Rajnath Singh addressing the Rajya Sabha on Tuesday (Photo: ANI)
Parliament Budget Session 2022 Live Updates: In a statement over the inadvertent firing of a missile on March 9, which Pakistan said landed 124 km deep inside its territory, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Tuesday assured the House that the “missile system is very reliable and safe”.
Last week, India had acknowledged that a “technical malfunction led to the accidental firing of a missile”. Singh in Parliament said, “The Government has taken serious note of the incident. A formal high-level inquiry has been ordered. The inquiry would determine the exact cause of the said accident.” He added, “I would also like to state that a review of the Standard Operating Procedures for operations, maintenance and inspections is being conducted in the wake of this incident.”
Meanwhile, Minister of External Affairs S Jaishankar is also expected to address the House regarding the crisis in Ukraine. The second leg of the Budget session in Parliament began Monday, with the Lok Sabha passing a Rs 1.12 lakh crore Budget for the Union Territory of Jammu & Kashmir for 2022-23. The departments of education, home, public health engineering, and power development saw the highest allocations for the financial year 2022-23.
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the Lok Sabha during the second part of Budget Session of Parliament, in New Delhi, Monday, March 14, 2022. (PTI)
Opposition left bewildered when BJP MPs chant ‘Modi, Modi, Modi’ as PM enters Lok Sabha
The victory in the Assembly elections for the BJP has obviously left the party MPs jubilant and they make no attempts to hide their excitement. On Monday, when Lok Sabha met, Speaker Om Birla welcomed the parliamentary delegation from Austria, who were seated in the chamber. While he was speaking, Prime Minister Narendra Modi entered the house. Aligarh MP Satish Kumar Gautam stood up and started thumping the desk to congratulate the Prime Minister. Soon, the other BJP MPs joined him and they started chanting ‘Modi, Modi, Modi’, leaving the Opposition bewildered. The Speaker had to stop for the chorus to end to continue his welcome speech.
Ukraine crisis: Opposition pushes govt to ensure students complete courses
Raising concerns over the future of the students who have returned from war-hit Ukraine, Members of Parliament (MPs) asked the government on Monday to ensure facilities for the students to complete their course without imposing a financial burden on them. The government assured the MPs it would “ponder over making the required arrangements.”
In the Rajya Sabha, chairman M Venkaiah Naidu said the government will make a statement on the situation in Ukraine and also the developments with regard to Indian students.
Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan, while replying to a question raised by Congress MP Gaurav Gogoi, said the government will look into the measures that can be taken for the students who have been brought back from Ukraine under Operation Ganga, so that they can complete their educati