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Parliament Updates Highlights: "Congress Shedding Crocodile Tears For Farmers": Nirmala Sitharaman

 At least 54 people have died and hundreds are feared trapped after three landslides hit Kerala's Wayanad district in four hours amid heavy rain.

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Updated : July 31, 2024 12:00 am IST

The budget session, which started on July 22, is scheduled to conclude on August 12.

The Opposition in Parliament demanded that the massive landslides in Wayanad be declared a national disaster. At least 54 people have died and hundreds are feared trapped after landslides hit Kerala's Wayanad district in four hours amid heavy rain. Multiple agencies, including NDRF, have joined the rescue ops in the hilly areas near Meppadi.

The Parliamentarians expressed their condolences and urged the government to provide full support to the affected region. 

Among the affected areas are Mundakkai, Chooralmala, Attamala and Noolpuzha, authorities have said. Many roads have collapsed and a bridge has been swept away and several areas have become unreachable.

The monsoon session, which started on July 22, is scheduled to conclude on August 12.

Here are the Highlights on Monsoon Session of Parliament:

Jul 30, 2024 20:17 (IST)
Finance Minister Pins Down Opposition On Allocation Of Funds To States
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday put the opposition on the mat for alleging that Budget 2024-25 had not made any allocation to states as their names were not mentioned in her speech on July 23.

The Finance Minister cited budget speeches of the Congress-led UPA government which in some years had not mentioned as many 26 states by name. In the other years of the UPA rule, she cited that 12 to 20 states were not mentioned in budget speeches.

"Does this mean that the UPA government ignored these states?" She asked to drive home her point that if the name of a state is not mentioned in the budget speech it does not mean that the state will not get any funds from the Centre.

She said the opposition was distorting facts to spread falsehoods among the people.
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Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday reiterated her defence of the Union Budget 2024-2025 and said that the government didn't 'discriminate' between BJP and non-BJP states, as claimed by the Opposition parties.

She also lashed out at the Opposition over a 'motivated and misleading' campaign and said that not naming any state didn't mean that it was deprived of its right and revenue.

FM Sitharaman, who presented her seventh consecutive Budget this year, also sought to turn the tables on the Congress by recalling the financial documents of UPA eras, which didn't mention all the states.
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"The expenditure of the government has grown exponentially to Rs 48.21 lakh crore; it is projected to grow by 7.3 percent over 2023-24 and 8.5 percent over pre-actuals of 2023-24," said the FM on Tuesday.
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Parliament Live Updates: Bengal's Share In Industrial Production 3.5%, Says Finance Minister
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Parliament Live Updates: Opposition Doing Politics Over Farmers, N Sitharaman In Lok Sabha
"Congress party is shedding crocodile tears for farmers. They have not done anything for them," the finance minister said, attacking the opposition.

"The opposition is doing politics over farmers. The national commission on farmers MS Swaminathan had recommended in 2006 minimum support price should be at 50 per cent more than the weighted average cost of production. This was not accepted by the UPA government", she added. 
Jul 30, 2024 17:14 (IST)
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Parliament Live Updates: “Did Money Not Go To All States In UPA Era?” Nirmala Sitharaman Defends Budget
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Jul 30, 2024 17:03 (IST)
Parliament Live Updates: India Overcame After-Effects Of Pandemic Due To Capex Push, Says N Sitharaman
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"FY25 Budget has not given lesser allocation to any sector compared to last year. We are complying with fiscal deficit trajectory; will bring it down to below 4.5 per cent by 2025-26," Ms Sitharaman added. 
Jul 30, 2024 16:52 (IST)
"Capital Expenditure Helped Us Come Out Of Covid": N Sitharaman
Parliament Live Updates: "Capital expenditure is what has helped us come out of Covid. Spending on capital expenditure through public money has yielded results that post Covid we have consistently maintained high growth rate and we are the fastest growing in the world", the finance minister said. 

"India's inflation between 2020 and 2023 was much below than the global average. PM Modi, in spite of Covid, planned the economy in such a way that our inflation did not affect so badly," she added.
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"Shall Work To Build Viksit Bharat By 2047": Nirmala Sitharaman
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Jul 30, 2024 16:46 (IST)
Parliament Live Updates: Nirmala Sitharaman Speaks In Lok Sabha
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Jul 30, 2024 14:54 (IST)
Piyush Goyal Rubbishes Rahul Gandhi's Claims

Union Minister Piyush Goyal slammed Rahul Gandhi's claims in the Lok Sabha on giving a legal guarantee on MSP to farmers, paper leaks, low representation of OBCs, SCs, and STs in bureaucracy, and tax terrorism.

"Many false statements were made by the Leader of the Opposition on Monday that even the Honourable Speaker had to repeatedly interject and ask the Leader of the Opposition to maintain the dignity of the house," Mr Goyal said.

The minister accused Rahul Gandhi of making irresponsible statements and giving childish speeches that were full of fakes.
Jul 30, 2024 13:54 (IST)
Kiren Rijiju On Wayanad Tragedy
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