Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman addresses the Lok Sabha. The Finance Minister will likely present her reply on Union Budget 2023.
Lok Sabha today witnessed noisy scenes and a walk out by the DMK and Congress after Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya said the opposition is giving "wrong information" about AIIMS Madurai as he took strong action against medical colleges which don't have faculty, infrastructure and patients.
Meanwhile, Congress leader in Lok Sabha Adhir Ranjan Chowdhary wrote to Speaker Om Birla on Thursday urging him to publish Rahul Gandhi's speech in the House. He said a major part of Gandhi's speech on Tuesday during a discussion on the motion of thanks on the President's address was removed, making it "unintelligible".
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Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday said the Congress leaders should 'wash' their faces with 'Dettol' before they talk about corruption.
She made the scathing remark in the Lok Sabha after Congress members levelled corruption allegations against the Narendra Modi government.
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday said the new tax regime, which offers a rebate on annual income of up to Rs 7 lakh, will leave higher disposable income in the hands of people.
She said the Budget focuses on the middle class, employment generation, MSME, agri sector, rural population, health and green growth.
She said the new tax regime announced in the Budget is "very attractive" as the tax exemption limit has been hiked to Rs 3 lakh, from Rs 2.5 lakh earlier. Besides, a standard deduction of Rs 50,000 too has been allowed under the scheme.
This new tax regime will benefit the majority of middle-class taxpayers, she said, adding that the rebate has been provided on an income of up to Rs 7 lakh.
Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said that the budget astutely balances the requirement for India's development imperatives within the limit of fiscal prudence.
"In simple words, budget 2023-24, astutely balances the requirement for India's development imperatives within the limit of fiscal prudence. That is a very difficult balance, it is a very delicately balanced tact," she said.
Health Minister Says DMK, Congress Gave Wrong Information On AIIMS MaduraiLok Sabha on Friday witnessed noisy scenes and a walk out by the DMK and Congress after Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya said the opposition is giving "wrong information" about AIIMS Madurai.
"We don't have any feeling of revenge for anyone. What Rahul Gandhi said in the speech wasn't something he thought, but he has made his comments on the basis of the accusations and claims made by America-based Hindenburg research paper," Congress MP Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury was quoted as saying by news agency ANI.
Congress and DMK MPs stage walked out from Lok Sabha in protest against the reply of the Union Health minister on Madurai AIIMS. Health Minister Dr Mandaviya has said that he won't allow medical colleges without adequate faculty and infrastructure to operate in the state.
#BudgetSession | Left MPs hold a protest in front of the Gandhi statue in Parliament demanding the implementation of the Supreme Court verdict on PF pension and to enhance the minimum pension to Rs 9,000 per month. pic.twitter.com/vYllMvbdCS
- ANI (@ANI) February 10, 2023
