New Delhi: The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi replied to the motion of thanks on the President’s address to Parliament in the Lok Sabha today. The Prime Minister began his address to the House by referring to the Sengol that led the procession with pride and respect as Rastrapati Ji arrived in the new House to deliver her address and the rest of the Parliamentarians followed her lead. PM Modi underlined that this legacy increases the dignity of the house manifold and said that the 7...Read More

New Delhi: The Winter Session of Parliament concluded on Thursday. This session, which began on December 4, comprised 14 sittings spanning over 18 days. Within this session, Lok Sabha passed 18 bills, while 17 bills got passed in Rajya Sabha. Three bills were withdrawn with the leave of Lok Sabha, and one bill was withdrawn with the leave of Rajya Sabha. The total number of bills passed by both houses during the session is 19. Three significant bills aimed at reforming the criminal justice sys...Read More

New Delhi: Gujarat is among the top three states that received the most amount of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in the manufacturing sector. The state ranks at number 3 with an investment inflow of 34,186.62 Million US Dollars, the Union government informed the Parliament. In a reply to a question in Rajya Sabha, Union Minister of Commerce and Industry, Piyush Goyal, provided the following information: India is rapidly emerging as a preferred country for foreign investment in the manufac...Read More

New Delhi: The Lok Sabha today passed three new criminal law bills, namely the Bharatiya Nyaya (Second) Sanhita, 2023; the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha (Second) Sanhita, 2023; and the Bharatiya Sakshya (Second) Bill, 2023. Last week, Home Minister Amit Shah had introduced these three amended criminal law bills in the Lok Sabha, which will replace the IPC, CrPC, and the Indian Evidence Act. Union Home Minister Amit Shah addressed the House on the bills, emphasizing their role in breaking ...Read More

New Delhi: Ministry of Food Processing Industries (MoFPI) has approved ODOP for 713 districts in 35 States / UTs under the Pradhan Mantri Formalisation of Micro Food Processing Enterprises (PMFME) Scheme on recommendations from the States/ UTs and in consultation with the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare. The district wise details of ODOP including perishable products is at Annexure. New ODOP products are also added from time to time on the recommendations from the States / UTs. ANN...Read More

New Delhi: More than 45 lakh people have got admission in hospitals empaneled under Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri - Jan Arogya Yojana (AB PM-JAY) in Gujarat, said the Union government in Parliament. The Minister of State in the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (Prof. S. P. Singh Baghel) stated the following information in Lok Sabha during the ongoing winter session of Parliament. Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri - Jan Arogya Yojana (AB PM-JAY) is the largest publicly funded health assu...Read More

New Delhi: The Union Government, during the ongoing winter session of the Parliament, in response to a question in Lok Sabha, provided the yearly inflation rate figures in India since the nation gained independence in 1947. The Ministry of Finance stated "The time series of all-India inflation rate (Y-o-Y) based on Wholesale Price Index (WPI) and Consumer Price Index-Combined (CPI-C) is presented in Annexure I." Annexure I All-India (Y-o-Y) inflation rate (%) based on Wholesale Price Index ...Read More

New Delhi: The Union Government today, during the ongoing winter session of the Parliament, shared details about how it plans to deal with cybercrimes in a comprehensive and coordinated manner. The Ministry of Home Affairs, in a reply to a question in Lok Sabha, stated that the Central Government has taken steps, including the following: ~ Seven Joint Cyber Coordination Teams (JCCTs) have been constituted for Mewat, Jamtara, Ahmedabad, Hyderabad, Chandigarh, Vishakhapatnam, and Guwahati un...Read More

New Delhi: The Women Reservation Bill, known as the 'Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam,' aiming to ensure a 33% quota for women in both the Lok Sabha and state assemblies, was introduced today during a special session in the new Parliament building. Union Law Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal presented the bill as the 128th Constitutional Amendment Bill, which states that the provisions related to the reservation of women in the Lok Sabha and state assemblies will come into effect after the delimitation ...Read More

New Delhi: The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi addressed the Special Session of Parliament in Lok Sabha today. The Special Session is taking place from the 18th to the 22nd of September 2023. Addressing the House, the Prime Minister remarked that today is an occasion to recollect and reminisce the parliamentary journey of 75 years of India before the proceedings are shifted to the newly inaugurated building. Speaking about the Old Parliament Building, the Prime Minister mentioned that ...Read More