Parliament Budget Session LIVE: Both Houses adjourned for the day

FM Niramala Sitharaman introduces 2 Bills connected Wednesday. 

Ms. Sitharaman introduces a Bill to authorise outgo and appropriation ofcertain sums from and retired of the Consolidated Fund of India for the services of the fiscal twelvemonth 2026-27. 

The Minister besides moves that the Bill to authorise outgo and appropriation of definite sums from and retired of the Consolidated Fund of India for the services of the fiscal twelvemonth 2026-27, beryllium taken into consideration. 

Union Agriculture Minister connected Wednesday tells Lok Sabha that the Union authorities is moving hard to marque the process of workplace loans casual and accessible to each farmers. 

“The Government is making efforts continuously to summation the income of farmers,” helium adds. 

The authorities is besides making definite lone apical prime seeds participate the market, the Minister says. “The authorities would not fto inferior seeds participate the system, and adjacent if they did, they would beryllium identified. We volition curb the merchantability of substandard seeds,” helium adds.

Speaking successful the Lok Sabha connected Wednesday, Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan says the Central authorities has made tremendous allocation to agriculture successful the Union Budget. 

“The allocation is unprecedented,” helium says. 

The agriculture assemblage has got a 2.6% boost successful the Union Budget, translating to an further ₹3,000 crore successful examination to the erstwhile year’s allocation, days aft the Economic Survey pointed to a alteration successful cultivation maturation successful the country. 

Continuing the treatment and voting connected the request for grants nether the power of the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Maharashtra RLP MP Hanuman Beniwal urged the authorities to waive disconnected the full indebtedness magnitude of farmers to easiness their pressure. 

Mr. Beniwal besides asked the authorities to analyse the monolithic ‘scam’ that’s happening nether PM Fasal Bima Yojana. 

MPs successful Rajya Sabha proceed to springiness their speeches to bid farewell to retiring MPs and laud their tenure successful the House. 

59 MPs from 20 States are acceptable to discontinue from the Upper House from April to July arsenic their word ends. 

Rajya Sabha elections were held connected March 16 to capable 37 seats crossed 10 States. Out of the 37 seats, 26 candidates were elected unopposed.

The Lok Sabha extended the tenure of the parliamentary committee examining Bills that question to present simultaneous polls to the Lok Sabha and authorities legislative assemblies till the Monsoon session.

P.P. Chaudhary, chairmain of the Joint Committee of Parliament examining the Bills seeking to present simultaneous polls to the Lok Sabha and authorities assemblies, moved a question seeking hold of the tenure of the panel.

He sought an hold of the tenure of the Joint Committee connected the Constitution (129th Amendment) Bill, 2024, and the Union Territories Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2024, up to the archetypal time of the past week of the 2026 monsoon session.

The Lok Sabha adopted the question by a dependable vote.

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Punjab Congress MP Charanjit Singh Channi, during the treatment and voting connected request for grants nether the power of the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, urged the authorities to resoluteness issues nether the respective schemes for farmers. Pointing to the issues nether Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana, helium insisted the authorities should besides connection compensation successful lawsuit of conveyance nonaccomplishment too. 

Farmers person fixed India nutrient security, but the husbandman himself hasn’t been capable to attain income security, Mr. Channi said.

Highlighting that the fund for agriculture has been decreasing year-on-year, Mr. Channi alleged that it feels similar the authorities has a occupation with farmers. 

“You introduced 3 anti-farmer Farm Laws which were withdrawn aft agitation. Now you person gone and signed an statement with the U.S. nether which you volition crush the farmers. At slightest you should person told america astir the agreement. An statement that has been signed by India’s government, we get its accusation from America,” Mr. Channi added. 

You person sold the country, Mr. Channi alleged. 

As Rajya Sabha MPs continued their code to the House bidding their farewells to the 59 MPs who are acceptable to discontinue from April to June, they urged the authorities to summation the moving hours of the Parliament to summation its effectiveness and absorption connected the issues of the communal man. The MPs besides submitted demands for a stronger attendance successful the Parliament. 

Addressing the House earlier, Leader of Opposition Mallikarjun Kharge urged the Prime Minister to fto the Parliament tally for longer, and to enactment for much sessions. 

Similarly, Andhra Pradesh YSRCP MP Ayodhya Rami Reddy Alla submitted to the Chair that Parliament indispensable clasp predominant sessions to sermon issues to summation its effectiveness. He besides urged the Chair to look into the debased attendance issues successful the House. 

Lok Sabha MPs continued their treatment connected the demands for grants nether the power of the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare. 

Haryana Congress MP Jai Parkash questioned the Ministry connected what it has done for the farmers of Haryana, alleging that the BJP is anti-farmer. 

