Parliament session begins todayJuly 2nd, 2009 NEW DELHI - The next session of Parliament will begin from today. The Economic Survey will be presented in the Lok Sabha today.
Parliament session to begin on ThursdayJuly 1st, 2009 NEW DELHI - The next session of Parliament will begin on Thursday. The Economic Survey will be presented in the Lok Sabha on July 2.
Manmohan Singh looks forward to budget with great expectationJuly 1st, 2009 NEW DELHI - Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh on Wednesday said that the government was looking forward to the Budget session of the Parliament with great expectation.
Union budget on July 6, rail budget on July 3 (Lead)June 15th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The union budget for 2009-10 would be presented on July 6 and the railways budget three days earlier on July 3. The schedule for the budget session of parliament was decided at a meeting of the union cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh before his departure for the Russian city of Yekaterinburg to attend the BRIC (Brazil, Russia, India and China) and the SCO (Shanghai Cooperation Organisation) summits.
First session of Parliament to conclude todayJune 9th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The first session of Parliament will conclude today after Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh will reply to the Motion of Thanks on the President's address.
15th Lok Sabha's first session begins on MondayJune 1st, 2009 NEW DELHI - The first session of 15th Lok Sabha starts Monday morning with the first two days of Parliament kept for newly elected members to take oath followed by election of the Speaker on June 3. The first person to be administered oath will be Leader of the House Pranab Mukherjee followed by Leader of Opposition L K Advani.
Prime Minister hopes for "new beginning"June 1st, 2009 NEW DELHI - As the first session of 15th Lok Sabha starts today, Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh has expressed the hope of a "new beginning" and that Parliament would be allowed to run smoothly.
Brief parliament session begins MondayMay 31st, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) is readying for the first session of the 15th Lok Sabha from Monday with the formal swearing in of the 543 newly elected MPs. Two days have been earmarked for the procedure that will be followed by the election of the Lok Sabha speaker and the joint address to parliament by President Pratibha Patil.
15th Lok Sabha begins first session Monday (Lead)May 31st, 2009 NEW DELHI - The first session of the 15th Lok Sabha begins Monday as a resurgent Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) was set to start a new innings and an humbled Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) said it will play the role of a "constructive opposition."
The session will begin with the formal swearing in of the 543 newly elected MPs. Two days have been earmarked for the procedure that will be followed by the election of the Lok Sabha speaker Wednesday and President Pratibha Patil's address to a joint session of parliament Thursday.
New BJP MPs to meet ahead of parliament sessionMay 30th, 2009 NEW DELHI - A meeting of the Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) newly elected MPs will be held here Sunday to formally elect party veteran L.K. Advani as leader of the opposition on the eve of the first session of the 15th Lok Sabha.
Cabinet finalises president's address to parliamentMay 30th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The president's address to the joint session of parliament next week was finalised here Saturday at the first meeting of the cabinet after it was expanded Thursday. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh chaired the meeting.
President's speech to focus on social sector, economy (Lead)May 30th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's full cabinet met for the first time Saturday and finalised the president's address to parliament that is expected to focus on the Congress-led government's moves to strengthen welfare schemes and boost the economy. "The meeting discussed the president's speech to parliament.
Union Cabinet discusses agenda for brief Parliamentary sessionMay 30th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Union Cabinet, which met here on Saturday, decided to hold the President's address in the joint Parliament session on June 4 and delved on various issues related to UPA Govt.'s policies and programmes to be addressed. The first meet of the Cabinet was held at Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's 7, Race Course residence and lasted for nearly two hours.
Next Lok Sabha likely to begin on June 2May 19th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The first session of the 15th Lok Sabha is expected to begin on June 2 with Congress heading the country and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) sitting in the opposition. The session will see appointment of senior most member of the Lok Sabha as Protem Speaker who will administer oath to the new members and also oversee the election of the Speaker and the Deputy Speaker.
Government to present vote on account Feb 16January 21st, 2009 NEW DELHI - The central government will present a vote on account on Feb 16, parliament officials said here Thursday. An interim railway budget would be prersented on Feb 13.