Parliament Budget Session Highlights | Will soon introduce Seed and Pesticide Act in farmers' interest: Agriculture Min Shivraj Singh Chouhan

Parliament Budget Session LIVE Updates | Suspension of eight opposition MPs from Parliament revoked on Tuesday

The Lok Sabha on Tuesday revoked the eight suspended MP’s - Gurjeet Singh Aujla, Amarinder Singh Raja Warring, Hibi Eden, C Kiran Kumar Reddy, Manickam Tagore, Prashant Padole, Dean Kuriakose and S Ventakesan.

Parliament Budget Session LIVE Updates | Congress suspended 3 Odisha MLAs for cross-voting in RS polls on Tuesday

Parliament Budget Session LIVE Updates | 'When will govt come clean on LPG shortage?': Saket Gokhale on Tuesday

Parliament Budget Session LIVE Updates | Rajya Sabha returned The Appropriation Bill 2026 to Lok Sabha after discussion on Tuesday

Parliament approved the second batch of supplementary demands on Tuesday for grants, allowing the government to spend an additional Rs 2.01 lakh crore in the current fiscal, with the Rajya Sabha returning the Appropriation Bill 2026 to the Lok Sabha.

Parliament Budget Session LIVE Updates | 'For first time in India's history, non-fossil sources exceed fossil fuel capacity 5 years ahead of schedule': FM Sitharaman on Tuesday

Parliament Budget Session LIVE Updates | Proceedings begin in both Houses

Parliament Budget Session LIVE Updates | Lok Sabha Members pay respects to late Dr Kavuru Sambasiva Rao

Parliament Budget Session LIVE Updates | RS bid farewell to retiring MPs

Parliament Budget Session LIVE Updates | PM Narendra Modi addresses RS

Parliament Budget Session LIVE Updates | No full stop in politics: PM Modi bids farewell to retiring RS MPs

"There are also some bitter and sweet experiences along the way. However, when such an occasion arises, it is natural that we rise above party lines and a common sentiment emerges among all of us — that our colleagues are now moving forward for some other important responsibilities," said the Prime Minister.

"These are senior leaders who have spent more than half of their lives in parliamentary functioning. Even after such long experience, new members of Parliament should learn from them, how to come to the House with dedication, contribute as much as possible, and remain fully committed to the responsibilities given by society," he said during his address.

Parliament Budget Session LIVE Updates | Mallikarjun Kharge bids farewell to outgoing members in RS

Parliament Budget Session LIVE Updates | 'Prem humare saath, shaadi Modi ke saath': Mallikarjun Kharge quips at HD Deve Gowda

Addressing the Rajya Sabha, the LoP in Rajya Sabha, while bidding farewell to the outgoing MPs, quipped, "Prem humare saath, shaadi Modi ke saath (translation: In love with me, but married to Modiji)," referencing his bond with HD Deve Gowda.

Parliament Budget Session LIVE Updates | 'Those bidding farewell, many will not be able to come again': Kharge

"Parliament Budget Session LIVE Updates | "Those of us who are bidding farewell, many of them will come again, but many will not be able to come again," said Mallikarjun Kharge.

Parliament Budget Session LIVE Updates | Govt taking action against coaching centres for misleading ads: Pralhad Joshi

The government has taken various measures to protect the interest of consumers, including action against coaching centres for misleading advertisements, Minister Pralhad Joshi said in the Lok Sabha.

Responding to supplementaries during Question Hour, the Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution minister said many notices were issued to coaching centres. Besides, penalties have been levied for misleading advertisements.

Issues of misleading advertisements by coaching centres have come down relatively, Joshi said, adding that many measures have been taken against violation of consumer protection rights.

Parliament Budget Session LIVE Updates | Harivansh Narayan Singh addresses RS on outgoing MP

Deputy Chairman of the Rajya Sabha Harivansh Narayan Singh bid farewell to the MPs who are retiring from the parliament. Singh will be retiring himself and not returning to the house.

Parliament Budget Session LIVE Updates | LS to cancel House proceedings on March 19-20, to sit on March 28-29

The Lok Sabha has agreed to cancel the sittings of the House scheduled for Thursday, March 19, 2026, and Friday, March 20, 2026. The House will now sit on Saturday, March 28, and Sunday, March 29, 2026, to conduct essential business.

Parliament Budget Session LIVE Updates | 'Congress party is becoming weak': Ramdas Athawale

Regarding Congress Leader Pradyut Bordoloi's resignation, Rajya Sabha MP, Ramdas Athawale shared with reporters, "The Congress party is becoming weak. With PM Narendra Modi at the forefront, he has been highly active. PM Modi has successfully expanded the BJP and the NDA throughout the nation. In Assam, our government is on the verge of coming to power. A growing number of people are leaving the Congress party and joining the BJP."

Parliament Budget Session LIVE Updates | 'Very unfortunate': Priyanka Gandhi on Pradyut Bordoloi's resignation

On Assam MP Pradyut Bordoloi's resignation from the party, Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi Vadra said, "It is very unfortunate. I think he was upset about the ticket distribution and I wish we had a chance to talk about it."

Parliament Budget Session LIVE Updates | 'Reflects what is happening in Congress': Arun Govil on Pradyut Bordoloi's resignation

BJP MP Arun Govil on Congress Nagaon MP Pradyut Bordoloi's resignation from Congress, says, "This reflects what is happening in the Congress party there. It is true that if anyone is feeling suffocated or pressured, they are free to leave."

