Parliament passes bill to give states power to make their own OBC lists

The Parliament on Tuesday unanimously passed the bill to restore the power of states and union territories to prepare and maintain their own list of socially and educationally backward classes (SEBCs). The Constitution (One Hundred and Twenty-Seventh Amendment) Bill, 2021 was passed in Rajya Sabha amid demand from opposition parties for caste census and raising […]

Parliament passes bill to amend Scheduled Tribes list of Arunachal Pradesh

Lok Sabha on Monday passed the Constitution (Scheduled Tribes) Order (Amendment) Bill, which seeks to amend the constitutional list of Scheduled Tribes as recommended by the state of Arunachal Pradesh. The bill was passed through the voice vote. According to the bill, at present, there are 18 communities with their synonyms appearing in the illustrative […]

Monsoon session of Parliament to be held at normal timings from July 19

Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Monday informed that the monsoon session of the Parliament will be held at normal pre-COVID timings from 11 am to 6 pm. In the past few sessions, the two Houses of the Parliament were functioning at reduced time slots. Rajya Sabha operated from 9 am to 1 pm while […]

WhatsApp privacy policy change to be discussed in Parliamentary panel’s meeting with FB, Twitter officials

Change in WhatsApp privacy policy will be among other issues that will be discussed in the meeting between officials of Facebook, Twitter and the Parliamentary standing committee on Information Technology (IT) on January 21, sources said. “Parliamentary standing committee on IT has summoned Facebook and Twitter officials on January 21, change in WhatsApp privacy policy […]

No winter session of Parliament due to COVID-19, says Prahlad Joshi

Union Minister of Parliamentary Affairs Prahlad Joshi has said that he has informally contacted floor leaders of various political parties and they have expressed their concerns about the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and opined of doing away with Winter Session of the Parliament. The Minister said this in a letter dated December 14, 2020, addressed to […]

PM Narendra Modi lays foundation stone of New Parliament Building

Prime Minister Narendra Modi laid the foundation stone of the New Parliament Building in Parliament House Complex on Thursday. Tata Trusts’ Chairman Ratan Tata, Union Minister HS Puri, Deputy Chairman of Rajya Sabha Harivansh and various religious leaders were also present at the event. Tata Projects Ltd has been given the contract for the project. […]

PM Modi to lay foundation stone for new Parliament building on Dec 10

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will lay the foundation stone for new Parliament building and will perform ‘Bhoomi Pujan’ on December 10. “On December 10, the Prime Minister will perform Bhumi Pujan for the new state-of-the-art Parliament building,” Lok Sabha Speaker Birla told ANI. Last week, Birla along with officials had taken a round of the […]

Monsoon Session: 17 MPs including Meenakshi Lekhi, Anant Kumar Hegde test positive for COVID-19

Seventeen Members of Parliament, including ruling BJP leaders Meenakshi Lekhi, Anant Kumar Hegde and Parvesh Sahib Singh have tested positive for coronavirus on the first day of Monsoon session of the Parliament. The monsoon session 2020 of Parliament commenced today. This is the first Parliament session being held amid the COVID-19 pandemic. All safety measures […]

7 Congress MPs suspended from Lok Sabha for unruly behaviour

As many as 7 Congress MPs, including Assam MP Gaurav Gogoi have been suspended from the rest of the budget session in the Parliament. The MPs were suspended by Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla, for creating ruckus over the last three days. The second half of the budget session, which started on Monday, will end […]