9.19 pm: First leg of the Budget session will conclude on Friday with an extended sitting of the Rajya Sabha, scheduled till 3 pm, report...
9.19 pm: First leg of the Budget session will conclude on Friday with an extended sitting of the Rajya Sabha, scheduled till 3 pm, reports The Hindu. The House will sit again for the second leg on March 8.
9.13 am: Trinamool Congress MP Abir Ranjan Biswas gives Zero Hour Notice in Rajya Sabha over the “sale of public sector undertakings”, reports ANI.
9.12 am: BJP MP Deepak Prakash gives Zero Hour Notice in Rajya Sabha over “non-implementation of welfare schemes of Central government by the state governments”, reports ANI.
9.11 am: RJD MP Manoj Kumar Jha has gives Zero Hour Notice in Rajya Sabha over “alleged fudging and manipulation of Covid-19 testing data in Bihar”, reports ANI.
9.09 am: Rajya Sabha proceedings begin. Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman is expected to reply in the House on the discussion on Union Budget, reports ANI.
Here are the top updates from Thursday
- The Lok Sabha witnessed an uproar as Congress MP Rahul Gandhi criticised the new farm laws. He said the intent of the first legislation was to “end mandis” and that the country was being run by “hum do, humare do (we two, ours two)” policy.
- Congress MP P Chidambaram criticised the Budget delivered by the Narendra Modi government, saying it was “prepared for the rich, of the rich and by the rich”. He said the Centre has not done enough for the poor...
