Parliament Live Updates: PM Replies To Motion of Thanks On President's Parliament Address: Highlights

Parliament Budget Session Live Updates: On Friday, PM Modi held a meeting with Home Minister Amit Shah, Information and Broadcasting Minister Prakash Javadekar and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pralhad Joshi at the parliament complex.

Parliament Live Updates: PM Replies To Motion of Thanks On President's Parliament Address: Highlights

Parliament Live Updates: PM is replying to Motion of Thanks on President's address in Rajya Sabha

New Delhi:

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is replying to the Motion of Thanks on President Ram Nath Kovind's address in the Rajya Sabha today amid opposition's call to repeal the three contentious agricultural laws. Since the start of the Parliament Budget Session, the opposition has continuously attacked the Centre over farm laws.

On Friday, PM Modi held a meeting with Home Minister Amit Shah, Information and Broadcasting Minister Prakash Javadekar and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pralhad Joshi at the parliament complex.

The ruling BJP and the opposition led by the Congress on Friday clashed in parliament over the laws against which thousands of farmers have been protesting in and around the national capital. While the Congress demanded a Supreme Court-monitored probe into the Republic Day violence - when thousands of farmers on tractors had barged into the national capital and clashed with the police - the government defended the laws and said it has had several meetings with farmers' unions to resolve the deadlock.

Here are the live updates on Parliament proceedings:

Feb 08, 2021 11:43 (IST)
PM Modi speaks on Women:

Women have a larger to play in the self-reliant India

Feb 08, 2021 11:42 (IST)
"'MSP tha, MSP hai aur MSP rahega.' Affordable ration for the poor will continue. Mandis will be modernised," says PM Modi in reply to motion of thanks on the President's address in Rajya Sabha LIVE updates: https://ndtv.com/india-news/parliament-budget-session-live-updates-pm-narendra-modi-to-reply-on-motion-of-thanks-to-president-ram-nath-kovinds-address-in-rajya-sabha-today-2365448
Feb 08, 2021 11:28 (IST)
PM quotes Manmohan Singh on farmers and one nation one market

  • You should be proud that Manmohan Singh advocated it and now Modi is doing it
  • We know that it's difficult to accept change. Protests against green evolution is also well-documented. During Shashtri ji's govt, no one was willing to become the agri minister because no one was willing to upset the farmers.
  • We amend our laws time to time. We need to move forward while incorporating new suggestions.
  • Our agri minister is talking to our farmers. We request to the protestors that agitation is fine but elderly are sitting there for protests, that's not right. 
  • We need to move forward, not backward. We need to give change to these reforms
  • We shouldn't forget Punjab. Punjab had to face the most terrible incidents. They had to face the consequence of partition and the riots of '84. 
  • There are people who are instigating our Sikh brothers. The Sikhs have done so much for us. There are people who are trying to mislead them

Feb 08, 2021 11:16 (IST)
PM Modi speaks on Pradhanmantri gram sadak yojana:
  • Pradhanmantri gram sadak yojana is benefitting the small farmers. A farmer from a village can now send his produce to a city like Mumbai through this scheme
  • Every government has spoken for the reforms in agriculture sector
  • It's fine that you (opposition) are attacking the government on the protests but you should have also told the farmers that change is necessary for development

Feb 08, 2021 11:15 (IST)
"Everyone is speaking on #farmersprotest, but no one is talking about what the farmers are protesting against," says PM Modi in reply to Motion of Thanks on the President's address in Rajya Sabha LIVE updates: https://ndtv.com/india-news/parliament-budget-session-live-updates-pm-narendra-modi-to-reply-on-motion-of-thanks-to-president-ram-nath-kovinds-address-in-rajya-sabha-today-2365448
Feb 08, 2021 11:15 (IST)
PM Modi speaks on Pradhanmantri samman nidhi yojana:

Through Pradhanmantri samman nidhi yojana, money reached directly to the farmers' account of those states who became a part of it. The percentage would have been bigger had Bengal farmers were also a part of it.
Feb 08, 2021 11:11 (IST)
PM Modi speaks on 'Phasal bima yojana':

Small farmers didn't have irrigation facilities or bank accounts, had to face problems with urea procurement. We tried to change this after 2014, for that we brought is "phasal bima yojana"

Feb 08, 2021 11:06 (IST)
"India's forex reserves are at a record high, India's agriculture produce are at a record high, we're 2nd in the world in terms of internet users and every month we make transactions worth Rs 4 lakh crore via UPI," says PM Modi in reply to Motion of Thanks on President's address
Feb 08, 2021 11:04 (IST)
PM Modi speaks on farmers' protest:

