The Parliament approved the Waqf (Amendment) Bill, 2025, on April 4, 2025 early morning with the Rajya Sabha giving its nod after a marathon debate session with 128 votes for it and 98 against … READ FULL STORY
December 5, 2023: As on November 20, 2023, more than 1.18 crore houses have been sanctioned for eligible households under the Centre’s Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana-Urban (PMAY-U), Parliament was informed on December 4, 2023. Of … READ FULL STORY
The World Resources Institute’s Aqueduct Water Risk Atlas, has ranked India 13th among 17 countries, on the list of ‘extremely high’ water stressed countries. India has more than three times the population of the … READ FULL STORY
The Rajya Sabha, on June 27, 2019, gave its nod by a voice vote, to the Special Economic Zones (Amendment) Bill, 2019, a day after the Lok Sabha passed it. The Bill will replace … READ FULL STORY
The Fugitive Economic Offenders Bill, 2018, was passed by a voice vote in the Rajya Sabha, on July 25, 2018. The Lok Sabha had cleared it on July 19, 2018. With the new law, … READ FULL STORY
Minister of State for Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation (HUPA), Rao Inderjit Singh, in written reply to a question in the Lok Sabha on February 8, 2017, said that the ministry has received representation … READ FULL STORY
