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FM Sitharaman holds pre-Budget consultations with top industrialists

Sitharaman has concluded a comprehensive review of Aatma Nirbhar Bharat Package (ANBP) with the Secretaries of various Ministries/Departments

Next Parl session likely in 2021, may merge winter with budget session

Senior government sources privy to deliberations say that the next Parliament's session is going to take place in the last week of January, 2021

PM Modi to launch 'transparent' scheme tomorrow to honour honest taxpayers

In the Budget, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman had announced that CBDT will adopt a "taxpayer charter" which will ensure trust between a taxpayer and the administration

Pondy assembly holds proceedings under tree after MLA tests Covid positive

The Budget session was held under a tree and later adjourned sine die after approving budgetary allocations to the tune of Rs 9,000 crore without discussion

LG Kiran Bedi to skip House address for presentation of Puducherry Budget

LG says Chief Minister V Narayanasamy has not sent her the annual financial statement and demand for grants

Covid-19 crisis: Leaders, both in govt and Oppn have fallen short in India

Coronavirus represents the most profound crisis facing India and the response from our leadership has not inspired confidence

Budget session of Parliament is likely to be concluded on Monday

The session is likely to be concluded almost 12 days before its scheduled winding up due to the looming threat of COVID-19

BJP asks its MPs to be present in Lok Sabha and support Finance Bill 2020

Section 206C deals with tax collection at source and the government is gradually widening its ambit to include more transactions

Parliament Highlights: 1922 Delhi rioters identified, Shah in Rajya Sabha

Amit Shah defending the Delhi Police said that over 700 FIRs have been lodged over the violence and special public prosectors have been appointed

Fast-track lawmaking: Guillotine on budget debates happen far too often

Each year, the Lok Sabha Business Advisory Committee, which includes leaders of various parties, takes up five of the 52 ministries for discussion

50% of MPs didn't attend Standing Committee meetings on demands for grants

Almost 50 per cent Members of Parliament did not attend Parliamentary Standing Committee meetings on the Demands for Grants with over two dozen of them not attending a single meeting. According to sources, 57 per cent of TMC MPs, 36 pc of BJP MPs, 15 pc from Congress and 50 pc from other parties did not attend any meeting of the eight committees of Rajya Sabha on Demands for Grants. These meetings were held between February 12 and March 1, the recess of the two-phase Budget Session of Parliament. The prominent absentees include Satish Chandra Mishra (BSP), Derek O'Brien (TMC), RCP Singh (JD-U), Rajiv Pratap Rudy (BJP), Sukhbir Singh Badal (SAD), Asaddudin Owaissi (AIMIM), Nakul Nath (Congress) and Mimi Chakraborty (TMC). Some other members from Rajya Sabha with zero attendance include Majeed Memon of NCP (Personnel, Public Grievances and Law & Justice committee), SR Balasubramoniyan (Home), Sasikala Pushpa Ramaswamy of AIADMK (HRD), Vandana Chavan of NCP (Science & ...

Confident that Parliament will pass changes in Companies Act: FM

Earlier this weak, the cabinet approved 72 changes to the companies law as the government aims further improvement in the companies law

Parliament highlights: LS adjourned amid uproar over suspension of Cong MPs

The Rajya Sabha will reassemble on March 11 after Holi

Opposition to corner govt over Delhi violence in Parliament session

The Congress is likely to submit adjournment motion notices in both Houses of Parliament on Monday, demanding a debate over the violence in Delhi, sources said

Lok Sabha suspends 7 Congress MPs for remaining period of Budget Session

The motion was passed by a voice vote amid protests by opposition members

Over 240,000 rape and POCSO cases pending in courts: Govt tells LS

Uttar Pradesh tops the list of states with 66,994 pending rape cases followed by Maharashtra with 21,691 and 20,511 in West Bengal

National policy action plan led to decline in extremism: Centre tells RS

Union Home Minister held a meeting to review Left Wing Extremism (LWE) scenario with the Chief Ministers of the affected States on August 26 last year, Reddy informed the Upper House

Vivaad Se vishwas Bill to settle tax disputes passes LS test amidst din

Opposition has been protesting over the issue of Delhi violence and demanding an immediate discussion

Parliament: Why EC won't support poll funding, banks' bad loan burden

The first phase of the Budget Session began on January 31 and will go on till February 11.

Rajya Sabha clocks 96% productivity in first phase of Budget session

While the House lost 5 hours 32 minutes on February 3 due to disruptions and forced adjournments, the members sat for three hours and 56 minutes beyond the scheduled time