Lok Sabha passes Essential Commodities (Amendment) Bill; house adjourned

20:00 September 15

Lok Sabha adjourned till 3 pm tomorrow

Lok Sabha adjourned till 3 pm tomorrow.

19:59 September 15

Lok Sabha passes Essential Commodities (Amendment) Bill, 2020

The Act empowers the central government to control the production, supply, distribution,  trade, and commerce in certain commodities. The Ordinance seeks to increase competition in the agriculture sector and enhance farmers’ income. It aims to liberalise the regulatory system while protecting the interests of consumers.

19:58 September 15

Government afraid of questions on India-China situation: Congress Party

Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury on Tuesday said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi's absence from Parliament when a resolution was passed on the India-China situation shows that the government is afraid of discussion on the impending situation.

"Today Defence Minister Rajnath Singh presented his statement on the India-China situation in Ladakh. For the Congress Party, the country is the most important. In 1962 when India-China war took place, then the opposition leader Atal Bihari Vajpayee asked about the situation on the border. The then Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru agreed to the demand and there was a discussion for two days in the parliament on the war and border situation," Chowdhury told reporters. 

Congress MPs staged a walkout from the Lok Sabha after the government declined Opposition's demand to hold a discussion on India-China border issue.

19:57 September 15

Participating in the debate, leader of Congress in Lok Sabha Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury said that MPLADS fund should be restored as soon as possible. 

"We should pass a resolution that we should get MPLADS fund. I don't know the intention behind scrapping MPLADS funds. Eighty-three per cent of MPLADS funds is being spent in villages. All MPs accepted that their salaries be deducted by 30 per cent. I am fervently appealing that the MPLADS funds should be restored as soon as possible," he said.

19:57 September 15

Lok Sabha on Tuesday passed a bill that reduces the salary payable to Members of Parliament by 30 per cent for one year commencing April 1, 2020. The Salary, Allowances, and Pension of Members of Parliament (Amendment) Bill, 2020, will replace an ordinance brought earlier by the government as part of measures to mobilise resources for fighting COVID-19. 

The bill was introduced in the lower house on Monday. The Union Cabinet had also approved the temporary suspension of the Members of Parliament Local Area Development Scheme (MPLADS) Fund during 2020-21 and 2021-22 in the wake of COVID-19. 

18:07 September 15

LS passes Salary, Allowances and Pension of MPs bill

Lok Sabha passes the Salary, Allowances and Pension of Members of Parliament (Amendment) Bill, 2020.

 

16:26 September 15

'China disrupted traditional patrolling pattern of Indian troops in Galwan Valley causing face-off conditions'

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Tuesday said that China began disrupting the normal and traditional patrolling pattern of Indian troops in the Galwan Valley in May this year causing face-off conditions between the two Armies.

 "From April, the number of Chinese armies and their armaments on the border of Eastern Ladakh was observed. Early in the month of May, China began disrupting the normal, traditional patrolling pattern of our troops in the Galwan Valley region, causing face-off conditions. Ground commander level meetings were also being held," Singh said while speaking in Lok Sabha today.

15:50 September 15

Congress MPs stage walkout from Lok Sabha

Congress MPs stage walkout from Lok Sabha demanding discussion on India-China border issue.

15:30 September 15

Both India, China agree that to maintain peace and tranquillity at border

Both India and China agree that to maintain peace and tranquillity in the India-China border areas, it is essential for the further development of bilateral relations, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh tells Lok Sabha on India-China border issue.

15:28 September 15

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Tuesday told the Lok Sabha that India maintains that China is under the illegal occupation of Aksai Chin. Apart from this, Pakistan has illegally "sold" land in PoK to China, he adds. "

15:26 September 15

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh asserted to introduce a bill in the Lok Sabha to facilitate the soldiers deployed at the LAC.

15:22 September 15

India is ready to deal with any situation: Rajnath in Lok Sabha

China believes that the Line of Actual Control (LAC) is not clearly demarcated, said the defence minister. "We want a peaceful resolution to the LAC issue. I want to inform all that the LAC is not delineated and both India and China have agreed to maintain peace at the border. Any activity at the LAC will impact the relationship between the two countries," says Rajnath Singh at Lok Sabha. 

15:16 September 15

China doesn't recognise the traditional and customary alignment of the boundary. We consider that this alignment is based on well established geographical principals, said Defence Minister.

15:09 September 15

India and China border issueremainunresolved. Till now, there has been no mutually acceptable solution. China disagrees on border: Defence minister Rajnath Singh in Lok Sabha

15:00 September 15

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Hyderabad:Defence Minister Rajnath Singh makes a statement on "Developments on our borders in Ladakh" in the Lok Sabha on Tuesday. 

The Monsoon session 2020 of Parliament began on Monday. 

The fourth session of 17th Lok Sabha and 252nd session of Rajya Sabha began on Monday and subject to exigencies of government business, may conclude on October 1.

India recently outflanked China by taking control of strategic heights near Pangong Lake's southern bank. It thwarted an attempt by the Chinese soldiers to transgress into Indian areas near the southern bank of Pangong Tso near Chushul in Ladakh. 

India and China have been engaged in a standoff since April-May over the transgressions by the Chinese Army in multiple areas including the Finger area, Galwan Valley, Hot springs and Kongrung Nala.