Watch: Explained: What are Supplementary Demands for Grants?

[ad_1] Every Budget is presented in February and lays out the plan for the government’s spending in the financial year that will start in April that year. This relies on a fair bit of estimation. Once about 8-9 months are past, the government is in a much better state to have an accurate idea of […]

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ICSI CS December 2025: Exam schedule released at icsi.edu; registration begins on Aug 26

[ad_1] ICSI CS December 2025: The Institute of Company Secretaries of India (ICSI) has released the exam schedule for the Company Secretary (CS) December 2025 session. The online application process will commence on August 26, 2025, and close on September 25. Candidates who miss the initial deadline can still apply by paying a late fee […]

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FCRA licence of 1,827 NGOs cancelled in last 5 years: Govt

[ad_1] Minister of State for Home Affairs Nityanand Rai, in New Delhi. File | Photo Credit: PTI The government has cancelled FCRA registration of 1,827 NGOs for violation of laws in the last five years, Union Minister of State for Home Nityanand Rai said on March 15, 2023. Mr. Rai told Rajya Sabha that Section […]

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It hurts when even poetry recited in Parliament is expunged from records: Mallikarjun Kharge

[ad_1] Delhi Lieutenant Governor Vinai Kumar Saxena, former President Ram Nath Kovind, former BJP National President Murli Manohar Joshi, Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge and others at the Lokmat Parliamentary Awards, in New Delhi on March 14, 2023. | Photo Credit: ANI The freedom to write and speak the truth is “under threat” today, said Congress […]

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TMC to raise risk exposure of LIC and SBI, price rise, unemployment in Parliament: Derek O’Brien

[ad_1] TMC MP Derek O’Brien speaks in the Rajya Sabha during the first phase of the Budget Session of Parliament in New Delhi on February 7, 2023. File | Photo Credit: PTI The TMC will raise in Parliament issues such as LIC and SBI’s risk exposure, price rise of essential commodities, unemployment and “misuse” of […]

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Parliament proceedings | GST compensation of ₹17,176 crore pending to States as on June: Govt.

[ad_1] Union Minister for Finance and Corporate Affairs Nirmala Sitharaman along with Union Minister of State for Finance Pankaj Chaudhary. File. | Photo Credit: Kamal Narang The government on December 20 informed Rajya Sabha that GST compensation of ₹17,176 crore is pending to States as on June 2022. Replying to supplementaries during the Question Hour, […]

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Trade in goods, passenger vehicles under India-U.K. FTA talks: MoS Commerce and Industry

[ad_1] Anupriya Singh Patel. File. | Photo Credit: PTI Trade in goods, including passenger vehicles, is one of the areas under the negotiations for a proposed free trade agreement between India and the U.K., Parliament was informed on December 9. India and the U.K. have so far completed five rounds of negotiations for a proposed […]

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IIT-Delhi seeks to ‘partner’ with Parliament

[ad_1] The institute’s director proposes that a group of professors could engage on pressing issues like pollution The institute’s director proposes that a group of professors could engage on pressing issues like pollution Rangan Banerjee, Director, IIT-Delhi on Friday said that the institute would like to become a “knowledge partner of Parliament” and has sent […]

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No update from West Bengal, Tamil Nadu on implementation of NEP 2020: Govt in Lok Sabha

[ad_1] West Bengal and Tamil Nadu governments have not shared any information with the Centre on the status of implementation of the National Education Policy in the two states, 2020, according to a written response from the Ministry of Education in the Lok Sabha on Monday. “The States of West Bengal and Tamil Nadu are […]

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Two Bills introduced in the Lok Sabha including Bill to amend competition law

[ad_1] Competition (Amendment) Bill also seeks a limitation period of three years for filing information on anti-competitive agreements and abuse of dominant position before the CCI Competition (Amendment) Bill also seeks a limitation period of three years for filing information on anti-competitive agreements and abuse of dominant position before the CCI Two Bills including one […]

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