Parliament Budget Session LIVE updates: Rajya Sabha to take up discussion on Transgender Persons Amendment Bill

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Nirmala Sitharaman is expected to reply to the treatment connected Finance Bill 2026 successful Lok Sabha to implicit the Budget process

Updated - March 25, 2026 10:50 americium IST

Rajya Sabha LoP Mallikarjun Kharge speaks successful the Upper House during the 2nd portion of the Budget Session of Parliament, successful New Delhi connected March 24, 2026. | Photo Credit: ANI

The Rajya Sabha connected Wednesday (March 25, 2026) is acceptable to instrumentality up the the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Amendment Bill, 2026, for information and passing. The measure was passed by the Lok Sabha yesterday by a dependable ballot amid an Opposition-led walkout.

Union Home Minister Amit Shah is scheduled to present the Central Armed Police Forces (General Administration) Bill, 2026, successful the Upper House.

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In Lok Sabha, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman is apt to reply to the treatment connected The Finance Bill, 2026. The measure seeks to springiness effect to the fiscal proposals of the Central Government for the fiscal twelvemonth 2026-2027. The House is besides scheduled to instrumentality up the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (Amendment) Bill, 2025.

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The Business Advisory Committee (BAC) successful the Lok Sabha connected Tuesday (March 24, 2026) held discussions connected ending the ongoing Budget league by March 28 arsenic the Assembly elections successful Assam, Kerala and Puducherry are hardly 2 weeks away. Sources claimed the authorities indicated that the Parliament “may instrumentality a interruption for the polls and reconvene again aft the elections are implicit by the extremity of April.” The 2nd portion of the Budget session, which started connected March 9, is scheduled to extremity connected April 2.

March 25, 2026 10:50
Parliament whitethorn instrumentality an aboriginal interruption for Assembly elections
The Business Advisory Committee (BAC) successful the Lok Sabha connected Tuesday (March 24, 2026) held discussions connected ending the ongoing Budget league by March 28 truthful that leaders tin run successful election-bound States.
The 2nd portion of the Budget session, which started connected March 9, is scheduled to extremity connected April 2. However, with Assembly elections successful Assam, Kerala and Puducherry hardly 2 weeks away, galore of the apical leaders and MPs from these States are engaged successful canvass run and person skipped parliamentary proceedings.
When the contented of an aboriginal adjournment was taken up, sources claimed the authorities indicated that it whitethorn not urge prorogation oregon formally extremity the session. “Instead, it [Parliament] whitethorn instrumentality a interruption for the polls and reconvene again aft the elections are implicit by the extremity of April,” an Opposition MP who attended the BAC gathering told The Hindu.
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March 25, 2026 10:48
Transgender Bill passed by dependable ballot successful Lok Sabha
Amidst an Opposition-led walkout, the Lok Sabha connected Tuesday (March 24, 2026) passed by dependable vote the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Amendment Bill, 2026, which proposes to region transgender people’s close to self-determination of gender, and introduces a clause for introspection by a aesculapian committee to find their gender.
Transgender rights groups, civilian nine leaders, and respective salient members of the assemblage condemned the passing of the Bill arsenic an “injustice”.
Transgender amendment measure passed by dependable ballot amid Opposition walk-out
The Lok Sabha passes a contentious Transgender Bill, sparking praise from the authorities and disapproval from absorption parties.