The Rajya Sabha returned the bill after Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman had to curtail her reply to the discussion on the legislation after a verbal spat with TMC members.
The tax devolution to States was heavily impacted as there was a drop in revenue receipts of the Union government. Secondly, performing States have been penalized by the 15th Finance Commission through its unacceptable methodology.
The union cabinet earlier this week had approved a budget proposal of setting up a Development Finance Institution (DFI), which will have tax benefits to enable fund raising from investors.
Prasad said the government also intends to lay BharatNet in villages all over India and the prime minister wants this to be accomplished in the coming 1000 days.
His resignation came after Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra raised objections to Dasgupta being named as a BJP candidate for the upcoming assembly polls in West Bengal.
With 3817.61 lakh saplings planted during 2019-20, Telangana has been officially acknowleded by the Centre as the leader State in afforestation and as a torch-bearer in the initiative
As against Rs 855.16 crore spent under the scheme so far, Telangana, despite the State having a tremendous talent pool of young sportspersons, received only a meagre Rs 6.6 crore
The Upper House will meet at its normal hours of 11 am to 6 pm from Tuesday. The timings were changed to 9 am to 2 pm from last year's monsoon session due to the coronavirus pandemic.
This is the golden moment for me, for which I have been waiting for a long time. Nadda ji and my friends knew I was waiting for this. I never left ideology.
Visakhapatnam: Yuvajana Sramika Rythu Congress Party (YSRCP) senior leader and Rajya Sabha member V Vijayasai Reddy spearheaded a padayatra (protest walkathon), accompanied by scores of YSRCP leaders, supporters and others to oppose Visakhapatnam Steel Plant (VSP) privatisation on Saturday. Reddy called the padayatra as ‘parirakshana porata yatra’, a walkathon for the protection of VSP. “Our […]
Ahead of 'International Mother Languages Day' on February 21, Naidu wrote a letter to all the members of Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha in different widely spoken Indian languages along with English on February 16.
