Upper House

Rajya Sabha polls: 43 first-timers elected to Upper House accounting for 72% of vacancies, shows official data

With only 12 retiring members being re-elected in the Rajya Sabha and seven more members with past experience of the Upper House returning for another term, the collective experience of the Members of Rajya Sabha will drop to only 63 terms, a senior official in the research division of RS secretariat said.

Rajya Sabha clocks 96% productivity in first phase of Budget Session; 155 MPs made speeches in Upper House of Parliament

Rajya Sabha recorded 96 percent productivity during the first phase of the Budget session with 155 members speaking during the nine days of sitting from 31 January to 11 February.

Venkaiah Naidu pulls up MPs for low attendance in parliamentary panels in RS, urges leaders to ensure 'quantitative, qualitative functioning'

Venkaiah Naidu pulled up MPs of both Houses for their low attendance in parliamentary standing committees' meetings and urged the leaders of all political parties to ensure'quantitative and qualitative functioning' of these panels

Centre to grant Rs 600 crore as interim relief to Maharashtra farmers whose Kharif crops were affected due to heavy October rains

Responding to queries during Question Hour, Minister of State for Agriculture Purushottam Rupala said crops have been affected due to rains not only in Maharashtra but in many other states as well

Karnataka Congress MP KC Ramamurthy resigns from Rajya Sabha, likely to join ruling BJP

KC Ramamurthy is likely to join the ruling BJP in coming days, party sources said.

Several Rajya Sabha MPs give Zero Hour notice for Parliament session today; BJP, TMC, RJD to raise issues on infrastructure, education

The Rajya Sabha is likely to take up several discussions in its Zero Hour as several MPs of the Upper House have given 'Zero Hour notices' on a host of issues.

Parliament updates: LS debates bill on inter-state water disputes, DMK says Centre toothless without nationalisation of rivers

Parliament LIVE updates: The Rajya Sabha, a day after it passed the contentious triple talaq bill, will take up the much-debated Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Amendment Bill, 2019, on Wednesday.

Explainer: Difference between a Bill and an Act; how a draft legislation becomes a law after multiple readings in Parliament

When a bill has been passed, it is sent to the President for his approval per Article 111. The President can assent or withhold his assent to a bill or he can return a bill.

Parliament updates: Lok Sabha passes National Medical Commission Bill to replace Medical Council of India, cap MBBS fees

Parliament LIVE updates: The Lok Sabha passed a Bill to replace the 63-year-old Medical Council of India (MCI) with the National Medical Commission, aiming to reform the medical education sector.

Passage of RTI (Amendment) Bill breaks BJP’s jinx in RS, shows Congress can't match Modi-Shah floor management

With the passage of RTI (Amendment) Bill, BJP has not only broken the jinx in the Upper house but also showed what a determined Modi government 2.0 could achieve