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  • Ruckus continues in Parliament as Opposition protests over Sanjay Raut arrest, Congress MPs’ suspension

    By PTI

    NEW DELHI: Rajya Sabha proceedings on Monday have been adjourned for about an hour after protests over arrest of Shiv Sena chief Sanjay Raut and different points.

    Even as officers papers have been being laid, Shiv Sena MPs have been up on their ft protesting towards the arrest of Raut.

    Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu mentioned the matter has nothing to do with the House and requested them to return to their seats.

    Other opposition MPs additionally joined in elevating points equivalent to value rise.

    The Shiv Sena in addition to TMC MPs then moved into the nicely of the House.

    “Go back to your seats. You cannot use the House to settle the scores outside,” Naidu mentioned earlier than adjourning the proceedings until 12 midday.

    The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has arrested Raut in a cash laundering case linked to alleged irregularities within the redevelopment of a Mumbai ‘chawl’ after conducting a nine-hour search at his residence.

    The Lok Sabha was on Monday adjourned until 12 midday after a couple of minutes of enterprise following protests by opposition leaders demanding withdrawal of suspension of 4 Congress MPs.

    As the House met at 11 am after the weekend break, Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla congratulated Indian sportspersons who’ve introduced laurels to the nation within the ongoing Commonwealth Games.

    While Mirabai Chanu, Jeremy Lalrinnunga and Achinta Sheuli have bagged gold, Bindyarani Devi and Sanket Sargar bought silver and Gururaja Poojary bought bronze, he famous.

    Birla congratulated the medal winners and all gamers taking part within the sporting occasion and mentioned they’re the inspiration for the youth of the nation.

    When he took up questions associated to totally different ministries, Congress members began protests demanding the withdrawal of suspension of 4 of their colleagues.

    Initially, they protested standing on the aisles however later got here to the nicely of the House.

    The speaker appealed to them to return to their seats and permit the House to run.

    Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs Arjun Ram Meghwal accused the opposition of disrupting the proceedings and never permitting the House to operate by their protests.

    Birla mentioned such protests weren’t good because it was reducing the dignity of the House.

    The opposition didn’t heed to the appeals following which the speaker adjourned the House until 12 midday.

    Four Congress MPs — Manickam Tagore, Ramya Haridas, TN Prathapan and S Jothimani — have been suspended final Monday for the remainder of the session for protests and carrying placards contained in the House.

    Lok Sabha proceedings have been disrupted largely as a result of opposition protests, in search of a dialogue on value rise and GST price hike on some meals objects, even for the reason that Monsoon Session started on July 18.

    NEW DELHI: Rajya Sabha proceedings on Monday have been adjourned for about an hour after protests over arrest of Shiv Sena chief Sanjay Raut and different points.

    Even as officers papers have been being laid, Shiv Sena MPs have been up on their ft protesting towards the arrest of Raut.

    Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu mentioned the matter has nothing to do with the House and requested them to return to their seats.

    Other opposition MPs additionally joined in elevating points equivalent to value rise.

    The Shiv Sena in addition to TMC MPs then moved into the nicely of the House.

    “Go back to your seats. You cannot use the House to settle the scores outside,” Naidu mentioned earlier than adjourning the proceedings until 12 midday.

    The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has arrested Raut in a cash laundering case linked to alleged irregularities within the redevelopment of a Mumbai ‘chawl’ after conducting a nine-hour search at his residence.

    The Lok Sabha was on Monday adjourned until 12 midday after a couple of minutes of enterprise following protests by opposition leaders demanding withdrawal of suspension of 4 Congress MPs.

    As the House met at 11 am after the weekend break, Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla congratulated Indian sportspersons who’ve introduced laurels to the nation within the ongoing Commonwealth Games.

    While Mirabai Chanu, Jeremy Lalrinnunga and Achinta Sheuli have bagged gold, Bindyarani Devi and Sanket Sargar bought silver and Gururaja Poojary bought bronze, he famous.

    Birla congratulated the medal winners and all gamers taking part within the sporting occasion and mentioned they’re the inspiration for the youth of the nation.

    When he took up questions associated to totally different ministries, Congress members began protests demanding the withdrawal of suspension of 4 of their colleagues.

    Initially, they protested standing on the aisles however later got here to the nicely of the House.

    The speaker appealed to them to return to their seats and permit the House to run.

    Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs Arjun Ram Meghwal accused the opposition of disrupting the proceedings and never permitting the House to operate by their protests.

    Birla mentioned such protests weren’t good because it was reducing the dignity of the House.

    The opposition didn’t heed to the appeals following which the speaker adjourned the House until 12 midday.

    Four Congress MPs — Manickam Tagore, Ramya Haridas, TN Prathapan and S Jothimani — have been suspended final Monday for the remainder of the session for protests and carrying placards contained in the House.

    Lok Sabha proceedings have been disrupted largely as a result of opposition protests, in search of a dialogue on value rise and GST price hike on some meals objects, even for the reason that Monsoon Session started on July 18.

  • Women security, MSP, Gujarat hooch tragedy: Opposition seeks debates on a number of points in Parliament

    By PTI

    NEW DELHI: The Trinamool Congress has sought a debate in each Houses of Parliament on Monday on the problem of crimes towards ladies, because it focused the federal government after a BJP MLA in Gujarat was accused of rape.

    TMC Lok Sabha members Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar and Dola Sen and Rajya Sabha MP Mausam Noor had submitted notices for a dialogue on the “need for prevention of crimes against women” in mild of “latest reported incidents”.

    The sources mentioned the TMC MPs moved the notices after Gujarat Rural Development Minister and BJP MLA Arjunsinh Chauhan was accused of raping and illegally confining a girl.

    TMC MP Mahua Moitra focused the prime minister over the problem and tweeted, “Lady raped & confined by BJP Guj Minister Arjunsinh for five yrs.

    Expecting Hon’ble @ombirlakota handy mic to Oppn as SOON as he enters LS on Monday so we are able to ask PMji to Maafi Maango.

