Update: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman is currently speaking in Rajya Sabha.
Update: "Number of terrorist incidents in hinterland during last decade as compared to the previous decade have reduced by 70 percent from 71 to 21 and the number of terrorist incidents in Jammu & Kashmir have reduced by 86 percent i.e. 23,290 to 3187," says MoS Home, G Kishan Reddy, in Lok Sabha.
Update: The Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Bill, 2019 has been passed by Lok Sabha.
Changes in motor vehicles Act won't affect states' powers: Nitin Gadkari
Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari on Monday made a strong pitch in Lok Sabha for the passage of the Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Bill, 2019, saying it will weed out corruption, improve road safety and usher in the use of more technology to regulate traffic.
The Congress, however, accused the Union government of trying to curtail powers of states with the proposed changes in law and also claimed that it will bring in privatisation in the sector.
Gadkari sought to allay the concerns of opposition, saying it will be entirely up to states to decide if they want to adopt the new law or not.
He said it was one of his failures as a minister that he could not bring down road accident fatalities by much from the average of 1.5 lakh deaths per year and asserted that the bill, if it becomes a law, will help tackle the menace. (PTI)
Update: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has moved the Appropriation Bill and Finance Bill in Rajya Sabha.
Update: A meeting of all opposition leaders is underway at the office of Leader of opposition in Rajya Sabha, Ghulam Nabi Azad, in the Parliament. The opposition is demanding that PM Modi come to the House.
Update: Minister for Road Transport and Highways, Nitin Gadkari, addressing Lok Sabha.
Update: Opposiion leaders will meet at 4:45 pm today seeking PM clarification, News18 has reported. LoP Ghulam Nabi Azad will chair the meet.
Update: Opposition walks out of Rajya Sabha after Leader of Opposition Ghulam Nabi Azad says "Neither the PM responds nor any of his ministers have courage to tell him that if MPs want him to come to the House, it's his duty to come. It didn't happen in last 6 yrs, it didn't happen today."
Update: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman is currently speaking in Rajya Sabha.
Update: "Number of terrorist incidents in hinterland during last decade as compared to the previous decade have reduced by 70 percent from 71 to 21 and the number of terrorist incidents in Jammu & Kashmir have reduced by 86 percent i.e. 23,290 to 3187," says MoS Home, G Kishan Reddy, in Lok Sabha.
Update: The Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Bill, 2019 has been passed by Lok Sabha.
Changes in motor vehicles Act won't affect states' powers: Nitin Gadkari
Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari on Monday made a strong pitch in Lok Sabha for the passage of the Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Bill, 2019, saying it will weed out corruption, improve road safety and usher in the use of more technology to regulate traffic.
The Congress, however, accused the Union government of trying to curtail powers of states with the proposed changes in law and also claimed that it will bring in privatisation in the sector.
Gadkari sought to allay the concerns of opposition, saying it will be entirely up to states to decide if they want to adopt the new law or not.
He said it was one of his failures as a minister that he could not bring down road accident fatalities by much from the average of 1.5 lakh deaths per year and asserted that the bill, if it becomes a law, will help tackle the menace. (PTI)
Update: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has moved the Appropriation Bill and Finance Bill in Rajya Sabha.
Update: A meeting of all opposition leaders is underway at the office of Leader of opposition in Rajya Sabha, Ghulam Nabi Azad, in the Parliament. The opposition is demanding that PM Modi come to the House.
Update: Minister for Road Transport and Highways, Nitin Gadkari, addressing Lok Sabha.
Update: Opposiion leaders will meet at 4:45 pm today seeking PM clarification, News18 has reported. LoP Ghulam Nabi Azad will chair the meet.
Update: Opposition walks out of Rajya Sabha after Leader of Opposition Ghulam Nabi Azad says "Neither the PM responds nor any of his ministers have courage to tell him that if MPs want him to come to the House, it's his duty to come. It didn't happen in last 6 yrs, it didn't happen today."