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Parliament session live: Lok Sabha adjourned till 3 pm tomorrow
Bill to reduce salaries, allowances of Members of Parliament, and ministers by 30 per cent were passed unanimously in the Rajya Sabha today. Stay here for all live updatesLok Sabha adjourned till 3 pm tomorrow
We are not contemplating increasing taxes to compensate loss in revenues due to coronavirus pandemic: Nirmala Sitharaman
Lok Sabha passes The Supplementary Demands for Grants for 2020-21 & The Demands for Excess Grants for 2016-17, reports ANI
Under Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana, one-time cash transfer of Rs. 1000 has been done for 8.3 crore poor families. In another measure, one-time cash transfer of Rs. 1000 done for 3 crore senior citizens: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in Lok Sabha
Launching Mahatma Gandhi NREGS is one thing and using it effectively is another. According to CAG (Comptroller & Auditor General of India), MGNREGS funds were sent in ghost accounts: Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman
For me, every member is equal & it is my duty to protect every member of this House. If I say anything to anybody, I do it to run the House. I apologise if I have hurt anybody's sentiments
Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla
Union minister Anurag Thakur on Friday expressed anguish if his remarks made earlier in the day had hurt some members and following this, the Lok Sabha proceedings resumed after repeated adjournments.
Demand-side interventions are required. Govt should allocate more funds to schemes like MNREGA. There are formulas available to revive the economy but govt is busy selling airports. Finance Minister should show us way out of this dark tunnel
Prof Saugata Roy, TMC MP, Lok Sabha
Finance Minister is diluting GST compensation issue with 'Act of God' excuse. How can centre expect states to carry on the additional burden of borrowing? This is nothing short of deception. We don't see any green shoots in the economy: Dayanidhi Maran, DMK MP, Lok Sabha
More than 2 crores salaried employees have lost their job. 14 lakh workers have no work now. How can we expect growth in such a scenario, says Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, Congress MP, Lok Sabha
Govt told the Parliament that it didn't maintain any data on deaths of migrant workers who were trying to reach their homes after lockdown. Reports say over 1,000 died. When we ask questions on jobs, govt says it doesn't have data. This is a 'no data govt'
Adhir Rajan Chowdhury, Congress
Govt has sought an additional Rs 40,000 crores for MGNREGA. This is no real contribution. You people (BJP members) used to say - 'MGNREGA marega'. It will not die but save people. Now even you are forced to laud it: Leader of Congress in Lok Sabha Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury
The number of job demands under Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act has come down from 6 crore to below 2 crore because our economy is recovering after unlocks: BJP MP Jayant Sinha during discussion on 'Supplementary Demands for Grants 2020-21' in Lok Sabha
I had no intent to hurt the sentiments of anybody. If anyone is hurt then I regret it
Union minister Anurag Thakur in Lok Sabha
Punjab alone would suffer a loss of Rs 4,000 crores every year that will lead to the mass destruction of rural livelihoods, increasing farmer distress and pauperization: Punjab finance minister Manpreet Singh Badal on Agriculture Bills
I've been protesting ever since ordinances came before Cabinet; Had to quit to fulfill duty as representative of Punjab and farmers
Harsimrat Kaur Badal
This is an attempt by the govt to distract the nation and the Parliament from real issues being raised. They don't want discussion and face opposition criticism. All they are interested in is rushing their bills without any objection, says Congress MP Shashi Tharoor at Parliament
Instead of answering objection raised (on PM CARES Fund), Union Minister Anurag Thakur proceeded to deliver political speech in worst possible taste & started attacking everybody from Gandhi, Nehru to present-day Gandhi family which was not relevant
Congress MP Shashi Tharoor
