09:57 (IST)
BJP's Vinay Sahasrabuddhe tests positive
BJP MP Vinay Sahasrabuddhe tested positive for coronavirus. Additionally, Monsoon Session of Parliament will go on as scheduled despite ministers Nitin Gadkari and Prahlad Patel testing positive for COVID-19
09:54 (IST)
Lok Sabha Latest Updates
Adjournment notice over lathi charge during protests in Kerala
Congress MP K Suresh has given an Adjournment Motion notice in the Lok Sabha over lathi charge on Kerala States Union and Youth Congress workers during protests, deteriorating law and order situation in the state and demand for Home Ministry to intervene.
09:51 (IST)
Lok Sabha Latest Updates
Modi responds to Opposition's criticism of agriculture bills
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday lauded the passage of proposed legislations as historic and asserted that they will rid farmers and the farm sector of middlemen and other bottlenecks.
With ruling BJP ally Shiromani Akali Dal joining the opposition in protesting these bills, Modi asserted that many forces are trying to “mislead’ farmers and assured the farming community that minimum support price and government procurement of their produce will continue along with a lot of other options for them.
These reforms will provide new opportunities to farmers to sell their produce and will lead to increased profits for them, he said.
09:33 (IST)
Rajya Sabha Latest Updates
Bills for Consideration and Passing
- Indian Medicine Central Council (Amendment) Bill, 2020
- Salaries and Allowances of Ministers (Amendment) Bill, 2020
- Homoeopathy Central Council (Amendment) Bill, 2020
- Salary, Allowances and Pension of Members of Parliament (Amendment) Bill, 2020
- Indian Institutes of Information Technology Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2020
09:32 (IST)
Lok Sabha Latest Updates
Bill for introduction and consideration
Bill for introduction
Taxation and Other Laws (Relaxation and Amendment of Certain Provisions) Bill, 2020
Bills for consideration and passing
Bilateral Netting of Qualified Financial Contracts Bill, 2020
Companies (Amendment) Bill, 2020
Factoring Regulation (Amendment) Bill, 2020
09:23 (IST)
Lok Sabha Latest Updates
Adjournment notice over Facebook interference
Congress MP Manickam Tagore has given an adjournment notice in the Lok Sabha 'to discuss about the need to initiate probe over Facebook's alleged interference in the country's electoral democracy'.
09:21 (IST)
Rajya Sabha Latest Updates
Zero Hour notices over farmers' agitation, missing children
Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut has given a Zero Hour notice in the Rajya Sabha over farmers' agitation over ban on the export of onion.
CPM MP KK Ragesh gave a Zero Hour notice over non-payment of GST compensation to states. BJP MP Ashok Bajpai gave a Zero Hour notice over 'the issue of missing children'.
09:19 (IST)
President accepts Harsimrat Kaur Badal's resignation
President Ram Nath Kovind accepted the resignation of Harsimrat Kaur Badal from the Narendra Modi Cabinet. She had submitted her resignation over the passage of two agriculture bills in the Lok Sabha on Thursday.
Narendra Singh Tomar will take charge as the Food Processing Industries Minister.
Meanwhile, Punjab's Kisan Mazdoor Sangharsh Committee announced it will hold a 'rail roko' agitation from 24 to 26 September against the three agriculture ordinances in the Parliament.
Parliament LATEST Updates: On the fifth day of the Parliament's Monsoon Session, the Rajya Sabha will see the introduction of five bills for consideration and passage. These bills include The Homeopathy Central Council (Amendment) Bill, The Indian Medicine Central Council (Amendment) Bill, The Salaries and Allowances of Ministers (Amendment) Bill, The Salary, Allowances and Pension of Members of Parliament (Amendment) Bill and The Indian Institutes of Information Technology Laws (Amendment) Bill.
Meanwhile, the Lok Sabha will discuss bills pertaining to taxation and finance. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will introduce five bills for consideration and passage - The Taxation and Other Laws (Relaxation and Amendment of Certain Provisions) Bill, The Appropriation (No 4) Bill, Appropriation (No 3) Bill, The Companies (Amendment) Bill, The Bilateral Netting of Qualified Financial Contracts Bill and The Factoring Regulation (Amendment) Bill.
Lok Sabha on Thursday passed the Farmers' Produce Trade and Commerce (Promotion and Facilitation) Bill, 2020 and the Farmers (Empowerment and Protection) Agreement on Price Assurance and Farm Services Bill, 2020. The Congress said the farm sector legislations brought in by the government will be "a death knell for the future of farming".
Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) member Harsimrat Kaur Badal resigned from the Union Cabinet in protest against the farm sectors bills. Her resignation came after SAD president Sukhbir Singh Badal strongly opposed the bills in Lok Sabha, claiming that they will "destroy" the agriculture sector in Punjab.
Congress MPs Jasbir Singh Gill, Ravneet Singh Bittu, Gurjit Singh Aujla and Amar Singh burnt copies of the bills and said they will oppose the proposed legislations tooth and nail. They also wore black robes, saying "I am a farmer and farm labourer and don't betray me".
The Rajya Sabha saw a detailed discussions on the LAC border issue with China, and the Centre's COVID-19 management strategy. Union health minister Harsh Vardhan said that a coronavirus vaccine is likely to be available in India by early next year and added that the Centre is aiming to bring down India's COVID-19 mortality rate to less than one percent from the current 1.64 percent, which is "still the lowest in the world".
Defence minister Rajnath Singh addressed the Rajya Sabha on Thursday regarding the border row with China along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in eastern Ladakh. "China has shown complete disregard for bilateral agreements and violated peace in the east Ladakh," he said in the Upper House, days after Congress MPs in the Lower House had staged a walkout claiming that the Centre is unwilling to discuss the India-China border row.
The Monsoon Session of Parliament will go on as scheduled despite ministers Nitin Gadkari and Prahlad Patel testing positive for coronavirus. BJP MP Vinay Sahasrabuddhe also tested positive for the virus.
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