    Equality earlier than legislation, Sir! Ominous silence from Drama Bahu brigade.

    ” Many Opposition leaders, who condemned Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury’s “sexist” comment towards the president, alleged that the BJP, whereas vociferous if feedback are made towards its ladies leaders, is essentially silent on get together leaders accused of crime towards ladies.

    After an issue broke out over his “Rashtrapatni” comment, Chowdhury mentioned it was a “slip of the tongue” and later apologised to President Droupadi Murmu.

    Meanwhile, Aam Aadmi Party MP Raghav Chadha has given a suspension discover below rule 267 on the problems associated to correct implementation of Minimum Support Price, withdrawal of instances registered towards farmers and killings in Lakhimpur Kheri.

    “I hereby give notice under Rule 267 of the Rules of Procedure and Conduct of Business in the Council of States (Rajya Sabha) of my intention to move the following motion for suspension of business listed for August 2022,” wrote Chadha to Rajya Sabha Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu.

    The AAP chief wrote, “That this house do suspend Zero Hour and other relevant rules relating to Question Hour and other businesses of the day to have a discussion on the non-fulfilment of commitments made to farm unions by the central government, the commitment made by the government on guaranteed MSP, withdrawal of cases registered against farmers, punishing the perpetrators of Lakhimpur Kheri massacre, and the deteriorating condition of farmers.”

    On Sunday, farmers throughout Punjab held a four-hour ‘Rail Roko’ protest from 11 am to three pm on Sunday in response to a name given for a nationwide protest by the Samyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM), an umbrella group comprising round 40 farm organisations, to primarily demand the implementation of minimal assist value (MSP) for crops.

    The SKM has additionally determined to carry a protest towards the Punjab authorities on August 3 over a number of points, together with the non-payment of sugarcane dues and compensation for cotton crop broken by whitefly. Notably, AAP is in energy in Punjab.

    Meanwhile, the Monsoon Session of Parliament started on July 18 and can proceed until August 12.

    Shiv Sena MP Priyanka Chaturvedi has given a suspension of enterprise discover within the Rajya Sabha in search of to debate the problem of “misuse of premier investigative agencies by the Central government for political agendas”.

    “I hereby give notice under Rule 267 of rules of procedure and conduct of business in the Council of States of my intention to move the following motion for the suspension of business/rules on August 1, 2022,” wrote Chaturvedi to Rajya Sabha Speaker M Venkaiah Naidu.

    The Shiv Sena chief, belonging to former Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray’s faction, additional wrote, “That this august House agrees to suspend the listed business of the day to discuss the misuse of the premier investigating agencies, such as Enforcement Directorate(ED), Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and Income Tax (IT) Department by the Central Government for political agendas and detaining opposition leaders through these agencies in a bid to silence them.”

    Earlier on July 27, in a joint letter to President Droupadi Murmu, Opposition events alleged the misuse of central companies by the Narendra Modi-led authorities to focus on its political opponents.

    “We are writing to bring to your attention the continued and intensifying misuse of investigative agencies by the Modi government as part of a systematic vendetta campaign against its political opponents,” the letter said. “The law is the law and must be enforced without fear or favour,” the letter learn.

    The Opposition MPs alleged that the legislation was getting used arbitrarily, selectively and with none justification by the Bharatiya Janata Party-led central authorities towards outstanding leaders of Opposition events.

    The Monsoon Session of Parliament started on July 18 and can proceed until August 12.

    ALSO READ | Monsoon session: Now, Opposition eyes debate on Agnipath after value rise ‘victory’

    Congress MP Shaktisinh Gohil has moved a suspension of enterprise discover in Rajya Sabha to debate Gujarat’s Botad hooch tragedy.

    “I hereby give notice under Rule 267 of the Rules of Procedure and Conduct of Business in the Council of States (Rajya Sabha) of my intention to move the following motion for the suspension of business listed for 1st August 2022. 72 people have died so far in Gujarat’s Botad district due to the consumption of illicit liquor. The hooch tragedy had come to light one week ago,” wrote Gohil to Rajya Sabha Speaker M Venkaiah Naidu.

    The Congress chief additional wrote, “Despite repeated written complaints and appeals against illicit liquor from the Sarpanch to the police, including the Home Minister, no action was taken. This terrible hooch tragedy is a clear case of negligence of administration at all levels.”

    Forty-two folks from Botad and neighbouring Ahmedabad district have died to this point after consuming the spurious liquor on July 25, whereas 97 individuals are nonetheless admitted to hospitals in Bhavnagar, Botad and Ahmedabad, in line with Gujarat Minister of State for Home Harsh Sanghavi.

    The Congress on Friday alleged that illicit liquor commerce was “flourishing” within the state below the safety of ruling forces and demanded a probe by a sitting excessive court docket choose.

    Congress chief Rahul Gandhi expressed concern over the enterprise of spurious liquor and medicines within the state, and requested which ruling forces are giving safety to the “mafias” concerned.

    Addressing a press convention on the AICC headquarters right here, Congress’ media division head Pawan Khera and Rajya Sabha MP Amee Yajnik urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to talk up on the deaths as a consequence of spurious liquor and meet households of the victims throughout his Gujarat go to Friday.

    The Monsoon Session of Parliament started on July 18 and can proceed until August 12.

    (From ANI Inputs)

    NEW DELHI: The Trinamool Congress has sought a debate in each Houses of Parliament on Monday on the problem of crimes towards ladies, because it focused the federal government after a BJP MLA in Gujarat was accused of rape.

    TMC Lok Sabha members Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar and Dola Sen and Rajya Sabha MP Mausam Noor had submitted notices for a dialogue on the “need for prevention of crimes against women” in mild of “latest reported incidents”.

    The sources mentioned the TMC MPs moved the notices after Gujarat Rural Development Minister and BJP MLA Arjunsinh Chauhan was accused of raping and illegally confining a girl.

