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Parliament Winter Session Today Live Updates: The Viksit Bharat Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) (VB-G RAM G) Bill will replace the UPA-era MGNREGA.

Parliament Winter Session 2025the Lok Sabha on Thursday passed the Viksit Bharat-Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) Bill, 2025 (VB-G RAM G), which seeks to repeal MGNREGA, by a voice vote. (File Photo)

Parliament Winter Session Today Live Updates: The Rajya Sabha Thursday passed the Sustainable Harnessing and Advancement of of Nuclear Energy for Transforming India Bill, 2025 (SHANTI), an atomic energy bill that allows private and foreign companies to enter the nuclear power sector. The legislation marks a major shift for the sector which has so far been controlled by the state.

The Lok Sabha passed the Viksit Bharat – Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) or VB-G RAM G on Thursday amid uproar from the Opposition. Objecting to the bill, Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi Vadra claimed that the proposed legislation would completely finish off the rural employment guarantee scheme MGNREGA. “This bill will finish off the MGNREGA. From whatever perspective you look at the bill, the increasing of work days from 100 days to 125 is their deceit. Anyone who reads the bill carefully would know that this scheme will be finished off in the next few days,” Priyanka Gandhi said. “As soon as the burden will fall on the states, this scheme will slowly be finished off because the state governments do not have enough money, especially the states that need this scheme the most,” she told reporters outside the Parliament. “This is against the poor and labourers, and we will strongly oppose it,” she added.

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Dec 18, 2025 09:47 PM IST
Parliament Winter Session Today Live Updates: 'Union Cabinet approved implementation of JJM for five years'

In a written reply to a question in the Rajya Sabha from Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP Bapi Haldar on the outstanding dues to West Bengal under the Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM) and when is it likely to be released, Jal Shakti Minister C R Paatil said the state has been advised to complete the ongoing works from its own resources.

Paatil said the Centre, in partnership with the states and Union territories, is implementing the JJM to provide functional tap-water connections to every rural household.

At the start of the mission in 2019, only 3.23 crore (16.7 per cent) rural households were reported to have tap-water connections. As on December 15, 2025, out of an estimated 19.37 crore rural households in the country, more than 15.76 crore (81.42 per cent) households were provided with Functional Household Tap Connections (FHTCs), he added.

Paatil said in West Bengal, only 2.15 lakh (1.22 per cent) rural households were reported to have tap-water connections at the start of the mission in August 2019. As on December 15, 2025, of the 1.75 crore rural households in the state, around 99.09 lakh (56.46 per cent) rural households have been provided tap-water connections, the minister said.

He said the Union Cabinet had approved the implementation of the JJM for five years, that is, from 2019-20 to 2023-24, and the states were to complete planning, approval, implementation of water supply schemes under the mission in this period.

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Dec 18, 2025 08:49 PM IST
Parliament Winter Session Today Live Updates: 'Mockery of Parliament continues'

Trinamool Congress leader in the Rajya Sabha Derek O'Brien on Thursday accused the Union government of making a "mockery" of Parliament, as the Upper House took up a discussion on the VB-G RAM G Bill.

In a post on X, he called the Bill "draconian", and said it would "murder" MNREGA and the Mahatma.

"The Mockery Of Parliament continues, Modi-Shah style. Rajya Sabha begins debate on the draconian Bill to 'Murder MNREGA and the Mahatma'," O'Brien said.

"Who cares about rules? Debate starts Thursday 6.40 pm. Will continue till at least 2 in the morning, Friday. How low can you go," he said.

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Dec 18, 2025 07:25 PM IST
Parliament Winter Session Today Live Updates: Rajya Sabha begins discussion on VB-G RAM G Bill

The Rajya Sabha has begun discussion on the VB-G RAM G Bill. 

Dec 18, 2025 07:19 PM IST
Parliament Winter Session Today Live Updates: 'No compromise with safeguard mechanism in place'.

