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Saturday, September 21, 2024
TopicBudget session

Topic: budget session

Colourful attires, traditional headgears & saffron mark festivities on first day of Parliament

Leaders arrived wearing traditional attires at the Parliament for the first day of the 17th Lok Sabha session.

PM Modi urges leaders to keep political differences aside & let parliament function

The government is receptive to the issues raised by all political parties, said PM Modi in an all-party meeting a day ahead of the beginning of the budget session.

New Modi govt to present budget on 5 July, Parliament session from 17 June- 26 July

It will be the first budget of the Modi government in its second term and will be presented by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman.

Utilise Budget session for constructive debate, Modi urges ahead of his govt’s last session

Modi-led NDA, which presents its last Budget before the country votes for a new central government in a few months, will look to push through a few key bills.

As Budget nears, it’s time to ask if taxpayers need more shiny Metros

India needs a public transport revolution, not just kilometres of Metro lines.

India stocks rise ahead of Budget as Fed keeps rates on hold

Stocks across Asia surged after the Fed's dovish statement helped ease concern even as data suggests the world's largest economy is cooling.

Now Narendra Modi, Amit Shah & BJP MPs will fast to protest Parliament washout

The BJP MPs will observe the fast on 12 April in their respective constituencies. 

TalkPoint: Is the act of foregoing 23 days’ salary by NDA MPs politics or sacrifice?

Experts weigh in on the announcement that members of Parliament from the NDA will not be drawing any salaries or allowances for the 23 days on which Parliament did not function.

Modi takes a leaf out of Anna Hazare’s book, asks MPs to fast in protest against Congress

The second half of the Budget session, which began 5 March and ended Friday, did not see any legislative business barring the passage of the finance Bill.

Data shows Parliament has sunk to a new low as govt and opposition parties slug it out

This is the least productive budget session since 2014, with the Rajya Sabha also witnessing meaningful activity for just 35% of the planned time.

On Camera

Mamata’s brush with protesting doctors serves a lesson. She’s now a failed Chief Minister

In the last 42 days of cease work, the junior doctors achieved unprecedented support from the people of Kolkata and beyond. And very little concessions from CM Mamata Banerjee.

Chemistry of curd to physics of paratha, GST rates on food are a multi-disciplinary tangle

Issue of GST on food items is in news again after hotel owner’s viral interaction with Finance Minister Sitharaman last week. But complexities highlighted go back further in time.

Indigenous aircraft carrier INS Vikrant joins Navy’s Western Fleet, ready for deployment

With the integration of the deck-based fighter jets MiG-29K now complete, Vikrant now has an overall capability to carry 30 helicopters and fixed-wing fighters.

BJP’s Northeast policy has lit new fires & reopened old wounds. And it still won’t blink

Manipur represents BJP’s unique ideological approach to governing Northeast by playing identity politics jiu-jitsu. It hasn’t gone well yet, is getting worse, but the party insists on continuing.