Everyone is speaking on the protests, but no one is talking about what they are protesting against
Feb 08, 2021 10:58 (IST)
"Our nation's very temperament is democratic, and we must infuse this thought among our nation's youth," says PM Modi in reply to motion of thanks on the President's address in Rajya Sabha LIVE updates: https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/parliament-budget-session-live-updates-pm-narendra-modi-to-reply-on-motion-of-thanks-to-president-ram-nath-kovinds-address-in-rajya-sabha-today-2365448
Feb 08, 2021 10:52 (IST)
Trinamool Congress MPs staged a walkout, as Prime Minister Modi began his reply in Rajya Sabha to the Motion of Thanks on the President's Address.
Feb 08, 2021 10:49 (IST)
PM Modi replies to motion of thanks on the President's address in Rajya Sabha LIVE updates: https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/parliament-budget-session-live-updates-pm-narendra-modi-to-reply-on-motion-of-thanks-to-president-ram-nath-kovinds-address-in-rajya-sabha-today-2365448
Feb 08, 2021 10:49 (IST)
PM Modi in replies to motion of thanks on the President's address in Rajya Sabha LIVE updates: https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/parliament-budget-session-live-updates-pm-narendra-modi-to-reply-on-motion-of-thanks-to-president-ram-nath-kovinds-address-in-rajya-sabha-today-2365448
Feb 08, 2021 10:44 (IST)
"A country that's young, full of excitement and works hard for fulfilling its dreams will never let go of opportunities emanating in India," says PM Modi in his reply to the motion of thanks on the President's address in Rajya Sabha
Feb 08, 2021 10:38 (IST)
PM Modi replies in Rajya Sabha to the Motion of Thanks on the President's Address.


Here are the highlights of his address:

  • In Rajya Sabha, over 50 MPs expressed their views for over 13 hours, they expressed their invaluable views. So, I express my gratitude to all the MPs
  • India is truly a land of opportunities. Several opportunities are awaiting us, so a nation which is young, full of enthusiasm and a nation that is making efforts to realise the dreams, with a resolve, will never let these opportunities simply pass by
  • If we look at the entire world and compare it with India's young mind, it seems India has turned into a land of opportunities.
  • A country that's young, full of excitement and works hard for fulfilling its dreams will never let go of such opportunities.
  • The country which is young. The country is full of enthusiasm. A country that strives to achieve accomplishment with a lot of dreams.  That country can never let these opportunities go.
  • The eyes of the world are on India. There is a confidence that India will contribute to the betterment of our planet
  • We are undertaking the biggest Vaccination drive. It's a proud moment for us. We sent medicines in Corona times to 150 nations.
  • We had to find ways, build ways and save people. The entire country performed well and the world accepts that India has played a big role in saving mankind.
  • Our democracy is a human institution
  • We need to protect people from the attack on our nationalism. Our concept of nationalism isn't narrow
  • We aren't just the biggest democracy but our country is the birthplace of democracy
  • India is standing strong in every area with its own capabilities. The world saw India's capabilities after surgical strikes
  • During the pandemic era, where the world is craving for investment, India is where record investment is taking place.  On one side there is an atmosphere of despair, on the other side there is a ray of hope for India
  • There are challenges but we have to decide whether we want to be a part of the problem or solution
Feb 08, 2021 10:36 (IST)
Watch | PM @narendramodi's reply to the motion of thanks on the President's address in the Rajya Sabha Live on NDTV 24x7 and ndtv.com/live
Feb 08, 2021 10:31 (IST)
Defence Minister in Rajya Sabha in reply to a question 'is there any probability that few estates of Defence will be privatised in time to come'

We are emphasising on indigenisation and have chosen 101 items that won't be imported from other nations but manufactured in India by Indians.

11 Rafale aircraft have arrived in India. By this March, India will have 17 Rafale aircraft. By April 2022, all Rafale aircraft (the entire batch) will come to India.

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Feb 08, 2021 09:57 (IST)
Update| At around 10:30 AM today in the Rajya Sabha, PM Narendra Modi will reply to the Motion of Thanks on the President's address.
Feb 08, 2021 09:57 (IST)
Update| Shiv Sena MP Priyanka Chaturvedi has given suspension of business notice under rule 267 in Rajya Sabha to discuss the investigation of TRP scam.

Feb 08, 2021 09:56 (IST)
Update| BJP MP Nabam Rebia has given Zero Hour notice in Rajya Sabha and demanded for creation of a separate all India service cadre for Arunachal Pradesh.

Feb 08, 2021 09:56 (IST)
Update| BJD MP Prashanta Nanda has given Zero Hour Notice in Rajya Sabha and demanded to provide mobile connectivity in villages and left-wing extremism (LWE) areas in Odisha.

Feb 08, 2021 09:56 (IST)
Update| CPI MP Binoy Viswam has given suspension of business notice under rule 267 in Rajya Sabha over the flash floods in Chamoli, Uttrakhand.