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Sunday, March 15, 2026
TopicPrivate member bills

Topic: private member bills

Ex-CJI Ranjan Gogoi’s 6 years as Rajya Sabha MP—no questions, no Bills, 1 debate

On his report card as Rajya Sabha MP, ex-CJI Ranjan Gogoi told ThePrint: ‘I didn’t ask questions for the sake of asking questions…But there are several other areas where I contributed.’

Congress MP’s private member’s bill on rehabilitation of Kashmir Pandits cleared for consideration by RS

President has recommended consideration of the bill, a mandatory requirement under Article 117(3) of Constitution, clearing the decks for discussion on it in Upper House.

Congress MLA Khaira seeks law against non-Punjabis buying land in state — ‘endangers our identity’

Akal Takht jathedar too made this demand last month while exhorting youth not to go abroad. Khaira plans to move a private member's bill in assembly to enact a prohibitory law.

Minority status, arms licence, probe panel — what Congress MP’s Bill wants for Kashmiri Pandits

Congress MP Vivek Tankha introduced a private member's Bill in the Rajya Sabha Friday with an array of provisions for the resettlement and rehabilitation of Kashmiri Pandits.

Rajya Sabha MP to move bill to penalise MPs, MLAs with more than 2 kids

Rajya Sabha MP Rakesh Sinha proposes to move a private member bill in the upcoming Monsoon session. The bill comes on the heels of UP's population control bill.

Fridays in Parliament are graveyard of ideas even under Modi govt

In Modi’s first Lok Sabha term, about 900 private member bills were introduced in Parliament but not even 2 per cent of these bills were discussed.

On Camera

Gulf conflict pushes Dubai diamond traders to eye Surat for rough stone auctions. But there are hurdles

Industry leaders say India’s complicated customs process and GST levies are deterrents for traders to come to Surat for auctions.

Supreme Leader Mojtaba, the man Iran must keep alive & the secret force ‘tasked with it’—all about NOPO

The Nirouyeh Vijeh Pasdaran Velayat, or NOPO, was the only force Ali Khamenei trusted.It was founded in 1991 and is more feared than the Revolutionary Guards.

Peaceful power transfers followed uprisings in India’s neighbourhood. It’s a sign of mature democracies

Rating democracies is a tricky business. I am only using the simple metric of who in the Indian subcontinent has had the most peaceful, stable, normal political transitions and continuity.