The Upper House passed the Sustainable Harnessing and Advancement of Nuclear Energy for Transforming India (SHANTI) Bill by a voice vote. It was passed in the Lok Sabha on Wednesday.

Minister of State, Department of Atomic Energy, Jitendra Singh said nuclear is a reliable 24x7 power supply source, which is not so in the case of other renewable energy options.

He asserted that no compromise will be made with the safeguard mechanism in place.

Replying to a discussion on the bill, Singh allayed fears of radiation, saying so far there has been no report of any radiation-related hazards to the public

Dec 18, 2025 07:08 PM IST
Parliament Winter Session Today Live Updates: Rajya Sabha passes SHANTI Bill

The Rajya Sabha has passed the The Rajya Sabha Thursday passed the Sustainable Harnessing and Advancement of of Nuclear Energy for Transforming India Bill, 2025 (SHANTI), an atomic energy bill that allows private and foreign companies to enter the nuclear power sector. The legislation marks a major shift for the sector which has so far been controlled by the state.

Dec 18, 2025 06:33 PM IST
Parliament Winter Session Today Live Updates: 'Nuclear energy bill will shape the civil nuclear sector for generations'

India stands at a decisive juncture in its energy journey and the nuclear energy bill will shape the civil nuclear sector for generations, ending fragmented governance and creating an investment-ready framework, BJP-nominated member Harsh Vardhan Shringla said on Thursday.

Participating in the debate on the Sustainable Harnessing of Atomic Energy for Transformation (SHANTI) Bill in the Rajya Sabha, the former diplomat said that with electricity demand projected to more than double by 2040 and the country preparing to retire ageing coal assets, nuclear energy becomes indispensable for sustainability, grid stability and energy security.

"The vision of PM Modi is to take the nuclear power sector to 100 GW by 2047. Today we are close to 9 GW. The increase will make India a leading global player in the segment, and for that, we need an investment of over Rs 19 lakh crore and that is not clearly possible in the realm of the public sector. We have to open up to the private sector," Shringla stated.

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Dec 18, 2025 05:57 PM IST
Parliament Winter Session Today Live Updates: AAP MP questioned why the govt wanted to bring private players in nuclear power sector

Sandeep Pathak of the Aam Aadmi Party, meanwhile, questioned if India should focus on expanding nuclear power, or renewable energy.

"Nuclear energy is expensive, complex, and risky. You have to ensure waste management for the whole lifecycle (of the fuel). It is not a small thing," Pathak said.

He pointed out that the BJP had opposed the India-US civil nuclear deal due to foreign involvement, and questioned the change in their stand. "Do you accept the opposition at that time was political not ideological? If it was ideological, do you accept that you have changed your ideology?" he said.

The AAP MP questioned why the government wanted to bring private players in the nuclear power sector.

"Is it for money? Or do you think they will bring technology? We are importing a foreign model without importing their regulatory spine," he said.

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Dec 18, 2025 05:34 PM IST
Parliament Winter Session Today Live Updates: Bill is nuclear bomb that threatens the country's peace, says DMK MP

DMK MP P Wilson said the Bill is a "nuclear bomb which threatens the country's peace and security".

"The nuclear supply chain is sought to be removed from the sovereign functions and from the Union of India government's active oversight. There is nothing peaceful, nothing sustainable, nothing transformative about this legislation.

"On the contrary, it is a reckless, dangerous and deeply flawed attempt to privatise one of the most sensitive and high-risk sectors of a nation, the nuclear energy sector," he said.

He said one of the most critical essential sovereign functions of an elected government is given to the private sector.

Wilson expressed concern over "blanket opening of the entire nuclear fuel cycle from uranium mining to waste management to private entities with undetermined qualification, unclear accountability and profit as their primary motive".

He demanded that the Bill be sent to a Select Committee of Parliament.

Dec 18, 2025 05:27 PM IST
Parliament Winter Session Today Live Updates: 'Is cronyism the reason why this government is paving the way for them?'

