budget session

PM Modi criticizes opposition, assures action on NEET leak

PM Modi said, "For 2.5 hours, an attempt was made to suppress the voice of the Prime Minister in the last session. The people of the country have sent us for the country and not for the party."

Stage set for stormy Budget Session as 2nd leg resumes today

The second leg of the Budget Session will begin on Monday amid the possibility of a fresh round of showdown between opposition parties and the BJP government. A stormy session is expected with the opposition parties gearing up to continue to corner the government on issues such as alleged misuse of probe agencies to target […]

Amrit kaal Budget only for capitalists: AAP’s Sanjay Singh

Expressing disappointment at the Union budget presented by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Wednesday, Aam Aadmi Party Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Singh said that the government has made no provision to strengthen health infrastructure in the aftermath of COVID-19 pandemic. He said, “This budget fails to deliver. It did not address the growing unemployment, farmers’ […]

Budget 2023: Tharoor gives thumbs up to digital library; short speech duration

Congress leader Shashi Tharoor gave his nod to Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman’s announcement of of setting up a National Digital Library for children and adolescents on Wednesday in her budget speech. “As a writer, I definitely appreciate this,” he said in his post budget media interaction with The New Indian.  Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman today […]

Budget Session: Shashi Tharoor scoffs at President Murmu’s speech

The MP from Thiruvananthapuram said that his critique by no means was a disregard for the President's position or a slight directed at Murmu as an individual.

Govt to convene all-party meeting today ahead of budget session

Ahead of Budget Session, that is set to commence on January 31, an all-Party meeting has been called by the Centre today in the national capital. The Session will commence on January 31 with the address by President Droupadi Murmu to both Houses in the Central Hall. This is first part of the Budget Session […]