वित्त मंत्री निर्मला सीतारमण मंगलवार को केंद्रीय बजट पेश करेंगी. इससे एक दिन पहले यानी कि सोमवार से संसद का मानसून सत्र शुरू हो जाएगा. इस दौरान विपक्ष नीट पेपर लीक, रेलवे सुरक्षा और कांवड़ यात्रा को लेकर यूपी सरकार के फैसले समेत कई मुद्दों पर एनडीए सरकार को घेरने की तैयारी में है. मानसून सत्र … Read more
New Delhi: The government is planning to introduce bills to amend the companies and insolvency laws during the monsoon session of Parliament, a senior official said on Thursday. The session is likely to commence in late July or August. The corporate affairs ministry is implementing the Companies Act and the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC). … Read more
Leaders of 19 opposition parties who attended the meeting called on Friday by Congress president Sonia Gandhi raised 11 demands to the Centre and vowed to go ahead with protests across the country from September 20 to 30 to press for them. The following is their list of demands. 1. Marshall and augment all vaccine … Read more
The opposition protest over the Pegasus snooping controversy and the contentious farm laws disrupted Lok Sabha proceedings leading to two subsequent adjournments on Tuesday. As soon as the House assembled at 11 am, the opposition members came to the well and started sloganeering over the alleged snooping through the Pegasus software and demanding scrapping of … Read more
The Covid pandemic has affected our lives in numerous ways in the past few months. Among other things, it has altered the way Parliament proceedings and the political theatrics that take place in the temple of democracy are covered by the press. There has been an erosion of press freedom in subtle and not so … Read more
The Congress on Saturday alleged that the government was trying to find an “excuse” to curtail the Monsoon session of Parliament after “obstructing” its functioning by not agreeing to a discussion on the Pegasus issue and refusing to answer whether it has bought the Israeli spyware to snoop on people. Congress spokesperson Abhishek Singhvi blamed … Read more
Hitting out at the Congress for accusing the government of its role in the alleged illegal surveillance of journalists using Pegasus spyware, BJP IT Cell national president Amit Malviya on Monday termed it as a “concerted attempt to derail the monsoon session of Parliament” and said that the Opposition does not have any evidence for … Read more
Ahead of the Monsoon Session of Parliament, Opposition leaders are scheduled to meet on Sunday to chalk out a strategy to target the Central government over several issues including farmers agitation, privatisation and Supreme Court‘s comments on the validity of Sedition laws. Speaking to ANI, Communist Party of India (Marxist) Rajya Sabha MP and floor … Read more
Government plans to bring 31 Bills, including six on Ordinances, in the Rajya Sabha during the monsoon session starting on Monday while the Opposition has demanded discussions on a host of issues including the Covid situation and threat of a third wave, farmers’ protest, alleged threat to cooperative federalism, relations with Afghanistan and China. Vice … Read more
Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla has said that those members of the House who have been administered at least one dose of the Covid vaccine will not have to undergo RT-PCR test for attending the forthcoming monsoon session of Parliament. A total of 441 MPs have been vaccinated so far. The Speaker visited Parliament House … Read more