Rajya Sabha News

New Delhi: India’s wind energy sector is witnessing a remarkable surge, with the installed capacity reaching an impressive 43,773 megawatts (MW) as of 30 June 2023, said RK Singh, Union minister for new & renewable energy and power. The country’s focus on sustainable energy sources has resulted in a substantial 71,814 million units of electricity being generated from wind energy during the fiscal year 2022-23.

finance ministry said on Tuesday. In a written reply in the Rajya Sabha, minister of state for finance Pankaj Chaudhary said the road map also relies on a “virtuous cycle of investment and growth”. It also promotes the digital economy and fintech, technology-enabled development, energy transition and climate action, Chaudhary added.

MPs have given notices under Rule 267. The Chair categorically stated that 267 discussion can happen only under the rarest of rare circumstances. I want to ask the BJP government that isn't it the rarest of rare case?" says Shiv Sena (UBT) leader The stalemate in Parliament continues as both sides have taken a rigid stand on Manipur.

alliance may need support from either the YSR Congress Party (YSRCP) or the Biju Janata Dal (BJD) to pass the bill in the Upper House. YSRCP leaders have already expressed their intent to back the bill, reported Hindustan Times.

leadership has decided to overthrow the Delhi government because they realised they were finished in the national capital. Ahead of the session, while speaking to reporters, the AAP MP said, “This ordinance that will be introduced in the Parliament today is undemocratic.

Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut on Sunday hit out at the BJP for calling the visit of members of the opposition bloc INDIA to Manipur as a «show-off», and said Prime Minister Narendra Modi has neither visited the strife-torn state nor spoken about it in Parliament. A delegation of 21 MPs from the opposition bloc INDIA reached Imphal on Saturday to assess the situation in Manipur and visit several relief camps to meet victims of the ethnic clashes that broke in the northeastern state on May 3. Information and Broadcasting Minister Anurag Thakur on Saturday alleged the opposition INDIA bloc members' visit to Manipur was a «mere show-off».

Rajya Sabha chairperson to disallow the tabling of a parliamentary committee report which contains comments on the Digital Personal Data Protection Bill while noting that it was never referred to the panel. Citing rules guiding the two Houses, he said in his letter to the chairs that parliamentary standing committees are explicitly prohibited from examining any bills that have not been referred to them by either the Rajya Sabha chairperson or the Lok Sabha speaker after their introduction. «It is imperative to note that the said Digital Personal Data Protection Bill had neither been introduced before either of the Houses of Parliament till date nor was it referred to the Standing Committee by the chairman of the Rajya Sabha or the speaker, as the case may be, for examination,» Brittas said. The Kerala MP is a member of the Standing Committee on Communications and Information Technology headed by Shiv Sena MP Prataprao Jadhav. Brittas added, «It is evident that the Report of the Standing Committee on Communications and Information Technology, said to be adopted on July 26, 2023, is void ab initio (having no legal sanctity) and is ultra vires of the powers of the Standing Committee conferred by the rules.»

Opposition alliance, INDIA, met victims of ethnic violence in relief camps in Manipur. The MPS stated the Union government is not concerned about Manipur. The parliamentary delegations from 16 parties visited both the valley and hill districts and interacted with affected people of both communities. The delegation, in two teams, visited Churachandpur and Moirang. JDU leader Lalan Singh said: «We have come here to assess the situation with the message that we are with the people of Manipur. We appeal to all communities to stay like brothers. Manipur should come to peace and abjure violence.» Senior Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury said, «We want the end of violence and the restoration of peace at the earliest. The entire world is watching what is going on in Manipur.» Trinamool Congress' Rajya Sabha member Sushmita Dev said, «We would not meet Chief Minister (N. Biren Singh) as he is a villain to the ongoing ethnic conflict in Manipur. BJP and its governments are responsible for the Manipur crisis and loss of many lives and the mayhem. BJP is a lost face, Prime Minister (Narendra Modi) is a lost face.»

Rajya Sabha Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar on Friday abruptly adjourned proceedings of the House for the day after a spat with TMC leader Derek O'Brien. Dhankhar adjourned proceedings after he was interrupted by the TMC leader over the issue of non-admission of notices given by opposition members under rule 267 to discuss the Manipur situation.

New Delhi: Union minister Jitendra Singh on Thursday said that the government is exploring the potential of bus roof mounted air purification systems (BRMAPS) to capture particulate matter in the highly polluted cities. In a written reply to a question in the Rajya Sabha, the minister said, the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), a statutory body under the ministry of environment, forest and climate change (MoEFCC) has installed pariyayantra filtration units on top of 30 buses to filter dust in Delhi-NCR.