    TMC MP Mahua Moitra focused the prime minister over the problem and tweeted, “Lady raped & confined by BJP Guj Minister Arjunsinh for five yrs.

    Expecting Hon’ble @ombirlakota handy mic to Oppn as SOON as he enters LS on Monday so we are able to ask PMji to Maafi Maango.

    Equality earlier than legislation, Sir! Ominous silence from Drama Bahu brigade.

    ” Many Opposition leaders, who condemned Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury’s “sexist” comment towards the president, alleged that the BJP, whereas vociferous if feedback are made towards its ladies leaders, is essentially silent on get together leaders accused of crime towards ladies.

    After an issue broke out over his “Rashtrapatni” comment, Chowdhury mentioned it was a “slip of the tongue” and later apologised to President Droupadi Murmu.

    Meanwhile, Aam Aadmi Party MP Raghav Chadha has given a suspension discover below rule 267 on the problems associated to correct implementation of Minimum Support Price, withdrawal of instances registered towards farmers and killings in Lakhimpur Kheri.

    “I hereby give notice under Rule 267 of the Rules of Procedure and Conduct of Business in the Council of States (Rajya Sabha) of my intention to move the following motion for suspension of business listed for August 2022,” wrote Chadha to Rajya Sabha Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu.

    The AAP chief wrote, “That this house do suspend Zero Hour and other relevant rules relating to Question Hour and other businesses of the day to have a discussion on the non-fulfilment of commitments made to farm unions by the central government, the commitment made by the government on guaranteed MSP, withdrawal of cases registered against farmers, punishing the perpetrators of Lakhimpur Kheri massacre, and the deteriorating condition of farmers.”

    On Sunday, farmers throughout Punjab held a four-hour ‘Rail Roko’ protest from 11 am to three pm on Sunday in response to a name given for a nationwide protest by the Samyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM), an umbrella group comprising round 40 farm organisations, to primarily demand the implementation of minimal assist value (MSP) for crops.

    The SKM has additionally determined to carry a protest towards the Punjab authorities on August 3 over a number of points, together with the non-payment of sugarcane dues and compensation for cotton crop broken by whitefly. Notably, AAP is in energy in Punjab.

    Meanwhile, the Monsoon Session of Parliament started on July 18 and can proceed until August 12.

    Shiv Sena MP Priyanka Chaturvedi has given a suspension of enterprise discover within the Rajya Sabha in search of to debate the problem of “misuse of premier investigative agencies by the Central government for political agendas”.

    “I hereby give notice under Rule 267 of rules of procedure and conduct of business in the Council of States of my intention to move the following motion for the suspension of business/rules on August 1, 2022,” wrote Chaturvedi to Rajya Sabha Speaker M Venkaiah Naidu.

    The Shiv Sena chief, belonging to former Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray’s faction, additional wrote, “That this august House agrees to suspend the listed business of the day to discuss the misuse of the premier investigating agencies, such as Enforcement Directorate(ED), Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and Income Tax (IT) Department by the Central Government for political agendas and detaining opposition leaders through these agencies in a bid to silence them.”

    Earlier on July 27, in a joint letter to President Droupadi Murmu, Opposition events alleged the misuse of central companies by the Narendra Modi-led authorities to focus on its political opponents.

    “We are writing to bring to your attention the continued and intensifying misuse of investigative agencies by the Modi government as part of a systematic vendetta campaign against its political opponents,” the letter said. “The law is the law and must be enforced without fear or favour,” the letter learn.

    The Opposition MPs alleged that the legislation was getting used arbitrarily, selectively and with none justification by the Bharatiya Janata Party-led central authorities towards outstanding leaders of Opposition events.

    The Monsoon Session of Parliament started on July 18 and can proceed until August 12.

    ALSO READ | Monsoon session: Now, Opposition eyes debate on Agnipath after value rise ‘victory’

    Congress MP Shaktisinh Gohil has moved a suspension of enterprise discover in Rajya Sabha to debate Gujarat’s Botad hooch tragedy.

    “I hereby give notice under Rule 267 of the Rules of Procedure and Conduct of Business in the Council of States (Rajya Sabha) of my intention to move the following motion for the suspension of business listed for 1st August 2022. 72 people have died so far in Gujarat’s Botad district due to the consumption of illicit liquor. The hooch tragedy had come to light one week ago,” wrote Gohil to Rajya Sabha Speaker M Venkaiah Naidu.

    The Congress chief additional wrote, “Despite repeated written complaints and appeals against illicit liquor from the Sarpanch to the police, including the Home Minister, no action was taken. This terrible hooch tragedy is a clear case of negligence of administration at all levels.”

    Forty-two folks from Botad and neighbouring Ahmedabad district have died to this point after consuming the spurious liquor on July 25, whereas 97 individuals are nonetheless admitted to hospitals in Bhavnagar, Botad and Ahmedabad, in line with Gujarat Minister of State for Home Harsh Sanghavi.

    The Congress on Friday alleged that illicit liquor commerce was “flourishing” within the state below the safety of ruling forces and demanded a probe by a sitting excessive court docket choose.

    Congress chief Rahul Gandhi expressed concern over the enterprise of spurious liquor and medicines within the state, and requested which ruling forces are giving safety to the “mafias” concerned.

    Addressing a press convention on the AICC headquarters right here, Congress’ media division head Pawan Khera and Rajya Sabha MP Amee Yajnik urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to talk up on the deaths as a consequence of spurious liquor and meet households of the victims throughout his Gujarat go to Friday.

    The Monsoon Session of Parliament started on July 18 and can proceed until August 12.

    (From ANI Inputs)

  • Lok Sabha witnesses opposition ruckus once more; Suspended Congress MPs maintain protest in Parliament complicated

    By PTI

    NEW DELHI: Lok Sabha proceedings have been on Tuesday adjourned until 2 pm following opposition protests over value rise and the Goods and Services Tax on some important commodities.

