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Highlights: Lok Sabha adjourned till Thursday 11 am
The second part of the Budget Session of Parliament commenced from March 8 with all Covid-19 precautionary measures in place.
Lok Sabha on Wednesday was adjourned till 1 pm after the House paid tribute to BJP MP Ram Swaroop Sharma and ex-MP Dilip Gandhi who died today. Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP from Himachal Pradesh Ram Swaroop Sharma was found dead at his residence in Delhi on Wednesday, police said. Dilip Gandhi passed away at a hospital where was under treatment after testing positive for Covid-19....Read More
The Lower House of Parliament has now been finally adjourned till Thursday 11am.
The second part of the Budget Session of Parliament commenced from March 8 with all Covid-19 precautionary measures in place.
The first part of the Budget Session of Parliament, which commenced with the address of President Ram Nath Kovind on January 29, concluded on February 29. The Union budget was tabled in the Parliament by Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on February 1.
The Lok Sabha clocked 99.5 per cent productivity during the first phase of the two-part Budget session of Parliament, Lok Sabha Secretariat said. Birla informed that during the first part of the Budget Session 2021, Lok Sabha sat for 49 hours and 17 minutes against the stipulated time of 50 hours.
Lok Sabha adjourned till Thursday 11 am
The Lower House of Parliament has now been finally adjourned till Thursday 11am.
2 Lok Sabha MPs demand free Covid vaccine shots for poor
Two members of the Lower House-- DMK leader Senthilkumar S and NCP leader Amol Kolhe said on Wednesday that free vaccine doses against the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) should be administered free of cost to all poor and working-class people on demand, according to news agency PTI. Senthilkumar S told Parliament there was numerous people that are poor and below the poverty line and hence they should be given free jabs. While the NCP leader Kolhe stated that citizens feared possible lockdown as much as they feared the disease itself and the working-class populace should be given as per demand.
Not giving vaccine to the world at the cost of local population, says Vardhan
Union health minister Dr Harsh Vardhan said on Wednesday that the Centre was not providing Covid-19 disease vaccines to the globe at the cost of India's population. Addressing the Lok Sabha, Vardhan said, ""The whole world is a family... the whole mankind should benefit from the vaccine. "
Rajya Sabha accepts Swapan Dasgupta's resignation
The Rajya Sabha accepted the resignation of nominated member Swapan Dasgupta on Wednesday.
Lok Sabha passes Appropriation Bill
Harsh Vardhan replies to discussion on demands for grants under health ministry
No proposal for social media regulator: Govt in Parliament
The government on Wednesday informed Parliament that there is no proposal with the IT ministry to set up a regulator for social media. Union IT and Communications Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad, however, said that the government has released Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021, under the IT Act that specifies the due diligence.
Lok Sabha discusses demands of grant from health ministry
Covid vaccine supply abroad based on adequate availability at home: Jaishankar
Supply of vaccine abroad is based on the assessment of adequate availability at home, which is continuously monitored by taking into account the requirement of domestic vaccination program as it unfolds in different phases, said external affairs minister S Jaishankar in Rajya Sabha.
India supplied medicines to 150 countries: Jaishankar in RS
India supplied 150 nations with medicines, 82 of them as grants by India. This generous approach was extended to the Vande Bharat Mission as well. Starting from Wuhan, we brought back nationals of other countries by looking after our own, said S Jaishankar in Rajya Sabha.
Engagement with China is "complex", says govt in LS
India on Wednesday said its engagement with China is "complex" and the two countries agreed that the future direction of ties should be built upon respecting each other's sensitivities, concerns and aspirations.
Make Facebook, Google pay for news like in Australia: BJP MP demands in RS
Taking a cue from Australia, India should enact a law to make tech giants such as Facebook and Google pay local publishers of news content, senior BJP leader Sushil Kumar Modi demanded in Rajya Sabha on Wednesday.
Rajya Sabha adjourned till 2 pm
Rajya Sabha passes Medical Termination of Pregnancy (Amendment) Bill, 2021
The Bill enhances upper gestation limit from 20 to 24 weeks for special categories of women that will be defined in amendments & would include survivors of rape, victims of incest & other vulnerable women
Congress MP demands release of fund for AMU centre Kishanganj
Congress MP from Kishanganj Dr Javed protest in front of Gandhi statue in Parliament, 'demanding the release of fund to save AMU centre Kishanganj'
BJP Parliamentary Party meeting cancelled after death of MP Ram Swaroop Sharma
The Parliamentary Party meeting of Bharatiya Janata Party scheduled for Wednesday was cancelled due to the death of Ram Swaroop Sharma, a party MP from Mandi in Himachal Pradesh.
Ram Swaroop Sharma died allegedly by suicide in the national capital on Wednesday.
