Rajya Sabha

Rajya Sabha MP Saket Gokhale’s Point of Order seeking the Chair’s ruling on his notice under Rule 267 demanding a discussion on the duplications of EPIC voter identity cards

Rajya Sabha MP Prakash Chik Baraik’s speech on The Protection of Interests in Aircraft Objects Bill, 2025

Rajya Sabha MP Ritabrata Banerjee’s supplementary question on the steps the government is taking to improve cold-chain storage and reduce post-harvest losses, particularly for export-bound fruits and vegetables

Rajya Sabha MP Sukhendu Sekhar Ray’s speech on The Appropriation (No. 3) Bill, 2025 and The Finance Bill, 2025

Rajya Sabha MP Sagarika Ghose’s speech on The Appropriation (No. 3) Bill, 2025 and The Finance Bill, 2025

Rajya Sabha MP Prakash Chik Baraik’s Zero Hour mention on the demand for adequate minimum support price (MSP) for farmers across the country

Rajya Sabha MP Sukhendu Sekhar Ray’s Zero Hour mention on the demand for completing the fencing of the India-Bangladesh border

MP Derek O’Brien, AITC Parliamentary Party Leader in Rajya Sabha, intervenes to remind the House that the House rules need to apply to both the Treasury bench MPs and the Opposition, with respect to the Chair’s observation that under Rule 110, the scope of discussion on a motion for passing a Bill should be confined to arguments either for or against the Bill and not go into its details

Rajya Sabha MP Saket Gokhale’s speech on The Banking Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2024

Rajya Sabha MP Dola Sen’s Zero Hour mention on the need to reconsider the advisory of reducing cooking oil in mid-day meals under the Pradhan Mantri Poshan Shakti Nirman (PM POSHAN)

Rajya Sabha MP Ritabrata Banerjee’s speech on The Disaster Management (Amendment) Bill, 2024

Rajya Sabha MP Ritabrata Banerjee’s Zero Hour mention on the need to consult the Bengal government before releasing water from the Teesta and on the clauses for the renewal of the Teesta water-sharing treaty with Bangladesh

Rajya Sabha MP Sagarika Ghose’s Zero Hour mention on the need to imbibe new global technologies by the national broadcaster and not employing tainted journalists known for spreading divisiveness

Rajya Sabha MP Prakash Chik Baraik’s Zero Hour mention on the demand for releasing pending funds to the state of Bengal, used for key welfare and development schemes such as MGNREGS, which has been denied to the state after the 2021 elections; Mamata Thakur associated with the issue

Rajya Sabha MP Dola Sen’s Zero Hour mention on the demand to create employment opportunities for women and dismantle systemic barriers preventing their participation in the workforce

Rajya Sabha MP Sushmita Dev’s intervention to request, following precedents set in Rajya Sabha, for the ending of the Friday’s session with Special Mention, following Private Members’ Bills, and deferring discussions on the workings of ministries and important bills to the next Monday

MP Derek O’Brien, AITC Parliamentary Party Leader in Rajya Sabha, intervenes to suggest that Question Hour must be allowed to run and Private Members’ Bills must also be allowed, and not bulldozed in favour of other business

Rajya Sabha MP Saket Gokhale’s speech during the discussion on the working of the Ministry of Home Affairs

Rajya Sabha MP Md Nadimul Haque’s Point of Order under Rule 29, requesting the discussion on the working of the Ministry of Home Affairs to be started tomorrow as the day’s discussion on the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare will take a long time to complete

Rajya Sabha MP Sushmita Dev’s supplementary question on the government’s plans on converting NH 306 and NH 37, which connect the Barak Valley in Assam to Mizoram and Manipur, respectively, into all-weather roads as the areas the highways pass through are disaster-prone

Rajya Sabha MP Sagarika Ghose’s Zero Hour mention regarding the need for robust blood transfusion laws to help those battling thalassaemia and sickle cell anaemia

Rajya Sabha MP Md Nadimul Haque’s Zero Hour mention on the demand to eliminate GST on life and health insurance products to make them more affordable

Rajya Sabha MP Sukhendu Sekhar Ray’s Point of Order under Rules 266 and 176, urging the Chair to convert his notice under Rule 267 into a short duration discussion under Rule 176 by using the Chair’s discretion under Rule 266, as per a precedent set on July 29, 2024

Rajya Sabha MP Md Nadimul Haque’s speech during the discussion on the working of the MInistry of Health and Family Welfare

Rajya Sabha MP Sukhendu Sekhar Ray’s speech during the discussion on the working of the MInistry of Health and Family Welfare

