Parliament Highlights | Bhartiya Vayuyan Vidheyak Bill passed by Raj Sabha; house adjourned for the day

Rajya Sabha: Opposition MPs stage walkout amid protests over MSP, farmers' issues

A day after Vice President and Rajya Sabha Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar raised concerns over farmers' issues, Congress and some other Opposition parties on Wednesday walked out of the Upper House of the Parliament protesting against the government not fulfilling the promise of increasing the minimum support price (MSP) for various crops.


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I.N.D.I.A bloc MPs hold protest in Parliament complex over Adani issue, demand JPC probe

Leaders of several I.N.D.I.A bloc parties protested on the Parliament premises on Wednesday over the Adani indictment issue and called for a joint parliamentary probe into the matter.

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Speaker Om Birla cautions MPs against protests at Parliament's entry gate

gainst the backdrop of Opposition members holding protests at the entry gate of Parliament House, Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Wednesday urged MPs not to create hindrances as it obstructs those entering the building, especially women members.

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Congress MP Manickam Tagore gives Adjournment Motion Notice in Lok Sabha over the issue of LoP Rahul Gandhi being stopped on his way to visit the violence-hit Sambhal

DMK MP Tiruchi Siva gives Suspension of Business Notice in Rajya Sabha under rule 267 and urges the government to address the devastation caused by Cyclone Fengal in Tamil Nadu

Congress MP Vijay Vasanth gives Adjournment Motion notice in Lok Sabha to discuss to address the urgent issues faced by Kaniyakumari fishermen.

Congress MP KC Venugopal gives Adjournment Motion Notice in Lok Sabha, over the issue of LoP Rahul Gandhi being stopped on his way to visit the violence-hit Sambhal

Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi Vadra arrives at the Parliament to attend the winter session

On TMC and SP missing from INDIA Alliance's protest at Parliament, Ram Gopal Yadav says, "Where are we not together in protest? We are together..."

One should also not try to visit the area and disturb the law and order situation there: BJP MP Laxmikant Bajpai on police stopping Lok Sabha LoP Rahul Gandhi from visiting violence-hit Sambhal.

Today also we are continuing our protest at Makar Gate. All opposition MPs will gather there and raise slogan against Adani: Congress MP Kodikunnil Suresh

Opposition MPs wear jackets symbolising their protest over the Adani issue and stage a demonstration at the Parliament premises

Joint Committee of Parliament on Waqf (Amendment) Bill, 2024 to meet at 3 pm today

Both Houses resume

Nagaur MP raises question no. 141 on flaws in Delhi-Mumbai Expressway

Rajya Sabha MPs lay their papers on the table

Zero Hour begins in Rajya Sabha

MP Sudhanshu Trivedi raises concerns on Foreign elements trying to destabilise India, which has been ongoing for 3 years now

He cited the reports from various publications that were published and presented at sensitive periods for India over the years.

Ruckus in Rajya Sabha over MP Trivedi being allowed extra time

MP Trivedi questions whether the opposition is involved in these 'Anti-India' reports other countries have been releasing

Ruckus continues over MP Trivedi's comments

Rajya Sabha adjourned till 12 pm amidst ruckus and protests

Lok Sabha raises question 142 on electrification under DDUGJY

BJP MP Bidhuri raises question 143 on ownership rights to landless people

Lok Sabha raises question no 144 on development of new airports

TMC Ray raises question no 145 on privitasation of airports; asks whether they are being given to Adani

Process was completely transparent, says minister.

Ruckus in the house over the issue.

BJP MP Dushyant Singh raises question no 146 on PLI Schemes for Food Processing Industries

Lok Sabha raises question 147 on projects sanctioned under CRIF in Kerala

Question Hour ends in Lok Sabha

Rajya Sabha resumes

Lok Sabha MPs lay their papers on the table

Opposition cause ruckus in Lok Sabha over Speaker not allowing them to speak

Rajya Sabha raises question no 106 on safety of nuclear power plants

'We want Justice' sloganeering by Oppostion in Lok Sabha

'Let LoP speak' Oppn protests in Lok Sabha

Speak on Sambhal after MP Nishkant Dubey

MP Nishkant Dubey raises the same concerns in Lok Sabha that MP Trivedi did in Rajya Sabha on foreign reports

MP Dubey raises allegations against LoP Rahul Gandhi; says Congress connected with those acting against India

Huge ruckus in Lok Sabha on MP Dubey comments

Lok Sabha adjourned till 2 pm

Rajya Sabha raises question 107 on modernisation of post offices

MP PP Suneer raises question on India's position on Palestine; asks about India's exports to Israel

EAM says that information is not available to public

Question raised on India's position on ICC warrant against Netanyahu; EAM says India not part of ICC

DMK MP asks why India abstained resolution on protection of civilian; EAM says the resolution not drafted well

EAM says India makes $5 million contribution to UNRWA. Adds that aid provided to various countries involved in the conflict.

