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Schedule Of Committee Meetings
Briefing by the representatives of the Ministry of Rural Development (Department of Rural Development) on the subject “Rural Skilling and Migration: Impact Study of Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Grameen Kaushalya Yojana (DDU-GKY), Deendayal Antyoda...
To deliberate on the subject "Creation and Development of Institutional Mechanism to support the Alternative Dispute Resolution Ecosystem". ...
To hear the views of the Secretary, Department of Health & Family Welfare (Ministry of Health & Family Welfare) on the subject “Latest interventions in Affordable Cancer Care with proven outcomes”. ...
Discussion with Shri M. Damodaran, Former Chairperson, Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) on the Bill ‘The Securities Markets Code, 2025’. ...
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Mr. Vaghul, our first Chairperson, passed away on Saturday.  I write this note to express my deep gratitude to him, and to celebrate his life.  And what a life he lived! Mr. Vaghul and I at his residence       ...
Tanvi Vipra - May 10, 2024
Last week, the Power Finance Corporation reported that state-owned power distribution companies across the country made financial losses amounting to Rs 68,832 crore in 2022-23.  This is four times higher than the losses witnessed in 2021-22, and roughly equivalent to the annual budget of a sta...
Niranjana Menon - August 8, 2023
Discussion on the first no-confidence motion of the 17th Lok Sabha began today.  No-confidence motions and confidence motions are trust votes, used to test or demonstrate the support of Lok Sabha for the government in power.  Article 75(3) of the Constitution states that the government is ...
In the last few years, several states have enacted laws to curb cheating in examinations, especially those for recruitment in public service commissions.   According to news reports, incidents of cheating and paper leaks have occurred on several occasions in Uttarakhand, including during t...
Tanvi Vipra - Dec 6, 2022
The Uttarakhand Assembly concluded a two-day session on November 30, 2022.  The session was scheduled to be held over five days.  In this post we look at the legislative business that was carried out in the Assembly, and the state of state legislatures.  13 Bills were int...
Our Parliament is discussing a Constitution amendment bill to increase the size of the Lok Sabha to 850 lawmakers, from the current cap of 550 – a change that has to be approved by two-thirds of members present and voting in both Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha. The government has clarified that whi...
The government has circulated a set of three Bills related to delimitation and women’s reservation. These Bills are expected to be taken up in the extended Budget session from April 16-18, and could affect the working of Parliament in several ways. The Constitution (131st Amendment) Bill ...
In December 1954, passion was running high in the Lok Sabha. The House was debating the first-ever resolution to remove a Speaker, G V Mavalankar, from office. Dr N B Khare, a member representing Gwalior, whose voters had elected him on a Hindu Mahasabha ticket, was one of the resolution’s ...
Opposition parties have submitted a no-confidence motion against Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla. In the last six years, such motions have been moved against the Deputy Chairman of Rajya Sabha, Harivansh Narayan Singh and the Chairman of the Rajya Sabha, Jagdeep Dhankhar. The appropriate consti...
The past year was one of late-night functioning of Parliament. In April, the Rajya Sabha stayed up until 4 am discussing the Waqf Amendment Bill and President’s Rule in Manipur. In December 2025, the Lok Sabha wrapped up the G-RAM-G Bill discussions at 1 am. The Rajya Sabha then passed this ne...