    As quickly because the House assembled at 11 am, Speaker Om Birla paid tributes to troopers who laid down their lives in the course of the Kargil battle.

    He mentioned July 26 is noticed as ‘Kargil Vijay Divas’ and the nation is indebted to the courageous troopers of the nation.

    As quickly as he supplied tributes, opposition members began protests towards the worth rise and GST price hike on some important commodities.

    The opposition members have been carrying placards and shouting slogans towards the Modi authorities and got here to the properly.

    Birla appealed to the members to not disrupt the House proceedings.

    However, the opposition ignored the enchantment and continued the protests following which the speaker adjourned proceedings.

    The opposition has been protesting ever for the reason that Monsoon Session of Parliament started on July 18.

    Four Congress MPs have been on Monday suspended for remainder of the session for protests and carrying placards contained in the House.

    Four Congress Lok Sabha MPs on Tuesday held a protest in Parliament premises towards their suspension from the House for the remainder of the session and have been joined by leaders of assorted opposition events.

    Alleging that their suspension amounted to “murder of democracy”, the suspended MPs, Manickam Tagore, Ramya Haridas, T N Prathapan and S Jothi Mani, staged a protest in entrance of Mahatma Gandhi’s statue in Parliament complicated.

    In a present of solidarity, leaders of Left events, NCP, DMK and the Congress joined them within the protest and raised slogans towards the federal government.

    The 4 Congress Lok Sabha members have been suspended for the remainder of the session on Monday after Speaker Om Birla took a stern view of the continual disruptions by opposition MPs for the reason that starting of the Monsoon Session.

    Terming the motion towards its MPs as a “blot on democracy”, an offended Congress had alleged that the federal government was attempting to “intimidate” it for elevating individuals’s points and mentioned it might not be cowed down.

    NEW DELHI: Lok Sabha proceedings have been on Tuesday adjourned until 2 pm following opposition protests over value rise and the Goods and Services Tax on some important commodities.

    As quickly because the House assembled at 11 am, Speaker Om Birla paid tributes to troopers who laid down their lives in the course of the Kargil battle.

    He mentioned July 26 is noticed as ‘Kargil Vijay Divas’ and the nation is indebted to the courageous troopers of the nation.

    As quickly as he supplied tributes, opposition members began protests towards the worth rise and GST price hike on some important commodities.

    The opposition members have been carrying placards and shouting slogans towards the Modi authorities and got here to the properly.

    Birla appealed to the members to not disrupt the House proceedings.

    However, the opposition ignored the enchantment and continued the protests following which the speaker adjourned proceedings.

    The opposition has been protesting ever for the reason that Monsoon Session of Parliament started on July 18.

    Four Congress MPs have been on Monday suspended for remainder of the session for protests and carrying placards contained in the House.

    Four Congress Lok Sabha MPs on Tuesday held a protest in Parliament premises towards their suspension from the House for the remainder of the session and have been joined by leaders of assorted opposition events.

    Alleging that their suspension amounted to “murder of democracy”, the suspended MPs, Manickam Tagore, Ramya Haridas, T N Prathapan and S Jothi Mani, staged a protest in entrance of Mahatma Gandhi’s statue in Parliament complicated.

    In a present of solidarity, leaders of Left events, NCP, DMK and the Congress joined them within the protest and raised slogans towards the federal government.

    The 4 Congress Lok Sabha members have been suspended for the remainder of the session on Monday after Speaker Om Birla took a stern view of the continual disruptions by opposition MPs for the reason that starting of the Monsoon Session.

    Terming the motion towards its MPs as a “blot on democracy”, an offended Congress had alleged that the federal government was attempting to “intimidate” it for elevating individuals’s points and mentioned it might not be cowed down.

  • Rajya Sabha adjourned for the day amid Congress’ ruckus over Agnipath, inflation, GST

    By PTI

    NEW DELHI: Rajya Sabha proceedings have been adjourned for the day on the primary day of the Monsoon Session on Monday following sloganeering and disruption by Congress MPs over points like value rise and GST.

    Earlier, a number of newly elected members of the higher House took oath.

    As Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu was making some observations, a number of Congress members trooped into the Well of the House and began elevating slogans.

    “As some people have come determined not to allow the House to function and also enable members to go and vote in the Presidential election, I am adjourning the House for the day,” the Chairman stated as he adjourned the proceedings.

    The House paid homage to former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, ex UAE president Sheikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan and former Kenayan president Mwai Kibaki.

    Obituaries have been additionally paid to former members Kishore Kumar Mohanty, Robert Kharshiing, Ok Ok Veerappan and santoor participant Pandit Shivkumar Sharma.

    Congress member Deepender Hooda has moved a discover below Rule 267 within the Rajya Sabha, demanding a dialogue on the Agnipath scheme after setting apart all different enterprise of the House.

    He sought a dialogue on the Agnipath scheme, which he alleged has been “implemented across the country by the government unilaterally without any prior discussion and deliberation”.

    Another Congress member, Shaktisinh Gohil, additionally moved an adjournment discover demanding speedy withdrawal of the scheme and saying that it isn’t good for the nation’s nationwide safety.

    He claimed that the youth are agitated over the scheme and have been protesting in opposition to it.

    Similarly, within the Lok Sabha, Congress member Manickam Tagore has moved an adjournment discover on the rise in costs of home LPG costs to Rs 1,053 per cylinder.

    He has demanded that the federal government deliver down the costs of home LPG to ranges of 2014 and subsidies be offered to the beneficiaries of presidency schemes.

    “The government should come forward to reduce the price of domestic cylinders and petroleum products in the country to ensure a standardised price at least for a year,” Tagore stated in his adjournment discover.

    Congress MP KC Venugopal moved a suspension of enterprise discover below Rule 267 in Rajya Sabha to debate inflation and the current enhance in GST of some important commodities.

