Parliament Monsoon Session LIVE Updates: The Rajya Sabha was adjourned for the day after the Opposition continued to protest over the Pegasus row and farmers' issues
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Union Ministers Amit Shah, Pralhad Joshi and Dharmendra Pradhan met Lok Sabha speaker Om Birla over Parliament disruptions.
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Amit Shah and Dharmendra Pradhan left after meeting the Lok Sabha Speaker
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The Centre has not mentioned 'Pegasus' in this week's agenda, Congress MP Shashi Tharoor told ANI. Also, they don't want to speak in the Lok Sabha on COVID management, vaccine policy, and hike in fuel prices," Tharoor claimed.
Govt has not mentioned 'Pegasus' in this week's agenda items. Also, they don't want to speak in the Lok Sabha on COVID management, vaccine policy, and hike in fuel prices: Chairman of Parliamentary Standing Committee on IT, Shashi Tharoor pic.twitter.com/2mYQh58byV
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The Factoring Regulation (Amendment) Bill, 2021 passed in Lok Sabha
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Lok Sabha adjourned till tomorrow amid uproar by opposition members. pic.twitter.com/SRNAYlJ5TZ
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The Bill declares certain institutes of food technology, entrepreneurship, and management as institutions of national importance. These institutes are the National Institute of Food Technology Entrepreneurship and Management Kundli, and the Indian Institute of Food Processing Technology, Thanjavur. The Bill declares these institutes as National Institutes of Food Technology, Entrepreneurship and Management, according to PRS Legislative.
The National Institute of Food Technology Entrepreneurship and Management Bill, 2021 passed in Lok Sabha pic.twitter.com/NBhpdCHTDE
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Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman addressed the Lok Sabha on the Factoring Regulation (Amendment) Bill, 2021, as Opposition continued to protest.
Govt reduced basic customs duty on Masur dal to nil & halved Agriculture infrastructure Development Cess on the lentil to 10%. Basic customs duty reduced from 10% to nil on lentils (Masur) originated in or exported from countries other than the USA: FM Nirmala Sitharaman in LS pic.twitter.com/C1E5kB0jEr
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Parliament Monsoon Session LATEST Updates: The Rajya Sabha was adjourned for the day after the Opposition continued to protest over the Pegasus row and farmers' issues.
The Rajya Sabha adjourned till 5 pm after resuming briefly. Meanwhile, the Opposition continued to protest in the House.
The Lok Sabha has adjourned till tomorrow after clearing the Factoring Regulation (Amendment) Bill, 2021, and National Institute of Food Technology and Entreprenuership and Management Bill, 2021.
Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman addressed the Lok Sabha on the Factoring Regulation (Amendment) Bill, 2021, as Opposition MPs continued their protest.
The Lok Sabha has been adjourned till 3 pm after Opposition members continued to create a ruckus in the House.
Mere minutes after resuming, both Houses of Parliament were adjouned yet again as Opposition members continued their protest. The Rajya Sabha will meet again at 3 pm while the Lok Sabha will reconvene at 2:45 pm.
After two days of weekend off, Parliament is set to meet today again as issues like Pegasus snooping row, farm laws among others threaten to put the treasury and opposition benches for yet another stormy showdown.
Lok Sabha MP Manickam Tagore has already given an adjournment motion notice on the Israeli spyware Pegasus row.
Both Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha were adjourned on Friday following the ruckus by the opposition over a host of issues.
In Lok Sabha, ministers Bhupender Yadav, Rameswar Teli will lay papers on the Table for Ministry of Labour and Employment and for the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas.
The Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (Amendment) Bill, 2021 will be introduced by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman. She will also present the Factoring Regulation (Amendment) Bill, 2020 for consideration and passing. Other bills that are likely to come up are The National Institutes of Food Technology, Entrepreneurship and Management Bill, 2021.
In the Rajya Sabha, the suspension of TMC MP Shantanu Sen led to the stiff protest from the Opposition leading to the adjournment of the House. With the proceedings for the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha resuming once again, the government hopes to get its parliamentary business done as much as possible.
As per the list of business, ministers Prahlad Joshi, Sarbananda Sonowal, Ashwini Kumar Choubey and Bishweswar Tudu are expected to lay papers on the table for the Ministry of Mines, Ministry of Shipping, Ministry of Environment and Ministry of Jal Shakti respectively.
Sonal Mansingh will present the 294th report on ‘Development and Conservation of Museums and
Archaeological Sites – Challenges and Opportunities’ of the Department-related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Transport, Tourism and Culture. TG Venkatesh will present the Report of the Department related Parliamentary Standing Standing Committee on Transport, Tourism and Culture.
The government is planning five ordinances in Parliament to convert them into laws -- The Homoeopathy Central Council (Amendment) Ordinance, The Indian Medicine Central Council (Amendment) Ordinance, The Commission for Air Quality Management in National Capital Region and Adjoining Areas Ordinance, The Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (Amendment) Ordinance and The Essential Defence Services Ordinance.
Parliament Monsoon Session Live Updates: The Centre will move a motion seeking suspension of Shantanu Sen that is likely to be heard tomorrow, according to media reports
The motion was passed by a voice vote and Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu asked Sen to leave the House
Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya in Rajya Sabha said that if there is any underreporting of COVID-19 deaths, it is by the states and not the Union government