The government has taken a slew of measures to tame food inflation in recent months including importing pulses and releasing onion stocks at a lower price, finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman said on Tuesday. Speaking on the floor of the Rajya Sabha, Sitharaman said the government has readied stocks to releaseRead More →
In a landmark decision, the Rajya Sabha Secretariat has directed various ministries to use gender-neutral terms from the next Parliament session. The decision came in response to a letter written by Shiv Sena MP Priyanka Chaturvedi to Parliamentary Affairs Minister Prahlad Joshi seeking to change the usage of phrases suchRead More →
The Centre Saturday nominated Gulam Ali, a Gurjar Muslim from Jammu and Kashmir, to Rajya Sabha. This is perhaps for the first time that a Gurjar Muslim from the region has been sent to the Upper House as a nominated member. The move has political significance given that Gurjar MuslimsRead More →
With the Janata Dal (United) moving out of the National Democratic Alliance, the BJP will now have to depend more on regional outfits like the BJD and the YSR Congress to get key legislations through in Rajya Sabha. The JD-U has five members in the Rajya Sabha, including deputy chairmanRead More →
The Monsoon Session of Parliament ended on Monday, with both Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha adjourned sine die four days ahead of schedule. The session, which began on July 18 and was scheduled to go on till August 12 , saw protests by the Opposition over various issues, including price-rise,Read More →
Parliament monsoon session Live Updates: Speaking in the Rajya Sabha, Prime Minister Narendra Modi bid farewell to Vice-President and Chairman Venkaiah Naidu on Monday. PM Modi stated that it was an emotional moment for the House. “You (Naidu) have always said that you have retired from politics but not fromRead More →
Pointing out that he has been summoned by the ED at a time when Parliament is in session, Kharge asked if it was fair on the part of the agency to do so. Raising the issue during the Question Hour, after an uproar from the Opposition over the alleged misuseRead More →
Parliament monsoon session Live Updates: As the Lok Sabha took up the discussion on price rise, a number of opposition leaders like Congress’ Manish Tewari, TMC’s Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar, DMK’s Kanimozhi hit out at the government over fuel and food inflation and GST implementation. Earlier as the proceedings resumed inRead More →
Earlier this week, four Congress MPs were suspended from Lok Sabha for the remainder of the current session. The fresh action came even as suspended MPs continued sitting on dharna within Parliament House premises, accusing the government of “throttling the voice” of the Opposition. The suspension of 23 MPs overRead More →
Nineteen opposition members were suspended from Rajya Sabha for a week Tuesday (July 26), provoking Trinamool Congress leader Derek O’Brien to say that the government had turned Parliament into a “deep, dark chamber”. Seven of O’Brien’s Rajya Sabha colleagues were suspended, along with six MPs from the DMK, three fromRead More →
