Parliament highlights: LS passes General Insurance Business Amendment Bill; both Houses adjourned till 11 am tomorrow

Rajya Sabha adjourned till 3.30 pm

. Lok Sabha adjourned till 3.30 pm. Rajya Sabha has taken up for discussion The Inland Vessels 2021 Bill.

. Proceedings resume in both Houses

. Rajya Sabha adjourned till 2 pm.

. The Finance Minister introduced the Tribunals Reforms Bill, 2021 in Lok Sabha. But the Hosue was adjourned after that till 2 pm

. The Tribunals Reforms (Rationalisation and Conditions of Service) Bill, 2021 was withdrawn in LokSabha.

. House proceedings resume. Question Hour in Rajya Sabha

. Lok Sabha adjourned till 12 pm

. FM Nirmala Sitharaman is addressing the House, answering a question about the PM Mudra Yojana

. Lok Sabha is currently discussing education of tribal children amid challenges posed by the Covid-19 pandemic and access to digital education

. Rajya Sabha adjourned till 12 pm as the Opposition demands a discussion on farmers' issue.

. Standing Committee Reports that have been tabled in the Rajya Sabha

Report of the Committee on Commerce on "Attracting Investment in Post-Covid Economy: Challenges & Opportunities for India" - Report of the Committee on Transport, Tourism & Culture on "Functioning of Airports Authority of India"

. Proceedings of both Houses begin. The Speakers of the Houses congratulate P V Sindhu for her Bronze win at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics

. The Committee on Transport, Tourism and Culture is scheduled to meet today to hear views on the promotion of infrastructure in India's maritime sector.

. The Committee on Estimates may meet today to consider and adopt its draft report on performance review of Pradhan Mantri Gramin Awaas Yojana.

. The Committee on Labour is scheduled to meet today to consider and adopt its draft report on the impact of Covid-19 on rising unemployment and loss of jobs.

. Minority Affairs Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi told PTI the government is ready to discuss all issues that are related to people and expressed hope that the impasse between the government and the Opposition will be broken allowing Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha to function smoothly.

Both Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha have failed to transact any significant business, except passage of some bills, amid continued protests by Opposition parties over the Pegasus and farmers' issues since the Monsoon session of Parliament commenced on July 19. The Opposition and the government are locked in a standoff with the former seeking a debate over the Pegasus issue. ( PTI )

. With the monsoon session of Parliament witnessing repeated adjournments, AIMIM president Asaduddin Owaisi on Sunday blamed the Narendra Modi government for the current deadlock, alleging it was entirely responsible for Parliament not functioning.

Opposition parties are demanding discussion on the Pegasus issue and want to raise issues including over deaths of people during the second wave of Covid-19, farmers' protest which has been going for the past several months, but the government is not ready to listen and answer, the Hyderabad MP told reporters.

. Congress MP Manickam Tagore has given adjournment motion notice in Lok Sabha to have a discussion in the House on 'Pegasus Project' media report, in the presence of the Prime Minister or Home Minister.

. So far Parliament has functioned only 18 hours out of the possible 107. Thus around 89 hours of working time have been wasted. This means that the total loss to the taxpayers is more than Rs 133 crore.

Parliament highlights: LS passes General Insurance Business Amendment Bill; both Houses adjourned till 11 am tomorrow

Lok Sabha passes the General Insurance Business (Nationalisation) Amendment Bill 2021.

Rajya Sabha adjourned till 11 am on August 3, 2021.

Lok Sabha adjourned till August 3, 11 am

Both Houses resume as Opposition sloganeering continues

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