Parliament 2024 LIVE | Both Houses adjourned till Wednesday

Both houses of Parliament adjourned till tomorrow at 11 am. The day witnessed a heated war of words in Lok Sabha between BJP MP Anurag Thakur and Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi. Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman gave her reply to Budget discussion.

Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday will visit Wayanad, the constituency he represented in the previous Lok Sabha, and meet the people and visit the landslide area. "Tomorrow he (Rahul Gandhi) is going to Wayanad along with the Congress leaders where he will meet the people and visit the landslide area," said Congress MP K Suresh

JMM MP Mahua Maji slams BJP on Howrah-Mumbai Mail accident. "There are many big problems in the country. If someone talks about those problems, he should not be stopped. Today itself, a train accident happened in Jharkhand. 20 people were injured and 2 people died. Vande Bharat trains are being made but the number of bogies is not being increased. I think that BJP should talk on issues and should not waste the country's time by talking about other things."

The Centre on Tuesday listed out a slew of measures it is taking to contain terror activities in Jammu and Kashmir, including identifying the strategic supporters of terrorists, crackdown on terror financing and enhancing the counter insurgency grid. Twenty-eight people were killed in 11 terror attacks in Jammu and Kashmir this year. Deep dive

Congress MP Karti Chidambaram alleges less funds allocated for MGNREGA. “As far as allocation of funds goes, the MGNREGA has not been allocated more funds, student loans have not been given a waiver and the amount of money for mid-day meals and breakfast schemes have also gone down. Those are the critical parts I am focusing on,” he told PTI

Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday rejected the opposition's allegations of opposition-ruled states being ignored in the Union Budget 2024 presented by her in Parliament on July 23.

Replying to the budget discussion in the Lok Sabha, the minister asserted that no state was denied funds. Deep dive

Trinamool Congress MP Abhishek Banerjee on his party MPs walking out of Lok Sabha. "Whatever I say or BJP leaders and ministers say, can be wrong but documents do not lie. After losing the 2021 Assembly elections in West Bengal, BJP has not provided even 10 paise for 100 days of wage employment. It has been over 1.5 years, 11.36 lakh people who should have got their houses but not even 10 paise have been given to them. If they have given any money, I request PM Modi, FM Nirmala Sitharaman and other members of the House to release a white paper so that everything becomes clear..."

TMC stages walkout during Nirmala Sitharaman's speech in Lok Sabha. “We are deeply concerned from the very beginning about fund of Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) and the Awas Yojana to us. Abhishek Banerjee has asked for a white paper. But, Finance Minister (Nirmala Sitharaman) passed out all the issues and she wanted to concentrate on the projects and how much money has been allocated to projects. But, she never mentioned how much money has state-wise... TMC thought it would be better to lodge a protest and walkout,” TMC MP Sudip Bandopadhyay told PTI

Lok Sabha has passed the Union Budget 2024-25, which was presented by finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman on July 23.

Nirmala Sitharaman introduces the J&K Appropriation bill 2024 in LS. The bill was passed

Nirmala Sitharaman, speaking on the halwa ceremony issue, said, “When did this become a photo event? In 2013-14, the halwa was distributed. Did someone ask them how many SC, STs were there?”

Whatever is happening today regarding the Agniveer is a part of a conspiracy. Parliament, Army and Constitution are part of this conspiracy, says Nirmala Sitharaman.

Lack of transparency, if existed, was there in the UPA govt but not under the current. We are taking all steps towards transparency, says Nirmala Sitharaman in Lok Sabha.

The talks that SC, ST, women and backward classes are being ignored, I'd say, the allocation towards their development has increased, says Sitharaman.

"I think Rahul Gandhi does not want to understand the Budget (2024), nor does he want to understand the country's development. He only talks about caste, Agniveer, and unemployment. He should explain what they did during the 60 years when they were in power. For the first time, PM Modi has broken the cycle of unemployment and casteism. He has instilled a sense of patriotism among the youth of the country," says BJP MP Brijmohan Agrawal.

"We have provided substantial financial support of ₹17,000 crore in the Union Budget of UT Jammu and Kashmir this year. It includes ₹12,000 crore towards financing the cost of Jammu and Kashmir Police. That's the burden we want to take on our shoulders, so that Jammu and Kashmir has more flexibility to spend money on development activities," says Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in Lok Sabha.

“In a budget speech if a state is not named, that doesn't mean no money goes to them. it pains me to know that they could say that if you are not mentioned in the budget speech, your state gets nothing,” says Nirmala Sitharaman.

We had ministers go and explain what has been given to each state, she added.

Employement opportunities in the sense of self-employement have increased over the past few years, says Sitharaman in LS

I thank everyone — farmers, traders, everyone — as their work has resulted in India becoming the fastest growing economy, says Sitharaman in LS.

Nowhere has the budget allocated less than the last year, says Sitharaman in Lok Sabha.

We should work together to build a ‘Viksit Bharat’. This budget draws upon what was mentioned earlier. It also brings in new addition ensuring this year is the first towards developing India over next 5 years, says Nirmala Sitharaman.

Ruckus emerges in Rajya Sabha as BJP and Opposition amid BJP leader Anurag Thakur's speech on Union Budget.

BJP leader Anurag Thakur attacks Congress on discussion on Mahabharata by the Opposition on Monday.

“I saw tweets where people are either saying it is a bad budget, it is a copied budget and what not. What are you trying to say?” JP Nadda questions Opposition.

Leader of Rajya Sabha JP Nadda, defending the Union Budget, said that MSMEs are being funded, and relevant technologies and reforms are being spent on.