Parliament Report Card

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will table the Economic Survey in Parliament on July 22, a day ahead of the Union Budget, which will be a report card on the economy and also the growth outlook ahead.

Aam Aadmi Party's Raghav Chadha, a first time Member of Parliament or MP, assessing his performance in the Monsoon session of Parliament released his own "report card", possibly a first by any lawmaker.

Amid Opposition criticism of a bill to link Aadhaar with electoral rolls, sources in the government said the move would solve the "major problem" of multiple enrollment of the same person at different places and help in "cleaning" the voters list.

Economic Survey 2020 LIVE: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman tabled the Economic Survey for the financial year ending March 2020 in both houses of Parliament - the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha - on Friday. Prepared by the Government of India's Chief Economic Advisor Krishnamurthy Subramanian and his team, the Economic Survey 2019-20 pegs economi...

The Economic Survey will be presented by Chief Economic Advisor Krishnamurthy Subramanian and tabled in both the houses by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in January 2020. The Economic Survey is a comprehensive report card on the economy, prepared by Government of India's Chief Economic Advisor. It is tabled in Parliament by the Finance Ministe...

A "lack of direction" to fix the economic slowdown marked the first 100 days of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's second term, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi tweeted on Sunday, adding that the government had the media in a "stranglehold" to drown out criticism of its functioning.

Around hundred days to the national election in which Prime Minister Narendra Modi will seek another term, the BJP-led government is planning a major announcement for farmers, for which the PM held a nearly three-hour meeting at his residence last evening.

The finance ministry today tabled Economic Survey 2017-18 in Parliament today. The Economic Survey is a report card of the country's financial health. The flagship annual document of the Ministry of Finance, Economic Survey reviews the developments in the economy over the previous 12 months, summarizes the performance on major development programme...

Facing a legal challenge to its law that makes an Aadhaar number a must for filing income tax returns, the central government told the Supreme Court on Wednesday during a three hour-long hearing that the need to uniquely identify tax payers outweigh interests such as the citizen's right to be let alone. The government, which has detected nearly 10 ...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, attacking the opposition for stalling the parliament over currency ban, alleged that they were trying to "rescue the corrupt" like Pakistan gives cover fire to terrorists to cross border and said the note ban will expose the 'kala dhan' (black money) as well as 'kale mann' (ill-intentions) of many.

Close to 12,000 cases of frauds related to credit/debit cards and net banking were reported by banks during nine months to December 2015, Parliament was informed today.

With only five working days remaining before Parliament adjourns on May 8, a last minute scramble is on the cards to pass several key bills. Given the time crunch, the government's flagship land acquisition bill may not be tabled this session - it finds no mention in the list of bills to be taken up next week in Lok Sabha. The government needs the...

Narendra Modi, member of Parliament from Varanasi, took over as Prime Minister in late May, giving India's oldest city the status of a VIP constituency. A 100 days later, the lyrical and laid-back city is in no rush to assess its new MP's performance, though it says it has high expectations from him.

The ruling BJP has reportedly made it clear to its MPs that slacking off is not an option and their performance in Parliament will be monitored.

UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi today came down heavily on main opposition party BJP for disrupting Parliament proceedings and preventing crucial legislations from being passed at the UPA-II's report card release.

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will table the Economic Survey in Parliament on July 22, a day ahead of the Union Budget, which will be a report card on the economy and also the growth outlook ahead.

Aam Aadmi Party's Raghav Chadha, a first time Member of Parliament or MP, assessing his performance in the Monsoon session of Parliament released his own "report card", possibly a first by any lawmaker.

Amid Opposition criticism of a bill to link Aadhaar with electoral rolls, sources in the government said the move would solve the "major problem" of multiple enrollment of the same person at different places and help in "cleaning" the voters list.

Economic Survey 2020 LIVE: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman tabled the Economic Survey for the financial year ending March 2020 in both houses of Parliament - the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha - on Friday. Prepared by the Government of India's Chief Economic Advisor Krishnamurthy Subramanian and his team, the Economic Survey 2019-20 pegs economi...

The Economic Survey will be presented by Chief Economic Advisor Krishnamurthy Subramanian and tabled in both the houses by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in January 2020. The Economic Survey is a comprehensive report card on the economy, prepared by Government of India's Chief Economic Advisor. It is tabled in Parliament by the Finance Ministe...

A "lack of direction" to fix the economic slowdown marked the first 100 days of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's second term, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi tweeted on Sunday, adding that the government had the media in a "stranglehold" to drown out criticism of its functioning.

Around hundred days to the national election in which Prime Minister Narendra Modi will seek another term, the BJP-led government is planning a major announcement for farmers, for which the PM held a nearly three-hour meeting at his residence last evening.

The finance ministry today tabled Economic Survey 2017-18 in Parliament today. The Economic Survey is a report card of the country's financial health. The flagship annual document of the Ministry of Finance, Economic Survey reviews the developments in the economy over the previous 12 months, summarizes the performance on major development programme...

Facing a legal challenge to its law that makes an Aadhaar number a must for filing income tax returns, the central government told the Supreme Court on Wednesday during a three hour-long hearing that the need to uniquely identify tax payers outweigh interests such as the citizen's right to be let alone. The government, which has detected nearly 10 ...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, attacking the opposition for stalling the parliament over currency ban, alleged that they were trying to "rescue the corrupt" like Pakistan gives cover fire to terrorists to cross border and said the note ban will expose the 'kala dhan' (black money) as well as 'kale mann' (ill-intentions) of many.

Close to 12,000 cases of frauds related to credit/debit cards and net banking were reported by banks during nine months to December 2015, Parliament was informed today.

With only five working days remaining before Parliament adjourns on May 8, a last minute scramble is on the cards to pass several key bills. Given the time crunch, the government's flagship land acquisition bill may not be tabled this session - it finds no mention in the list of bills to be taken up next week in Lok Sabha. The government needs the...

Narendra Modi, member of Parliament from Varanasi, took over as Prime Minister in late May, giving India's oldest city the status of a VIP constituency. A 100 days later, the lyrical and laid-back city is in no rush to assess its new MP's performance, though it says it has high expectations from him.

The ruling BJP has reportedly made it clear to its MPs that slacking off is not an option and their performance in Parliament will be monitored.

UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi today came down heavily on main opposition party BJP for disrupting Parliament proceedings and preventing crucial legislations from being passed at the UPA-II's report card release.