Parliament Winter Session HIGHLIGHTS: Govt's Targeted Approach In Covid Management Helped India Avoid Recession, Says FM
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Rajya Sabha has been adjourned till 11 am tomorrow.
Lok Sabha has been adjourned till 11 am tomorrow.
Lok Sabha has passed the Constitution (Scheduled Tribes) Order (Fifth Amendment) Bill, 2022.
The Centre has asked state governments to release prisoners who have completed their terms but are behind bars due to non-payment of fine: Minister of State for Home Affairs Ajay Kumar Misra tells Rajya Sabha.
After a discussion in the Lok Sabha regarding the drug problem in the country and the steps taken by the government, the honourable members collectively resolved to work with commitment to create a drug-free India through mass awareness.
"Subsidies and freebies are to be contextualised. If you're able to put it in your budget and make a provision for it, when your revenues come, and you give the money, why would anyone have an objection? Education, health, many subsidies given to farmers, are fully justified," says Nirmala Sitharaman.
"It is important to recognise that when you are transparent in your methods, there is no debate over it (freebies). All we want is transparency and compliance with statutory fiscal rules," she adds.
"When CapEx is undertaken by the government, PLI is being offered, when startups are created and given funds through fund of funds (FOF)... jobs are being created then the Periodic Labour Force Survey shows unemployment numbers are gradually coming down," says Union Finance Minister
Sitharaman says gross NPAs in India have come down to a 6-year low of 5.9% in March 2022. " The corporate sector has been deleveraging its balance sheet as is evident in the decline of core debt of private non-financial sectors, which has decreased to 87.8% of GDP in June 2022 from 97.4% in March 2016," she says.
"Government's targeted approach to deal with Covid impact helped India in reviving growth without going into recession," FM Sitharaman says in Rajya Sabha. "Many large developed economies are facing recession because I think the way in which they handled Covid as different from the way in which we handled it in India. A targeted approach has kept us on the safe course of helping revival but not getting into recession," she adds.
"We have mapped the drug network across the states. No matter how big the criminal is, in the next two years there'll be a situation that they'll be behind the bars," says Home Minister Amit Shah.
We are keeping an eye on inflation that is purely extraneous nowadays because of fuel, fertiliser prices: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman
All the states, and UTs have to together fight against the drug menace. We need to stop the entry of drugs through borders, ports, and airports. Revenue dept, NCB, and anti-narcotics agencies have to work against the menace being on the same page: Union Home min Amit Shah.
Union Minister for Chemicals and Fertilizers Mansukh Mandaviya on Tuesday said that fertiliser sector will be revolutionised by India's nano fertiliser technology and more research is being conducted to expand its scope. Replying to queries during the Question Hour in the Rajya Sabha, the minister said the private sector will also be involved in the production of nano urea. He said nanotechnology can be used for other fertilizers too.
Congress MP Sonia Gandhi and other Opposition leaders protest in front of the Gandhi statue inside the Parliament premises, demanding a discussion on the India-China faceoff at Tawang.
Congress parliamentary party meeting begins at Central Hall in Parliament.
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar will move the Anti-Maritime Piracy Bill, 2019 in Rajya Sabha today.
Congress President and LoP in Rajya Sabha Malikarjun Kharge calls like-minded Opposition leaders to a protest in front of the Gandhi statue at the Parliament today to demand a discussion on China.
Background
Parliament Winter Session LIVE: Hello and welcome to ABP Live. Follow ABP Live's blog to get the latest developments, breaking news, and latest updates pertaining to the Winter Session of Parliament.
Union Minister Arjun Munda on Tuesday, moved the Constitution (Scheduled Tribes) Order (Fourth Amendment) Bill in Lok Sabha. Union Minister S Jaishankar on Tuesday said that whoever commits piracy will be punished with fine, imprisonment or death sentence. FM Nirmala Sitharaman moved the Appropriation Bill, 2022 in Rajya Sabha on Tuesday.
Union Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pralhad Joshi on Tuesday condemned the "dog" jibe made by Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge at the BJP and said that the latter was merely playing the role of "rubber stamp" in the opposition party. "We strongly condemn the statement made by Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge in Rajasthan yesterday. It's an Italian Congress which is running today. It is being said that he is a rubber stamp president,"Joshi said. "Congress is not original. Mahatma Gandhi had demanded the dissolution of the Congress," the minister said.
The parliamentary affairs minister further said, "Their (Congress) mindset is like this only. They have also said such things for Veer Savarkar and Smriti Irani. I thought Mallikarjun Kharge had some common sense but it has been proven today that he doesn't have it."
The war of words was triggered by Congress president Kharge's dig at the BJP over the India-China border row. Addressing a rally in Rajasthan's Alwar, Kharge said that his party's leaders sacrificed their lives for the country and asked whether the BJP's leaders had contributed the same way. "Did any of your dogs die for the country? Has any family member made any sacrifice? No!," Kharge had said. BJP demanded an apology from Kharge.
Union Minister and Leader of the Upper House Piyush Goyal said in Rajya Sabha that "He (Kharge) gave us a glimpse of his mindset and jealousy." The Congress leader, however, refused to apologise for his remarks stating that he had made the remarks outside the House and there was no need to discuss it in Parliament.
"What i said during Bharat Jodo Yatra in Rajasthan's Alwar was outside the House. What I said was politically outside the House not inside. There is no need to discuss that here. Secondly, I can still say that they had no role in the freedom struggle."Kharge said in the Rajya Sabha today.
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