Parliament Highlights | India does not export cow meat, says Minister Rajiv Ranjan in LS

Govt to amend Wakf law to usher in more transparency, gender diversity

The government is all set to bring a Bill in Parliament to amend the 1995 law governing Waqf boards to ensure more accountability and transparency in their functioning and mandatory inclusion of women in these bodies, sources said.

They claimed that the move comes in the backdrop of demands from within the Muslim community.

The Bill to amend the Wakf Act, 1995, will make it mandatory for Waqf boards to register their properties with district collectors to ensure their actual valuation. There are 30 Waqf boards in the country.

Key parliamentary panels constituted without elections

Key parliamentary panels, including the Public Accounts Committee (PAC), have started taking shape, mostly by consensus as against elections witnessed during the previous Lok Sabha.

Besides the PAC, which examines government expenditure, the Committee on Public Undertakings, the Committee on Estimates, the Committee on Welfare of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes, the Joint Committee on Office of Profit and the Committee on Welfare of Other Backward Classes have been constituted without an election.

Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla is expected to nominate the chairpersons of the panels soon, parliamentary officials said.

Centre admits inside Parliament that Bengal's been given 'zero' for MNREGA funds: O'Brien

Citing a reply in the Rajya Sabha by the government to a question on the MGNREGS, TMC MP Derek O'Brien on Sunday claimed the BJP-led Centre in its response has "finally" accepted that West Bengal has been given "zero" funds under the 100-day rural employment guarantee scheme.

The TMC and its Lok Sabha MP Abhishek Banerjee have been demanding a white paper on the scheme to prove what the Centre had paid to West Bengal since the BJP's loss in the 2021 state assembly polls, Rajya Sabha member O'Brien said in a post on X.

Question House gets under way in Lok Sabha

Matters raised with the permission of chair in the Rajya Sabha

AAP's Sanjay Singh urges that treatment of children suffering from cancer should be made free in India

LOK SABHA | Nirmala Sitharaman says everything done by Sahara is being monitored by the Supreme Court

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RAJYA SABHA | BJP'S Samik Bhattacharya raises issue of 'silent demographic invasion' faced by West Bengal due to the borders it shares with Bangladesh

RAJYA SABHA | Bengal's internal security under threat, says BJP'S Samik Bhattacharya adding that fake currency, fake aadhaar card reaching state because of migrant labourers: BJP'S Samik Bhattacharya

Bengal facing 'silent demographic invasion' says BJP'S Samik Bhattacharya in RS, blames migrant labourers for fake currency in state

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RAJYA SABHA | Derek O' Brien slams GST council for saying SC is an advisory body. "We must not allow FM to hide behind GST council."

RAJYA SABHA | 'Andolan chaalu rahega' warns Derek O' Brien if GST on medical and health insurance not reduced

RAJYA SABHA | Rao Inderjit calls the 'Viksit Bharat' document a "vision" document

LOK SABHA | 'You are a liar,' Kalyan Banerjee slams J P Nadda as latter speaks on health infrastructure

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LOK SABHA | Kalyan Banerjee is so educated that he does not know what the scheme of PMSSY is, says J P Nadda

RAJYA SABHA | 'Recently started drama', says Jaya Bachchan after Dhakhar refers to her with Amitabh's full name

LOK SABHA | Use your brain only when required, says Nadda after his speech on health infrastructure disrupted

RAJYA SABHA | Randeep Surjewala belonging to the main Oppn party does not know how to conduct himself, says Dhankhar. "If you show this paper again, you will be out of the House for a very long time"

RAJYA SABHA | Discussion on farmers under way

RAJYA SABHA | "Chedenge to chodunga nahi" says Shivraj Singh Chouhan as he recounts the number of farmers who died during Congress rule

RAJYA SABHA | Late Indira Gandhi casually mentioned farmers in her speeches but never spoke about any policies, unlike PM Modi

On the fourth of June, the '56 inch' got cut down to size: Derek O'Brien in RS

The TMC MP also requested a discussion on the Home ministry and Defence ministry in the Parliament.

Madhya Pradesh BJP MP praises PM Modi for solar power projects

Rajya Sabha MP Sumer Singh Solanki said that PM Narendra Modi made sure that every person gets clean energy.

Maharashtra MP raises fodder management issue in Lok Sabha

Dr. Kalyan Vaijinathrao Kale, who represents the Jalna constituency in Lok Sabha on Monday said that Marathwada and Vidarbha regions of the state face regular droughts which makes it difficult for the farmers to manage fodder for their cattle.

Transition to renewable energy should not affect our biodiversity: H D Deve Gowda

Speaking in the Rajya Sabha on new and renewable energy, former PM and current Rajya Sabha MP H D Deve Gowda said that India's transition to renewable energy should not affect our biodiversity.

He also praised PM Modi for maintaining 'no corruption' status in the past ten years of his governance.

Ruckus in Lok Sabha on anniversary of Article 370 abrogation

Aga Syed Ruhullah Mehdi, who represents the Srinagar constituency said that Jammu and Kashmir does not have same rights as the rest of the country after it was stripped off its statehood. He said that what happened to Jammu and Kashmir five years ago (Article 370 abrogation) was a "disrespect" and not good for democracy.

This led to MP's from the Treasury benches objecting to the remarks, after which the speaker asked Mehdi to sit down.

Rajya Sabha MP Imran Pratapgarhi requests daily direct train between Pratapgarh and Mumbai

BJP is 'Merchant of Dreams': TMC MP Sagarika Ghoshe

"Unlike Manu Bhaker, Modi government is continuously missing targets," Ghoshe said in Rajya Sabha.

Only 13 per cent of the total electricity generation of the country was renewable energy, Ghoshe said, asking how the government will reach its target of 43 per cent.

Bengal govt pioneer of renewable energy: Sagarika Ghoshe

Minister of Fisheries replies in Lok Sabha

Rajiv Ranjan Singh Alias Lalan Singh, Minister of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying replying to the debate in Lok Sabha said that the NDA government does not discriminate with any state when it comes to development.

Rajya Sabha adjourned till Tuesday, 11 am

9 crore people connected to animal husbandry and dairying: Minister Rajiv Ranjan Singh

Listing the achievements of Modi government, the minister said that while the dairy sector all over the world is increasing at 2 per cent, in India it is growing at 6 per cent.

India does not export cow meat: Minister Rajiv Ranjan Singh

Replying to the debate in Lok Sabha, the minister said that India only exports buffalo meat and no cow meat is exported from India.

PM Modi arrives in Lok Sabha

Lok Sabha applies guillotine; passes demands for grants that allow expenditures proposed in Budget 2024-25 by different ministries

Lok Sabha adjourned till Tuesday, 11 am