Parliament Highlights:: Amid continuous chants from the Opposition benches, PM Modi hit back at the Congress with 'kamal-keechad' retort. "Jitna keechad uchalogey, utna kamal khilega (more you throw mud, the more lotus (BJP's poll symbol) will bloom," PM Modi said.
Budget Session of Parliament LIVE UPDATES: Congress MP Rahul Gandhi's speech on Adani row added flames in the ongoing political battle between the grand old party and ruling BJP. The Parliament proceeding may face obstacles as the Opposition is adamant on JPC or SC-monitored probe into the matter.
Parliament Budget Session: Speaking in Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi said while during his just concluded 'Bharat Jodo Yatra', people talked about inflation, unemployment and other issues facing them, the President's address had no mention of 'berozgaari'.
Budget 2023: The Budget is politically very crucial as it is the last full-fledged budget of the Modi government ahead of the General Election 2024. BJP ruling states welcomed the budget while Opposition-led states criticised it.
The central government will present the general budget today. The eyes of intellectuals, economists, farmers, youth, women and businessmen are fixed on the budget.
Budget Session 2023 of Parliament: The Union Minister of Parliamentary Affairs Pralhad Joshi has announced the dates for Budget Session 2023. Check here.
The Upper House spent 37.50% of the functional time on debates, 23 per cent on Bills, while passing 11 of them, besides the introduction of one, an official statement from the Rajya Sabha stated.
The 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.
The 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.
Lok 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.
During 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.
Prime 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.
Barring 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.
Although 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.
The 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.
The 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.
The 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.
Without 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.
The 2022 Budget Session of the Parliament commenced on January 31 with President Ram Nath Kovind's address.
Finance 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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