Parliament highlights: Lok Sabha passes The Appropriation Bill 2022

In the Upper House, Jaishankar clarifies India's stand on Ukraine war. "India stands for peace," he said in Rajya Sabha. He added that the PM is keeping a close on Ukraine developments. Lok Sabha passed demands for grants for 2022-23 after applying guillotine.

Lok Sabha adjourned for the day to resume on March 25 at 11 am

During the discussion of 'matters of urgent public importance' BJP's Tejasvi Surya urged in Lok Sabha for reopening of HAL airport or making another terminal of KIA as people from south Bengaluru need 2-3 hours to reach the present airport.

Lok Sabha passes The Appropriation Bill, 2022

YSRCP MP B Venkata Satyavathi urges for GI tag for anakapalle jaggery

"Between 2009-14, the capital investment in theRailwayswas only Rs.459.80 crore. That wasn't enough for the railways. We doubled it to 995.11 crore between 2014-19. Capital investment of Rs 2 lakh crore has been made this year,"Railway Minister said in Rajya Sabha

"The question raised here is, what is the need for a bullet train? I want to put the question before the House - what are the aspirations of our next generation? Don't their aspirations have to be modern?" Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said in Rajya Sabha

Rajya Sabha adjourned for the day to meet on March 25 at 11 am.

No privatisation of Railways, says Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw in Rajya Sabha.

Congress MP Shashi Tharoor urges the Centre to declare Vizhinjam port as a 'major port'

Congress MP Shashi Tharoor points out underutilisation of the grants for the developement of ports.

Clashes erupt between Kerala MPs and Delhi Police while protesting against K-Rail at Vijay Chowk

AAI received Rs 13,439 cr revenue from Delhi, Mumbai airports in five years: Govt

State-owned Airports Authority of India (AAI) received revenues worth around Rs 13,439 crore from Delhi and Mumbai airports in the last five financial years, according to the civil aviation ministry.

Under Public Private Partnership (PPP), Delhi and Mumbai airports were handed over to the private partners in 2006.

"During the last five years i.e. from 2016-17 to 2020-21, AAI has received revenues of approximately Rs 8,093 crore from Delhi airport, Rs 5,346 crore from Mumbai airport," Minister of State for Civil Aviation V K Singh told Lok Sabha. (PTI)

"Discrimination against south is all over the world. But in our case, in South they are discriminating Kerala. Hence I would request Railway minister for a separate Kerala Zone," saysAbdul Wahab, IUML, Kerala

Discussion on the Demands for Grants under the control of the Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways for 2022-23 under way in Lok Sabha

Rajya Sabha MP highlights plight of women prisoners with children

Nominated Rajya Sabha MP Narendra Jadhav on Thursday expressed concern over the "pathetic" conditions of women prisoners who are accompanied by their children, and demanded that arrangements should be made for the education of the kids.(PTI)

Demand for simultaneous Lok Sabha, Assembly elections made in Rajya Sabha

A demand for holding simultaneous elections to the Lok Sabha, state assemblies and municipal bodies to avoid draining of national resources was made in the Rajya Sabha on Thursday.

Raising the issue through a zero-hour mention, D P Vats (BJP) said the country "is in permanent election mode" with some or the other elections happening in parts of the country. This, he said, was a burden on the resources - both manpower and material.(PTI)

PM does not think about short-term gains, says Piyush Goyal

Revise minimum wage, RJD MP demands in Rajya Sabha

Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) Rajya Sabha member Manoj Kumar Jha on Thursday urged the government to revise the minimum wage to protect the vulnerable sections against the price rise and inflation.

Raising the issue during the zero hour, Jha said that there is a huge delay in implementing the 'Satpathy Report' and demanded that a fresh revision of minimum wages must be done considering the inflation index.(IANS)

In the Upper House, Jaishankar clarifies India's stand on Ukraine war

In the Upper House, Jaishankar clarifies India's stand on Ukraine war. "India stands for peace," he said in Rajya Sabha. He added that the PM is keeping a close on Ukraine developments.

India imports less than 1% of crude oil from Russia, says Jaishankar in Rajya Sabha

In Lok Sabha, the remaining Demands for Grants for 2022-23 are listed for voting at 6 PM followed by consideration and passing of the Appropriation and Finance Bills. In Rajya Sabha, discussion is expected to continue on the Working of the Ministry of Railways.

In Rajya Sabha, BJP MP from Haryana draws the attention of the House towards 'One Nation, One Election' to bring in guidelines for the same.

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Proceedings in both the Houses resume.

TRS MP Nama Nageswar Rao has moved an adjournment motion notice in Lok Sabha over employment situation in India.

RJD Rajya Sabha MP Manoj Jha has moved Zero Hour notice in Rajya Sabha over Revision of Minimum Wage.

AAP MP Sanjay Singh gives Zero Hour notice in Rajya Sabha over postponement of MCD elections in Delhi.

Govt likely to table Constitution Amendment Bill in Rajya Sabha

The Centre is likely to table 'The Constitution (Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes) Orders (Amendment) Bill, 2022' in the Rajya Sabha on Thursday.

The Upper House is also likely to conclude discussion on the working of the Ministry of Railways, and may initiate discussion on the working of the Ministry of Labour and Employment.

The opposition is likely to raise the issue of the fuel price hike.

Union Tribal Affair Minister Arjun Munda will move that the Bill further to amend the Constitution (Scheduled Castes) Order, 1950 to omit 'Bhogta' community from the list of Scheduled Castes in relation to Jharkhand and the Constitution (Scheduled Tribes) Order, 1950 for inclusion of certain communities in the lists of Scheduled Tribes in relation to the State, be taken into consideration.(IANS)

BJP issues whip to all its Lok Sabha MPs to be present in House today

The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has issued a whip to all its Lok Sabha MPs to be present in the House today, March 24.

Parliamentary panel recommends setting up of Indian missions in 48 countries

India should set up resident missions in the remaining 48 of the 193 UN member-nations in a time-bound manner in line with its aspiration to become a permanent member of the UN Security Council, a parliamentary committee suggested on Wednesday.

The committee, in a report tabled in Parliament, also said that the budgetary allocation to the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) for 2022-23 was insufficient keeping in view India's rising global profile.

The parliamentary committee on MEA recommended to the government to set up resident missions in the UN member countries where India is yet to open such presence.

Why did Nehru internationalise Kashmir issue by taking it to UN, asks Sitharaman in RS

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Wednesday accused the country's first prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru of internationalising the Kashmir issue by taking it to the United Nations and said India's neighbour was still misusing it.

The minister targeted Congress on the issue while replying to a discussion on the Budget 2022-23 for the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir (J-K) in Rajya Sabha.

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