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India's MPs Get A Big Salary Hike; Allowances, Pensions Also Bumped Up | Details

Indian MP Salary | Member Of Parliament Salary | PM Salary | PM Salary Hike | Salary Hike For MP | Allowances For MP | MP Pensions | Pension to MP Members of Parliament will get a 24% salary hike — from ₹1 lakh to ₹1.24 lakh per month — and an enhanced monthly pension of ₹31,000 after the parliamentary affairs ministry on Monday issued a gazette notification on the proposed changes. #memberofparliment #memberofparliament #rajyasabha #loksabha #salaryhike

25 Mar 2025
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Copy Congress Manifesto A Little More: Chidambaram In Parliament On Budget 2024

Parliament live updates: Budget 2024 | Former Union Finance Minister and Congress leader P Chidambaram while speaking in parliament on the budget, remarked that the announcements were a 'virtual adoption' of the Congress Manifesto for the 2024 Lok Sabha Elections. Here's the top takeaways from what he had to say

25 Jul 2024
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EC announces dates for elections to 11 Rajya Sabha seats

Voting will be held on 9 November and counting to be conducted on the same day, the poll panel announced todayUnion minister Hardeep Singh Puri and SP leader Ram Gopal Yadav are among the 10 members from Uttar Pradesh retiring on November 25

1 min read13 Oct 2020
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Rajya Sabha passes Jammu and Kashmir Official Languages Bill

The bill will now include Kashmiri, Dogri and Hindi as official languages of J&K in addition to English and UrduOn Tuesday, Amit Shah had described the passing of the bill as a momentous day for the people of the UT

1 min read23 Sep 2020
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Parliament passes rash of bills as Opposition boycotts session

Among the watershed bills passed was the Essential Commodities (Amendment) Bill, 2020

2 min read23 Sep 2020
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Trump wasn't tested for Covid-19 in Feb: Govt tells Rajya Sabha

At the time of Trump's visit, there was no requirement of mandatory COVID test for travellers from foreign countries, the MEA saysMuraleedharan also said that WHO had declared Covid-19 a pandemic only on 11 March

1 min read22 Sep 2020
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Sharad Pawar extends support to 8 suspended MPs, says ‘won't eat for a day'

Sharad Pawar's decision follows the announcement of a fast by the Deputy Chairman of Rajya Sabha The NCP chief also bemoaned the conduct of Singh and the Modi govt's decision of bulldozing the Opposition in the House

1 min read22 Sep 2020
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If marshals weren't present they could've murdered RS Deputy Chairman: Giriraj Singh

Singh raised the suspicion that in the environment, which was created by the Opposition in the Upper House, even the murder of the Rajya Sabha's Deputy Chairman could have happened.

2 min read22 Sep 2020
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Congress to boycott monsoon session till new farm bill is brought

Congress asks Centre to ensure that private players adhere to MSP, that it is in line with Swaminathan formula and buying below MS is not allowedRajya Sabha chairman M Venkaiah Naidu told the House that action had been taken against the MPs' conduct and it was not personal

2 min read22 Sep 2020
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Eight MPs suspended for unruly behaviour

No-confidence motion moved by Oppn against Rajya Sabha dy chairman rejected

2 min read22 Sep 2020