"Let's admit that the scale of investment needed for setting up such industry can only be undertaken by high-profile cronies of this government. And the question arises, is cronyism the reason why this government is paving the way for them?" Trinamool Congress MP Sagarika Ghose said.

She also said the Bill shifts liability and recourse rules towards contract rather than statute, meaning suppliers can be insulated in the fine print of the contract and victims' ability to seek redress becomes uncertain.

She added that the Bill also reflects a blind and obsessive push for nuclear expansion without adequate debate on alternatives or consequences.

Dec 18, 2025 05:16 PM IST
Parliament Winter Session Today Live Updates: 'SHANTI Bill is fundamentally dangerous'

Trinamool Congress MP Sagarika Ghose said the Sustainable Harnessing and Advancement of Nuclear Energy for Transforming India (SHANTI) Bill is not just flawed but "fundamentally dangerous".

"This Bill brings neither Shanti nor security... we are not debating whether India should pursue nuclear energy, India has always pursued nuclear energy responsibly for decades..." she said.

"But as a country, are we now prepared to abdicate our sovereign responsibility, gamble with public safety and place one of the most sensitive sectors of the nation at the mercy of crony capitalism and government-friendly oligarchs as well as foreign pressure?" "This Bill is not reform, it is recklessness. This Bill is not for the public, it's for profit," she said.

Dec 18, 2025 04:41 PM IST
Parliament Winter Session Today Live Updates: 'The bill was not passed in accordance with democratic norms'

On VB-G-RAM-G Bill passed in Lok Sabha, TMC MP Saugata Roy says, "The bill was passed in the din. The bill was not passed in accordance with democratic norms. This is against the democracy."

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Dec 18, 2025 04:31 PM IST
Parliament Winter Session Today Live Updates: 'India is third after China and the US in prevalence of cancer'

India is third after China and the United States in the prevalence of cancer across the world, and the country is likely to have around 2 million cases by 2040, Minister of State in the Prime Minister's Office Jitendra Singh informed the Rajya Sabha on Thursday.

Responding to supplementaries during the Question Hour, the minister informed the house that the Department of Biotechnology has developed the first-ever HPV vaccine for the treatment of cervical cancer in women, and the government is working to make it available to a larger population at an affordable rate or free of cost.

"It is true that cancer incidence has increased all over the world. If you take the world statistics, we have 20 million cancer patients every year, that is around 2 crore cancer patients every year. In India alone, we have about 1.4 to 1.5 million, which is almost 15 lakh.

"The figure is expected to go up to almost 2 million by 2040 or so, which means nearly 20 lakh. We stand at number 3, after China and the USA, as far as the prevalence of cancer is concerned," Singh told the Rajya Sabha.

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Dec 18, 2025 04:10 PM IST
Parliament Winter Session Today Live Updates: 'Conduct of opp members has tarnished democracy'

On VB G RAM G bill, Union Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan says, "The conduct of the opposition members in Lok Sabha today, the behaviour of the MPs from the Congress and the INDI alliance, has tarnished democracy. Parliamentary decorum has been completely disregarded. We listened carefully to what our friends in the opposition said. And today I was supposed to respond. I requested that I would answer every question, but I should be heard. But the kind of undignified behaviour that was displayed, tearing up papers, they climbed onto the tables. Isn't this a betrayal of Bapu's (Mahatma Gandhi's) ideals? I strongly condemn their actions."

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Dec 18, 2025 03:53 PM IST
Parliament Winter Session Today Live Updates: 'We also require nuclear energy, which is a reliable 24x7 energy source'

"We also require nuclear energy, which is a reliable 24x7 energy source, unlike other renewable energy options," Singh said.

He informed the House that a lot has been done to upscale nuclear energy. Before 2014, the budget of the atomic energy department was just Rs 13,879 crore, which has now increased to Rs 37,483 crore in the current year.

