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BJP asks its MPs to be present in Lok Sabha and support Finance Bill 2020

Section 206C deals with tax collection at source and the government is gradually widening its ambit to include more transactions

Price tags on life and limbs

Lawmakers fix compensation amounts but do not revise them for decades

Dosa to fish: An isolation ward offers rich meals for coronavirus patients

The kids' meal includes milk as well

Bill for direct overseas listing of companies tabled in Lok Sabha

To bring greater accountability and transparency, specific classes of unlisted companies have been proposed to prepare and file their periodical financial results

Parliament won't be curtailed over virus, PM asks MPs to create awareness

What will happen if medical professionals and railway and airline employees also speak about not working due to the health scare, he wondered, asserting that parliamentarians must carry out their duty

Insulting, says Rahul on Oppn not being allowed to ask questions in LS

The Congress MP from Kerala's Wayanad said that he understands that the Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla does not want him to speak in the House

Ranjan Gogoi's nomination to Rajya Sabha sets bad precedent: Ex-IAS officer

In a letter to Kovind, Sarma conveyed his deep concern over the nomination.

Best of BS Opinion: Financial market stress, policy after COVID-19 and more

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

Riot and riposte: Govt's explanation in Parliament was disingenuous

Mr Shah's 50-minute Lok Sabha speech can be best described as a model of mendacity; it apportioned the blame on everyone but his ministry and the Delhi police, which report to him

Parliament approves direct tax Vivad Se Vishwas Bill by voice vote

The Direct Tax Vivad Se Vishwas Bill was passed by voice vote and returned by Rajya Sabha as it was a money bill. It was approved by Lok Sabha on March 4

Parliament passes amendments to Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code Bill

The Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (Amendment) Bill, 2020 was passed by voice vote in Rajya Sabha. It was approved by Lok Sabha on March 6

Parliamentary panel bemoans reduced budgets for commerce department, DPIIT

In a report tabled in Parliament on Wednesday, the parliamentary standing committee on commerce said this trimming of funds would hurt trade promotion and export augmentation

TMC gives notice in RS for 'immediate' discussion on Delhi violence

The government had agreed to hold the discussion after Holi, when the "normalcy" returns

Oppn leader Adhir Ranjan may initiate Delhi violence debate in Lok Sabha

The government had said last week to repeated demands of opposition that it is prepared for it on March 11 after Holi in Lok Sabha and on March 12 in the Rajya Sabha

50% of MPs didn't attend Standing Committee meetings on demands for grants

Almost 50 per cent Members of Parliament did not attend Parliamentary Standing Committee meetings on the Demands for Grants with over two dozen of them not attending a single meeting. According to sources, 57 per cent of TMC MPs, 36 pc of BJP MPs, 15 pc from Congress and 50 pc from other parties did not attend any meeting of the eight committees of Rajya Sabha on Demands for Grants. These meetings were held between February 12 and March 1, the recess of the two-phase Budget Session of Parliament. The prominent absentees include Satish Chandra Mishra (BSP), Derek O'Brien (TMC), RCP Singh (JD-U), Rajiv Pratap Rudy (BJP), Sukhbir Singh Badal (SAD), Asaddudin Owaissi (AIMIM), Nakul Nath (Congress) and Mimi Chakraborty (TMC). Some other members from Rajya Sabha with zero attendance include Majeed Memon of NCP (Personnel, Public Grievances and Law & Justice committee), SR Balasubramoniyan (Home), Sasikala Pushpa Ramaswamy of AIADMK (HRD), Vandana Chavan of NCP (Science & ...

Suspending Cong MPs like sending pickpocket to gallows: Adhir Chowdhury

Reacting to the remark, Union minister Pralhad Joshi termed the analogy strange and unfortunate

Lok Sabha adjourned till noon as Opposition protests against Delhi violence

Speaker Om Birla told agitating members that issues can be raised during the Zero Hour and wanted to take up the Question Hour

Parliament highlights: LS adjourned amid uproar over suspension of Cong MPs

The Rajya Sabha will reassemble on March 11 after Holi

Opposition to corner govt over Delhi violence in Parliament session

The Congress is likely to submit adjournment motion notices in both Houses of Parliament on Monday, demanding a debate over the violence in Delhi, sources said

Lok Sabha suspends 7 Congress MPs for remaining period of Budget Session

The motion was passed by a voice vote amid protests by opposition members