Rajya Sabha MP Ritabrata Banerjee’s supplementaries on his starred question on the amounts owed to the government by wilful defaulters and the action taken against them, and details on the recapitalisation measures undertaken by the government for public-sector banks with a high volume of non-performing assets (NPA)

Rajya Sabha MP Sushmita Dev’s supplementary question on efforts, if any, being made by the government to hire contractual staff to fill up health posts in the northeast as postings in that region are often seen by people from other regions as hardships postings and therefore, not worth it, and addressing the striking National Health Mission workers in Assam on the issue of ‘equal pay, equal work’

Rajya Sabha MP Dola Sen’s supplementary question on measures being taken by the government to reduce the prices of medicines needed by pregnant women and newborn children and of life-saving medicines, like those for cancer, blood pressure, diabetes and others

Rajya Sabha MP Saket Gokhale’s supplementaries to his starred question on plans by the government, under the Janani Shishu Suraksha Karyakram, to provide allowances to women for hot meals in areas too remote for the government to access and reimbursement for ultrasound procedures on women in such areas

Rajya Sabha MP Mausam Benazir Noor’s supplementary question on plans to expand telemedicine service and increase mobile cancer screening units to enable early detection and treatment accessibility for people in rural areas

Rajya Sabha MP Saket Gokhale’s Zero Hour mention urging for the conferring of the Bharat Ratna Award posthumously on TN Seshan, former Chief Election Commissioner

MP Derek O’Brien, AITC Parliamentary Party Leader in Rajya Sabha, demands a Short Duration Discussion on the issue of duplication of EPIC Voter Identity Cards

MP Derek O’Brien, AITC Parliamentary Party Leader in Rajya Sabha, raising Points of Order under Rule 29, under which the discussion in the House must follow the list of business laid down for the day and under Rule 258, which guarantees the right of a member to raise a Point of Order

MP Derek O’Brien, AITC Parliamentary Party Leader in Rajya Sabha, raising a Point of Order under Rule 239, which gives the right to a Member to ask a question of another Member on a matter under discussion

Rajya Sabha MP Sushmita Dev’s speech on the Appropriation Bill for Manipur for 2025-26 and the Appropriations Bills for the Union of India for 2025-26

Rajya Sabha MP Ritabrata Banerjee’s speech during the Discussion on the Working of the Ministry of Railways

Rajya Sabha MP Saket Gokhale’s supplementary question on the reason behind the very high rejection rate of applications under the Prime Minister’s Employment Generation Programme and the steps the government would take to improve their approval rate

Rajya Sabha MP Mamata Thakur’s speech during the Discussion on the Working of the Ministry of Railways

Rajya Sabha MP Dola Sen’s speech during the Discussion on the Working of the Ministry of Railways

Rajya Sabha MP Ritabrata Banerjee’s supplementary question on the rationale behind the government’s decision to continue with pen-and-paper examinations for NEET and others despite committee recommendations to conduct in the online mode and initiatives to safeguard the process against potential malpractices

Rajya Sabha MP Saket Gokhale’s supplementaries, to his starred question, on the denotification of five villages by the government for the Great Nicobar Island Development Project and its response to the Great Nicobar tribal council’s letter withdrawing NOC for the project, and a request to the government to table the submissions, including the objections, to the empowered committee for the project

MP Derek O’Brien, AITC Parliamentary Party Leader in Rajya Sabha, through an Intervention, demands a discussion under Rule 176 on the duplication of EPIC voter identity cards

Rajya Sabha MP Ritabrata Banerjee’s speech during the Discussion on the Working of the Ministry of Education

Rajya Sabha MP Dola Sen’s supplementary question on the steps the government is taking to control food inflation, beyond short-term measures like duty cuts, and the update on the removal of GST from medical, life and other insurances

Rajya Sabha MP Prakash Chik Baraik’s speech on The Railways (Amendment) Bill, 2024

Rajya Sabha MP Sushmita Dev’s speech on The Railways (Amendment) Bill, 2024

Rajya Sabha MP Dola Sen’s supplementary question on the government’s efforts to promote MRO and aircraft component manufacturing in India

Rajya Sabha MP Sukhendu Sekhar Ray’s supplementary question on the government’s efforts to combat arsenic contamination of water in Bengal, an important reason for its occurrence being the unscientific sharing of Ganga water with a neighbouring country, thus specially affecting the border districts of Malda, Murshidaband, Nadia, North 24-Parganas and South 24-Parganas

Rajya Sabha MP Sagarika Ghose’s supplementaries to her starred question on why the Defence Ministry routinely challenges Armed Forces Tribunal judgments in favour of veterans with respect to disability pensions and on making the SPARSH portal more user-friendly for pensioners