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Need to inculcate legislative temper in politicians, says VP Naidu

His remarks at an event came after the Winter session of Parliament concluded a day ahead of schedule and witnessed repeated disruptions by opposition parties over various issues

116,000 accidents, about 48,000 deaths on national highways in 2020: Govt

A total of 116,496 road accidents occurred on national highways, including expressways, in 2020, causing 47,984 deaths, Parliament was informed

4,690 arrested under UAPA, 149 convicted: Govt tells Rajya Sabha

Union Minister of State for Home Nityanand Rai said in Rajya Sabha that 1,421 people were arrested in 2018 under the UAPA, 1,948 in 2019 and 1,321 in 2020

Winter session: LS likely to adjourn sine die ahead of schedule today

Amid speculation that Parliament is likely to adjourn sine die on Wednesday, a day ahead of schedule, no legislative business is listed in the Lok Sabha for the day.

Bill on CA, company secretaries referred to standing committee

Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs Arjun Ram Meghwal moved the proposal for referring the Bill to the panel

Suspended Oppn MPs lowered Parliament's dignity, should apologize: Minister

Union Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal said that the 12 suspended Rajya Sabha MPs from the Opposition had lowered Parliament's dignity

Winter session: BJP Parliamentary party meeting will be held today

As the ongoing winter session of the Parliament reaches its final week, the Bharatiya Janata Party Parliamentary Party meeting will be held today at Ambedkar International Centre, Delhi.In its notice, the BJP Parliamentary Party has requested the attendance of all BJP members of both Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha."A meeting of BJP Parliamentary Party will be held at 9.15 am on Tuesday, the 21st December 2021 in the Dr Ambedkar International Centre, 15 Janpath (Near Hotel Le Meridian), New Delhi," its notice read.The winter session of Parliament is scheduled to culminate on December 23.

Lok Sabha refers Biological Diversity Bill to Joint Committee of Parliament

The Lok Sabha on Monday referred the Biological Diversity Bill to a Joint Committee of both houses of Parliament. Environment Minister Bhupendra Yadav moved the motion to refer the Bill to the Joint Committee with 21 members of the Lok Sabha and 10 members from the Rajya Sabha. The Committee is expected to submit its report to the House by the last day of the first week of the next session. The Committee will comprise Lok Sabha members Sanjay Jaiswal, Diya Kumari, Heena Gavit, Aparajita Sarangi, Raju Bista, Pallab Lochan Das, Santosh Pandey, Prathap Simha, Jugal Kishore Sharma, Brijendra Singh, Ajay Tamta, Jagdambika Pal (all BJP), Gaurav Gogoi, S Jothimani (both Congress), A Raja (DMK), Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar (Trinamool), Sridhar Kotagiri (YSRCP), Prataprao Jadhav (Shiv Sena), Sunil Kumar Pintu (JD-U), Achyutananda Samanta (BJD) and Ritesh Pandey (BSP). The Rajya Sabha is expected to nominate members to the committee soon. The bill seeks to relax certain rules in the Biodiversi

Companies spent Rs 1.09 trn towards CSR activities in 7 years: MCA

Under the Companies Act, 2013, certain class of profitable entities are required to spend at least 2 per cent of their three-year annual average net profit towards Corporate Social Responsibility

Union govt refers two Bills to parliamentary panels for scrutiny

Government on Monday referred two bills for scrutiny by parliamentary panels amid the Opposition's allegations of inadequate consultations in the law-making process. The Biological Diversity (Amendment) Bill and the Mediation Bill were referred to a Joint Committee and the Standing Committee on Law & Justice respectively. Environment Minister Bhupendra Yadav moved the motion to refer the Biodiversity Bill to the Joint Committee with 21 members of Lok Sabha and 10 members from the Rajya Sabha. Congress Rajya Sabha member Jairam Ramesh had written to Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla protesting the decision to refer the Biological Diversity (Amendment) Bill to a Joint Committee instead of the Standing Committee on Science & Technology, Enviromnemt, Forests and Climate Change. "I don't wish to say more on the motivations of the government to bypass the Standing Committee and refer the contentious bill to a Select Committee. "The motivations are obvious. All I wish to say is that the ...

Parliament: Jaya Bachchan asks Chair to be 'fair', curses treasury benches

She also wanted the Chair to take action against members, accusing them of making "personal remarks" against her

Onus on government to run Parliament, says Rahul Gandhi

Union Minister Goyal said that if the onus of running Parliament is on the government, it is also the responsibility of the opposition to cooperate

The winter session of Parliament falls just short of a washout

Though both Houses were adjourned several times during the day, some business did get done. The Lok Sabha saw introduction of nine new Bills

Winter Session: LS, RS adjourned over Lakhimpur issue, MP suspensions

Rajya Sabha proceedings were adjourned for the day amid protests over the issue of suspension of 12 Opposition legislators

Rahul Gandhi attacks govt over closing down of MSMEs during pandemic

The government, he said, has admitted in Parliament that nine percent Micro Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) have shut down during the pandemic

LS, RS proceedings adjourned amid uproar over Lakhimpur Kheri violence

In Lok Sabha, Opposition members demanded removal of Union minister Ajay Mishra

Low stock at plants in Apr-Nov due to high power demand, rains: R K Singh

Due to second wave of the pandemic in April-June, 2021, the production and logistic arrangements were also affected as a huge number of manpower got infected, the minister added

Over 32,000 RTI appeals pending with Central Information Commission: Govt

Minister of State for Personnel Jitendra Singh said there was a pendency of 35,178 and 38,116 RTI appeals during 2019-20 and 2020-21, respectively

Rahul calls Ajay Mishra 'criminal', LS adjourns for the day amid uproar

Gandhi, who had a question on MSME sector listed on Thursday, dubbed Mishra as a "criminal" and demanded his ouster when Speaker Om Birla called his name during the Question Hour

Installed nuclear power capacity grew by over 40% in last 7 years: Govt

The country is pursuing an indigenous three-stage nuclear power programme to provide long term energy security in a sustainable manner: Jitendra Singh