000 Indians gave up Indian citizenship in five years

The Lok Sabha was informed on Tuesday