Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha were adjourned till March 10 on Thursday with the JPC report on the Waqf Amendment Bill tabled in Parliament and the two Houses completing debate on the Union Budget with Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman replying to marathon discussion.
"The Union Finance Minister had said that the new Income Tax Bill will be simpler than the previous bill. In the previous Bill, there were 296 sections. In the new Bill, there are more than 500 sections. In the previous Bill, there were 5 schedules. In the new Bill, there are 14 schedules
Responding to the Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi's statement on inflation, Union Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia said on Wednesday pointed out that the inflation rate has decreased significantly under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, from 8-9% in 2014 to 4.5-5% currently.
Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Tuesday slammed Sitharaman's address in Parliament, saying she's "living on a different planet" for claiming there's no rise in unemployment or prices.
Earlier, TMC MP Kalyan Banerjee criticized Sitharaman's reply to the Union Budget debate in the Lok Sabha and said it was "politically motivated, biased, and unsatisfactory".
Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) MP Kanimozhi on Tuesday slammed Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman for not addressing key issues during the Lok Sabha debate on the Union Budget, alleging that her response was politically motivated and failed to answer many important questions raise
Congress leader and Wayanad MP Priyanka Gandhi on Tuesday slammed Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman's address in Parliament, saying she's "living on a different planet" for claiming there's no rise in unemployment or prices.
Congress MP KC Venugopal criticized Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman's reply to the budget discussion in the Lok Sabha, accusing her of deflecting from critical issues.
Congress MP Manickam Tagore on Tuesday termed the union budget as "hollow" and said senior ministers were not present in Lok Sabha during Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman's reply to the debate
Trinamool Congress MP Kalyan Banerjee on Tuesday criticized Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman's reply to the Union Budget debate in the Lok Sabha and said it was "politically motivated, biased, and unsatisfactory".
Noting that capital budget outlays have not come down, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday said that the government is using almost the entire borrowed resources for financing effective capital expenditure.
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday informed the Rajya Sabha that indirect tax under the Goods and Services Tax (GST) has significantly reduced over the years since its implementation.