Budget Session: Both Houses of Parliament adjourned sine die a day ahead of schedule

The Rajya Sabha chairperson could not sum up the business conducted in the House amid protests against rising fuel prices.

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· Apr 07, 2022 · 12:43 pm

Parliament: Nirmala Sitharaman presents Rs 1.42 lakh crore Budget in Lok Sabha for Jammu and Kashmir

The second half of the Budget Session resumed on Monday and will end on April 8. The first half was held between February 1 and February 11.

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· Mar 14, 2022 · 08:52 am

Parliament: Piyush Goyal refuses to answer DMK MP’s question in English, triggers protest

The Union minister said he can speak in any language he desires.

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· Feb 10, 2022 · 12:41 pm

More than 25,000 died by suicide due to unemployment or indebtedness in three years, says Centre

The government is addressing mental health concerns and has started several job-creation schemes, said Union Minister Nityanand Rai said in the Rajya Sabha.

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· Feb 09, 2022 · 08:30 pm

Maoist influence contracted to 46 districts in 2021 from 96 in 2010, says Centre

Union minister Nityananda Rai alleged that the Maoist ideology in India was influenced by global organisations.

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· Feb 09, 2022 · 06:35 pm

Parliament: Congress has not changed its ego after decades of defeat, says Prime Minister Modi

The prime minister said ‘blind opposition’ to everything is not the way forward.

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· Feb 07, 2022 · 08:05 pm

Parliament: No mention of national security in President Kovind’s address, says Congress MP

MP Anand Sharma said that the Centre had assured the House of an in-camera briefing regarding situation at border China but ‘nothing was ever done’.

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· Feb 07, 2022 · 03:07 pm

Rs 3,358.14 crore MGNREGA wages not paid to workers, Centre tells Rajya Sabha

West Bengal tops the list of largest pending payments under the Centre’s flagship rural employment scheme with Rs 752.16 crore in liabilities.

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· Feb 03, 2022 · 11:39 am

Union Budget fails to address India’s unemployment problem, says leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha

He also noted that in 2014, the Centre had guaranteed 2 crore jobs every year, whereas this year it has promised 60 lakh jobs for next five years.

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· Feb 02, 2022 · 03:23 pm

Budget 2022: Digital rupee and crypto tax among key takeaways

The Union Budget also focused on large infrastructure projects and small businesses.

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· Feb 01, 2022 · 10:41 pm

Budget 2022: Citizens can file updated income tax returns within two years

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said that the time period has been extended to provide taxpayers a window to correct filing errors.

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· Feb 01, 2022 · 09:03 pm

Budget 2022: Centre allocates Rs 73,000 crore to MNGREGA – 25% less than revised estimate for 2021

The revised estimate for the rural job guarantee scheme last year was Rs 98,000 crore.

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· Feb 01, 2022 · 07:15 pm