Page 11 - Parliament Winter Session

All eyes on productivity levels in winter session of Parliament

LS operated just 22% of functioning hours, RS 28% in monsoon session

LIVE: Centre to review flight resumption as new Covid variant sparks alert

Latest live news: Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke on his pre-recorded radio show Mann Ki Vaat, will later attend meeting of political parties before Winter Session of Parliament.

Rakesh Tikait demands law to guarantee MSP to protect farmers' interests

Tikait accused the Modi-led central government of running away from a debate over the issue.

All parties demanded action on law on MSP during all-party meet: Kharge

He said demands were also raised to extend compensation to farmers who died during the protest against the three farm laws

Parliament session begins Monday, BJP and Cong issues whips to party MPs

The Winter Session of Parliament is set to begin on a stormy note on Monday, with the government ready to bring in a bill to repeal the three contentious farm laws. The Farm Laws Repeal Bill is slated to be introduced in the Lok Sabha. Thousands of farmers have been protesting for the past one year to repeal the three legislations. The bill states that though "only a small group of farmers are protesting" against these legislations, the need of the hour is to take along everyone for inclusive growth. The ruling BJP and main opposition party Congress have issued whips to their MPs to be present on the day. The opposition will seek to target the government on the issue of farmers' plight as well as their demand for a legal backing for minimum support price. The Congress has also demanded a condolence resolution for the farmers who died during the year-long protests against the three laws. Besides the repeal bill, the government has listed 25 draft legislations for the Parliament .

Cong issues whip to party MPs to be present on first day of winter session

Ahead of the winter session, the Congress has issued a three-line whip on Friday to its MPs asking them to be present in both the Houses of the Parliament on November 29.

Bill to repeal farm laws govt's priority for Winter Session starting Nov 29

The BJP-led government has a heavy agenda for the winter session beginning November 29 with its legislative business including 26 new bills.

A look at the key Bills coming up in Parliament's winter session

The government is set to have a busy winter session at the Parliament with cryptocurrency Bill, privatisation of two public sector banks and more on the agenda. This report takes a look at them

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Parliament panel recommends stricter rules for data protection in Bill

Social media platforms that are not intermediaries should be classified as publishers, it has reportedly said.

60 tractors will head to Parliament on November 29, says Rakesh Tikait

Tikait on Tuesday said that 60 tractors will head to the Parliament in the national capital as a part of the tractor march to press for a statutory guarantee of MSP for crops among other things

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Bill to ban private cryptocurrencies to come up in Winter Session

The cryptocurrency bill is listed at a time when the level of interest in the subject is very high

Ahead of Parliament session, govt calls all-party meet on Sunday

The floor leaders of all the political parties from both houses of Parliament have been invited to the meeting

PM Modi likely to attend all-party meet on Sunday ahead of winter session

Ahead of the winter session of Parliament, the government has called an all-party meeting on Sunday, which is expected to be attended by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, sources said on Monday

DMK to raise abolition of NEET in Parliament during winter session

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin chaired a meeting of the DMK parliamentarians on Sunday and stressed the need to take up the issue of NEET in the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha

Govt may introduce bill on cryptocurrencies in Parliament winter session

The three-week long winter session is scheduled to be held from November 29 to December 23

SKM announces daily tractor march to Parliament during Winter Session

To observe one year of the movement against the Centre's three agri laws, 500 farmers will participate in a peaceful tractor march to Parliament every day during Winter Session starting November 29

Month-long Winter session of Parliament likely from fourth week of November

The month-long Winter session of Parliament is likely to commence from the fourth week of November following all COVID-19 protocols, Parliamentary sources said on Friday. The session, which is likely to have around 20 sittings, would conclude ahead of Christmas, they said. In the wake of the pandemic, the Winter session of Parliament was not held last year and all the subsequent sessions -- Budget and Monsoon -- were curtailed due to Covid. Though, an official decision has not been taken yet, the sources said the session could commence from November 29 and would end around December 23. Though, both Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha will sit simultaneously, the members will follow social distancing norms. In the first few sessions, both the Houses used to meet at separate time to ensure that not many people were present inside the Parliament complex. In the Winter session, those entering the complex and the main Parliament building will have to wear masks all the time and may have to un