House adjourned till 2 pm.
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1:00
House adjourned till 2 pm
Question Hour came to an end as Minority Affairs Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi questioned about measures to tackle the issue of declining Parsi population.
The proceedings will resume at 2 pm.
12:30
The discussion on affordable housing is going on.
All India Trinamool Congress MP Derek O’Brien questioned whether every Indian will have housing by 2022, as promised by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in 2018. Housing and Urban Affairs Minister Hardeep Singh Puri said that the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana had started. Despite the pandemic, all restrictions will be lifted by March 2022. He shared that the time taken after the grounding of a dwelling is between 18 to 24 months, and the plan will be completed in the near future.
Dr. Narendra Jadhav also inspired a discussion focused on affordable housing and why proposed solutions for metropolitan cities and other locations are no different.
12:10
question hour begins
Rajya Sabha proceedings resumed with Deputy Chairman Harivansh Narayan Singh. Question Hour is going on.
Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister Hardeep Singh Puri, while addressing questions about the increased prices for private vehicles as opposed to state transport undertaking vehicles, highlighted the volatility in the market due to the current Ukraine war.
Jose K. Mani also raised questions regarding conversion of STU fleet to CNG and LNG vehicles.
Questions were also raised regarding LPG connections and LPG stations along the highways. Puri indicated that 1000 LPG stations could be planned along the highways in future.
11:06
House adjourned after 6 minutes of commencement
Chairman Venkaiah Naidu rejected 267 notices given by various members to adjourn the day’s business to debate the hike in fuel prices and call for a labor union strike. Amidst the uproar that followed, Naidu adjourned the proceedings for an hour.
Proceedings start at 12 noon.
10:15
business list
1. Papers, Reports on Parliamentary Standing Committees to be laid on the Table “Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the MSME sector and the mitigation strategy adopted to counter it”, related to the Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises. 3. V. Muraleedharan will propose the election of the Other Backward Classes Welfare Committee. 4. Question Hour. will be considered. , 6. Consider introduction of a Bill by Nirmala Sitharaman to give effect to the financial proposals of the Central Government for the financial year 2022-23 as passed by the Lok Sabha. 7. Discussion on the working of the Ministry of Labor and Employment
at 10 am
Day 9 Recap
Rajya Sabha was adjourned for some time amid protests by TMC MPs. Strong protests erupted after BJP’s Roopa Ganguly raised the Rampurhat massacre in the House.
Minister of State for Communications Devusinh Chouhan says that 5G services will be implemented in India by the end of this year and BSNL will soon have 4G services.
During the Question Hour, many questions were raised regarding the Ministry of Railways and the Ministry of Communications.