Budget Session
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Lok Sabha passes Finance Bill; completes budgetary exercise for FY23
Business | Mar 25, 2022, 05:53 PM ISTThe Finance Bill was approved by the Lower House after accepting 39 official amendments moved by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and rejecting the amendments proposed by the opposition by voice vote.
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Parliament: BJP issues whip to its Lok Sabha MPs asking to be present in House today
India | Mar 24, 2022, 10:01 AM ISTThe Lok sabha is slated to take up discussion and voting on demands for grants for the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways and Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying for 2022-23.
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Lok Sabha Speaker irate at members leaving House without waiting for reply from Union Minister
India | Mar 15, 2022, 12:03 AM ISTLok Sabha Speaker Om Birla's warning came as Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman mentioned that she was responding to the point raised by a Congress member who was not present in the House.
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Lok Sabha passes J&K Budget amid war of words over exodus of Kashmiri Pandits from Valley
India | Mar 14, 2022, 11:55 PM ISTDuring a discussion on the budget, Congress, TMC and other parties alleged that the government has not been able to achieve the objectives it set out while abrogating Article 370 in Jammu and Kashmir and demanded the early restoration of statehood.
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BJP MPs give standing ovation to PM Modi in Lok Sabha
News | Mar 14, 2022, 07:55 PM ISTPrime Minister Narendra Modi was given a rousing welcome by BJP members in the Lok Sabha on Monday, the first day of the second part of the Budget Session that began days after his party's impressive performance in the assembly polls.
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Rousing welcome for PM in Parliament, 'Modi-Modi' slogan reverberates in Lok Sabha | Watch
India | Mar 14, 2022, 01:39 PM ISTBarring Punjab, the BJP retained power in all the four states it ruled before the Assembly elections. The 4 states are Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Goa and Manipur.
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Parliament Budget Session: Lok Sabha MPs seek education loan waiver for Ukraine returnees
India | Mar 14, 2022, 08:26 PM ISTAlthough the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha will have simultaneous sittings in the second part, the Houses will use their respective chambers and galleries for the members to the seat.
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Budget session: Congress to raise issues of inflation, unemployment in Parliament
India | Mar 13, 2022, 02:25 PM ISTThe second half of the Budget session will conclude on April 8. The first half of the Budget session began on January 31 and concluded on February 11.
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Budget session of Parliament to resume from March 14, Covid restrictions to stay
India | Mar 12, 2022, 12:45 PM ISTThe Rajya Sabha will get 19 hrs of additional business time over the earlier scheduled, during the 2nd part of the session. The House will sit from 11 am to 6 pm during the scheduled 19 sittings while it sat from 10 am-3 pm during the first part. The Covid restrictions will remain in place during the budget sessions.
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Karnataka assembly passes bills to hike salary of CM, Ministers and MLAs
India | Feb 22, 2022, 11:39 PM ISTThe session that began on February 14 was actually scheduled to conclude on February 25. It has now been adjourned till March 4, for the budget session.
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'Who is that poor?': FM Sitharaman's dig at Rahul Gandhi's 2013 'state of mind' remark
India | Feb 11, 2022, 05:20 PM ISTWithout naming Rahul Gandhi, the Finance Minister referred to the Congress leader's remarks on poverty to counter the criticism from Opposition leaders, including former finance minister P Chidambaram of the Budget leaving out the poor.
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Congress in grip of urban naxals, they are controlling its thoughts & ideology: PM Modi in RS
India | Feb 08, 2022, 01:36 PM ISTThe 2022 Budget Session of the Parliament commenced on January 31 with President Ram Nath Kovind's address.
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Budget 2022: What common man needs to know | Top points
Business | Feb 02, 2022, 08:20 AM ISTFinance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presented Budget 2022 on Tuesday announcing that digital currency, 5G services will be launched by next year, new Vande Bharat trains but no change in tax slabs. Let's take a look at what a common man needs to know about Modi government's budget.
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Budget 2022: Govt to set up task force on animation visual effects to promote gaming industry
Business | Feb 01, 2022, 05:27 PM ISTIn her Union Budget 2022-23 presentation, the finance minister also said states will be encouraged to adopt Unique Land Parcel Identification Number to facilitate IT-based management of land records.
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'No mention of China, Pakistan in Presidential address at Parliament', says Congress
India | Jan 31, 2022, 08:17 PM ISTThe Congress said that the government has not tendered apology on the Covid deaths and questioned why there is no mention of restoration of statehood to Jammu and Kashmir.
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Union Budget 2022-23: What different business sectors expect from FM Nirmala Sitharaman
Business | Feb 01, 2022, 04:08 PM ISTAhead of the Union Budget 2022-2023, let's take a look at what different business sectors are hoping for from the Modi government.
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Many steps taken to give better opportunities to people of hitherto neglected J&K, Ladakh: President
India | Jan 31, 2022, 03:47 PM ISTKovind said the Sindhu Infrastructure Development Corporation has been set up to accelerate infrastructure and economic development in the Union Territory of Ladakh. Another chapter in this development journey of Ladakh is being added in the form of Sindhu Central University, he added.
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Made in India COVID vaccines playing important role in making world pandemic-free: President Kovind
India | Jan 31, 2022, 12:17 PM ISTNotably, India's nationwide COVID-19 vaccination drive was started on January 16, 2021, and the vaccination coverage has exceeded 166.03 crores to date.
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Elections keep happening but Budget Session very important, must make it fruitful: PM Modi
India | Dec 15, 2022, 03:15 PM ISTAhead of Budget Session, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said that the government is ready to discuss all issues in the Parliament.
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Budget 2022: Sitharaman to present 2nd paperless budget, no halwa ceremony
Business | Jan 28, 2022, 11:59 AM ISTFinance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will present the Union Budget 2022-23 in a paperless form for the second time on February 1. Earlier, the Union Budget of 2021-22 was delivered in paperless form for the first time.