The Budget Session of Parliament was extended by a day until February 10 to discuss the White paper. Originally scheduled to conclude on February 9, the session was extended for an additional day.
After the government laid a White Paper on the Indian Economy in the Lok Sabha highlighting the lapses during the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) regime, Samajwadi Party (SP) ST Hasan claimed that it was going into history to hide its own 'incompetence'.
Rajya Sabha on Thursday passed and returned the Finance Bill,2024 and the relevant appropriation bills marking the end of the interim budget exercise in Parliament with Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman stating that public investment in infrastructure gives greater returns and governmen
Lok Sabha on Wednesday passed the Finance Bill, 2024, marking the end of the interim budget exercise in the House with Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman seeking to allay apprehensions of opposition parties on tax devolution to some states and assuring that the government will fulfil wha
Addressing concerns regarding inflation, Sitharaman highlighted a decline in retail inflation, which dropped from an average of 6.8 percent in April-December 2022 to 5.5 percent during the corresponding period in 2023. She noted that retail inflation had stabilized within the notified tol
The Minister, while addressing a conference in Parliament premises, said "there are factual errors, false monetary claims, misleading statements, and selective mention of certain losses allegedly suffered without mentioning the gains that have accrued to the state (Karnataka) in the 15th
Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) Member of Parliament Malook Nagar expressed support for the extension of Parliament sessions and the introduction of 'white papers'.
Paytm founder, Vijay Shekhar met with Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday and discussed the ongoing issue of the company, sources said.