India abstained because the resolution was not well-drafted.

TMC MP Sakhet Gokhale asks since UNRWA banned in conflict area, what is India's position on it; and what is it's position on Israel's illegal occupation of Palestine now

EAM says UNRWA will receive continued support, and India still stands for 2 state solution

Resolutions weren't worded correctly and as such, India abstained.

CPI(M) MP John Brittas asks if Palestine requested the stop of arms export to Israel, and what India's position now

Exports made considering national interests and security: EAM

AAP MP Raghav Chadha raises question no 109 on retirement of judges

Rajya Sabha adjourned till 2 pm

Rahul Gandhi met with PCC chief of Rajasthan Congress, Govind Singh Dotasra and CLP leader in Rajasthan, Tikaram Jully along with AICC in-charge of Rajasthan Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa in Parliament today

Unfortunately, defamatory words were used against LoP Rahul Gandhi: K C Venugopal

Houses resume

Protests in Lok Sabha continue

The Bharatiya Vayuyan Vidheyak, 2024 bill is presented before Rajya Sabha

Amid protests, Lok Sabha continues discussion of Railways (Amendment) Bill, 2024

Chair Jagdambika Pal requests Oppn to go back to their seats

Lok Sabha adjourned till 3 pm amid massive protests by opposition

TMC MP Sagrika Ghose raises her concerns against the Bharatiya Vayuyan Vidheyak, 2024 bill

She raises concerns of raising airfare, privitisation of airlines, inadequate provisions for future technologies, no provisions against bomb hoaxes.

Airlines shouldn't seek to profit from disasters: TMC MP Ghose

Do not try to impose Hindi on those who don't speak it: DMK's Kanimozhi

Bill is old wine in new bottle: DMK's Kanimozhi

BJP MP Ghanshyam Tiwari speaks in favour of the bill

MP Tiwari says privatisation is bringing in money to the people by giving more jobs; Provisions in the bill make sure airfares will not be very expensive

The Bill will have complete English translation along with Hindi, so name of Bill doesn't matter: MP Tiwari

We consider all languages as national languages: BJP MP Ghanshyam Tiwari

SP MP Ramji Lal Suman raises his concerns on the bill

Farmers aren't getting their deserved compensation for land taken to build airports: MP Suman

Please start more flights and restart those flights that were stopped: MP Suman

The govt is selling the airports as fast as they are building it: MP Suman

YSRCP MP Niranjan Reddy raises concerns on the nomenclature of the bill

The Constitution says the nomenclature of bills presented in English must be in English, and can be translated authoritatively to Hindi: YSRCP MP Niranjan Reddy

Lok Sabha: House re-convenes. Opposition continues to protest

BJD MP complains against privatisation in the Aviation sector during Bill discussion.

Lok Sabha adjourned for the day. To meet at 1100 hours on December 6

Protests from members of the Opposition benches culminated in the lower house being adjourned for the day. It was adjourned just before Railways Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw was all set to deliver his remarks on the discussion concerning the Railways (Amendment) Bill, 2024.

Deve Gowda blames delay in developing Hassan airport on 'politics' played by Karnataka CMs

Deve Gowda in Raj Sabha

Dhankar resumes Chairman seat as Deve Gowda continues his plea that Hassan airport be developed for economic development of the region

Dhankar calls Deve Gowda as one of the 'tallest' leaders of the nation; thanks him for his concern for farmers and his 'blessings'

PT Usha takes the Chair as women's safety in flights, including reserved seats for women is brought up by NCP (SCP) MP

Sandosh Kumar of CPI (Kerala) speaks about flight delays and complains of how airfare is not being regulated by the government and is entirely 'market-led'

"Even a former prime minister (Deve Gowda) is crying for a airport (in Hassan), so I should speak about Kannur airport too that is also the centre of a 'political vendetta'": Sandosh Kumar of CPI (Kerala)

'No logic to airfares': Haaris Beeran IUML asks for active regulation

Tata, Indigo, Adani own Indian aviation - they are the 'three man army' who rule domestic aviation sector. The Union govt has no control over it: A A Rahman CPI(M) [Kerala]

BJP MPs in Rajya Sabha point out the growth of airports in the country and the massive increase in number of people availing of domestic air travel

'Pyjamein Pallazo hogeye; Jaab Angrez jalegaye, Angrezi kyun nahi gayi': Ram Chander Jangra of BJP (Haryana) on loving Hindi

Sri Ghanshyam Tiwari asks Ram Chander Jangra to wrap it up

Bhartiya Vayuyan Vidheyak Bill is a mouthful but we have to pay respect to our culture. It is not against our Official Language Act: Kinjarapu Ram Mohan Naidu, Minister of Civil Aviation

After several members raised concerns about the name of the Act being in Hindi, Naidu in response said, “I am a proud Telugu person -- I write and speak Telugu...But words like “vayu” (wind) and “Bharat” (India) are the same in Telugu too.”  The text is in English, so it shouldn’t be a problem for anyone, he added.

