Parliament Session Live: The budget session of Parliament is scheduled to end on August 12.
The proceedings in the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha are set to resume today. Both Houses are likely to witness storm over Union Budget.
Yesterday, Former Union Minister Anurag Thakur had heated exchanges with Leader of the Opposition Rahul Gandhi and Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav in Lok Sabha.
Anurag Thakur was speaking during the debate on Budget 2024 when he took a swipe at Mr Gandhi's statements on Mahabharata.
The budget session, which started on July 22, is scheduled to conclude on August 12.
Here are the Live Updates on Monsoon Session of Parliament:
Monsoon Session Updates: Rajya Sabha discusses Wayanad landslide
Amit Shah addresses Rajya Sabha on Wayanad landslides
- An early warning was given to Kerala govt on July 23 and again on July 24.
- Earlier, several states, including Odisha and Gujarat used Centre's early warning system to limit damages.
- Nine NDRF teams were sent in Kerala in advance; Kerala govt did not evacuate people in time.
- India among four countries that can provide warning on natural disasters at least 7 days in advance.
- The government has spent Rs. 2000 crores after 2014 for the early warning system.
Monsoon Session Updates: Congress MP Charanjit Singh Channi moves a Privilege Motion notice in Lok Sabha, against Prime Minister Narendra Modi over expunged portions of BJP MP Anurag Thakur's remarks tweeted by him on X along with the whole speech video.
Parliament LIVE Updates: On BJP MP Anurag Thakur's remarks in the Lok Sabha, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju says, " I condemn what Congress has done, they keep talking about castes all the time...they ask the castes of media people and army personnel...Congress has hatched a conspiracy to divide the country based on castes...they keep asking about everyone's castes, but Rahul Gandhi's caste can't be asked...are they above the country and Parliament?...they want to weaken democracy and country's economy, they want to spread anarchy and violence..."
Monsoon Session Updates: On Caste census, JMM MP Mahua Maji says, "Caste census is important because we still don't know which policy needs to be brought to benefit whom. Like, in Jharkhand, there is a culture of 'Jal, Jungle, Zameen'. If forests are cut in Jharkhand and in its place a concrete mall is constructed in the name of development, then the community there will not be happy. Similarly, every community has its demands. For this caste census is important...India is full of diversity and this is the reason caste census is important."
On BJP MP Anurag Thakur's remarks in the Lok Sabha, BJP MP Arun Govil says, "It is strange to say anything about Rahul Gandhi. I don't understand how he takes things, how he understands this. He takes things somewhere else. He wants to say something but says something else..."
Monsoon Session Updates: Lok Sabha adjourned till 12 pm.
Lok Sabha adjourned till noon amid opposition protests over BJP member Anurag Thakur's remarks in House and demand for caste census
Parliament LIVE Updates: Speaker Om Birla warns against use of placards in the house
Parliament LIVE Updates: Zero Hour commences in Rajya Sabha
Monsoon Session Updates: Proceedings of both Houses have begun amid ruckus by Opposition parties.
Monsoon Session Updates: Proceedings commence in the Lok Sabha
Parliament LIVE Updates: Congress MP Manish Tewari gives Adjournment Motion notice in Lok Sabha, 'to have a discussion on the border situation and the huge trade deficit with China'.
Monsoon Session Updates: Congress Deputy Leader in Lok Sabha Gaurav Gogoi moved an Adjournment Motion notice to raise 'flood management issue in Assam'
Congress's parliamentary party pays homage to landslide victims, students killed in coaching centreThe Congress' parliamentary party on Wednesday observed a moment of silence to pay homage to those killed in the Wayanad landslides and in the flooding of the basement of a coaching centre in Delhi's Old Rajinder Nagar area.
Congress parliamentary party chairperson Sonia Gandhi, party president Mallikarjun Kharge, former party chief Rahul Gandhi, among others, attended the general body meeting of the Congress Parliamentary Party in the Central Hall of the Samvidhan Sadan.
The Congress MPs observed a moment of silence at the start of the meeting to pay tributes to those who lost their lives in the Wayanad landslides and the death of three UPSC aspirants here.
Monsoon Session Updates: Gaurav Gogoi moves adjournment motion in Lok Sabha, seeks discussion on Assam flood situation
Congress leader Gaurav Gogoi has moved an adjournment motion in the Lok Sabha to raise the issue of flood management in Assam and has also alleged "discriminatory" treatment by the Centre in the Union Budget.
The Congress deputy leader in the Lower House said in the notice on Wednesday that there have been inadequate allocations made for flood management in the Union Budget 2024 for Assam.
"Year after year, the state grapples with this crisis, and yet, the allocation for flood management remains grossly inadequate. The mere mention of Assam in the budget speech without a corresponding allocation of funds for flood management is a clear indication of the government's disregard for the plight of the state's people," he said in the notice.
Parliament LIVE Updates: Amit Shah To Move Motion For Election To Committee On Official Language
As the Parliament convenes for the ongoing Budget Session on Wednesday, Union Home Minister Amit Shah will move a motion for the election to the Committee on Official Language in the Rajya Sabha.
In the Lok Sabha, Union Minister Kiren Rijiju and Deputy Leader of Congress in Lok Sabha, Gaurav Gogoi, will present the Second Report of the Business Advisory Committee.
Monsoon Session Updates: Government to introduce bill to replace British-era Aircraft Act in Lok Sabha today
Union Civil Aviation Minister Ram Mohan Naidu Kinjarapu will introduce the Bhartiya Vayuyan Vidheyak 2024, which aims to replace the Aircraft Act of 1934, in the Lok Sabha on Wednesday.
According to the list of business, the Lok Sabha will see the continuation of discussion on the Demands for Grants under the control of the Ministry of Railways for 2024-25.
Discussion on Demands for Grants under the control of the Ministry of Education for 2024-25 will also be taken up in the Lower House of Parliament.
The second report of the Business Advisory Committee will be presented in the Lok Sabha.