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December 22, 2014 12:22 PM

Rajya Sabha faces adjournments over religious conversion issue

The deadlock between the government and the opposition benches in the Rajya Sabha on the issue of religious conversion, continued today also. The House was adjourned for half an hour till noon as the opposition members reiterated their demanded for the presence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi during...

December 19, 2014 8:33 PM

Electricity (Amendment) Bill introduced in Lok Sabha

The Electricity (Amendment) Bill, 2014 was introduced in the Lok Sabha by the Power Minister Piyush Goyal. The Bill seeks to improve the distribution system by giving choice to the consumer, promotion of renewable energy, maintenance of grid security, rationalization of tariff determination and stre...

December 19, 2014 6:09 PM

Constitution Amendment Bill for GST tabled in Lok Sabha

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today introduced a Constitution Amendment Bill to enable the introduction of Goods and Services Tax (GST) Bill in the Lok Sabha. Moving the Constitution (One Hundred and Twenty Second Amendment) Bill, 2014, Mr Jaitley said, adequate safeguards have been taken in the Bil...

December 19, 2014 6:01 PM

Govt reiterates there will be no dilution in MGNREGA Scheme

Rural Development Minister Birender Singh has reiterated that there will be no dilution in Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee (MGNREGA) Scheme. Replying to a discussion in the Lok Sabha, Mr Singh said, the government has allocated more than Rs 26,000 crore under the scheme to the sta...

December 19, 2014 5:36 PM

GST will provide more than adequate protection to states: Arun Jaitley

Parliament has approved the Appropriation Bill, 2014 with the Rajya Sabha returning it today by voice vote. Replying to a brief discussion in the Rajya Sabha, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley assured that the proposed Goods and Services Tax (GST) will provide more than adequate protection to the states...

December 19, 2014 4:57 PM

10%-12% of recruits in armed forces come from NCC: Defence Minister

In Armed Forces, 10 to 12 per cent of the recruits come from NCC and efforts are on to increase the number of enrolement in NCC as well as recruitment of NCC cadets in armed forces. Replying to the supplementaries in the Lok Sabha during question hour, Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar said, the gov...

December 19, 2014 2:19 PM

LS adopts resolution condemning grant of bail to Lakhvi

The Lok Sabha today unanimously adopted a resolution condemning the grant of bail to 26/11 Mumbai terror attack accused Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi. The Resolution called upon the government to take all steps including coordination with other countries to pressurize Islamabad to punish the guilty. It also ...

December 19, 2014 1:25 PM

Credit flow to agri sector gone up to 7 lakh crore rupees: Jayant Sinha

The flow of credit to the agriculture sector has gone up to 7 lakh crore rupees. Replying to supplimentaries during question hour Minister of State for Finance Jayant Sinha said, Government provides interest subvention of 3 percent to farmers if they repay their short term loans on time. The ministe...

December 19, 2014 1:19 PM

Pakistan should be declared a terrorist state: Dr. Murli Manohar Joshi

Senior BJP leader Dr. Murli Manohar Joshi today said that Pakistan should be declared a terrorist state at international level. Replying to a media query outside Parliament over bail to Mumbai terror attack accused Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi, Dr. Joshi said that the neighbouring country has become a hub o...

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