    “I hereby give a notice under Rule 267 of the Rules of Procedure and Conduct of Business in the Council of States (Rajya Sabha) of my intention to move the following motion for the suspension of business listed for July 18, 2022. The record-breaking inflation in the country has worsened the situation of the common people amid a huge increase in the process of essential commodities including pulses, edible oils, LPG, petrol, diesel coupled with the recent increase in GST of many other essential commodities,” the discover reads.

    The centre has determined to hike GST on important objects from as we speak.

    Pre-packaged and labelled pulses, and cereals like rice, wheat, and flour (atta) will now entice GST on the charge of 5 per cent when branded and packed in a unit container.

    Other objects resembling curd, lassi, and puffed rice too would entice GST on the charge of 5 per cent when pre-packaged and labelled.

    The choice to hike GST on this stuff have been taken within the not too long ago held forty seventh GST Council assembly in Chandigarh.

    It can be clarified {that a} single bundle of this stuff [cereals, pulses, flour) containing a amount of greater than 25 Kg or 25 litre wouldn’t fall within the class of a pre-packaged and labelled commodity for the needs of GST and would due to this fact not entice GST.

    Other objects that shall be dearer are printing, writing or drawing ink, knives with reducing blades, paper knives, pencil sharpeners and blades, spoons, forks, ladles, skimmers, and cake-servers. These objects would now entice 18 per cent as an alternative of 12 per cent.

    LED lamps and photo voltaic water heaters too will entice 18 per cent tax.

    Further, Tetra Pak (or aseptic packaging paper) used for packaging liquid drinks or dairy merchandise will now entice 18 per cent GST as an alternative of 12 per cent. Cut and Polished diamonds shall be taxed at 1.5 per cent in comparison with 0.25 per cent earlier.

    Also, resort lodging charges as much as Rs 1000 per day will now be now taxed at 12 per cent,

    On the opposite hand, tax on transport of products and passengers by ropeways would decline to five per cent from 18 per cent.

    Renting of truck/items carriage the place the price of gas is included shall be cheaper because the tax is diminished to 12 per cent as an alternative of 18 per cent.

    Communist Party of India (Marxist) flooring chief in Rajya Sabha, Elamaram Kareem additionally gave discover below rule 267 to droop enterprise and focus on the difficulty of value rise and imposition of 5 per cent GST on important objects.

    The GST council has determined to hike the costs of a number of each day important objects from as we speak.

    Pre-packaged and labelled pulses, and cereals like rice, wheat, and flour (atta) will now entice GST on the charge of 5 per cent when branded and packed in a unit container.

    Other objects resembling curd, lassi, and puffed rice too would entice GST on the charge of 5 per cent when pre-packaged and labelled.

    The choice to hike GST on this stuff have been taken within the not too long ago held forty seventh GST Council assembly in Chandigarh.

    It can be clarified {that a} single bundle of this stuff [cereals, pulses, flour) containing a amount of greater than 25 Kg or 25 litre wouldn’t fall within the class of a pre-packaged and labelled commodity for the needs of GST and would due to this fact not entice GST.

    Other objects that shall be dearer are printing, writing or drawing ink, knives with reducing blades, paper knives, pencil sharpeners and blades, spoons, forks, ladles, skimmers, and cake-servers. These objects would now entice 18 per cent as an alternative of 12 per cent.

    LED lamps and photo voltaic water heaters too will entice 18 per cent tax.

    Further, Tetra Pak (or aseptic packaging paper) used for packaging liquid drinks or dairy merchandise will now entice 18 per cent GST as an alternative of 12 per cent. Cut and Polished diamonds shall be taxed at 1.5 per cent in comparison with 0.25 per cent earlier.

    Also, resort lodging charges as much as Rs 1000 per day will now be now taxed at 12 per cent,

    On the opposite hand, tax on transport of products and passengers by ropeways would decline to five per cent from 18 per cent.

    Renting of truck/items carriage the place the price of gas is included shall be cheaper because the tax is diminished to 12 per cent as an alternative of 18 per cent.

    Meanwhile, the Monsoon session of the Lok Sabha started on Monday with obituary references and new members taking oath, and was then adjourned until 2 pm so members might vote within the presidential ballot.

    As the House met for the primary time within the Monsoon session of Parliament, three MPs, together with veteran Bollywood actor and Trinamool Congress’ Shatrughan Sinha, took oath as member of the Lok Sabha.

    Speaker Om Birla then learn out obituary references to a few overseas leaders, together with former Japan prime minister Shinzo Abe, and eight former members who handed away not too long ago.

    Birla stated elections in India are celebrated as a pageant.

    And because the election to the president was underway, it also needs to be celebrated, he stated.

    Members ought to take part within the pageant, the speaker stated, and declared the House adjourned until 2 pm.

    Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, Home Minister Amit Shah and Congress chief Sonia Gandhi have been amongst these current within the House.

    (With ANI Inputs)

    NEW DELHI: Rajya Sabha proceedings have been adjourned for the day on the primary day of the Monsoon Session on Monday following sloganeering and disruption by Congress MPs over points like value rise and GST.

    Earlier, a number of newly elected members of the higher House took oath.

    As Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu was making some observations, a number of Congress members trooped into the Well of the House and began elevating slogans.

    “As some people have come determined not to allow the House to function and also enable members to go and vote in the Presidential election, I am adjourning the House for the day,” the Chairman stated as he adjourned the proceedings.

    The House paid homage to former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, ex UAE president Sheikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan and former Kenayan president Mwai Kibaki.

    Obituaries have been additionally paid to former members Kishore Kumar Mohanty, Robert Kharshiing, Ok Ok Veerappan and santoor participant Pandit Shivkumar Sharma.

    Congress member Deepender Hooda has moved a discover below Rule 267 within the Rajya Sabha, demanding a dialogue on the Agnipath scheme after setting apart all different enterprise of the House.

    He sought a dialogue on the Agnipath scheme, which he alleged has been “implemented across the country by the government unilaterally without any prior discussion and deliberation”.