Rajasthan BJP MP Dushyant Singh praised Prime Minister Narendra for his efforts to uplift the farmers of the country. He hailed the allocation of ₹63,500 crore to PM-KISAN scheme, retired of which astir ₹6,000 crore is deposited straight into the slope accounts of farmers. 

“Vichaar-dhara bhi kuch hoti hai (Ideology is besides something),” Priyanka Gandhi Vadra said, connected Assam MP Pradyut Bordoloi’s resignation from the Congress Party. 

Mr. Bordoloi joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) successful the beingness of Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma and Assam BJP president Dilip Saikia successful New Delhi connected Wednesday (March 18, 2026).

Mr. Bordoloi clarified that the resignation stemmed from “multiple issues” arsenic opposed to a singular summons allocation for the Assam Assembly elections.

Members successful the Rajya Sabha continued their code to the Upper House of the Parliament connected Wednesday (March 18, 2026). 

“...It is precise uncomfortable the mode helium conducts himself, helium should spot the behaviour and behaviour of his sister, which is precise good...Rahul Gandhi himself is simply a shame...,” BJP MP Kangana Ranaut said implicit the missive seeking Rahul Gandhi’s apology. 

More than 200 retired equipped forces officers, erstwhile civilian servants, including diplomats, and lawyers connected Tuesday (March 17, 2026) demanded that the Leader of the Opposition successful the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, apologise to the nation, alleging that his behaviour wrong the Parliament analyzable was successful “violation of decorum and organization dignity”.

“... Because of the cognition of the Congress party, helium had to resign. There is nary interior democracy; their moving benignant is not aligned with antiauthoritarian principles, nor bash they amusement religion successful the Constitution. Therefore, immoderate national who believes successful ideology cannot basal with Congress, nor enactment for it...,” BJP Leader and RS MP Deepak Prakash says connected the resignation of Congress Leader Pradyut Bordoloi. 

Lok Sabha continues treatment and voting connected the Demands for Grants nether the power of the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare for 2026-27.

The Lower House of the Parliament connected Wednesday (March 18, 2026), took up reports connected Standing Committee connected Health and Family Welfare. 

The Lok Sabha past took up a question regarding the study of the Joint Committee connected the Constitution (One 100 and twenty-ninth Amendment) Bill 2024 and the Union Territories Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2024. 

The House besides took up a treatment and voting connected the demands for grants nether the power of Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers payment 2026-27. 

Deputy Chairman of the Rajya Sabha Harivansh Narayan Singh, aft LoP Mallikarjun Kharge, addressed the Upper House and bid farewell to the 59 retiring MPs. Mr. Harivansh is himself among the 59 MPs who are retiring and volition not beryllium returning to the House. 

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Leader of Opposition and Congress MP Mallikarjun Kharge connected Wednesday (March 18, 2026) bid farewell to retiring MPs successful the Rajya Sabha. Mr. Kharge made his remarks successful the House aft the Prime Minister’s address. 

“Those successful politics, nationalist life, neither get bushed nor discontinue for the passionateness to service the country...:, Mr. Kharge said. 

The LoP mentioned that helium has known H.D. Deve Gowda for much than 54 years, but didn’t cognize ‘what happened to him later’. 

“Wo mohabbat humare saath kiye, shadi Modi sahab ke sath (He loved us, but joined Modi)”, Mr. Kharge said.

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi successful the Rajya Sabha bid farewell to retiring MPs, addressing the House connected the ‘valuable contributions’ of respected members similar H.D. Deve Gowda, Mallikarjun Kharge, and Sharad Pawar. 

“These are elder leaders who person spent much than fractional of their lives successful parliamentary functioning. Even aft specified agelong experience, caller members of Parliament should larn from them, however to travel to the House with dedication, lend arsenic overmuch arsenic possible, and stay afloat committed to the responsibilities fixed by society,” Mr. Modi said. 

The Prime Minister added that helium ‘wholeheartedly appreciates their contributions’ and highlighted that their agelong tenures were highly significant. 

Mr. Modi besides bid farewell to Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairman Harivansh Singh, and Ramdas Athawale. 

“Deputy president Harivansh Narayan Singh is leaving the House, helium has often handled crisis. Ramdas Athawale is an evergreen personality, helium whitethorn beryllium leaving but nary 1 volition miss him due to the fact that helium volition support everyone engaged extracurricular with his humour,” the PM said. 

Bidding farewell to the retiring MPs successful the Rajya Sabha, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that everyone successful the House has made important contributions to the galore issues discussed. 

“There are besides immoderate bitter and saccharine experiences on the way. However, erstwhile specified an juncture arises, it is earthy that we emergence supra enactment lines and a communal sentiment emerges among each of america — that our colleagues are present moving guardant for immoderate different important responsibilities,” Mr. Modi said. 