New Delhi: Union minister Jitendra Singh on Thursday said that the UPSC has allowed candidates who had opted for Imphal as a centre for exam, to change and appear in any of the centres, viz., Aizawl, Delhi, Dispur, Jorhat, Kohima, Kolkata and Shillong. In a written reply to a question in the Rajya Sabha, the minister informed that this option was provided in the the Civil Services (Preliminary) Examination, 2023 (held on 28 May 2023) and in the recruitment tests for accounts officer/ enforcement officer and assistant provident fund commissioner (APFC) in the employees provident fund organisation (EPFO) (held on 2 July 2023).

Jaya Bachchan, a prominent Member of Parliament representing the Samajwadi Party, has taken social media by storm. In the clip, Jaya can be seen politely refusing to comment on Prime Minister Narendra Modi's recent statement regarding the opposition's use of the term "INDIA" for their grand alliance. Speaking to ANI from the confines of her car, Jaya Bachchan stated, «I choose not to comment on the Prime Minister's remarks.

House in Rajya Sabha Piyush Goyal instructed BJP MPs to obstruct Mallikarjun Kharge from speaking in the House and accused the saffron party of crossing all limits of decency and decorum in Parliament. Kharge could not speak in the upper house due to sloganeering after the External Affairs minister's statement on India's foreign policy developments.

Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge on Thursday urged suspended AAP Rajya Sabha member Sanjay Singh not to sit on protest overnight and end it every day when Parliament's proceedings conclude. He told Singh that the protest sit-in should be held when the day's proceedings begin and end when both Houses adjourn for the day.

Jaishankar assailed the Opposition on Thursday for disrupting his statement in Rajya Sabha, saying they claim to be 'INDIA', the name of their alliance, but if they are not prepared to listen about India's national interests then what kind of India are they. Jaishankar spoke suo moto in the House to brief members about the successes of India's foreign policy and Prime Minister Narendra Modi's recent visits abroad amid continuous disruption by opposition members in the House.

lliance under the banner of INDIA demanded the Lok Sabha Speaker to discuss the "No Confidence Motion" on Thursday and suspend all other business. Noting that this demand is not from Congress alone but entire opposition alliance, Manish Tewari, a senior Congress party leader, said on Wednesday, although the rule 198-A of the Rules of Procedures and Conduct of Business in Lok Sabha suggest that the Speaker has the discretion to allow discussion on the ‘No Confidence Motion’ within 10 days, but the tradition is that once it is accepted by the Speaker, all other business is suspended and discussion is initiated immediately.

Arvind Kejriwal and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Rajya Sabha member Sanjay Singh to appear before it in response to summons issued to them in a criminal defamation case. The court of chief metropolitan magistrate SJ Panchal rejected the AAP leaders' exemption applications and kept the matter for August 11. Kejriwal and Singh are facing a criminal defamation case filed by Gujarat University (GU) over their «sarcastic» and «derogatory» remarks over Prime Minister Narendra Modi's educational degree. Through their lawyer, the two leaders assured the court that they will remain present during the next date of hearing provided there do not arise circumstances beyond their control. If they face any such circumstances that prevent them from appearing, then there are judgments that allow counsels to record a plea, their lawyer told the court. The respondents sought exemption on various grounds and said they have challenged the summons in a sessions court and the matter is likely to come up for hearing on August 5. GU strongly opposed the exemption applications, calling them a tactic to delay the proceedings. It appealed to the court to issue a warrant against them.

allianceof the leading opposition parties called INDIA has moved the no-confidence or (no-trust) motion agaisnt Prime Minister Narendra Modi governement in Lok Sabha on Wedneday to force the PM to speak on Manipur violence. Congress leader Gaurav Gogoi submitted a notice for no-confidence motion against the government in the Lok Sabha today. Earlier this month, 26 opposition parties formed Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (INDIA).

NDTV. Though, the motion is unlikely to pose a threat to the government, which has majority support in the Lok Sabha. Despite this, Congress has issued a whip to its MPs to be present for the motion saying the signatures of at least 50 lawmakers supporting the motion will be collected.

Home Minister Amit Shah has written to the leaders of the Opposition in Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha over the Parliament impasse, seeking cooperation to discuss the Manipur issue. In his letter to Opposition leaders of both houses, Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury of Lok Sabha and Mallikarjun Kharge of Rajya Sabha, Amit Shah said that the government is ready for discussion on the Manipur issue for as long as they want.

Amit Shah on Tuesday said he has written to leaders of opposition in Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha that the government is ready for discussion on the Manipur issue for as long as they want. Proceedings in both Houses of Parliament remain disrupted from day one of the Monsoon session with the opposition parties demanding a statement by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the Manipur violence before a discussion. The opposition has tried to corner the government on the Manipur violence after a video of a May 4 incident appeared recently showing two women stripped and paraded naked by a mob.