Lok Sabha

Oppn plans march to Vijay Chowk in solidarity with suspended RS MPs

Lok Sabha passes bill to amend Factoring Regulation Act

11:57 pm September 20, 2020

New Delhi: Lok Sabha on Sunday passed a bill to amend the Factoring Regulation Act that seeks to help micro, small and medium enterprises by providing additional avenues for getting credit facility. The Factoring Regulation (Amendment) Bill, which was introduced on September 14, was passed by voice vote after a brief discussion. The Factoring Regulation […]

Agri bills introduced in Rajya Sabha; Tomar said MSP will continue

12:36 pm September 20, 2020

New Delhi: Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar on Sunday said minimum price or MSP based procurement of agriculture crops from farmers will continue and is not related to the farm bills that seek to give cultivators freedom to market their produce. Days after their passage in the Lok Sabha, Tomar introduced the Farmer’s Produce Trade […]

Lok Sabha passes bill to amend companies law

11:59 pm September 19, 2020

New Delhi: Lok Sabha on Saturday passed a bill to further amend the Companies Act and decriminalise various compoundable offences as well as promote ease of doing business in the country. The Companies (Amendment) Bill, 2020 seeks to decriminalise various penal provisions, permit the direct overseas listing of Indian corporates and introduce a new chapter related to […]

Rajasthan: Around Rs 4.5 crore cash seized from car

No decision to discontinue printing of Rs 2000 note: FinMin

8:30 pm September 19, 2020

New Delhi: The Finance Ministry on Saturday informed the Lok Sabha that no decision has been taken to discontinue the printing of Rs 2,000 denomination currency notes. In a written reply, Minister of State for Finance Anurag Thakur said printing of bank notes of particular denomination is decided by the government in consultation with the […]

Parliament’s monsoon session likely to be curtailed, may end by mid-next week

8:14 pm September 19, 2020

New Delhi: The ongoing monsoon session of Parliament is likely to be curtailed and may end by the middle of next week in view of the threat of the COVID-19 spread among parliamentarians, official sources said on Saturday. At a meeting of the business advisory committee of Lok Sabha, which has floor leaders of all […]