He said that in 2015, this government took another bold decision and opened the nuclear sector for joint ventures, but those were limited to PSUs only and not to the private (players).

In 2017, in a cabinet decision, a bulk approval was given to set up 10 reactors. In September 2025, the Prime Minister laid the foundation of four nuclear reactors, he added.

When this (NDA) government came to power in 2014, the nuclear power capacity was just 4.7 GW; now it is 8.9GW, he pointed out.

He informed that this capacity is just 3 per cent of the required power generation, and to scale it up to at least 10 per cent by 2047, a nuclear energy mission was launched in this budget.

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Dec 18, 2025 03:47 PM IST
Parliament Winter Session Today Live Updates: Discussion on the nuclear energy bill

The Rajya Sabha took up a discussion on the nuclear energy bill, with Union Jitendra Singh asserting that no compromise will be made with the safeguard mechanism in place.

Singh, the Minister of State, Department of Atomic Energy, moved the Sustainable Harnessing and Advancement of Nuclear Energy for Transforming India (SHANTI) Bill, which seeks to open the tightly-controlled civil nuclear sector for private participation.

The bill was passed in the Lok Sabha on Wednesday.

The minister stated that nuclear is a reliable 24x7 power supply source, which is not so in the case of other renewable energy options.

Dec 18, 2025 03:35 PM IST
Parliament Winter Session Today Live Updates: 'Will someone sitting in cars worth crores talk about Rs 100-200 daily wage'

Union Minister Ravneet Singh Bittu says, "The bill is absolutely fine, but I want to ask the Congress party what they know about labourers and farmers. The Congress's Leader of Opposition is riding in cars worth crores, so, what do they care about poor people? They are telling their MPs here to make noise, but imagine, will a person sitting in cars worth crores talk about the Rs 100-200 daily wage of a poor person? This is a huge difference, the answer to which the Congress party and their MPs will never be able to give."


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Dec 18, 2025 02:43 PM IST
Parliament Winter Session Today Live Updates: 'The manner in which opposition acted during the passage of the bill was completely shameful,' says Chirag Paswan

Parliament Winter Session Today Live Updates: Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas) chief Chirag Paswan said, "The G-RAM G scheme was introduced with the vision of empowering the poor and reducing the gap between villages and cities. Mahatma Gandhi had said that the soul of India resides in its villages, and this scheme was brought with the same intent, to strengthen rural India. However, the manner in which the opposition acted during the passage of this bill was, in my view, completely shameful...You have the right to protest, and if you have concerns, you are free to express them. But the dignity of the House must be maintained. The way the Chair was insulted today, papers were torn, thrown into the air, folded into paper planes, and hurled towards the Chair crosses all limits. Matters worsened when Congress MPs stood in front of the Chair itself. In this manner, parliamentary decorum was torn to shreds. Such behaviour is entirely against established traditions, and it will not be accepted under any circumstances."

Dec 18, 2025 02:40 PM IST
Parliament Winter Session Today Live Updates: 'The dreams of the poor have been shattered,' says Congress leader Imran Masood

Parliament Winter Session Today Live Updates: On the Lok Sabha passing the VB–G RAM G Bill, Congress leader Imran Masood, said,"...The dreams of the poor have been shattered. First, Mahatma Gandhi was assassinated, then his ideas were destroyed, and now his dreams have been crushed. Bapu’s dream was that a diya (lamp) should be lit in every poor household, but they (govt) have extinguished that 'diya' in the homes of the poor...In Uttar Pradesh, where they claim to have a “double-engine” government, Rs 1,100 crore in pending wage payments has still not been released. In Bihar, again under a so-called double-engine government, Rs 1,000 crore has not been released. In Rajasthan, Rs 500 crore remains unpaid; in Maharashtra, Rs 623 crore is pending. And in states where they are not in power, they have not released funds at all, Rs 2,300 crore in West Bengal and Rs 2,100 crore in Tamil Nadu. When state governments do not receive funds, how can this scheme possibly function?..."

