Highlights for Day 41 of Narendra Modi government Development Work
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Highlights for Day 41 of Narendra Modi government Development Work
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07/07/2014 Budget session of 16th Lok Sabha
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The Budget Session of the 16th Lok Sabha begins today with high expectations. The Modi government will be presenting its maiden Rail Budget on Tuesday and the General Budget on July 10.
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Finance Minister blames previous govt. for Railway mess.
3:49 pm: Jaitley: There is enough onion and potato supply in the country. There is no need to panic
3:45 pm: Jaitley: We increased the Minimum Export Price and ordered steps to limit hoarding
3:43 pm: Jaitley: It is a culmination of the UPA government's decisions that the diesel prices had to be increased. In the run up to the elections, as a populist measure, they did not hike the prices
3:42 pm: Jaitley: We did not hide behind a scheme of populist measures and increased the fare
3:41 pm: Jaitley: The railway was running in a loss. Should the new minister follow the weak decisions of the predecessors and let the railway run in a loss or should he do what is essential for the sector?
3:38 pm: Jaitley: On May 16, halfway through the results, the outgoing minister ordered that the decision taken earlier should be put on hold and the matter be decided by the next government.
3:35 pm: Jaitley: Due to the loss, the proposal of the fare hike was accepted and was decided to be implemented since May. As there was an indication that the elections would take place in May, the decision taken in February was deferred for May.
3:33 pm: Jaitley: The loss had to be subsidized through freight. There was a proposal in February that the rail passenger fare and freight charges should be increased.
3:31 pm: Jaitley: According to the interim Budget in February, the railway was under a loss of Rs 30000 crore
3:29 pm: Jaitley speaks on price rise: What is the basis to say that we are responsible for price rise. Our policies have not yet been implemented
3:28 pm: The concerns of the supplies should have been addressed in the last ten years: Arun Jaitley
2:19 pm: Lok Sabha adjourned for the day after uproar over price rise
2:10 pm: Lok Sabha proceedings begin after being adjourned till 2 pm. Opposition members raise slogans in the house against PM Narendra Modi
12:57 pm: Congress protests at Jantar Mantar over price rise
12:50 pm: Sonia Gandhi has claimed that Congress is the largest party and should get the post of the Leader of Opposition
12:36 pm: Sitaram Yechury: I'm happy that after a long time, a government has agreed to hold a discussion on an important issue in Parliament
12:34 pm: Congress leader Veerappa Moily: The government came to power on promise of tackling inflation. They cannot be allowed to get away with rising prices. We will see if Rail Budget should be allowed without protest.
12:28 pm: Sitaram Yechury on prise rise: Is price rice a relay race that Congress passed to BJP? It's not a question of blame game. The government got the mandate on the promises it made.
12:21 pm: Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi: India will see good days, can't say that about the Congress though
12:19 pm: Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi assures that economy will be brought back on track.
12:19 pm: Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi: Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh wanted to do a lot of things but could not do anything
12:18 pm: Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi: We accept there is price rise, UPA have given us an economy marred by several scams
12:16 pm: Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi: We will be discussing the failures of Congress. The discussion is started by you and you will now have to listen to the reasons of price rise.
12:16 pm: Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi: Congress is now seeing the price rise which they could not see when they ruled
12:15 pm: Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi in Rajya Sabha: I wish these leaders were equally concerned about price rise when they ruled the country
12:14 pm: Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi in Rajya Sabha: From 2004 to 2014, from Parliament to streets, there were protests on price rise but there were no discussions. I want to congratulate the government on allowing a discussion on price rise.
12:07 pm: Sumitra Mahajan denies allowing adjournment motion by the Congress, says ready to have a discussion on price rise.
12:04 pm: LS congratulates ISRO for the successful launch of PSLV C-23 with foreign satellites
12:01 pm: Lok Sabha resumes
11:55 am: SP leader Naresh Agarwal: We had decided that we will give 6 months to the new govertment but did not know that government will not be able to control prices.
