Lok Sabha

New Delhi: Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman hiked tax on petrol and diesel, raised import duty on gold, levied additional surcharge on super rich and brought a tax on high value cash withdrawals as she sought to spur growth with…

New Delhi: Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman today tabled the General Budget 2019-20 in the Lok Sabha at 11 AM today. This will be the maiden Budget of Sitharaman and also the first Budget of the Narendra Modi Government in the…

New Delhi: The Lok Sabha today passed the Special Economic Zones (Amendment) Bill, 2019. The Bill will replace the Special Economic Zones (Amendment) Ordinance, 2019. The amendment Bill, which became the first legislation to be passed by…

New Delhi: BJP MP Om Birla was today unanimously elected as the Speaker of the 17th Lok Sabha. Birla, two-time MP from Rajasthan's Kota, will take over from eight-term MP Sumitra Mahajan, who did not contest the Lok Sabha elections. …

New Delhi: Ending the impasse, the Congress on Tuesday named Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury as leader of the party in the 17th Lok Sabha, media reports stated. Chowdhury , a five-time MP from West Bengal, is the most senior among the 52 Congress…