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National Sports Governance Bill to be tabled in monsoon session: Mandaviya

Sports Minister Mansukh Mandaviya on Monday said the long-awaited National Sports Governance Bill will be tabled in Parliament during the monsoon session beginning July 21. The minister, while speaking to the media on the sidelines of an event to launch department of youth affairs' initiatives against drug addiction, also reiterated the government's position that Pakistani athletes will not be stopped from coming to India for multi-lateral sporting engagements. "The bill will be tabled in the Parliament during the upcoming session. I will give more details in a couple of days," Mandaviya said. The bill seeks to ensure greater accountability for the country's sports administrators with the provision of a regulatory board which would have the power to grant recognition and decide funding to National Sports Federations (NSFs) based on their adherence to provisions related to good governance. The board will also be responsible for ensuring compliance with the highest governance, ...

LS speaker Birla urges political parties to curb disruptions in Parliament

Ahead of the Monsoon Session of Parliament, Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Thursday urged all political parties to reduce disruptions in House proceedings and asserted it is time to change past practices. Addressing the national level conference of Urban Local Bodies here, Birla said that people would teach a lesson to political parties that resort to disruption of the House proceedings. Birla said there has been some reduction in disruption of the House proceedings in the 18th Lok Sabha, which had its first sitting in June last year. "It is time for change. If we have to strengthen democracy and hold democratic institutions accountable, we have to ensure that the Houses function in a proper manner," he added. The speaker said all political parties should make efforts to reduce disruptions in proceedings of the House. Parliament's Monsoon Session is scheduled to begin on July 21 and continue till August 21, a week longer than the original plan to conclude on August 12. Birla said

Parliament's Monsoon session to be held from July 21 to Aug 21: Rijiju

The Monsoon session of Parliament will begin on July 21 and continue till August 21, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju said on Wednesday. "The Hon'ble President of India has approved the proposal of the Government to convene the Monsoon Session of Parliament from 21st July to 21st August, 2025. In view of the Independence Day celebrations, there will be no sittings on the 13th and 14th of August," Rijiju said in a post on X. Earlier, the session was to conclude on August 12, but now it has been extended by a week.

Will demand for removal of 50% cap on quota during Monsoon session: Cong

The Congress on Friday reiterated its demand of making the Bihar reservations law a part of the Ninth Schedule of the Constitution, amending the Constitution to overcome the 50 per cent ceiling for reservations and implementing Article 15(5) which enables reservations for SCs, STs, OBCs, and EBCs in private educational institutions. Congress general secretary in-charge communications Jairam Ramesh said most definitely the party will take up these three issues of fundamental importance to social justice and empowerment in the upcoming Monsoon session of Parliament. "The PM is in Bihar today. On the basis of the caste survey conducted by the erstwhile INDIA bloc Government in Bihar, the Bihar Government had proposed 65% reservation for scheduled castes, scheduled tribes, OBCs, and EBCs. This is under challenge in the Courts," Ramesh said on X. The double engine government in Bihar has all but given up, he said. But there are three ways out that the Congress has been demanding for lon

Finmin plans to introduce Insurance Amendment Bill during monsoon session

The Insurance Amendment Bill, which proposes 100 per cent FDI in the insurance sector, may be introduced in Parliament in the upcoming monsoon session, sources said. The draft bill is ready and will be placed before Cabinet for its approval soon, sources said, adding, after Cabinet nod the Department of Financial Services under the finance ministry would begin the process for introduction of the Bill in the Parliament. The ministry hopes to table the Bill in Parliament during the upcoming monsoon session, sources said. Monsoon session of Parliament usually commences in July. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in this year's Budget speech proposed to raise the foreign investment limit to 100 per cent from existing 74 per cent in the insurance sector as part of new-generation financial sector reforms. "This enhanced limit will be available for those companies which invest the entire premium in India. The current guardrails and conditionalities associated with foreign investment wil

Cong seeks special Parliament session, white paper on inflation rise

The Congress on Tuesday targeted the Centre over the hike in excise duty on petrol and diesel and the rise in LPG cylinder prices, demanding the government call a special session of Parliament to discuss inflation and issue a 'white paper' on the matter. Its women's wing chief Alka Lamba urged the government to immediately reduce the prices of LPG, petrol and diesel, bring a strict policy to tame the prices of essential commodities and announce a special relief package for women and the poor. "The government has turned its back on inflation. Their only goal is to fill the coffers of the government and private companies. The common person of the country is bearing the brunt of this inflation," she said at a press conference here. Lamba also compared the prices of petrol, diesel and LPG under the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) dispensation and the Narendra Modi government. "In 2014, the price of petrol was Rs 72 per litre. But today, it is Rs 98 to Rs 100 per litre. In the Congres

Parl winter session: 39-member House panel set up to scrutinise ONOE Bills

The committee will have 27 members from the Lok Sabha and 12 from the Rajya Sabha

FinMin seeks expenditure proposals for 1st supplementary demands for grant

The first batch of Supplementary Demands for Grants for 2020-21 is proposed to be placed before Parliament in the ensuing monsoon session, the Finance Ministry said in an office memorandum

India's toy exports dip to $152 million in FY24 due to global headwinds

Union Minister Jitin Prasada informed Rajya Sabha that India's toy imports were recorded at $65 million in 2023-24

Bill to overhaul Waqf Act likely today in Parliament: 5 proposed changes

The draft Bill seeks to omit Section 40 of the Waqf Act, which is linked to the powers of the Board to decide if a property is Waqf property

'Chai, biscuits on me': Rahul Gandhi says ED raid being planned against him

Congress MP Rahul Gandhi said the Enforcement Directorate (ED) is planning a raid against him for his 'chakravyuh' comments made against Prime Minister Narendra Modi

'Divider in-chief Rahul Gandhi': BJP defends Anurag Thakur on caste row

Anurag Thakur triggered a row on Tuesday during his Lok Sabha speech by apparently targeting Rahul Gandhi by making veiled references to his caste

Anurag Thakur's caste remark 'on Rahul Gandhi' expunged; Oppn seeks apology

BJP MP from Hamirpur, Himachal Pradesh, Anurag Thakur stoked a political row on Tuesday over his controversial Lok Sabha speech, apparently targeted at Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi

Parliament updates: Budget proposes unflinching support to cooperative federalism, says FM in RS

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Indians are Arjun, will break Modi's chakravyuh: Rahul Gandhi's fresh salvo

Rahul Gandhi alleged that the Centre waived off Rs 16 trillion debt of the industrialists but collected Rs 8,500 crore from the poor Indians, who are unable to maintain "even the minimum balance"

Decoded: Why was the media confined to glass enclosures in Parliament?

Media personnel were stopped from proceeding to the main entrance of the Parliament, the 'Makar Dwar,' on Monday. In response, they boycotted interviews with any of the MPs

Parliament session all set to be stormy over Budget, coaching centre deaths

Congress Lok Sabha Whip Manickam Tagore has submitted an Adjournment Motion notice to discuss the delay in conducting Census 2021, which has delayed the implementation of women's 33 per cent quota

WATCH: Desh ka halwa bat raha hai, says Rahul Gandhi; Sitharaman face-palms

Addressing the Parliament on Budget 2024, Rahul Gandhi said the Centre failed social groups such as the farmers and youth, and double stabbed the middle class of India through 'tax terrorism'

Like Abhimanyu, India trapped in new chakravyuh: Rahul Gandhi on Budget

Budget 2024: The govt has stabbed the middle class both in the chest and in the back with this Budget, said the leader of the Opposition in Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi

Parliament highlights: Not possible to name every state in budget, says FM Nirmala Sitharaman

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