11:51 am: Is this the Gujarat model of development? Or is this a Congress replica model? Who are you giving this bitter pill to? Please spare the poor. You have a mandate, which you must interpret as a tonic, otherwise just flush the tonic: TMC MP Derek O'Brien in the Rajya Sabha
11:50 am: I don't want to spoil the honeymoon but I want to make a point on the hikes. Train passenger fare hike is a non starter, it shouldn't be there. You have given the bitter pill to the poor: TMC MP Derek O'Brien
11:49 am: BJP is considered a business class party, does it care for farmers and the poor: Mayawati in Rajya Sabha
11:41 am: NDA government has been highlighting problems and reasons, but is not giving solutions. It blames UPA, bad monsoon, bad economy but does not give solutions: Mayawati
11:35 am: NDA is in power, it should fulfil promises it made to the poor: BSP MP Mayawati in Rajya Sabha
11:30 am: The prices of diesel, cooking gas have gone up. Diesel affects other commodities. Food inflation has gone from 8% to 9.5% in just a month and half. Rice, eggs, tomatoes, milk, dals, coconut everything is costing more Ghulam Nabi Azad.
11:28 am: BJP raised railway passenger fares, then freight rates and it has affected other commodities. Prices are rising all over India: Ghulam Nabi Azad
11:27 am: We have seen prices rising in all areas. If UPA raised prices it was done gradually, in last one and a half month the prices have been shooting up: Rajya Sabha MP and Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad
11:26 am: If Congress did not understand the problems of the country, then what did BJP do and why were measures to prevent price rise not introduced, asks Congress MP Ghulam Nabi Azad in the Rajya Sabha
11:26 am: Lok Sabha adjourned till 12 noon after uproar by opposition MPs
11:25 am: In Lok Sabha Union minister Narendra Singh Tomar says the government understands the issue of unemployment. It has been only a month of our government, he adds.
11:25 am: Unemployment is the most important challenge; the minister has not responded to my satisfaction, what is the government doing on unemployment: NCP Lok Sabha MP Supriya Sule
11:23 am: BJP got 80-90% votes because people were hopeful that price rise will be fixed by the BJP: Congress Rajya Sabha MP Ghulam Nabi Azad
11:22 am: BJP gave hopes to the country. The campaign of the party was against the price rise but the new government has gifted price rise to the country: Congress Rajya Sabha MP Ghulam Nabi Azad
11:21 am: Discussion on price rise begins in Rajya Sabha after Finance Minister Arun Jaitley says the government is willing to do so
11:20 am: Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan intervenes, appeals all members to allow the House to run
11:19 am: Lok Sabha discusses ethanol blending in petrol. Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan says farmers' interest is most important. The efficiency of ethanol is somewhat less compared to petrol but in the interest of the farmers and the people in general the government will take forward the previous government's move, he adds
11:15 am: Several opposition MPs raise slogans against price rise and the government's failure to control it
11:12 am: Petroleum minister Dharmendra Pradhan addresses the Lok Sabha amid uproar by opposition parties
11:10 am: Uproar in Lok Sabha as Budget Session starts
11:09 am: Narendra Modi government's first Budget Session begins.
10:50 am: Why is the government reluctant to give Congress the post of Leader of Opposition, what are they afraid of? Does the government want to take all decisions and appointments on its own: Congress leader Rajiv Shukla
10:27 am: After the All party meet, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Venkaiah Naidu said that the issue of the post of Leader of Opposition in the House was discussed. He regretted the statement of Congress leader Kamal Nath who said that Congress must move court if they are not given the post of the Leader of the Opposition.
10:03 am: Political leaders met for an all party meet ahead of the Budget Session of Parliament today
9:15 am: A heated debate is expected in Parliament as the Opposition parties are likely to take up the issue of price rise, fuel price hike and the revision of rail fares.
9:14 am: The Budget Session of the 16th Lok Sabha is set to begin today with high expectations. The Modi government will be presenting its maiden Rail Budget on Tuesday and the General Budget on 10 July.
--Written By Aadil Mir-- With Agency Inputs