Parliament Budget Session LIVE Updates | Lok Sabha extends tenure of 'One Nation One Election' committee

Chairman PP Chaudhary moved the motion: "That this House do extend time for the presentation of the Report of the Joint Committee on the ‘Constitution (One Hundred and Twenty-Ninth Amendment) Bill, 2024 and the Union Territories Laws (Amendment ) Bill, 2024’ upto the first day of the last week of the Monsoon Session, 2026," reported ANI.

Parliament Budget Session LIVE Updates | High-resolution cameras, AI helped track culprits who threw stones at Vande Bharat train: Vaishnaw

High-resolution cameras installed in a Vande Bharat train, as well as AI technology, helped authorities catch the culprits who threw stones at the train in the Muzaffarnagar area of Uttar Pradesh, Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw told the Lok Sabha on Wednesday.

The minister said that Vande Bharat trains are fitted with many safety features, including an anti-climbing feature that prevents one coach from climbing onto another.

"(Vande Bharat) trains are fitted with high-resolution cameras. In a recent incident in the Muzaffarnagar area, we could catch the culprits who were throwing stones on a Vande Bharat train just with a very small picture of a person captured on the camera, and by using some AI technologies, which helped us reach exactly the house where the person was residing," the minister said.

Parliament Budget Session LIVE Updates | Ashwini Vaishnaw on song 'Sarke Chunariya'

Speaking on the ban on Bollywood film song 'Sarke Chunariya', Minister for Information & Broadcasting, Ashwini Vaishnaw in the Lok Sabha said," A ban has been imposed on the song. We must operate according to the reasonable restrictions under the Freedom of Speech. Freedom of Speech cannot be absolute, it has to be in the context of the society and culture. "

Parliament Budget Session LIVE Updates | 'Uncomfortable the way he conducts': BJP MP Kangana Ranaut on Rahul Gandhi

On the letter to the public by 84 former bureaucrats, 116 veterans and former lawyers on Congress MP and LoP Rahul Gandhi, Kangana Ranaut says, "...It is very uncomfortable the way he conducts himself, he should see the conduct and behaviour of his sister, which is very good, Rahul Gandhi himself is a shame."

Parliament Budget Session LIVE Updates | 'Many of MPs retiring today have set record': Derek O'Brien

TMC Parliamentary Leader in Rajya Sabha Derek O'Brien said, "Many of the MPs retiring today have set a record - they have been here for six years but they are the only MPs who have been here for six years since 1950 and have worked under three chairmen."

"As we celebrate the experience of the septuagenarians and octogenarian, I want to celebrate the contribution made by the young parliamentarians in Rajya Sabha who are not even retiring. While we respect all the experience of seniors, we are working very hard in Trinamool Congress... we have a beautiful mix of experience with youth."

Parliament Budget Session LIVE Updates | 63 appointments made through lateral entry since 2018: Centre tells LS

As many as 63 appointments have been made in various government departments through lateral entry since 2018, the Lok Sabha was informed.

Lateral entry refers to the appointment of specialists, including those from the private sector, in government departments.

"So far, 63 appointments have been made at the level of joint secretary/director/deputy secretary on contract/deputation basis into various government departments through lateral entry since 2018," Union Minister of State for Personnel, Jitendra Singh, said in a written reply in the Lok Sabha.

Parliament Budget Session LIVE Updates | 'Pradyut Bordoloi joining BJP is big message': Dilip Saikia

On Nagaon MP Pradyut Bordoloi joining the BJP, Assam BJP president Dilip Saikia said, "If he has said this, then there must be some substance in it. Pradyut Bordoloi joining the BJP is a big message. He is a senior leader. Such a leader not being able to stay in the Congress is not a good message for the Congress."

Parliament Budget Session LIVE Updates | LS members raise questions on farmer welfare while discussing

MPs in the Lok Sabha debate on Demands for Grants under the control of the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare.

Parliament Budget Session LIVE Updates | Solar manufacturers got no funds under Rs 24,000 crore PLI scheme till Feb end, Parl told

Solar equipment manufacturers have not received any funds under the Rs 24,000-crore production linked incentive (PLI) scheme for them till February-end, Parliament was informed.

The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy, Government of India, is implementing the PLI Scheme for High Efficiency solar PV modules with an outlay of Rs 24,000 crore.

Under the scheme, letters of award have been issued for setting up 48,337 MW of fully/partially integrated solar PV module manufacturing capacity, Union Minister for New & Renewable Energy Pralhad Joshi said in a written reply to the Lok Sabha on Wednesday.

Parliament Budget Session LIVE Updates | 'Congress in Karnataka is going three-way': Basavaraj Bommai

"The Congress in Karnataka is going three-way...There is no control on the MLAs by the Congress leadership, both in high command as well as in the state. The Chief Minister has lost grip on bureaucracy; now he's losing grip on MLAs. This will lead to a big show after these by-elections," said Former Karnataka CM and BJP MP Basavaraj Bommai.

Parliament Budget Session LIVE Updates | Will soon introduce Seed and Pesticide Act in farmers' interest: Agriculture Min Shivraj Singh Chouhan

Parliament Budget Session LIVE Updates | Both the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha adjourned for the day