Dec 18, 2025 02:14 PM IST
Parliament Winter Session Today Live Updates: 'We will strongly oppose this Bill,' says Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Lok Sabha passing G RAM G Bill

Parliament Winter Session Today Live Updates: Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Lok Sabha passing G RAM G Bill, says, "We will strongly oppose this Bill. This Bill will end MGNREGA, which worked as a support for poor labourers, even during COVID. This Bill (G RAM G) is absolutely against our workers, labourers, poor people and we will oppose it tooth and nail."

Dec 18, 2025 02:11 PM IST
Parliament Winter Session Today Live Updates: 'When it is the time of Lord Ram, things will be named after him,' says BJP MP Kangana Ranaut

Parliament Winter Session Today Live Updates: BJP MP Kangana Ranaut on the Lok Sabha passing the VB–G RAM G Bill says, “What could be happier than this that Ram Rajya is coming. It is a new era, the golden Amrit Kaal, and we will define it. All governments and kings have done this - naming things as they deemed appropriate. When it is the time of Lord Ram, things will be named after him. There is nothing wrong with it.”

Dec 18, 2025 01:24 PM IST
Parliament Winter Session Today Live Updates: Lok Sabha passes G RAM G Bill amid opposition uproar

Parliament Winter Session Today Live Updates: Lok Sabha passes G RAM G Bill amid opposition uproar. The Viksit Bharat Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) (VB-G RAM G) Bill will replace the UPA-era MGNREGA.

A discussion on air pollution in the Delhi National Capital Region was to be taken up later during the day. Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi Vadra was expected to initiate the discussion.

Dec 18, 2025 01:18 PM IST
Parliament Winter Session Today Live Updates: 'Congress killed ideals of Mahatma Gandhi,' says Chouhan while speaking in LS on G RAM G Bill

Parliament Winter Session Today Live Updates: During the discussion on the MGRMGI Bill, Union Minister Shivraj Chouhan said that there are many shortcomings in MGNREGA, and states have spent more on labour and less on material procurement. He said that before NREGA, successive governments had launched employment guarantee schemes. He dismissed Priyanka Gandhi's allegations that the Modi government is arbitrarily changing the names of schemes; he also provided a list of schemes named after Nehru-Gandhi. Speaking in Lok Sabha during discussion on G RAM G Bill, Chouhan said, "Congress killed ideals of Mahatma Gandhi when it accepted partition of India; rejected his call for disbanding party, when they gave special status to Kashmir, when Indira Gandhi imposed Emergency..."

Dec 18, 2025 01:15 PM IST
Parliament Winter Session Today Live Updates: Lok Sabha adjourned till 11:00AM on Dec 19

Parliament Winter Session Today Live Updates: Lok Sabha adjourned till 11:00AM on Dec 19

Dec 18, 2025 01:01 PM IST
Parliament Winter Session Today Live Updates: Securities Market Code Bill introduced in Lok Sabha; govt proposes sending it to parliamentary panel

Parliament Winter Session Today Live Updates: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Thursday introduced the Securities Market Code Bill in the Lok Sabha and proposed referring it to the department-related standing committee for greater discussion.

Arun Nehru (DMK) and Manish Tewari (Congress) opposed the bill at the introduction stage, saying that it gave excessive powers to one body which was against the principle of separation of powers. They described the bill as a case of excessive delegation of power.

Responding to their claims, the finance minister said since the government is referring it to the standing committee, such details can be discussed by the panel.

Krishna Prasad Tenneti, chairing the proceedings, said the Lok Sabha Speaker has the powers to refer bills to parliamentary panels and he will take a call on the issue.

The Securities Markets Code Bill 2025 seeks to merge the provisions of the Securities and Exchange Board of India Act, 1992, the Depositories Act, 1996 and the Securities Contracts (Regulation) Act, 1956 into a unified code.

It also looks to strengthen investor protection and help boost ease of doing business in the country's financial markets.

