Waqf bill sent to joint parliamentary panel after heated debate

The Waqf (Amendment) Bill was introduced in Lok Sabha on Thursday and referred to a joint parliamentary panel after a heated debate, with the government asserting the proposed law did not intend to......

PM seeks names of BJP MPs absent during voting for statutory resolution in RS

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has asked the parliamentary affairs minister to submit the details of members who were not present in Rajya Sabha on Monday when voting for a statutory resolution moved......

Lok Sabha witnesses continuous ruckus over Pegasus

Lok Sabha continued to witness protests by the Opposition over the Pegasus snooping controversy and farmers' issues on Tuesday and had to be adjourned for the day after the House passed two key......

FULL TEXT: President's address to Parliament

Here's the full text of President Ram Nath Kovind's customary address to the joining sitting of Parliament on the first day of the budget session. Honourable Members, This joint sitting of......

GST: Success And The Way Forward

No longer a discretion of the tax administrator, the audit of returns filed by taxpayers is now based on a selection by algorithms, notes Tarun Bajaj, former Union revenue and economic affairs......

Govt brings bill to drop retro tax with eye on Cairn, Voda awards

In a bid to bury the ghost of retrospective taxation, the government on Thursday brought a bill in the Lok Sabha to withdraw all back tax demands on companies such as Cairn Energy and Vodafone and......

Highlights of Union Budget 2021-22

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman read out the Union Budget speech in the Lok Sabha from a tablet on Monday instead of a conventional paper document. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com......

A job for the next prime minister

'Once we are past this electoral season, during which all promises are presented as free lunches, could we bring such non-populist issues into focus?''Like fixing the problems of the public......