Topic: Lok Sabha
24 sittings, 132 hours, 114% productivity: How Lok Sabha performed this Budget session
A total of 18 bills were passed by the Lok Sabha in the Fifth Session that began on 29 January 2021, according to a Parliament report.
Lok Sabha passes Juvenile Justice Amendment bill that widens ambit of ‘serious offences’
Bill makes offences with punishments ranging from 3 to 7 years as cognisable from non-cognisable — meaning a juvenile accused of such offences can be arrested without a warrant.
EC proposal to link electoral roll with Aadhaar under consideration, says Law Minister
In the Lok Sabha Wednesday, Union Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said the poll panel has taken multiple measures for the security and safety of the electoral roll data platform.
Father met Modi & Shah but got no assurances — son of MP who killed himself in Mumbai
Abhinav Delkar, son of ex-Dadra and Nagar Haveli MP Mohan Delkar, blames UT administrator Praful Patel for his father’s death. He has written to Home Ministry seeking Patel’s removal.
Treasury bench more serious in attending LS than opposition, Rahul has only 56% attendance
Between June 2019 and September 2020, according to PRS Legislative Research data, out of the 26 MPs with full attendance, BJP had 21 while Congress had 2.
When Mahua Moitra speaks in Parliament, Lok Sabha TV goes from low definition to Ultra HD
Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra is like an urban Mamata Banerjee who knows how to speak the language of today’s youth.
Lok Sabha passes J&K Reorganisation (Amendment) Bill
The bill seeks to replace an ordinance to merge the J&K cadre of all-India services officers with the Arunachal Pradesh, Goa, Mizoram Union Territory (AGMUT) cadre.
Rahul Gandhi resurrects ‘hum do, hamare do’ slogan to attack Modi govt on farm laws
Rahul Gandhi in Lok Sabha said he won't speak on the Budget and will only talk about what he thinks are the ‘content and intent’ of the 3 farm laws.
Modi, Modi, Modi — BJP MPs mention PM 420 times in Parliament speeches on President’s address
25 BJP MPs in Lok Sabha made a total of 253 references to PM Modi in the two-day debate, while 19 Rajya Sabha MPs made 167 mentions over three days.
Indifference, callousness shown towards border infrastructure during UPA era, says PM Modi
Speaking in the Lok Sabha, PM Modi said his govt was building border infrastructure and cited that work was being done at a fast pace on about 75 bridges along the LAC.
Covid vaccine patents can be waived without hurting firms like Bharat Biotech. Here’s how
It is time countries acted with a humanitarian approach at WTO and relaxed IPR provisions for Covid-19 vaccines. And it can be done without disincentivising R&D efforts.
Covid hits gold sales on Akshaya Tritiya for second consecutive year
Recovery in India's gold demand, which bounced back in the first three months of 2021, has faltered again as surging infections force many states to impose lockdown-like curbs.
Defence
NIA arrests People’s Liberation Army leader for killing Assam Rifles official in Manipur
Mayanglambam Siromani, 32, was arrested for alleged involvement in an ambush on a road-opening party of 4th Assam Rifles in Manipur's Chandel on 15 November 2017.
Modi govt is in denial & India is back to being a flailing state
Modi government didn’t strengthen the foundations of basic governance in the last 7 years. Now, the PM has retreated and ministers are failing, adding to the Covid disaster.