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Dec 18, 2025 12:51 PM IST
Parliament Winter Session Today Live Updates: 'Mahatma Gandhi's name was added to NREGA with an eye on 2009 elections,' says Union minister Chouhan

Parliament Winter Session Today Live Updates: Union minister Chouhan, replying to discussion on G RAM G Bill in the Lok Sabha said, "Successive govts have launched job guarantee schemes before NREGA".

"Mahatma Gandhi's name was added to NREGA with an eye on 2009 elections." he said.

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Dec 18, 2025 12:01 PM IST
Parliament Winter Session Today Live Updates: 'National highway construction in Kerala is facing serious issues,' says Congress leader KC Venugopal in Lok Sabha

Parliament Winter Session Today Live Updates: Congress leader KC Venugopal in Lok Sabha said, “National highway construction in Kerala is facing serious issues, with major incidents reported at three locations. The quality of service roads is also poor, raising concerns over safety and infrastructure standards.”

Dec 18, 2025 11:22 AM IST
Parliament Winter Session Today Live Updates: Opposition MPs carry out protest march on the Parliament premises against Centre's decision on renaming of MGNREGA to VB–G Ram G

Parliament Winter Session Today Live Updates: Opposition MPs carry out a protest march on the Parliament premises against the Centre's decision on renaming of MGNREGA to VB–G Ram G.

#watch | Delhi: Opposition MPs carry out a protest march on the Parliament premises against the Centre's decision on renaming of MGNREGA to VB–G Ram G. pic.twitter.com/V6T4LJuWUz
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Dec 18, 2025 11:17 AM IST
Parliament Winter Session Today Live Updates: Obituary Reference made by Lok Sabha Speaker on Passing away of former Members in Lok Sabha

Parliament Winter Session Today Live Updates: Obituary Reference made by Lok Sabha Speaker on Passing away of former Membes in Lok Sabha.

(1) Darur Pullaiah (Member, Sixth and Seventh Lok Sabha)

(2) Prof. Mahadeorao Shiwankar (Member, Ninth and Fourteenth Lok Sabha)

(3) Kusuma Krishna Murthy (Member, Sixth, Seventh and Ninth Lok Sabha) and

(4) Shamanur Shivashankarappa (Member, Twelfth Lok Sabha).

Dec 18, 2025 09:07 AM IST
Parliament Winter Session Today Live Updates: Manickam Tagore seeks discussion on IndiGo flight cancellations

Congress MP Manish Tewari has served an adjournment motion notice in Lok Sabha to discuss "the ongoing chaos caused by the widespread cancellations and delays by IndiGo".

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Dec 17, 2025 04:22 PM IST
Parliament Winter Session Today Live Updates: E-cigarettes banned under law, says Govt

Asserting that electronic cigarettes remain completely banned under Indian law, the government on Wednesday informed Parliament that no case related to the seizure of e-cigarettes and vape devices with narcotic substances has been investigated by the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB).

In a written reply in the Rajya Sabha, Minister of State for Home Affairs Nityanand Rai said the production, manufacture, import, export, transport, sale, distribution, storage and advertisement of electronic cigarettes are prohibited under the Prohibition of Electronic Cigarettes (PECA) Act, 2019. (PTI)

Dec 17, 2025 03:14 PM IST
Parliament Winter Session Today Live Updates: Kavach system covers 2,000-km rail network, says Rail Minister

Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Wednesday told the Lok Sabha that progress on the installation of the Kavach system was "very fast" and 2,000 km of the rail network had been brought under the system.

Replying during the Question Hour in the Lok Sabha, he said the Kavach is a complex system which has five major systems within, including laying down of optical fibre cable (OFC) all along the tracks and installation of telecom towers.