Noting that galore members are retiring from the Upper House to return, and galore are ‘leaving with acquisition they person gained’, the Prime Minister said, “To those who are leaving and whitethorn not instrumentality to this House, I would similar to accidental that successful authorities determination is nary afloat stop.”

Prime Minister Narendra Modi bid farewell to the Members of Parliaments who are acceptable to discontinue connected completion of their terms. 59 MPs from 20 States are acceptable to discontinue from the Upper House. 

Elections for the Rajya Sabha were held connected March 16. 

The Rajya Sabha began its proceedings for the time connected Wednesday (March 18, 2026) with the laying of committee reports. 

The Upper House past bid farewell to MPs who volition beryllium retiring successful the months from April to July connected completion of their terms. There are a full of 59 MPs from 20 States who volition discontinue from the Rajya Sabha. 

The Lok Sabha began its proceedings for the time connected Wednesday (March 18, 2026) with a 2-minute soundlessness to wage a tribute to Dr. Kavuru Sambasiva Rao, who died connected March 11. 

The Lok Sabha connected Tuesday (March 17, 2026) revoked with contiguous effect the suspension of 8 absorption members who were barred from the House connected February 3 for “unruly” behaviour, with Speaker Om Birla stressing that determination should beryllium nary show of placards, posters, photos oregon AI-generated images wrong the House oregon successful the Parliament complex.

Congress subordinate K. Suresh requested the House to see the revocation of the 8 absorption members, saying immoderate had happened successful the House was regrettable, and that his enactment was acceptable to cooperate successful the creaseless functioning of the House.

Following the submissions by respective absorption members, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju said determination was a request to gully a “Laxman Rekha” for the creaseless functioning of the House, which some treasury and absorption benches agreed to.

Speaker Birla said determination is simply a request to guarantee that nary placards, posters, photos oregon AI-generated images are displayed successful the House oregon wrong the Parliament complex.

Mr. Birla said that everyone is of the sentiment that proceedings successful Parliament of the world’s largest ideology should beryllium creaseless and everyone should cooperate.

Mr. Rijiju past moved a question to region the suspension of 7 Congress MPs and 1 CPI-M member, which was adopted by a dependable vote.

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Allocations to agrarian improvement projects accrued nether the Narendra Modi authorities erstwhile compared with the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government, Union Rural Development Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan said portion replying to a statement successful the Rajya Sabha connected the moving of his Ministry connected Tuesday (March 17, 2026). While the Congress accused others of forgetting Mahatma Gandhi, nether its regime, astir projects were named aft members of the Nehru family, Mr. Chouhan said.

The Congress lacked argumentation clarity, leadership, and intent, Mr. Chouhan said. The protests against the alteration successful the sanction of MGNREGA (Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act) to VB-G RAM G [Viksit Bharat-Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin)] Act did not win arsenic the state was not lasting with them, helium said.

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Member of Lok Sabha and the Standing Committee connected Petroleum and Natural Gas, Janardan Singh Sigriwal, presented the seventh study connected ‘Demands for Grants (2026-27)’ for the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas successful the Lok Sabha.

The study emphasises the request for prudent budgeting, asking the Ministry to follow dependable forecasting models to minimise variations successful money allocations and trim last-minute surrenders oregon adjustments. It further recommends enhanced budgetary enactment for superior expenditure, noting that specified spending creates long-lived nationalist assets and drives economical maturation and employment. The Committee suggests utilizing authorities enactment for infrastructure-led concern arsenic a superior operator for semipermanent expansion.

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More than 200 retired equipped forces officers, erstwhile civilian servants, including diplomats, and lawyers connected Tuesday (March 17, 2026) demanded that the Leader of the Opposition successful the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, apologise to the nation, alleging that his behaviour wrong the Parliament analyzable was successful “violation of decorum and organization dignity”.

The signatories, successful an unfastened letter, said Mr. Gandhi’s actions connected March 12 were successful “deliberate defiance of the Chair”, and showed disregard for parliamentary authority. They said the Opposition led by Mr. Gandhi disregarded the Speaker’s explicit instructions.

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The Centre is committed to expanding affordable obstruction question and improving entree for lower-income passengers done subsidies and capableness additions, including the instauration of Amrit Bharat trains, Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said successful Parliament connected Tuesday (March 17, 2026).

Replying to a treatment connected the Demands for Grants for Railway Ministry successful Budget 2026, which was passed successful Lok Sabha connected Tuesday, Mr. Vaishnaw said, “General and sleeper people coaches relationship for astir 70% of Indian Railways’ full capacity. In 2024-2025, astir 1,250 further wide coaches were added, and 860 person been added successful the existent fiscal.”

The Minister besides underlined the Centre’s propulsion for affordable long-distance question done Amrit Bharat trains, which, helium said, assistance screen a travel of astir 1,000 km astatine a fare of astir ₹450. 

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