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Lok Sabha refers Biological Diversity Bill to Joint Committee of Parliament

The Lok Sabha on Monday referred the Biological Diversity Bill to a Joint Committee of both houses of Parliament. Environment Minister Bhupendra Yadav moved the motion to refer the Bill to the Joint Committee with 21 members of the Lok Sabha and 10 members from the Rajya Sabha. The Committee is expected to submit its report to the House by the last day of the first week of the next session. The Committee will comprise Lok Sabha members Sanjay Jaiswal, Diya Kumari, Heena Gavit, Aparajita Sarangi, Raju Bista, Pallab Lochan Das, Santosh Pandey, Prathap Simha, Jugal Kishore Sharma, Brijendra Singh, Ajay Tamta, Jagdambika Pal (all BJP), Gaurav Gogoi, S Jothimani (both Congress), A Raja (DMK), Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar (Trinamool), Sridhar Kotagiri (YSRCP), Prataprao Jadhav (Shiv Sena), Sunil Kumar Pintu (JD-U), Achyutananda Samanta (BJD) and Ritesh Pandey (BSP). The Rajya Sabha is expected to nominate members to the committee soon. The bill seeks to relax certain rules in the Biodiversi

Companies spent Rs 1.09 trn towards CSR activities in 7 years: MCA

Under the Companies Act, 2013, certain class of profitable entities are required to spend at least 2 per cent of their three-year annual average net profit towards Corporate Social Responsibility

Union govt refers two Bills to parliamentary panels for scrutiny

Government on Monday referred two bills for scrutiny by parliamentary panels amid the Opposition's allegations of inadequate consultations in the law-making process. The Biological Diversity (Amendment) Bill and the Mediation Bill were referred to a Joint Committee and the Standing Committee on Law & Justice respectively. Environment Minister Bhupendra Yadav moved the motion to refer the Biodiversity Bill to the Joint Committee with 21 members of Lok Sabha and 10 members from the Rajya Sabha. Congress Rajya Sabha member Jairam Ramesh had written to Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla protesting the decision to refer the Biological Diversity (Amendment) Bill to a Joint Committee instead of the Standing Committee on Science & Technology, Enviromnemt, Forests and Climate Change. "I don't wish to say more on the motivations of the government to bypass the Standing Committee and refer the contentious bill to a Select Committee. "The motivations are obvious. All I wish to say is that the ...

Parliament: Jaya Bachchan asks Chair to be 'fair', curses treasury benches

She also wanted the Chair to take action against members, accusing them of making "personal remarks" against her

Onus on government to run Parliament, says Rahul Gandhi

Union Minister Goyal said that if the onus of running Parliament is on the government, it is also the responsibility of the opposition to cooperate

The winter session of Parliament falls just short of a washout

Though both Houses were adjourned several times during the day, some business did get done. The Lok Sabha saw introduction of nine new Bills

Winter Session: LS, RS adjourned over Lakhimpur issue, MP suspensions

Rajya Sabha proceedings were adjourned for the day amid protests over the issue of suspension of 12 Opposition legislators

Rahul Gandhi attacks govt over closing down of MSMEs during pandemic

The government, he said, has admitted in Parliament that nine percent Micro Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) have shut down during the pandemic

LS, RS proceedings adjourned amid uproar over Lakhimpur Kheri violence

In Lok Sabha, Opposition members demanded removal of Union minister Ajay Mishra

Low stock at plants in Apr-Nov due to high power demand, rains: R K Singh

Due to second wave of the pandemic in April-June, 2021, the production and logistic arrangements were also affected as a huge number of manpower got infected, the minister added

Over 32,000 RTI appeals pending with Central Information Commission: Govt

Minister of State for Personnel Jitendra Singh said there was a pendency of 35,178 and 38,116 RTI appeals during 2019-20 and 2020-21, respectively

Rahul calls Ajay Mishra 'criminal', LS adjourns for the day amid uproar

Gandhi, who had a question on MSME sector listed on Thursday, dubbed Mishra as a "criminal" and demanded his ouster when Speaker Om Birla called his name during the Question Hour

Installed nuclear power capacity grew by over 40% in last 7 years: Govt

The country is pursuing an indigenous three-stage nuclear power programme to provide long term energy security in a sustainable manner: Jitendra Singh

Lok Sabha adjourned amid Opposition protests over Lakhimpur Kheri issue

As soon as the House met, the Opposition members stormed into the Well raising slogans with placards in their hands and demanded sacking of Union Minister Ajay Mishra.

Govt unlikely to bring bill on cryptocurrency in winter session

Currently, there is no regulation or any ban on the use of cryptocurrencies in the country

No proposal with MeitY to revoke ban on Chinese apps, says Vaishnaw

There is no proposal to revoke the ban imposed by the government on Chinese mobile applications such as TikTok and PUBG, Parliament was informed on Wednesday.

Govt running away from voting on motion over suspension issue: Chidambaram

The Rajya Sabha on Wednesday witnessed disruption over the suspension issue

Oppn slams govt in Lok Sabha on rising fuel prices, Air India 'sellout'

The Modi government was also accused of doing little for people-centric schemes by the opposition parties

Govt creating unique IDs of farmers enrolled under agri-schemes: Tomar

The minister said this would help in provisioning the farmer's verification through e-Know Your Farmer (e-KYF)

No community included in list of Scheduled Castes in last 3 years: Govt

Social Justice and Empowerment Minister Virendra Kumar provided the information in the Parliament