Parliament Winter Session HIGHLIGHTS: Rajya Sabha Passes Bill To Rename New Delhi International Arbitration Centre
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Rajya Sabha has passed the New Delhi International Arbitration Centre (Amendment) Bill, 2022 to rename the New Delhi International Arbitration Centre as the India International Arbitration Centre.
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said Indian rupee is strengthening against other currencies. While speaking in the Lok Sabha, the minister further said the government will further bring down inflation. It is constantly watching price situation of essential commodities. "We will be able to meet fiscal deficit target of 6.4 per cent of GDP for current fiscal," Sitharaman said.
The Opposition members have created a ruckus in Lok Sabha insisting on a discussion over the India-China border clashes last week in Arunachal's Tawang sector.
Congress MP Manickam Tagore gives adjournment motion notice in Lok Sabha to discuss "the atrocities attitude of Telangana Police who have arrested 5 people entering vehemently into Telangana Congress war room in Hyderabad yesterday."
The Parliamentary meeting of Bharatiya Janata Party is underway in the national capital which is being attended by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Home Minister Amit Shah, National BJP president JP Nadda & Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, reported news agency ANI.
Congress MP Manish Tewari has given an adjournment motion in Lok Sabha to discuss the situation at the border with China in Tawang sector of Arunachal Pradesh, reported ANI.
Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha, Mallikarjun Kharge will hold a meeting with floor leaders of all Opposition parties at 10 am today over the Tawang clash, reported ANI.
Background
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Both the Houses of the Parliament witnessed a stromy session on Tuesday as the Opposition cornered the government over the fresh clash between Indian and Chinese troops near Tawang sector in Arunachal Pradesh along the Line of Actual Control.
Congress claimed that they were assured of a clarification but were not granted later due to which the Opposition staged a walkout after Defence Minister Rajnath Singh's statement over the Tawang clash.
After chairing a high-level meeting with the Army Chief and Chief of Defence Staff, Union Minister Rajnath Singh made statement in the Parliament where in he told the House that no soldier was injured or martyred in the clash.
Following furore by the Opposition which disrupted the proceedings of the Parliament, both the Houses of the Parliament were briefly adjourned.
Apart from uproar by the Opposition and back-and-forth of statements between the government and Opposition, Union Minister of State (MoS) Nityanand Rai on Tuesday said in the Lok Sabha that the decisions regarding the award of Bharat Ratna are taken from time to time and no formal recommendations for this Award are necessary, reported news agency ANI.
He was replying to the query of BJP leader Bhagirath Choudhary who had asked if there is a set criterion for conferring 'Bharat Ratna', the date on which the 'Bharat Ratna' award was started and whether the government proposes to confer the award on various brave freedom fighters.
In the Rajya Sabha, the government informed the House that there has been no fresh indent being placed with the press for the printing of Rs 2,000 denomination notes from 2018-19 onwards, as per ANI report.
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