Foreign tourist arrivals in India soared by a whopping 124 per cent in 2023 at 1.92 crore, Union Minister for Tourism and Culture Gajendra Singh Shekhawat informed Lok Sabha in a written reply on Monday.
"Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan has made this clear in Parliament. He has taken back the words he used. The Lok Sabha Speaker has removed it from the proceedings. If a member makes a statement on a topic that has ended in Parliament, then I feel that parliamentary decorum is not being
Over 30.68 crore unorganised workers have already registered on the e-Shram portal, with more than half of them being female (53.68 per cent), Union Minister of State for Labour and Employment, Shobha Karandlaje in a written reply in Lok Sabha said on Monday.
Congress leaders were protesting, holding placards that read, "Kahe har bharat ki naari, abhi Lagu karo 33% hissedari" (Every woman in India is demanding the immediate implementation of 33% reservation).
"Election Commission is in the hands of the government for a very long time... If democracy continues like this and the Election Commission keeps lobbying for the government, then the results that will definitely come are in front of you... If this system continues, then it is not democracy
He said, "Question is being raised on the voter list in every states. In Maharashtra, questions were raised on black and white voter list. The entire opposition is just saying that there should be a discussion on the voter's list."
Shortly after Parliament resumed its proceedings, opposition MPs on Monday walked out from the Rajya Sabha over the issue of delimitation and New Education Policy (NEP).
"The opposition always obstructs the House and important issues are left behind...Today also they will do something similar and we are ready for that too...only those issues will come up in Parliament which are for the public...whatever is in our agenda will happen..." Sharma told ANI.
MPs in Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha raise adjournment motions on urgent issues, including internal security in Manipur and Jammu, underfunded railway projects in Tamil Nadu, stock market losses, and concerns over the delimitation exercise affecting southern states.