legislative business

New Delhi, Apr 2 The Budget Session of Parliament will reconvene on April 16 after a brief recess to pass bills to increase the number of Lok Sabha seats from 543 to 816, enabling the implementation of the women's reservation law at the earliest, amidst the ongoing election season.While the...

New Delhi, April 2 Amid indications that the government may introduce a bill to increase seats in the Lok Sabha and state assemblies to implement reservation for women, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju on Thursday informed the Rajya Sabha that the House would meet again soon to...

New Delhi, April 2 – The Rajya Sabha witnessed a heated debate on Thursday as the government pushed forward key legislative business, drawing strong criticism from the Congress party, who argued that the ruling dispensation was prioritizing political gains over proper parliamentary procedure...

New Delhi, April 1 – The Rajya Sabha witnessed a heated exchange between Leader of the Opposition Mallikarjun Kharge and Minister of Parliamentary Affairs Kiren Rijiju on Wednesday. Rijiju accused the opposition of politicizing the West Asia crisis at a time when the country should be united...

New Delhi, March 20 – Ahead of the Delhi Assembly's Budget Session, which begins on March 23, Speaker Vijender Gupta met Chief Minister Rekha Gupta and her Cabinet colleagues to discuss preparations and modalities for conducting legislative business.The two agreed to set March 24 as the date...

Jaipur, March 11 – The fifth session of the 16th Rajasthan Legislative Assembly was adjourned sine die on Tuesday at 6:06 p.m., Speaker Vasudev Devnani announced this on Wednesday morning. Reviewing the session, Devnani said the Assembly held 24 sittings, during which discussions and legislative...

New Delhi, March 7 – Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday strongly defended Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla, describing him as a leader completely dedicated to the Constitution with unwavering loyalty to the parliamentary system.The Prime Minister's remarks came just 48 hours before the Lok...

New Delhi, March 6 – The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) issued a three-line directive to its members of Parliament on Friday, instructing them to be present in the House next week, when the second phase of the Budget Session begins.The directive stated that "very important legislative business"...

Thiruvananthapuram, February 24 – The Left government in Kerala passed the Nativity Card Bill in the state Assembly on Tuesday. This allowed the Assembly to complete all remaining legislative and financial business in the current session, following protests by the opposition.The Nativity Card...

Thiruvananthapuram, February 24 The Left government in Kerala passed the Nativity Card Bill in the state Assembly on Tuesday, which rushed through the remaining legislative and financial business of the House in the current session following opposition protests.Speaker A N Shamseer said that...

Raipur, February 21 The budget session of the Chhattisgarh legislative assembly will begin on February 23 and conclude on March 20, Speaker Raman Singh said here on Saturday.Finance Minister O P Chaudhary will present the budget for 2026-27 on February 24, he said.The session will begin with...

Shimla, February 16 In an unusual move, Himachal Pradesh Governor Shiv Pratap Shukla concluded his address to the Assembly on the opening day of the Budget Session in just 2 minutes and 10 seconds, skipping a portion of the speech he termed "comments on a constitutional institution".After...

Shimla, February 16 – Himachal Pradesh Governor Shiv Pratap Shukla surprised legislators on the opening day of the Budget Session by delivering his customary address, which was 50 pages long, in just a couple of minutes here, skipping sections related to the 16th Finance Commission.Political...