The Indian Railways has completed laying 7,129 kilometres of OFC cables, installed 860 telecom towers, covered with data centres 767 stations, installed trackside equipment along 3,413 km, and installed 4,154 locomotives. (PTI)

Dec 17, 2025 01:40 PM IST
Parliament Winter Session Today Live Updates: P T Usha flags crisis of Wayanad coffee growers in RS, seeks urgent govt action

Athlete-turned-Rajya Sabha member P T Usha on Wednesday raised concern over the deepening crisis faced by coffee growers in Kerala's Wayanad district, urging the government to take coordinated and time-bound action to address issues ranging from human-wildlife conflict to crop insurance failures.

Raising the matter during Zero Hour, Usha, one of India's most celebrated track and field athletes who hails from Kozhikode district, said Wayanad contributes significantly to the country's coffee economy and rural livelihood.

"The first and most alarming issue is human and wildlife conflict. Wild animals are increasingly entering the coffee plantations causing extensive crop damage and grave threat to human life," she said.

The nominated member said forests in the region have exceeded their carrying capacity, forcing animals into plantations where food is easily available.

Dec 17, 2025 12:41 PM IST
Parliament Winter Session Today Live Updates: 'Prithviraj Chavan’s remark on Operation Sindoor absurd, irresponsible,' says BJP MP Arun Govil

BJP MP Arun Govil on Prithviraj Chavan's statement, said, "It has just come to light that Prithviraj Chavan said that the army was defeated on the very first day of Operation Sindoor. There could not be a more absurd or false statement than this. I have nothing more to say about this statement. It is a very irresponsible remark. People just say whatever comes to their mind without thinking, only thinking that their name will be published, their name will be in the news, people will remember their name once again."

Dec 17, 2025 12:36 PM IST
Parliament Winter Session Today Live Updates: Congress only knows how to protest, MGNREGA changes will benefit labourers, says BJP MP Manish Jaiswal

On MGNREGA renaming row, BJP MP Manish Jaiswal said, "Congress has only one job - to protest. The government used to guarantee 100 days of employment, but now it will be 125 days, but Congress does not see this. Even the last words of Bapu were 'Shri Ram' and his voice is now being inculcated into the Bill... The renaming is right, and the changes will also benefit each and every labourer in the country."

Dec 17, 2025 12:26 PM IST
Parliament Winter Session Today Live Updates: No adjournment notices admitted; papers laid on Table of the House

Speaker Om Birla Wednesday said he had received several adjournment notices seeking suspension of the House’s business to discuss various issues, but did not admit any of them. The House then proceeded with the laying of papers, statements and reports on the Table.

Dec 17, 2025 12:04 PM IST
Parliament Winter Session Today Live Updates: Not practical to stop rail traffic while redeveloping station, says Ashwini Vaishnaw

Railway minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Wednesday said it is a "complex task" to carry out station redevelopment without stopping rail traffic.

Responding to a supplementary question during Question Hour, the minister said that in several countries, rail traffic is halted for three to four years while station redevelopment work takes place.

But in India, where 7.5 crore people travel by trains, it is not possible to stop rail traffic.

The Ministry of Railways has launched the Amrit Bharat Station Scheme for the redevelopment of stations with a long-term approach.

The scheme involves the preparation of master plans and their implementation in phases to improve the stations.

Dec 17, 2025 11:51 AM IST
Parliament Winter Session Today Live Updates: MP Chandrashekhar Azad protests in Parliament premises over Delhi pollution

Azad Samaj Party MP Chandrashekhar Azad Wednesday staged a protest inside the Parliament premises against severe air pollution in the national capital, holding a banner that read, “Zehrili hawa hai, sarkar lapata hai.”

Dec 17, 2025 11:40 AM IST
Parliament Winter Session Today Live Updates: Union Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan to move VB-G RAM G Bill, 2025 in Lok Sabha today

Union Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan will introduce the Viksit Bharat - Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) Bill, 2025, in the Lok Sabha on Wednesday during the ongoing winter session of Parliament.

