Monsoon Session

UP Assembly session commences today; Sept 22 reserved for women members

The brief monsoon session of the Uttar Pradesh Assembly that begins on Monday will be unique in the sense that it will have a day exclusively reserved for women members

MP Assembly's 5-day monsoon session begins today; famers, dams top issues

The five-day monsoon session of the Madhya Pradesh Assembly will begin in Bhopal on Tuesday, with the opposition Congress planning to corner the BJP government over problems of farmers and alleged irregularities in the construction of dams. The session was earlier supposed to be held from July 25 but was rescheduled. Congress MLA and former minister Sajjan Singh Verma on Monday accused the Shivraj Singh Chouhan government of evading discussion on vital issues like unemployment and inflation by keeping a short session. The BJP and the Congress held separate meetings on Monday night to discuss their strategy for the session, which will have five sittings from September 13 to 17. State Congress chief Kamal Nath, while addressing a meeting of party legislators on Monday night, said they will raises issues pertaining to farmers, corruption, malnutrition, compensation to flood-affected people, irregularities in urea distribution and construction of dams and poor law and order ...

Oppn raises slogans against Shinde govt before start of assembly session

Just before the monsoon session of the Maharashtra legislature began, the opposition parties raised slogans against the Eknath Shinde-led state government on the steps of the Vidhan Bhavan

Marred by frequent disruptions, Monsoon session ends 4 days before schedule

Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha, which were adjourned sine die this afternoon, saw the passage of seven and five bills, respectively, during the session which was to end on August 12

Lok Sabha passes bill to promote use of ethanol, green hydrogen & biomass

The bill is aimed at helping the country achieve its international commitments with respect to climate change goals

Monsoon session: Bill to strengthen antitrust watchdog tabled in Lok Sabha

The CCI has in recent times ordered probes and passed orders over alleged unfair business practices in the growing digital market

Vaishnaw hopes new Data Protection Bill will be passed by Budget session

The government on Wednesday withdrew the Personal Data Protection Bill from the Lok Sabha

India has 2% share in global space economy: Govt informs Lok Sabha

Minister of State in the Prime Minister's Office Jitendra Singh said India has acquired indigenous capabilities in the space sector across all domains, including space transportation systems

Monsoon session: No plans to bring Census into concurrent list, says govt

The government has no plans to bring the census into the concurrent list and allow state governments to conduct the census, Union Minister Nityanand Rai said in Lok Sabha on Tuesday

Monsoon session: Domestic laws extended to Indian centres in Antarctica

The Indian Antarctic Bill, 2022, piloted in the Upper House by Earth Sciences Minister Jitendra Singh, was passed with a voice vote after a brief discussion

Monsoon session: Green nod for 10 expansion projects of Coal India

The government had earlier eased the norms for coal mine expansion in the wake of supply crunch in summer months

54% of Beti Bachao Beti Padhao expenditure on media advocacy: WCD ministry

The key elements of the scheme included nationwide media and advocacy campaign and multi-sectoral interventions in selected 405 districts

Of 220 million applicants, over 722,000 got govt jobs in 2014-22: Centre

As many as 7,22,311 candidates were recommended by recruiting agencies for appointment in different central government departments from 2014-15 to 2021-22

RS conducts Question Hour amid oppn sloganeering, protest over price hike

Rajya Sabha on Tuesday conducted Question Hour proceedings amid protests by opposition parties over various issues including price rise, and a brief adjournment

Govt plans to scrap 80-year-old Coffee Act, bring Bill to promote industry

Bill to be introduced in ongoing Parliament session, aims to modernise functioning of Coffee Board, promote exports and support development of domestic market

Productivity just 27% in Rajya Sabha monsoon session's 1st week: Officials

A total of 18 hours and 44 minutes of the scheduled sitting time of the House has been lost due to disruptions and forced adjournments, they said.

Oppn continues protest on GST rates in Parliament, PM meets top ministers

Congress and other like-minded opposition parties held a joint protest against the price rise and increase in the GST rates of essential commodities in the Parliament House complex

Monsoon Session: Agnipath protests cost govt nearly Rs 259.44 crore

Amid the protests in several parts of the country against the recently launched Agnipath, railway properties were vandalised, torched or attacked from Bihar to Telangana

Exploration, imports, private firms: India's search for lithium spreads out

'White gold' need for electric car batteries is scarce in the country and getting expensive internationally

Over 40 mn cases pending in lower courts: Kiren Rijiju in Rajya Sabha

"No time-frame has been fixed for disposal of cases. It (disposal) depends on several factors," the minister said