Parliament session highlights: Lok Sabha, Rajya Sabha adjourned for the day

Rajya Sabha has been adjourned for the day, and will resume at 11am tomorrow.

Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman said in 2019, there were only 3.2 crore households getting piped water but now 9.6 crore households are getting piped water under Jal Jeevan Mission.

We have contained prices of tomato, onion, potato, says FM Sitharaman comparing rates with those in November 2013.

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in the Rajya Sabha said there is no GST on crematorium, funeral, burial, or mortuary services.

No GST on hospital bed or ICU, tax only on room with ₹5000 per day rent, says FM Sitharaman in Rajya Sabha.

All states at the GST Council agreed to proposal to levy 5% GST on pre-packed, labelled food items; not one person who spoke against: FM

The Lok Sabha was adjourned till Wednesday.

The Lok Sabha has passed the Wild Life (Protection) Amendment Bill, 2021.

"But to attribute to us, that you are not doing anything for the poor, you're always for the Ambanis and the Adanis – sorry, I'm compelled to take the names – is absolutely politicising a debate which is so necessary for the country," Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said in the Rajya Sabha.

"Each one of us is contributing to the recovery process," she said

TMC walks out of Rajya Sabha as FM Nirmala Sitharaman replies to the discussion on price rise, in the House.

"There was a time when we were quoted repeatedly – Bangladesh is doing well, you are not... The per capita GDP at PPP in 2013 for Bangladesh was USD 3,143 but it was USD 5,057 in the same period. In 2021, Bangladesh's per capita GDP at PPP is USD 6,613 whereas ours is USD 7,334," the finance minister told the Rajya Sabha.

Our macroeconomic fundamentals are strong, she said, citing foreign loans being sought by Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Pakistan to stay afloat.

Indian economy, compared to situation prevailing in many of our peer groups & in many of developed economies, is definitely much better. But that doesn't mean that we're running away...we're here to discuss&answer them. Nobody is saying, nobody is in a denial about price rise: FM

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman is responding to the short-duration discussion on the rising prices of essentials.

A joint parliamentary committee (JPC) headed by Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Sanjay Jaiswal placed its report on the Biological Diversity (Amendment) Bill, 2021, in the Lok Sabha on Tuesday, accepting several amendments introduced by the Centre and making a few recommendations. Read more

Proceedings have resumed in Lok Sabha. The Wild Life (Protection) Amendment Bill, 2021 is now being discussed.

Short duration discussion on the rising prices of essential items underway in Rajya Sabha.

Union health minister Dr Mansukh Mandaviya on Tuesday allayed concerns in parliament shortly after India registered its seventh case of monkeypox. Kerala on Tuesday recorded a new case, taking the tally to five. Read more

When cases started appearing in the world, India had already started preparations. Before the first case in Kerala, we had issued guidelines to all the states. We sent an expert team, helped state government. Contact tracing was done, says health minister in Rajya Sabha.

Union Minister of Parliamentary Affairs Pralhad Joshi on Tuesday said that a meeting will be held on August 5 regarding the upcoming Vice-presidential polls. Addressing the media persons after attending the BJP Parliamentary Party meeting, Joshi said, "We will be meeting again on August 5 regarding vice-presidential polls."

Twenty heritage sites, including two ancient mounds at Haryana's Rakhigarhi and the age-old Anangtal in Delhi, have been identified for the national importance tag, the government has said. Union Culture Minister G Kishan Reddy shared the details in a written response to a question in Lok Sabha on whether the central government has identified new historical and religious places in the country that can be declared as monuments/sites of national importance during the last three years. Read more

Rajya Sabha adjourned till 12 pm

We're ready to discuss the issue of price rise & have a consensus among us to keep the issue of inflation in the house. When people across India are affected by inflation, BJP seems to be unaffected by it, they're thick-skinned people: RS LoP Mallikarjun Kharge

The circulation of fake ₹2000 denomination currency notes has decreased in the banking system from 2018-19, the Union ministry of finance on Monday told Lok Sabha. It also added that there was an increasing trend in the number of fake currency notes seized between 2018 and 2020. Read more

BJP Parliamentary party meeting is underway in Parliament building. The meeting comes on a day when Rajya Sabha is expected to debate on price rise.