Question Hour Parliament

Parliamentary questions rarely make the headlines. However, questions raised and answered in parliament are a treasure trove of information.

The Lok Sabha Secretariat has said replies to MP's queries discussed in Parliament's Question Hour are "strictly confidential till the question... has actually been asked and answered in the House".

The women's reservation bill sailed through the Lok Sabha Wednesday - 454 MPs voted in favour and two against - after hours of ferocious attack-counterattack between the government and the opposition. The question now - how soon can it become law?

A session of both Houses of Parliament will be held from September 18-22 without Question Hour or private members' business, the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha secretariats said on Saturday.

Around 1,333 multi-national companies (MNCs) have shut down in the country but more than 4,900 new ones have come up opening new avenues and job opportunities, Parliament was informed on Friday.

Amit Shah says Congress MPs deliberately disrupted Question Hour in Lok Sabha since a question on Rajiv Gandhi Foundation was listed

UK Prime Minister Liz Truss is set to face hostile questions from Tory as well as opposition MPs in a likely febrile House of Commons, less than 48 hours after new finance minister Jeremy Hunt dismembered her flagship tax plans.

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman told Parliament that foreign direct investment inflow has remained "unabated" despite pandemic

Nitin Gadkari, Union Minister of Road Transport and Highways, responding to a question on "Electric Vehicles and Charging Stations" in the parliament today during the Question Hour said the cost of electric vehicles will be equivalent to petrol ones within two years.

Government has no plans for disinvestment of Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited, Parliament was informed on Wednesday

Government has informed Parliament that it has received multiple Expressions of Interest for privatisation of Bharat Petroleum

LIC did not pay any dividend to the government in the last financial year and used the free reserves to increase its paid-up capital

Political parties encashed electoral bonds worth Rs 324.36 crore in 2020-21

Government is studying proposals from three telecom companies keen to convert interest on deferred AGR dues into equity, telecom minister said

India's exports to China rose by 24 per cent to $21.54 billion during January-November 2021

Parliamentary questions rarely make the headlines. However, questions raised and answered in parliament are a treasure trove of information.

The Lok Sabha Secretariat has said replies to MP's queries discussed in Parliament's Question Hour are "strictly confidential till the question... has actually been asked and answered in the House".

The women's reservation bill sailed through the Lok Sabha Wednesday - 454 MPs voted in favour and two against - after hours of ferocious attack-counterattack between the government and the opposition. The question now - how soon can it become law?

A session of both Houses of Parliament will be held from September 18-22 without Question Hour or private members' business, the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha secretariats said on Saturday.

Around 1,333 multi-national companies (MNCs) have shut down in the country but more than 4,900 new ones have come up opening new avenues and job opportunities, Parliament was informed on Friday.

Amit Shah says Congress MPs deliberately disrupted Question Hour in Lok Sabha since a question on Rajiv Gandhi Foundation was listed

UK Prime Minister Liz Truss is set to face hostile questions from Tory as well as opposition MPs in a likely febrile House of Commons, less than 48 hours after new finance minister Jeremy Hunt dismembered her flagship tax plans.

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman told Parliament that foreign direct investment inflow has remained "unabated" despite pandemic

Nitin Gadkari, Union Minister of Road Transport and Highways, responding to a question on "Electric Vehicles and Charging Stations" in the parliament today during the Question Hour said the cost of electric vehicles will be equivalent to petrol ones within two years.

Government has no plans for disinvestment of Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited, Parliament was informed on Wednesday

Government has informed Parliament that it has received multiple Expressions of Interest for privatisation of Bharat Petroleum

LIC did not pay any dividend to the government in the last financial year and used the free reserves to increase its paid-up capital

Political parties encashed electoral bonds worth Rs 324.36 crore in 2020-21

Government is studying proposals from three telecom companies keen to convert interest on deferred AGR dues into equity, telecom minister said

India's exports to China rose by 24 per cent to $21.54 billion during January-November 2021