    Another Congress member, Shaktisinh Gohil, additionally moved an adjournment discover demanding speedy withdrawal of the scheme and saying that it isn’t good for the nation’s nationwide safety.

    He claimed that the youth are agitated over the scheme and have been protesting in opposition to it.

    Similarly, within the Lok Sabha, Congress member Manickam Tagore has moved an adjournment discover on the rise in costs of home LPG costs to Rs 1,053 per cylinder.

    He has demanded that the federal government deliver down the costs of home LPG to ranges of 2014 and subsidies be offered to the beneficiaries of presidency schemes.

    “The government should come forward to reduce the price of domestic cylinders and petroleum products in the country to ensure a standardised price at least for a year,” Tagore stated in his adjournment discover.

    Congress MP KC Venugopal moved a suspension of enterprise discover below Rule 267 in Rajya Sabha to debate inflation and the current enhance in GST of some important commodities.

    “I hereby give a notice under Rule 267 of the Rules of Procedure and Conduct of Business in the Council of States (Rajya Sabha) of my intention to move the following motion for the suspension of business listed for July 18, 2022. The record-breaking inflation in the country has worsened the situation of the common people amid a huge increase in the process of essential commodities including pulses, edible oils, LPG, petrol, diesel coupled with the recent increase in GST of many other essential commodities,” the discover reads.

    The centre has determined to hike GST on important objects from as we speak.

    Pre-packaged and labelled pulses, and cereals like rice, wheat, and flour (atta) will now entice GST on the charge of 5 per cent when branded and packed in a unit container.

    Other objects resembling curd, lassi, and puffed rice too would entice GST on the charge of 5 per cent when pre-packaged and labelled.

    The choice to hike GST on this stuff have been taken within the not too long ago held forty seventh GST Council assembly in Chandigarh.

    It can be clarified {that a} single bundle of this stuff [cereals, pulses, flour) containing a amount of greater than 25 Kg or 25 litre wouldn’t fall within the class of a pre-packaged and labelled commodity for the needs of GST and would due to this fact not entice GST.

    Other objects that shall be dearer are printing, writing or drawing ink, knives with reducing blades, paper knives, pencil sharpeners and blades, spoons, forks, ladles, skimmers, and cake-servers. These objects would now entice 18 per cent as an alternative of 12 per cent.

    LED lamps and photo voltaic water heaters too will entice 18 per cent tax.

    Further, Tetra Pak (or aseptic packaging paper) used for packaging liquid drinks or dairy merchandise will now entice 18 per cent GST as an alternative of 12 per cent. Cut and Polished diamonds shall be taxed at 1.5 per cent in comparison with 0.25 per cent earlier.

    Also, resort lodging charges as much as Rs 1000 per day will now be now taxed at 12 per cent,

    On the opposite hand, tax on transport of products and passengers by ropeways would decline to five per cent from 18 per cent.

    Renting of truck/items carriage the place the price of gas is included shall be cheaper because the tax is diminished to 12 per cent as an alternative of 18 per cent.

    Communist Party of India (Marxist) flooring chief in Rajya Sabha, Elamaram Kareem additionally gave discover below rule 267 to droop enterprise and focus on the difficulty of value rise and imposition of 5 per cent GST on important objects.

    The GST council has determined to hike the costs of a number of each day important objects from as we speak.

    Pre-packaged and labelled pulses, and cereals like rice, wheat, and flour (atta) will now entice GST on the charge of 5 per cent when branded and packed in a unit container.

    Other objects resembling curd, lassi, and puffed rice too would entice GST on the charge of 5 per cent when pre-packaged and labelled.

    The choice to hike GST on this stuff have been taken within the not too long ago held forty seventh GST Council assembly in Chandigarh.

    It can be clarified {that a} single bundle of this stuff [cereals, pulses, flour) containing a amount of greater than 25 Kg or 25 litre wouldn’t fall within the class of a pre-packaged and labelled commodity for the needs of GST and would due to this fact not entice GST.

    Other objects that shall be dearer are printing, writing or drawing ink, knives with reducing blades, paper knives, pencil sharpeners and blades, spoons, forks, ladles, skimmers, and cake-servers. These objects would now entice 18 per cent as an alternative of 12 per cent.

    LED lamps and photo voltaic water heaters too will entice 18 per cent tax.

    Further, Tetra Pak (or aseptic packaging paper) used for packaging liquid drinks or dairy merchandise will now entice 18 per cent GST as an alternative of 12 per cent. Cut and Polished diamonds shall be taxed at 1.5 per cent in comparison with 0.25 per cent earlier.

    Also, resort lodging charges as much as Rs 1000 per day will now be now taxed at 12 per cent,

    On the opposite hand, tax on transport of products and passengers by ropeways would decline to five per cent from 18 per cent.

    Renting of truck/items carriage the place the price of gas is included shall be cheaper because the tax is diminished to 12 per cent as an alternative of 18 per cent.

    Meanwhile, the Monsoon session of the Lok Sabha started on Monday with obituary references and new members taking oath, and was then adjourned until 2 pm so members might vote within the presidential ballot.

    As the House met for the primary time within the Monsoon session of Parliament, three MPs, together with veteran Bollywood actor and Trinamool Congress’ Shatrughan Sinha, took oath as member of the Lok Sabha.

    Speaker Om Birla then learn out obituary references to a few overseas leaders, together with former Japan prime minister Shinzo Abe, and eight former members who handed away not too long ago.

    Birla stated elections in India are celebrated as a pageant.

    And because the election to the president was underway, it also needs to be celebrated, he stated.

    Members ought to take part within the pageant, the speaker stated, and declared the House adjourned until 2 pm.

    Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, Home Minister Amit Shah and Congress chief Sonia Gandhi have been amongst these current within the House.

