QUESTION HOUR

Lok Sabha's productivity at an all-time high of 153% amid strict COVID-19 protocols

The Lower House has been daily extending the working hours beyond 7 pm till 10 pm or later. Usually the budget sessions of Parliament repor...

View: Suspending Question Hour in Parliament points to a deeper malaise

By all accounts, Parliament has been consistently conducting Question Hour in all its sessions except on some occasions, typically during w...

Lok Sabha adopts motion to do away with Question Hour, private members' business

Moving the motion, Pralhad Joshi said the Lok Sabha session is being held in extraordinary circumstances amid the COVID-19 pandemic and thi...

Opposition slams Govt over cancellation of Question Hour

Opposition slams Govt over cancellation of Question Hour, says that Question Hour is an 'integral part of the basic structure of the Parlia...

Monsoon session of Parliament begins today, will take up 47 items in 18 sittings till Oct 1

This is the first time in the history of Indian Parliament that both chambers have been integrated for holding a session. Political parties...

Parliament gears up for Monsoon Session amid pandemic

The Monsoon Session of Parliament will begin from tomorrow and continue till 1st of next month. In view of the COVID-19 pandemic, the sessi...

Govt planning short duration discussion on India-China border dispute in monsoon session

The government is planning to discuss the international dispute under Rule 193 of Rules of Procedure and Conduct of Business in Lok Sabha, ...

View: Apples and oranges, and the fudge of Question Hour

In 2012, according to PRS Legislative Research Data, 656, 404 and 400 starred questions (oral queries meant for oral replies) were asked in...

Maharashtra house's monsoon session from September 7 under coronavirus shadow

Compulsory antigen tests for legislators, distribution of COVID-19 kits and a new seating arrangement to ensure physical distancing among m...

Rajya Sabha question-hour suspended six times in the past

The research division of Rajya Sabha secretariat, at the behest of Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu, found that during 2015-19, only about 40% of ...

Monsoon session: Question hour the most disrupted session in both NDA, UPA regimes

Sources have maintained that written or unstarred questions will be entertained and members will be given answers to their queries on funct...

Shiv Sena supports government on no Question Hour in Parliament's monsoon session

According to the notifications issued by the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha secretariats, there will be no Question Hour and private members' bi...

Everyone, except TMC, agreed to scrap Question Hour in upcoming Parliament session: Pralhad Joshi

Union Minister of Parliamentary Affairs, Pralhad Joshi said that everyone except TMC’s Derek O'Brien agreed to scrap Question Hour in the u...

No Question Hour: Oppn calls it attempt to 'murder democracy', 'reduce Parliament to notice board'

Congress leader in Lok Sabha Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury and party's deputy leader in Rajya Sabha Anand Sharma said that the proposal to exclude...

Parliament monsoon session: Opposition criticises govt over suspension of Question Hour

New Delhi: A decision to cancel Question Hour in the monsoon session of parliament beginning September 14 in the shadow of the coronavirus ...

Government seeking to reduce Parliament to 'notice board': Tharoor on 'No Question Hour'

There will be no Question Hour and private members' bills will not be taken up in the upcoming monsoon session of Parliament, while the Zer...

No question hour in Parliament monsoon session due to Covid-19 pandemic

In the wake of ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, there will be no question hour and private members' business during the monsoon session, accordin...