Parliamentary approval for the Budget 2024-25 was completed on Thursday with the Rajya Sabha returning the relevant legislations to the Lok Sabha after Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman’s spirited reply to the debate emphasising Budget was aimed at promoting investments and creating jobs. The Rajya Sabha returned the Appropriation Bill and the Finance Bill to the … Read more
New Delhi: The opposition on Thursday, August 8, protested against the introduction of the Waqf (Amendment) Bill in the Lok Sabha, with Congress MP KC Venugopal calling it “draconian” and an “attack on the Constitution”. Soon after Union Minority Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju sought leave to introduce the bill, Venugopal — who had submitted notice … Read more
BJP’s southern allies — the Telugu Desam Party (TDP) and Jana Sena Party — have demanded a rollback of the goods and services tax (GST) levied on health and life insurance and handlooms. The demand was raised by BJP’s two allies during the discussion in the Lok Sabha on the Budget. Speaking on the budget, … Read more
Lok Sabha member Mahua Moitra on Tuesday hit out at Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, saying she has made a mockery of the people of India in the budget by doing absolutely nothing and whatever little changes are there are regressive and ill thought of. Speaking in the Lok Sabha, Moitra criticised the budget for failing … Read more
The BJP-led NDA government is reportedly set to amend the Waqf Act to restrict the powers of the Waqf Board and is ready to table the amendments in Parliament. In a bid To allay the fears that is being created by several quarters from the minority population that the bill will snatch away the rights … Read more
Former BJP Scheduled Caste Morch chief Sanjay Paswan has welcomed the Supreme Court verdict allowing sub-groups in the 15% reservation for SCs but called for a discussion on certain aspects of the issue so that distributive justice is ensured. This is a reiteration of his view that there should be “quota within quota” which has … Read more
Big screens inside the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha chambers have put several MPs in the spotlight and many times they have been caught unawares. When FM Nirmala Sitharaman was replying to the budget debate in the Upper House on Wednesday, MoS (social justice) Ramdas Athavale, seated just behind the FM, was seen on TV … Read more
In a heated exchange in the Lok Sabha, BJP MP Arun Govil has commented on the recent remarks made by Anurag Thakur regarding Congress leader Rahul Gandhi. Govil said, “It is strange to say anything about Rahul Gandhi. I don’t understand how he takes things, how he understands this. He takes things somewhere else. He … Read more
Government should provide reservations to SCs, STs, and OBCs in the private sector. Azad Samaj Party (Kanshi Ram) MP Chandrashekhar said in the Lok Sabha on Monday. He also stressed the need to fill government job vacancies, especially in the OBC, SC, and ST categories. Read original article here Denial of responsibility! Pioneer Newz is … Read more
Last Updated: July 29, 2024, 20:40 IST Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla. (Image: PTI) Birla had to remind Gandhi a number of times of the rules of procedure as he refused to yield to Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Monday advised Leader of the Opposition Rahul Gandhi to read … Read more