    (With ANI Inputs)

  • Urging all MPs to ponder deeply and talk about, says PM as Monsoon Session will get underway

    By PTI

    NEW DELHI: Ahead of the beginning of Parliament’s Monsoon Session, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday urged MPs to carry deep discussions and make the session as fruitful and productive as doable.

    Speaking with reporters, Modi mentioned Parliament capabilities and takes greatest selections with everybody’s ‘prayaas’ (efforts) and urged parliamentarians to should make full use of this session.

    This Session can also be necessary as a result of elections for the workplace of President and Vice President are happening, he mentioned.

    During this era, the brand new President and Vice President will start guiding the nation, Modi mentioned.

    The prime minister mentioned there ought to be dialogue in Parliament with an open thoughts.

    The Monsoon Session of Parliament commences on Monday and topic to exigencies of presidency enterprise, it’ll conclude on August 12.

    NEW DELHI: Ahead of the beginning of Parliament’s Monsoon Session, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday urged MPs to carry deep discussions and make the session as fruitful and productive as doable.

    Speaking with reporters, Modi mentioned Parliament capabilities and takes greatest selections with everybody’s ‘prayaas’ (efforts) and urged parliamentarians to should make full use of this session.

    This Session can also be necessary as a result of elections for the workplace of President and Vice President are happening, he mentioned.

    During this era, the brand new President and Vice President will start guiding the nation, Modi mentioned.

    The prime minister mentioned there ought to be dialogue in Parliament with an open thoughts.

    The Monsoon Session of Parliament commences on Monday and topic to exigencies of presidency enterprise, it’ll conclude on August 12.

  • Opposition MPs proceed to disrupt Lok Sabha proceedings over Pegasus

    The Lok Sabha was adjourned twice since Wednesday morning as opposition protests over the Pegasus concern continued to disrupt proceedings.
    With the MPs of Congress, DMK, TMC and Left events dashing to the nicely of the House demanding a debate and a probe into the alleged snooping, the House was adjourned first at 11.15 am for quarter-hour. Speaker Om Birla took robust exception to some MPs attempting to carry placards towards the chair in an try to indicate them on the dwell telecast.

    When the House met at 11.30, the MPs returned to the nicely with placards. Senior BJP chief Rajendra Agrawal, who was within the Chair, warned them to not “cross the limits”.

    “Showing placards in front of the chair is not fair. Please put it down. You cannot do this. This is not acceptable,” he stated. The MPs, nonetheless, didn’t oblige the Chair and the proceedings had been adjourned for quarter-hour once more.
    The opposition has been stalling the proceedings for the reason that home met on July 19 for the Monsoon session. However, Lok Sabha has handed seven payments amidst the din.
     

  • Parliament Monsoon Session Live Updates: Rahul Gandhi requires ‘Opposition unity’ to face agency in opposition to BJP, RSS

    As the logjam in Parliament continued over the Pegasus snooping problem, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Monday spoke to Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge and sought his cooperation to finish the deadlock. With the federal government not agreeing to a debate on Pegasus, the Opposition signalled that it was hardening its place and is drawing up plans to step up its offensive in opposition to the federal government.
    The Opposition leaders — from as many as 17 events from each Houses — will meet over breakfast on Tuesday on the invitation of senior Congress chief Rahul Gandhi to strategise on their subsequent plan of action. Sources mentioned that some events have proposed that the MPs maintain a mock session within the Parliament premises to focus on what they referred to as the stifling of their voices inside the 2 Houses.

    Rocked by protests from opposition events on Pegasus snooping and different points because the begin of the Monsoon session, Parliament has solely functioned for 18 hours out of the scheduled time of 107 hours, leading to a lack of greater than Rs 133 crore of taxpayers’ cash, authorities sources mentioned on Saturday.
    Sources mentioned up to now 89 hours have been wasted within the ongoing session which began on July 19 and is scheduled to conclude on August 13.
    According to the small print shared by official sources, whereas Rajya Sabha has functioned for practically 21 p.c of its scheduled time, Lok Sabha has managed to operate for lower than 13 p.c of the scheduled time.

  • Parliament Monsoon Session Live Updates: RS leaders of ‘like-minded’ Opposition events to fulfill at 10:15 am as we speak

     
    At least a dozen non-TMC Opposition MPs within the Rajya Sabha are mentioned to have supplied to depose in opposition to Union Minister Hardeep Puri in defence of TMC MP Shantanu Sen who was suspended from the House for tearing up Union Minister Ashwani Vaishnaw’s assertion on the Pegasus subject.
    On that day, July 22, there was a heated alternate between Sen and Puri after which the TMC MP alleged that he was summoned by the Union Minister in a “bad manner”.
     

    With the Pegasus row disrupting Parliament for the ninth straight day, sources mentioned on Friday that the federal government is “seriously considering the curtailment of the Monsoon Session”.
    The session, which started on July 19, was to go on till August 13.
    “The government is ready to discuss every people-related issue in Parliament, but the Opposition does not want that. It’s a complete waste of money and time,” a minister mentioned. He added that the “looming Covid threat… with many areas reporting cases” would even be an element if the federal government decides to wind up the session

  • Congress ‘James Bond of spying’ when in govt; Pegasus a ‘fabricated issue’: Naqvi

    Attacking the Congress which has been protesting in Parliament demanding a dialogue on the Pegasus snooping allegations, Union minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi on Sunday stated the celebration was “James Bond of spying” when in energy and it now desires to waste Parliament’s time over “fake and fabricated” points.
    Naqvi, who’s the Rajya Sabha Deputy Leader, additionally accused the Congress and some different Opposition events of working with the coverage of “rant and run” by making allegations and scooting off.
    In an interview with PTI, the Minority Affairs Minister stated the federal government is able to talk about all points which can be associated to folks and expressed hope that the deadlock between the federal government and the Opposition can be damaged permitting Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha to operate easily.

