Parliament Winter Session: Day 8 HIGHLIGHTS
Parliament Winter Session Live Updates: The opposition was adamant on the discussion on recent clashes between Indian Army and Chinese troops in Tawang Sector Arunachal.
Parliament Winter Session Live: The Winter Session that began on December 7 will continue till December 29. Sixteen new bills are on Centre's agenda in 17 working days. On Wednesday, the Parliament passed a bill to rename the New Delhi International Arbitration Centre as the India International Arbitration Centre. Both the Houses also witnessed ruckus over recent clashes between Indian Army and Chinese troops in Tawang Sector Arunachal as the Opposition demanded a detailed discussion on the border issue but the governemnt declined their request. In Lok Sabha Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman hit back at TMC MP Mahua Moitra over her 'where's Pappu?' jibe on the Indian economy.
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December 15, 2022 9:35 PM (IST) Posted by Anurag Roushan
Both houses adjourned till 11 am on Friday
Both the houses were adjourned till 11 am on Friday.
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December 15, 2022 6:22 PM (IST) Posted by Anurag Roushan
Lok Sabha passes Constitution (ST) Order (2nd Amendment) Bill, 2022
The Lok Sabha Passed the Constitution (Scheduled Tribes) Order (Second Amendment) Bill, 2022. The Bill seeks to amend the Constitution (Scheduled Tribes) Order, 1950, with respect to its application to Tamil Nadu.
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December 15, 2022 6:20 PM (IST) Posted by Anurag Roushan
Elections 'big budget affair', simultaneous polls will save money: Law minister Rijiju
Elections have become a "big budget affair" and holding simultaneous polls to Lok Sabha and state assemblies would result in huge saving to the exchequer, the government said. Law Minister Kiren Rijiju said the need for simultaneous elections to Lok Sabha and legislative assemblies has been felt as polls have become "big-budget affair and expensive". In a written reply to a question in Rajya Sabha, he said the Law Commission in its report on Reforms in Electoral Laws had suggested simultaneous elections to Lok Sabha and state assemblies for the sake of stability in governance.
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December 15, 2022 6:18 PM (IST) Posted by Anurag Roushan
BJP MP Pritam Munde seeks rollback of decision to do away with scholarships for minorities
BJP MP Pritam Munde on Thursday demanded that the Union government should take back its recent decision of doing away with certain scholarships for minority communities. The Maulana Azad Fellowship for minority students pursuing higher education has been scrapped while the government's pre-matric scholarship for them will no longer apply to students from Class 1 to Class 8. "I demand that the government should rethink this decision. Education is free in right to education but this (scholarships) work as an encouragement for these students in schools," she said.
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December 15, 2022 6:17 PM (IST) Posted by Anurag Roushan
BJP Lok Sabha members urge Centre to take action against Bihar govt over hooch tragedy
BJP Lok Sabha members termed the deaths in Bihar due to the hooch tragedy as "mass murder" and urged the Centre to take immediate action against the government under Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, holding it responsible for the incident. Raising the issue during Zero Hour, BJP's Paschim Champaran MP Sanjay Jaiswal claimed that spurious liquor sale has been flourishing in Bihar under the protection of police officers despite a prohibition in place. But the chief minister does not take any action against any of them, he charged.
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December 15, 2022 12:53 PM (IST) Posted by Rajukumar
Bihar hooch tragedy among other issues reverberated in House
Bihar hooch tragedy among other issues reverberated in House. Rajya Sabha was adjourned thrice within 40 minutes.
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December 15, 2022 12:44 PM (IST) Posted by Rajukumar
Rajya Sabha MP Sushil Modi slams Nitish Kumar
Rajya Sabha MP Sushil Modi said in the past 6 years more than 1,000 people have died in Bihar due to spurious liquor and 6 lakhs have gone to jail. Is Bihar under police raj? The way Nitish kumar behaved in the assembly isn't graceful, he should apologise.
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December 15, 2022 12:14 PM (IST) Posted by Rajukumar
Serious effects of global warming to be discussed in Rajya Sabha this afternoon
The serious effects of global warming and the need for remedial steps to tackle it will be discussed in the Rajya Sabha this afternoon. The issue will be raised by DMK, Congress and CPI MPs Tiruchi Siva, Pramod Tiwari and Sandosh Kumar P, respectively.
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December 15, 2022 11:26 AM (IST) Posted by Rajukumar
'Is speaking against China not allowed in the Indian Parliament?': Congress president Kharge
Taking to microblogging site Twitter, Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge posted, “It seems that the "red eyes" of the Modi government is covered with Chinese glasses. Is speaking against China not allowed in the Indian Parliament?”
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December 15, 2022 10:53 AM (IST) Posted by Rajukumar
Suspension of Business Notice under to discuss misuse of CBI, ED and other govt agencies
Congress MP Pramod Tiwari gave Suspension of Business Notice under Rule 267 in Rajya Sabha to discuss "misuse of CBI, ED and other govt agencies against political rivals and others."
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December 15, 2022 10:37 AM (IST) Posted by Rajukumar
Zero Hour Notice to discuss need to reinstate concession to senior citizens in Railways
CPI MP Sandosh Kumar P gave Zero Hour Notice in Rajya Sabha to discuss the need to reinstate concession to senior citizens in Railways.
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December 15, 2022 10:36 AM (IST) Posted by Rajukumar
Manickam Tagore gives adjournment motion notice to discuss ensuring of legal guarantee for MSP
Congress MP Manickam Tagore gave adjournment motion notice in Lok Sabha to discuss ensuring of legal guarantee for MSP for farmers as per the Swaminathan Committee.
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December 15, 2022 10:35 AM (IST) Posted by Rajukumar
BJP MP Biplab Kumar Deb gives Zero Hour Notice to discuss need to reopen border-Haat
BJP MP Biplab Kumar Deb gave Zero Hour Notice in Rajya Sabha to discuss the need to reopen the border-haat on Tripura-Bangladesh border.
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December 15, 2022 9:48 AM (IST) Posted by Rajukumar
Manish Tewari gives adjournment motion notice in Lok Sabha to discuss border situation
Congress MP Manish Tewari gave adjournment motion notice in Lok Sabha to discuss the border situation with China.
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December 15, 2022 9:47 AM (IST) Posted by Rajukumar
AAP MP Raghav Chadha gives Suspension of Business Notice in Rajya Sabha to discuss appointments to higher judiciary
AAP MP Raghav Chadha gaive Suspension of Business Notice under Rule 267 in Rajya Sabha to discuss "Central Government’s attempts to interfere in appointments to higher judiciary and delays/obstructions in judicial appointments."
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December 15, 2022 9:46 AM (IST) Posted by Rajukumar
Effects of global warming to be discussed in Rajya Sabha
The serious effects of global warming and the need for remedial steps to tackle it will be discussed in the Rajya Sabha this afternoon. The issue will be raised by DMK, Congress and CPI MPs Tiruchi Siva, Pramod Tiwari and P Santhosh Kumar, respectively.
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December 15, 2022 9:44 AM (IST) Posted by Rajukumar
Shiv Sena MP Priyanka Chaturvedi gives Suspension of Business Notice to discuss subversion of independence of institutions
Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) MP Priyanka Chaturvedi gave Suspension of Business Notice under Rule 267 in Rajya Sabha to discuss "the subversion of independence of institutions like ED, IT, CBI, EC, CVC and CIC."