Bharat Express

Parliament

The Union Cabinet approved a new income-tax Bill on Friday, which is expected to be presented in Parliament next week.

Union FM Nirmala Sitharaman will present the Budget for 2025-'26 on February 1. Sitharaman will present the Union Budget for the eighth consecutive time.

The Parliament’s Budget session began with President Droupadi Murmu addressing a joint sitting of both Houses at around 11 am.

PM Narendra Modi arrived in Parliament today as the Budget session commenced. Several Union ministers, including Home Minister Amit Shah, also arrived for the session.

The Parliament's Budget Session for 2025 will begin on January 31 and run until April 4, with the session divided into two parts.

BSP chief Mayawati, in a series of posts on social media platform X, condemned Shah’s remarks and emphasized Dr. Ambedkar’s enduring significance.

Minister of State for Electronics and IT, Jitin Prasada, informed Parliament on Wednesday that 99.2% of mobile handsets used in India are now domestically manufactured.

The Bharatmala Pariyojana, approved in 2017, aims to enhance connectivity and lower logistics costs. The scheme covers a total length of 34,800 km.

The Production Linked Incentive (PLI) schemes have attracted ₹1.46 lakh crore in investments and created over 9.5 lakh jobs, Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal informed the Lok Sabha.

The e-Shram portal has registered over 30.4 crore unorganised workers as of December 1, 2024, the Ministry of Labour and Employment informed Parliament on Thursday.