    Both Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha have didn’t transact any important enterprise, besides passage of some payments, amid continued protests by Opposition events over the Pegasus and farmers’ points for the reason that Monsoon session of Parliament commenced on July 19. The Opposition and the federal government are locked in a standoff with the previous looking for a debate over the Pegasus challenge.

    The senior BJP chief additionally rejected discuss of the Parliament’s Monsoon session being curtailed and stated there was no foundation of such “rumours” because the session was to scheduled until August 13 and enterprise is listed until then.
    Asked if a center path could be discovered to finish the impasse in Parliament, Naqvi stated the Congress and some different Opposition events are adopting a “rant and run” method and are usually not fascinated by taking part in debate and dialogue on folks’s points.
    “They first said that we want a discussion on corona but then later did not agree to it. They said we want a discussion on farmers and then did not agree on that. There has been the problem of floods in various parts of the country, they are not showing any interest in that also or on the price rise issue that they talk about,” he stated.
    On the Opposition insisting on debating the Pegasus challenge, Naqvi stated they need to waste Parliament’s time on “fake and fabricated issues that have no identity”. “Without wasting time, IT Minister (Ashwini Vaishnaw) had made a statement and they had an opportunity to get a clarification in Rajya Sabha. But instead of taking a clarification they created a ruckus and adopted a violent attitude,” he alleged.
    Naqvi stated a lot of the Opposition events are fascinated by debate and dialogue however sadly the Congress is making an attempt to be their self-appointed head and in that try it’s “propagating its own negative attitude as that of the Opposition”.
    “They (the Congress) are trying to hijack the thinking of even those opposition parties that are thinking on constructive lines. Congress is trying to become a self appointed leader of the Opposition,” the Rajya Sabha MP stated.
    Naqvi stated the Congress additionally tried to “mislead” folks on the Rafale jets challenge and wasted Parliament’s time and everyone is aware of what occurred as they had been uncovered.
    “These people (Congress) were the James Bond of spying (when in power). They spin a web of spying when in government and when in opposition create a hullabaloo alleging surveillance,” Naqvi stated, making a reference to the fictional tremendous spy character that novelist Ian Fleming created on which a number of films have been made.
    In the UPA time, their very own finance minister had accused his authorities of spying on him, he stated. “They want to create that atmosphere even now, though there is no substance in these allegations,” the minister asserted on the Pegasus snooping row.

    An worldwide media consortium has reported that over 300 verified Indian cell phone numbers had been on an inventory of potential targets for surveillance utilizing Israeli agency NSO’s Pegasus adware.
    Opposition leaders, together with Rahul Gandhi, two union ministers — Prahlad Singh Patel and Railways and IT Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw — businessman Anil Ambani, a former CBI chief, and not less than 40 journalists are on the record on the leaked database of NSO. It is, nonetheless, not established that every one the telephones had been hacked.
    The Congress and a number of other different Opposition events are demanding a Supreme Court-monitored probe into the allegations and in addition asking the federal government to come back clear whether or not Pegasus adware was used or not.
    Naqvi stated the federal government has said that it is able to talk about all points which can be associated to the folks and the Opposition events ought to give notices over it on which the Speaker in Lok Sabha and the chairman in Rajya Sabha will determine.

    The Rajya Sabha deputy chief stated the federal government is reaching out to opposition leaders and there’s no communication hole. “In a day, three-four times discussion is happening with opposition leaders but unfortunately what path the leadership of the grand old party wants to adopt is baffling,” he stated.
    Asked concerning the Opposition’s cost of the federal government passing payments amid din with out debate, Naqvi stated they need to have a look at their very own historical past as to what number of payments had been handed by the UPA amid din. “The din during their time would have been due to Commonwealth, 2G spectrum scams, but they don’t have any issue. It is an issueless Congress party,” he alleged.
    “We humbly request the Opposition to participate in debate and discussion. They can give notices on the issues they want to discuss and the speaker and chairman will allot time and day,” he stated.

  • From IBC Amendment to Juvenile Justice Amendment: Amid din, Parliament clears vital payments with out debate

    Amid protest by Opposition leaders, the federal government pressed forward with legislative enterprise, passing a number of important payments with out dialogue. Over the final week, each Rajya Sabha and Lok Sabha witnessed a sequence of adjournments as Opposition MPs raised slogans demanding discussions on the Pegasus snooping scandal, the Centre’s contentious farm legal guidelines, inflation and several other different points.
    Despite the deadlock between the federal government and Opposition, the Lok Sabha on Wednesday handed the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (Amendment) Bill, 2021 with out dialogue. When the names had been referred to as of 20 Opposition members who had given notices for a statutory decision looking for disapproval of the invoice, the leaders didn’t reply as they’d gathered within the Well of the House. Later, the invoice was handed.

    The invoice is about to switch the IBC Amendment Ordinance 2021 promulgated in April which launched pre-packs as an insolvency decision mechanism for micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) with defaults as much as Rs 1 crore.
    Even as protests intensified, Lok Sabha speaker Om Birla was in a position to maintain Question Hour. However, as quickly as Rajendra Agarwal changed him within the Chair, the protests bought louder and a few Opposition leaders began tearing up papers and throwing them within the air. The Treasury benches later demanded motion towards the MPs answerable for inflicting the disruption.
    Meanwhile within the Rajya Sabha, the Juvenile Justice Amendment Bill, 2021, too, was handed in lower than half-an-hour amid protests with none deliberation or debate. The invoice goals to expedite the adoption course of by transferring the facility to difficulty adoption orders from civil court docket to the district Justice of the Peace.

    On Monday, the Lok Sabha handed the Factoring Amendment Bill and National Institute of Food Technology Bill in the identical method. Soon after the invoice was handed in 12 minutes, the National Institute of Food Technology Entrepreneurship and Management Bill, piloted by the brand new meals processing minister Pashupati Paras, was taken up and later handed in simply 7 minutes.
    The Monsoon Session of Parliament has witnessed protests as the federal government and the Opposition sparred over the Pegasus controversy and quite a few different points.