Parliament Session Highlights: The Monsoon session of Parliament, which began on July 22, focuses primarily on the Union Budget presented the following day. With 19 sittings planned in both houses until August 12, this session promises intense and contentious debates.
The 10-year benchmark 7.18% 2033 bond yield ended at 7.2414% after ending at 7.1704% in the previous session. The yield posted its biggest single-session rise since Nov. 3, 2022.
There was no official word on the agenda of the session which will be held days after the G20 Summit in the national capital on September 9 and 10.
Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot, Assembly Speaker CP Joshi, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Shanti Dhariwal, Chief Secretary Usha Sharma and Principal Secretary (Legislative Assembly) Mahavir Prasad Sharma will welcome Mishra upon his arrival, according to an official statement.
Parliament's Budget Session will begin from January 31 with President Droupadi Murmu's address to the joint sitting of Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha.
The meeting of the Congress Parliamentary Strategy Committee group chaired by party president Sonia Gandhi lasted for an hour during which the leaders decided on issues to be raised during the upcoming session.
The Budget Session of Parliament today broke for a month-long recess, bringing to an end an unexpectedly productive session that saw as many as 10 and 11 bills being passed by the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha, respectively.
A united Opposition in Rajya Sabha today scuttled the government's move to take up two key legislations, saying the move would compromise on debates on the Railway and General Budgets.
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PN Vijay, Portfolio Manager, askpnvijay.com, says that the Parliament is capable to give a substantial trigger to the market. If FDI in retail is passed then retail investors will have confidence in the government.
The monsoon session of Parliament opening tomorrow promises to kick up a lot of heat and dust as Opposition parties are planning to raise issues like communal violence in Assam, rising prices, economy and drought.
Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee today said he would make efforts to resolve the issue of wage revision in IDBI as soon as the current session of Parliament is over.
CNBC-TV18, managing editor, Udayan Mukherjee expresses disappointment as the day‘s market session remains as listless as it was on Wednesday. He shines a ray of hope as his turns Europe where the markets have been stable and are being closely tracked by the Indian markets