Parliament highlights: SPG Bill, UT merger, FM's views on economy, and more

Parliament Winter Session 2019: In the Rajya Sabha, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said that growth in India may have come down, but the country is not facing recession

12:07 PM

Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs(CCEA) has approved to increase the authorized capital of Food Corporation of India (FCI) from existing Rs.3,500 crore to Rs.10,000 crore.

12:05 PM

Senior BJP leader Lal Krishna Advani in Parliament

11:31 AM

Rajnath Singh in Lok Sabha on a question on recruitment in Army

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh in Lok Sabha on a question on recruitment in Army: There are 73 Army recruitment centers in the country. With each recruitment centre a certain number of districts are associated.

11:21 AM

Opposition parties have given a notice in Rajya Sabha to hold a debate today on 'the economic situation in the country'.

11:02 AM

Congress gives adjournment motion notice in LS over PSUs disinvestment

Congress party on Wednesday gave adjournment motion notice in Lok Sabha over 'indiscriminate disinvestment of Public Sector Undertakings (PSUs)'.

 

The adjournment motion is an extraordinary procedure which, if admitted, leads to setting aside the normal business of the House for discussing a definite matter of urgent public importance.

 

Last week on Wednesday, the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) accorded 'in-principle' approval for strategic disinvestment in five central public-sector enterprises including the Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd (BPCL).

10:46 AM

Union Cabinet meeting underway in Parliament Annexe Building

10:43 AM

Congress gives adjournment notice in LS over 'indiscriminate disinvestment of PSUs'

Congress party has given Adjournment Motion Notice in Lok Sabha over 'indiscriminate disinvestment of Public Sector Undertakings (PSUs)'.

10:41 AM

Congress, TMC give adjournment notice in Lok Sabha

Congress and TMC (Trinamool Congress) have given Adjournment Motion Notice in Lok Sabha over 'grenade attack and killing of Sarpanch in Kashmir'

10:36 AM

Bill on regularising unauthorised colonies 'huge fraud': AAP

Calling the Bill introduced in Lok Sabha to regularise unauthorised colonies in Delhi a "huge fraud", the AAP on Tuesday demanded that residents of such areas should get registry of their houses before the assembly elections.

 

Polls in the national capital are due early next year.

 

The Aam Aadmi Party's (AAP) comments came as the BJP-led central government has planned to give registry to some residents of these colonies before the polls and to others after the assembly elections.

 

The National Capital Territory of Delhi (Recognition of Property Rights of Residents in Unauthorised Colonies) Bill, 2019, was introduced by Union Housing and Urban Affairs Minister Hardeep Singh Puri in the Lower House.

10:35 AM

Farmers' delegation to meet Union Agri Minister, discuss crop losses in Jammu Kashmir

A delegation of Rashtriya Kisan Mazdoor Mahasangh (RKMM), will meet Narendra Singh Tomar, Union Agriculture Minister over the losses suffered by the farmers of Jammu and Kashmir due to snowfall and rains, the farmers' body said.

 

Reportedly, the delegation was scheduled to meet the Agriculture Minister on Tuesday, but the meeting got postponed to Wednesday.

10:03 AM

Union Minister Harsh Vardhan to respond the debate in Electronic Cigarettes Ordinance, 2019 Bill

Union Minister Harsh Vardhan to reply on the debate started on Tuesday on Electronic Cigarettes (Production, Manufacture, Import, Export, Transport, Sale, Distribution, Storage and Advertisement) Ordinance, 2019 Bill. An ordinance on it was promulgated by the President on September 18, 2019.

10:00 AM

Shah to move Dadar and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu (Merger of Union Territories), Bill, 2019 for consideration and passing in the Lok Sabha

Another Bill to be moved by Amit Shah is the Dadar and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu (Merger of Union Territories), Bill, 2019 for consideration and passing. It was introduced on Tuesday by Union Minister of State for Home G Kishan Reddy.

This Bill will see the merging of two Union Territories -- Daman and Diu, and Dadra and Nagar Haveli.

9:59 AM

Amit Shah will move the SPG (Amendment) Bill, 2019 for consideration and passing

Amit Shah will move the Special Protection Group (Amendment) Bill, 2019 for consideration and passing. The Bill seeks amendment to the Special Protection Group Act 1988. The Bill was introduced by Union Minister of State for Home G. Kishan Reddy on Monday.

9:25 AM

The Wednesday list of business in Lok Sabha includes several Bills for consideration and passing.