The proposed legislation seeks to establish a rural development framework aligned with the national vision of Viksit Bharat @2047 by providing a statutory guarantee of one hundred and twenty-five days of wage employment in every financial year to every rural household whose adult members volunteer to undertake unskilled manual work; to promote empowerment, growth, convergence and saturation for a prosperous and resilient rural Bharat; and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto, be taken into consideration.

The minister will also move that the bill be passed.

Dec 17, 2025 11:35 AM IST
Parliament Winter Session Today Live Updates: Union Minister Jitendra Singh to introduce Nuclear Energy Bill 2025 in Lok Sabha

Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Science and Technology Jitendra Singh on Wednesday will move The Sustainable Harnessing and Advancement of Nuclear Energy for Transforming India Bill, 2025 in the Lok Sabha, seeking the House's consideration and passage of the proposed legislation aimed at promoting the development and safe use of nuclear energy across key sectors.

The union minister will also move that the Bill be taken into consideration and passed by the House.

The Bill seeks to promote the use of nuclear energy and ionising radiation for power generation and applications in sectors such as healthcare, agriculture, industry, research and environmental protection, while ensuring a strong regulatory framework for their safe and secure utilisation.

Dec 17, 2025 11:08 AM IST
Parliament Winter Session Today Live Updates: Congress MPs protest against govt over National Herald case

Congress MPs protested against the government over the National Herald case Wednesday. A Delhi court, on Tuesday, refused to take cognisance of the ED's money laundering charge against Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi in the National Herald case.

Dec 17, 2025 11:05 AM IST
Parliament Winter Session Today Live Updates: 'Opposition, Congress have made a habit to disrespect army,' says Union minister Giriraj Singh

During the Parliament winter session, Union minister Giriraj Singh Wednesday hit out at the opposition and the Congress Prithviraj Chavan’s remarks, saying no one has the right to insult the bravery of the armed forces and that the nation will never tolerate any disrespect towards the army.

" “I have nothing to do with who is saying what. No one has the right to insult the bravery of our armed forces. Those who disrespect the courage of the army can never think about the nation’s interest. The opposition and Congress have made it a habit to insult the country and disrespect the army. This nation will never tolerate it," he said.

Dec 17, 2025 11:00 AM IST
Parliament Winter Session Today Live Updates: Congress issues whip in LS, asks MPs to be present in House for next 3 days

The Congress on Tuesday issued a whip in Lok Sabha, mandating its MPs to be present in the Lower House for the next three days as key legislations such as the VB-G RAM G and a new bill to overhaul laws governing India's civil nuclear sector are likely to come up for consideration and passage.

The Sustainable Harnessing and Advancement of Nuclear Energy for Transforming India (SHANTI) Bill, which seeks to open the civil nuclear power sector for private participation and overhaul the liability regime, could be taken up for discussion on Wednesday.

The SHANTI Bill, introduced by Minister of State in PMO Jitendra Singh, seeks to repeal the Atomic Energy Act, 1962, and the Civil Liability for Nuclear Damage Act, 2010.

A bill that seeks to guarantee rural jobs for 125 days every year and replace the 20-year-old MNREGA was introduced in Lok Sabha on Tuesday amid strong objections by the opposition to the "removal" of Mahatma Gandhi's name from it.

Dec 17, 2025 10:57 AM IST
Parliament Winter Session Today Live Updates: Opposition MPs give Calling Attention Notice in RS over dues owed to states, pollution

Several opposition MPs in the Rajya Sabha have given notices for a Calling Attention Motion on the issues relating to funds owed to the states by the Centre, and pollution, a source said.

According to the source, the MPs had on Monday in the Business Advisory Committee meeting pointed out that no Calling Attention Motion had been taken up in the Winter Session so far.

"Several opposition MPs have given notices for a Calling Attention Motion on funds owed to states and pollution. We are hoping the notice would be accepted and the discussion would be taken up," an opposition leader said.

A Calling Attention Motion is moved in the House to draw the attention of the government.

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