Beginning today, the nation’s Parliament will start functioning from a new, more spacious and better-designed building. On Monday, a full House convened for the last time at the iconic structure designed and built by Edwin Lutyens and Herbert Baker in 1927, to discuss 75 years of its journey in independent India, including achievements, experiences, memories […]
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11
Aug
Aug
The Prime Minister did speak on Manipur in the Lok Sabha — the demand from the Opposition that has roiled the monsoon session of Parliament that ends on Friday, allowing key laws to be passed with no discussion — but the Opposition benches were empty, with the opposition parties having walked out minutes before, assuming, […]
11
Jul
Jul
Among the most important bills likely to be tabled in Parliament in the upcoming monsoon session is the Forest (Conservation) Amendment Bill, 2023. And if the developments in the joint parliamentary committee (JPC) scrutinising the draft legislation are any clue, then it is likely to be contentious as well. This newspaper reported that the panel […]
28
May
May
After a week shrouded in political acrimony, Prime Minister (PM) Narendra Modi inaugurated the new Parliament building on Sunday. The imposing state-of-the-art structure is likely to host lawmakers in the upcoming monsoon session. It marks a new chapter in India’s parliamentary democracy, taking over from the iconic colonial-era building that played witness to the drafting […]
08
May
May
The implementation of the four labour codes passed by Parliament that were among the most ambitious and game-changing market reforms planned by the current government has been stalled. They are unlikely to see the light of the day before the 2024 elections, HT has reported. The four labour codes — they look at wages, industrial […]