Parliament Highlights: Bihar MPs from the Opposition India bloc will stage a protest in the premises of Parliament today over giving special status to Bihar and fulfilling the Opposition’s demand for a nationwide caste census. The protest will take place around 10:30 a.m. Meanwhile, Union Home Minister Amit Shah will introduce a bill in Lok Sabha today to amend the Disaster Management Act, 2005.
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Aug 1, 2024 21:11 ISTMore than 2.16 lakh Indians renounced their citizenship in 2023, the government informed the Rajya Sabha on Thursday.
Minister of State for External Affairs Kirti Vardhan Singh said this in a written response to queries on Indian citizens who have renounced their citizenship in the last five years.
In his response, he also shared the corresponding data for 2011-2018.
In 2023, the number of Indians who renounced their citizenship stood at 2,16,219 (2.16 lakh).
The corresponding figure for 2022 was 2,25,620 (2.25 lakh); 1,63,370 (1.63 lakh) in 2021; 85,256 in 2020; and 1,44,017 (1.44 lakh) in 2019, according to the data.
Aug 1, 2024 19:33 ISTCongress member Thursday accused the BJP of getting power by flaring anti-Muslim, anti-Dalit, anti-poor and anti-student sentiments, and claimed that if there were no Muslims in this country, the party that is ruling now could not have opened its account.
Participating in a debate on demands for grants for the Education Ministry, Mohammad Jawed said, "They should save education in the country. Just by removing the name of Mughals will not make any difference. Mughals were here for 330 years, they are not going to be removed just because you remove the name."
The Kishanganj MP said Muslims have as much intelligence as anybody else. ". we can contribute as much as anybody else. I appeal you should not discriminate."
advertisement Aug 1, 2024 18:04 ISTThe Indian fishermen are apprehended for allegedly crossing the International Maritime Boundary Line (IMBL) and fishing in Sri Lankan waters, and there are 83 Indian fishermen currently in the judicial custody of the island nation, the government informed Parliament on Thursday.
Minister of State for External Affairs Kirti Vardhan Singh in a written response to a question in Rajya Sabha also said four Indian fishermen are serving sentences and 169 Indian fishing vessels have been apprehended by the Sri Lankan authorities.
Aug 1, 2024 17:51 ISTWith Rajya Sabha taking up discussions on the working of certain ministries after the Budget presentation, opposition parties have demanded that the home ministry be among the four to be discussed.
The proposal for discussing the Home Ministry was made by the Trinamool Congress at a meeting of the Business Advisory Committee (BAC) on Tuesday.
Sources said the demand was backed by all opposition parties as well as the BJD, which is not part of the INDIA bloc.
However, so far discussion on two ministries have been approved, the Urban Development Ministry and the Agriculture Ministry.
On Thursday, the TMC's parliamentary party leader in Rajya Sabha Derek O'Brien also wrote to Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar, urging him that the Home Ministry should be included in the ministries to be discussed by the House.
The Rajya Sabha, which is the council of states, has a limited role in the passing of money bills, including the finance bill. While the Lower House discusses demands for grants for select ministries, the Rajya Sabha holds discussion on the working of some of the ministries.
Aug 1, 2024 16:54 ISTAccusing the government of "dismantling" the country's education infrastructure, Congress MP Mohammad Jawed Wednesday slammed the NDA dispensation over the recent incidents of paper leaks, and demanded scholarships and other schemes for minorities should be restarted.
Participating in a debate on the demands for grants for the Education Ministry, Jawed also mentioned the death of three students at a coaching centre in Delhi, and student suicide cases in the coaching hub of Kota.
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Tejasvi Surya, meanwhile, lauded the union budget, and said it would empower the youth through education and skilling, and also hailed the government for bringing the National Education Policy (NEP).
As the House debated the demands for grants for the Education Ministry, Kishanganj MP Jawed pointed out at the shortage of teachers, and accused the government of not walking the talk on education.
"The Modi government has dismantled the education system in the country," he said.
Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Thursday hit back at the opposition during a parliamentary session, stating, "Hum reel banane wale log nahi, mehnat karne wale log hai." This comment came as the opposition raised slogans of "Ashwini Vaishnaw hay hay" during a discussion on the demand of grants for Railways in the Union Budget 2024-25.
The railway minister said, "The average working and rest times of Loco pilots are decided by a rule that was formulated in 2005. In 2016, the rules were amended and Loco pilots were given more facilities. All the running rooms - 558 were made air-conditioned. Loco cabs vibrate much, heated up and hence more than 7,000 loco cabs are air-conditioned. It was zero in the time of those people who today show sympathy by making reels. "
Aug 1, 2024 15:35 ISTThe Congress on Thursday questioned the Union government and Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnav over the recent railway accidents across the country.
Speaking to news agency ANI, Congress MP Gaurav Gogoi said, ". BJP ministers do not take moral responsibility for their failures. In the last 2 months, 4 goods trains derailed, 14 people died and many were injured but despite this, the Railway Minister did not take any moral responsibility and tried to intimidate the opposition. Last year about 300 people died in Balasore, the number of train accidents has increased in the last 1-2 years but the Railway Minister is busy making reels, he is not the Railway Minister but a 'Reel Minister', a 'Derailment Minister', based on the accidents that are happening, he should resign but it is the tradition of BJP that no one takes responsibility. His (Ashwini Vaishnaw) entire statement was not satisfactory and he ran away from accountability, this is why the parties of the INDIA alliance walked out."
Aug 1, 2024 14:19 ISTSpeaking in Lok Sabha, Union Minister for Railways, Ashwini Vaishnaw says, "If we talk about recruitment in railways - from 2004 to 2014 during UPA's tenure, only 4 lakh 11 thousand employees were recruited in railways whereas from 2014 to 2024 - in 10 years of NDA's, this tally goes up to 5 lakh 2 thousand. What has been in demand for years - to have an annual calendar for railway recruitment, we have declared it in January 2024. For the youths who try hard to get into railways, now vacancies for the same come 4 times in a year - in January, April, July and October. Even now, 40,565 vacancies are advertised that are to be filled. "
