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

6:19 PM

No concrete evidence emerged with respect to IAF AN-32 that went missing in 2016: Minister of State for Defence Shripad Naik in Lok Sabha

6:19 PM

32 steps taken to revive growth in economy bearing fruits: FM Sitharaman

6:19 PM

Lok Sabha passes The Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu (Merger of Union Territories) Bill, 2019

6:03 PM

Lagged effect of twin balance sheet crisis faced by banks resulted in GDP falling in last two financial years: FM

6:03 PM

Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code yielding results; Rs 70,000 cr capital infusion in banks seeing results in rise in liquidity: FM Sitharaman

6:02 PM

Rs 2.5 trillion distribution in loan outreach programme, says FM Nirmala Sitharaman, dismissing notion of liquidity being a problem in economy

5:42 PM

India successfully thwarted Pak's attempts to paint alarmist situation after J-K move: Jaishankar in Parliament

India has successfully thwarted Pakistan's attempts to present an alarmist situation in the region in the wake of reorganisation of Jammu and Kashmir, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said on Wednesday.

 

He said Pakistan repeatedly resorted to "false and malicious" propaganda against India on the issue of Jammu and Kashmir at international fora such as the United Nations, the UN Human Rights Council and the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation. Read more

5:33 PM

Economic growth may have come down but there is no recession; there will be no recession: FM Sitharaman in Rajya Sabha

5:19 PM

Security of Gandhi family not withdrawn but only changed, says Amit Shah

Union Home Minister Amit Shah said security of Congress president Sonia Gandhi and her children Rahul and Priyanka has not been withdrawn but changed to 'Z-plus' with ambulance.

 

Replying to the debate on the SPG (Amendment) Bill, he asserted that the BJP does carry out any action with a vindictive approach and it was the Congress which took many such decisions in the past. 

5:17 PM

Lok Sabha passes bill to amend SPG Act

3:08 PM

MoS for Home Affairs, Nityanand Rai in written reply in Rajya Sabha on whether citizenship will be granted to Hindu or any other individual of minority group from Pakistan, Bangladesh&Afghanistan: They can seek Indian citizenship under relevant provisions of Citizenship Act 1955.

3:07 PM

Arun Singh to be the BJP's candidate from Uttar Pradesh for Rajya Sabha, KC Ramamurthy to be the party's candidate from Karnataka. 

2:49 PM

Anand Sharma, Congress in Rajya Sabha: BJP said in its manifesto that it will invest 25 lakh crores in agriculture in 5 years that means 5 lakh crores each year. But only 53,000 crores was allocated in budget.The question is of credibility. Farmers must trust what government says

 

2:49 PM

Union Home Minister Amit Shah, in Lok Sabha: SPG cover will also be given to a former Prime Minister and his family, living at a residence allotted by the government, for a period of 5 years.

2:48 PM

Union Home Minister Amit Shah, in Lok Sabha: I have come here with an amendment in Special Protection Group (SPG) Act. After the amendment, under this Act, SPG cover will be given only to the PM and members of his family who live officially with him at the PM's residence.