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Parliament passes The Arms (Amendment) Bill, 2019
Parliament has passed the Arms (Amendment) Bill, 2019, which seeks to amend the Arms Act, 1959. Apart from introducing new categories of offences, the Bill also seeks to...
Rashtriya Vayoshri Yojana implemented
The Minister of State for Social Justice and Empowerment, Rattan Lal Kataria in a written reply to the lower house of the parliament, Lok Sabha on Tuesday,10th December...
Data Bank of Farmers
The Union Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Narendra Singh Tomar in a written reply to the lower house of the Parliament, Lok Sabha on Tuesday, 10th December...
Parliament passes The Recycling of Ships Bill, 2019
On 9 December 2019, Parliament passed the landmark ‘The Recycling of Ships Bill 2019’ for Safe and Environmentally Sound Recycling of Ships in India. Passing of this Bill...
Constitution (126th amendment) bill, 2019 introduced in Lok Sabha
The Constitution (126th amendment bill), 2019 was introduced in Lok Sabha on December 9, 2019. The bill seeks to extend the reservation provided to the Scheduled Caste and...
Santhali used in Rajya Sabha for the first time
On December 6, 2019, MP Sarojni Hembram from Odisha for the first time spoke in a tribal language called Santhali. She raised the matter of public importance during...
Private Member’s bill on Poll Spend Limit discussed in Rajya Sabha
A Private Member’s bill was tabled for discussion in the upper house of the Parliament, Rajya Sabha on Friday, 6th December 2019. The bill intended to scrap or...
First time Santhali used in Parliament
Earlier the facility of the simultaneous interpretation of Parliament’s proceedings was available for 17 languages given under the Eight Schedule of our Constitution. On 10 August 2018, Speaker...
Cabinet approvals regarding Lok sabha seat reservations
The Union Cabinet approved the extension of the practice of seat reservation for scheduled castes and scheduled tribe. The reservation of seats in the Lok Sabha and the...
Chit Funds (Amendment) Bill, 2019
The Parliament has passed the Chit Funds (Amendment) Bill, 2019 as the upper house of the parliament, Rajya Sabha on Thursday, 28 November 2019 passed the bill. Earlier...
First Time since 1972 Lok Sabha takes up all Starred Questions
All 20 Starred Questions were taken up in Lok Sabha on Wednesday, November 27, 2019, during the on-going winter session the Parliament. This was the first time since...