NDA protects and celebrates all Indian languages: Kinjarapu Ram Mohan Naidu on 'language' debate

Aviation is a nodal sector — when we talk Aviation, we talk about tourism, real estate growth, job creation, industry, commerce, trade, culture, agriculture, etc: Naidu, Minister of Civil Aviation

Udaan scheme has operationalised 609 routes in 8 years through 86 airports, of which many had no connectivity, no flights landed in most of these airports: Naidu, Minister of Civil Aviation on domestic connectivity

The airfare regulation debate is an old one; no country in the world regulates fare - it is globally a very deregulated sector. That is how the sector will grow: Naidu, Minister of Civil Aviation

Civil Aviation ministry is monitoring airfares. Airlines have to clear fares from DGCA: Naidu, Minister of Civil Aviation on keeping a monthly cap on airfare, rather than dynamic pricing

Air fuel, with high state VATs, is hiking prices. Bengal, Delhi, Tamil Nadu have very high state VATs, making up almost 45 per cent of the ticket prices: Naidu, Minister of Civil Aviation

'No Fly List' will be deterrent for hoax flight bomb threats: Naidu, Minister of Civil Aviation on changing aircraft security rules

Naidu also assured members that DigiYatra had no privacy concerns as all the data was stored on the user's phone and the only time authorities use it is when airlines track if a passenger had arrived at the airport.

Six airports leased out through competitive, transparent process: Civil Aviation Minister Naidu

Civil Aviation Minister K Rammohan Naidu on Thursday said six airports were leased out to the Adani group through a thorough, competitive and transparent process.

State-owned Airports Authority of India (AAI) has leased out six airports -- Lucknow, Ahmedabad, Mangaluru, Jaipur, Guwahati and Thiruvananthapuram -- to the Adani group.

While mentioning about the leasing out of these airports, Trinamool Congress leader Saugata Roy said in the Lok Sabha that NITI Aayog and the Department of Economic Affairs (DEA) were of the view that two airports should not be given to the same entity.

Naidu, however, said there was no fact in the member's statement.

"A thorough, competitive, transparent process was done for leasing out of these airports. Whatever the (TMC) member is saying is a wild allegation...there is no fact in all of that," Naidu said.

In a written reply, the minister said that as per the present valuation and after truing up by the AERA, the investment made by AAI at these six airports prior to handing over them to the PPP concessionaire is approximately Rs 5,260 crore including the capital work in progress and Regulated Asset Base (RAB) in aeronautical and non-aeronautical assets.

"To maintain the required performance standards, the AAI continues to incur capex on these airports so as to meet passenger needs optimally. The AAI gets this capex back in the form of upfront payment from PPP partner," he added.

AERA refers to Airports Economic Regulatory Authority and PPP stands for Public Private Partnership.

As per the provisions of the concession agreements for the six airports, employees (holding the position of assistant general manager and below) had continued the services at the respective airport for the period of one year followed by another term of two years (deemed deputation period).

"During this period of three years, the concessionaire offered employment to the minimum of 60 per cent of the employees on the same terms and conditions of service currently they were governed in AAI.

"The employees to whom the offers of employment were made by the concessionaire had the option to accept the offer or decline. Those employees who accepted the offer of employment, have resigned from the services of AAI and joined the concessionaire," the minister said.

He also said those employees who declined the offer of employment made by the concessionaire have continued to be the employees of AAI and redeployed after completion of deemed deputation period by AAI where the concessionaire bears their employment cost till their separation from AAI.

Very good airport in Hassan to cater to farmers will come up: Naidu to Deve Gowda

Bhartiya Vayuyan Vidheyak Bill is passed by Raj Sabha without any amendments suggested by Oppn members

Parliament on Thursday passed a bill to replace the 90-year-old Aircraft Act and further improve the ease of doing business in the aviation space.

The Bharatiya Vayuyan Vidheyak 2024 was passed in the Rajya Sabha by a voice vote. It was earlier approved by the Lok Sabha on August 9.

The bill seeks to remove redundancies and replace the Aircraft Act, 1934, which has been amended 21 times.

Replying to the debate on the bill in the Upper House, Civil Aviation Minister K Rammohan Naidu said the change in title of the bill from English to Hindi, to which many members raised objections, was done to "showcase the India's heritage and culture", and "there was no violation of Constitutional rule".

It will be difficult to pronounce the name of the bill in Hindi initially but one will get used to it, he added.

Responding to concerns of some MPs over skyrocketing airfare, the minister said the government has worked on improving accessibility to a certain extent through Udaan scheme and is committed to making it affordable for passengers.

Rajya Sabha takes up special mentions

Bharat Ratna for Veer Savarkar Rash Behari Bose: BJP MP Samik Bhattacharya speaks on why it necessary to honour their contributions to independence struggle

Rajya Sabha is adjourned