Parliament Highlights: Both Houses adjourned for the day

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Lok Sabha adjourned for the day.

Rajya Sabha adjourned for the day.

Present road condition is causing enormous loss to traders in Karnataka. Government shoud spped up road construction work, says MP Jaggesh from Karnataka.

Developed countries consider India as renewable energy hub; Govt taking concrete steps to reduce carbon emission, says BJP MP from UP

Developed countries across the worldconsiderIndia as a renewable energy hub, says MPSurendra Singh Nagarfrom Uttar Pradesh. Forest area in the country has increased. We are taking concrete steps to reduce CO2 emission,Nagar said.

Govt should bring comprehensive bill which will benefit Adivasis across country, says Cong MP from Odisha

The government should bring a comprehensive bill which will benefit Adivasis across the country, says Congress MP Saptagiri Sankar Ulaka. We need to protect rights ofAdivasis and work for their upliftment, saysUlaka

BJP MP seeks rollback of decision to do away with scholarships for minorities

BJP MP Pritam Munde on Thursday demanded that the Union government should take back its recent decision of doing away with certain scholarships for minority communities.

The Maulana Azad Fellowship for minority students pursuing higher education has been scrapped while the government's pre-matric scholarship for them will no longer apply to students from Class 1 to Class 8.

Raising the issue in the Lok Sabha, Munde said the decision was taken without any prior intimation and this year also, thousands of students had given applications for it.

"I demand that the government should rethink this decision. Education is free in right to education but this (scholarships) work as an encouragement for these students in schools," she said.

"Looking at this issue from the point of view that students are not pushed towards child labour and stay on the path of education, the decision be revoked after a rethink," the MP from Maharashtra's Beed said.

The government should earmark more budget for producing electricity using renewable energy, says Birendra Prasad from Assam.

The BJP government should act responsibly and fulfil people's demand of reservation, says Sayed Imtiyaz Jaleel in Lok Sabha. "Muslims should get reservations. We want our children to study," says Syed.

We can develope heat shelters to protect people living in warm regions in India, says S Niranjan Reddy from Andhra Pradesh.

Modhera in Gujarat is fully powered by solar enegery; Modi government is promoting use of non-renewable energy, says Sudhanshu Trivedi in Rajya Sabha

Modhera in Gujarat is fully powered by solar energy, saysSudhanshu Trivedi in Rajya Sabha.Trivedi talks about steps taken by the Union government in promoting use of solar energy.

Human migration will affect courtiers across globe, says BJD leader Amar Patnaik

Patnaik in Rajya Sabha talks about issues such as global warming, heat waves and mass migration of people around the globe. "Disaster Management Act needs to be revisited," saysPatnaik.

Hanuman got 'jari bootiyan' for Lakshman, we should respect that and protect environment: BJP's Kavita Patidar

Kavita Patidar, BJP's MP from Madhya Pradesh made her maiden speech in the Rajya Sabha. She brought up the issue of environment change and our need to protect earth. Citing the Ramayana, Patidar said thatHanuman got 'jari bootiyan' for Lakshman, we should respect that and protect environment.

Lok Sabha Speaker asks Union Ministry to come out with framework for providing houses to homeless

Om Birla urgedHousing and Urban Development minister Hardeep Singh Puri to speak to states so homeless can get housing.

Rajya Sabha proceedings resume

Lok Sabha adjourned till 2:20 PM

Rajya Sabha adjourned till 2 PM

Congress-led Opposition parties in Lok Sabha walked out, dissatisfied with response on petrol price hike

Kiren Rijiju explains backlog of cases in Indian courts as Rajya Sabha resumes

Kiren Rijiju replied to a question in the Rajya Sabha about the pending cases in Indian courts. He detailed the appointment system of judges.

Rajya Sabha adjourned for third time amid continued ruckus

Rajya Sabha proceedings resume but members continue sloganeering

Rajya Sabha adjourned minutes after resumption as Opposition MPs continue sloganeering

Minutes after the Rajya Sabha proceedings picked up after a 15-minute adjournment over ruckus raised by Opposition MPs, the Speaker could not get the members in order who continued sloganeering. As a result, proceedings have been adjourned again.

Rajya Sabha adjourned amid ruckus as after chair rejected Opposition's adjournment notices on various issues

Ruckus by members of the Opposition has led the Rajya Sabha to be adjourned for 15 minutes.

CPI MP P Santhosh Kumar brings up need to reinstate concession to senior citizens in Railways

BJP MP Biplab Kumar Deb brings up need to reopen border-haat on Tripura-Bangladesh border

Congress MP Manickam Tagore brings up ensuring of legal guarantee for MSP for farmers

Shiv Sena MP Priyanka Chaturvedi raises subversion of of independence of institutions like ED, IT, CBI, EC, CVC and CIC

Serious effects of global warming and remedial steps to be discussed in Parliament today

Opposition in Parliament want to discuss China, unemployment, North East issues, says Derek O' Brien

Opposition parties meet to chalk out strategy; walks out of LS, RS after debate on China not allowed

Opposition MPs walked out of Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha for the second day on Wednesday after their demand for a discussion on the Chinese military aggression on the Indian border was not allowed.

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Parliament passes Bill to rename arbitration centre

Parliament on Wednesday passed a Bill to rename the New Delhi International Arbitration Centre as the India International Arbitration Centre.

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GST Council likely to decide on decriminalisation of GST offences, setting up appellate tribunals on Saturday

The GST Council, chaired by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, is likely to decide on a number of issues such as decriminalisation of GST offences, setting up of Goods and Services Tax Appellate Tribunals and tax evasion by pan masala and gutkha companies at its meeting on December 17.

According to sources, the law committee of the GST Council, comprising tax officers from the Centre and states, in a report has suggested increasing the monetary threshold for launching prosecution for GST offences.