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Parliament Approves Additional Spending Of Rs 58,378 Cr In Current Fiscal

Parliament on Tuesday gave its approval for a net additional spending of Rs 58,378 crore in the current fiscal ending March 2024, with a large chunk allocated to MGNREGA and fertiliser subsidies. The gross additional spending would be more than Rs ...

Govt Seeks Nod From Lok Sabha For Net Additional Spending Of Rs 58,378 Cr This Fiscal

The government on Wednesday sought Lok Sabha nod for a net additional spending of Rs 58,378 crore in the current fiscal. The first batch of supplementary demands for grants for 2023-24 fiscal was tabled in the lower house of the parliament ...

Darshan Hiranandani Affidavit: TMC MP Mahua Moitra Accused of Taking Bribes to Target Adani Group

Darshan Hiranandani, CEO of Hiranandani Group, has accused TMC MP Mahua Moitra of taking bribes to raise questions in Parliament about the Adani Group. Read the full story here....

Columnist And Political Analyst Abhishek Gupta’s Take On New Parliament Of INDIA

October 11: Columnist and political analyst Abhishek Gupta said that with the construction of a new Parliament building, India, the largest democracy in the world, is poised to significantly alter the political landscape of its nation. This large-scale undertaking symbolizes not ...

Energy Efficiency Focus In New Parliament Bldg Lighting, Will Save Power By Over 50%

Energy efficiency is a key focus in the new Parliament building's lighting, and the structure will consume over 50 per cent less power than the conventional system, according to an industry official. The building, inaugurated in May this year and is ...

Govt Asks States, To Extend Aspirational Districts Template In Backward Blocks

There is no proposal to include more districts under the Aspirational Districts Programme, even as states have been asked to extend the template for accelerating development in backward blocks, Parliament was informed on Wednesday. In a written reply to the Lok ...

32 Bills Indicated By Various Departments, For Monsoon Session, 14 Ready: Govt

A day before the start of the monsoon session of Parliament, the government on Sunday said 32 bills have been indicated by various departments for presentation in two houses of which 14 are ready, even as it asserted that it wants ...

Finance Bill Passed In Lok Sabha Without Discussion

On Monday, the Lok Sabha passed the Finance Bill 2020 without discussion. The Union government said it was an "extraordinary situation", a reference to the coronavirus pandemic, as Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman tabled the bill for passage. The House negated amendments ...

Fugitive Economic Offenders Bill Passed by the Parliament

The Indian Parliament passed a legislation that provides for confiscation of local as well as overseas assets of big economic offenders who flee the country to avoid prosecution. The government has been lately dealing with the problem of white-collar crimes, where ...

Gratuity Bill To Double Tax-Free Limit to 20 Lakhs Passed By Parliament

Parliament today passed a key bill that will empower the government to fix the amount of tax-free gratuity and the period of maternity leave with an executive order. The Rajya Sabha, which has failed to transact any significant business over the ...

Claimants of dormant A/c to get 4% return

Claimants of dormant accounts and deposits will get interest of 4 percent on amounts lying in them, Parliament was informed on Tuesday. The Reserve Bank has established the Depositor Education and Awareness Fund (DEAF) to create awareness about such dormant ...

Govt not considering any proposal to junk Aadhaar project

Government is not considering any proposal to discontinue the Aadhaar project under which biometrics details of residents are collected to generate unique identification number, Parliament was informed Friday. "There is no such proposal under consideration of the government at this ...

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