Page 12 - Parliament Winter Session

Central ministries, departments face cash crunch as winter session scrapped

Food and consumer, rural development exhaust Budget allocation, may require more

Best of BS Opinion: Farmers' protests, BJP perfects winning formula & more

Here's a selection of Business Standard opinion pieces for the day

Too little democracy

Postponing the winter session should have been avoided

Govt says no winter session due to Covid, plans Budget session early in Jan

The government has conveyed the decision to the opposition

Govt to decriminalise provisions of LLP Act in upcoming Winter Session

One of the changes being proposed is allowing LLPs to issue non-convertible debentures (NCDs), a senior government official told Business Standard

BJP drops Pragya Thakur from defence panel after row over Godse remark

The BJP condemned the remarks made by its Lok Sabha MP Pragya Thakur in Parliament

Top news today: Chidambaram's bail plea hearing, CARTOSAT-3 launch & more

From Supreme Court hearing on Chidambaram's bail plea to the government tabling key economic bills, Business Standard brings you top news of the day

In numbers: Parliament remained busy in first 2 sessions of 17th Lok Sabha

In the first Budget session of the 15th Lok Sabha, only eight Bills were passed. And, in the opening Budget session of the 16th Lok Sabha, 12 Bills were passed

Privilege motion against Rahul demanded for calling Pragya a 'terrorist'

Nishikant Dubey urged the Speaker to allow a privilege motion against Rahul Gandhi for allegedly dubbing a sitting MP as a terrorist

Indian Union Muslim League moves SC challenging Citizenship Bill

IUML alleged that the Bill violates the fundamental Right to Equality of the Constitution

Parliament HIGHLIGHTS: Rajya Sabha passes Citizenship Amendment Bill

The Bill was passed with 125 votes in favour and 105 against it

LS passes Bill to set up unified authority to regulate all IFSC activities

The unified authority will act as a single-window for regulating various financial activities in the IFSC, said Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman

Parliament: Lok Sabha passes Citizenship Amendment Bill with 311 votes

The Citizenship Amendment Bill 2019 was passed in the Lok Sabha with 311 members favouring it and 80 voting against it

Citizenship Bill a win-win for Modi, but is depriving millions of sleep

This will be the second attempt by the Modi administration to amend citizenship law. In January, the legislation was passed in the lower house of parliament but lapsed as the upper house didn't take i

LS adjourned; BJP wants Congress to apologise for 'threatening' Irani

BJP said the behaviour of two members was "highly condemnable" and they should apologise

Govt yet to provide compensation to states for farmers' losses: Opposition

Opposition MPs said the farmers were hit by unseasonal rains, floods and demanded that the Centre should give immediate monetary relief

Now, BJP MP says auto-sector slowdown is a fabrication to 'defame' country

Virendra Singh Mast, the BJP MP from Balia, questioned the claims of slowdown in the auto sector and said there are many households in the country that have multiple cars and there is jam on streets

Parliament LIVE: FM explains onion remark; Chidambaram joins Cong protest

Home Minister Amit Shah is likely to table Bill that gives citizenship to religious minorities persecuted in neighboring Muslim countries.

Happy to be back, govt can't supress my voice in Parliament: Chidambaram

Speaking to reporters in the Parliament complex while joining other Congress MPs protesting against the steep hike in onion prices, Chidambaram said he will address the media in the afternoon

Rajya Sabha reports 89% productivity in first half of winter session

Members of Rajya Sabha also made a record 51 zero hour submissions and 30 special mentions on various issues of public importance.