Kathmandu [Nepal], May 21 (ANI): As rage against sexual misconduct against a beauty pageant participant continues to rise in Nepal, the Speaker of the House of Representatives has directed the government to take strict action after a thorough investigation of the issue.

New Delhi [India], March 29 (ANI): Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) received during the seven-and-a-half-year rule of the Narendra Modi government is 65 per cent higher than the inflow received during the ten-year rule of the Congress Party-led UPA government, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said on Tuesday.

New Delhi [India], March 24 (ANI): The Lok Sabha on Thursday passed the Appropriation Bill, 2022 authorising payments from the Consolidated Fund of India after demands for grants being guillotined for several ministries.

New Delhi Mar 24 PTI The Lok Sabha on Thursday passed the Demands for Grants and Appropriation Bill 2022 authorising the government to withdraw Rs 12243 lakh crore from the Consolidated Fund of India for its working as well as implementation of programmes and schemes for the fiscal beginning April 1 This completes two-thirds of the budgetary exercise by the Lok Sabha The Appropriation Bill authorising payment and appropriation of Rs 12243 lakh crore from the Consolidated Fund of India for 2022-23 was introduced by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman The bill was later approved by voice vote after rejecting several cut motions moved by opposition members The Lok Sabha earlier discussed demands for grants of different ministries including railways road transport and highways civil aviation commerce and industry and port shipping and waterways Speaker Om Birla later applied the guillotine after which all the outstanding demands for grants whether discussed or not were put to vote at once and passed After that the Appropriation Bill was taken into consideration and passed by the lower house of Parliament The Lok Sabha will now discuss the Finance Bill which essentially contains the governments tax proposals The budget exercise will complete with the passage of the Finance Bill Both appropriation and finance bills are classified as money bills which do not require the explicit consent of the Rajya Sabha The upper house only discusses them and returns the bills After the passage the Finance Bill enters the statute as the Finance Act and the final Budget gets approved While guillotine literally is a large weighted blade used for executing a condemned person in legislative parlance to guillotine means to bunch together and fast-track the passage of financial business It is a fairly common procedural exercise in the Lok Sabha during the Budget Session After the Budget is presented Parliament goes into recess for about three weeks during which the House Standing Committees examine demands for grants for various ministries and prepare reports After Parliament reassembles time is allotted for discussions on the demands for grants of some ministries PTI JD CS MR

New Delhi Mar 24 PTI The Lok Sabha on Thursday passed the Demands for Grants and Appropriation Bill 2022 authorising the government to withdraw funds from the Consolidated Fund of India for its working as well as implementation of programmes and schemes for the fiscal beginning April 1 This completes two-thirds of the budgetary exercise by the Lok Sabha The Appropriation Bill authorising payment and appropriation of specified sums from the Consolidated Fund of India for 2022-23 was introduced by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman The bill was later approved by voice vote after rejecting several cut motions moved by opposition members The Lok Sabha earlier discussed demands for grants of different ministries including railways road transport and highways civil aviation commerce and industry and port shipping and waterways Speaker Om Birla later applied the guillotine after which all the outstanding demands for grants whether discussed or not were put to vote at once and passed After that the Appropriation Bill was taken into consideration and passed by the lower house of Parliament The Lok Sabha will now discuss the Finance Bill which essentially contains the governments tax proposals The budget exercise will complete with the passage of the Finance Bill Both appropriation and finance bills are classified as money bills which do not require the explicit consent of the Rajya Sabha The upper house only discusses them and returns the bills After the passage the Finance Bill enters the statute as the Finance Act and the final Budget gets approved While guillotine literally is a large weighted blade used for executing a condemned person in legislative parlance to guillotine means to bunch together and fast-track the passage of financial business It is a fairly common procedural exercise in the Lok Sabha during the Budget Session After the Budget is presented Parliament goes into recess for about three weeks during which the House Standing Committees examine demands for grants for various ministries and prepare reports After Parliament reassembles time is allotted for discussions on the demands for grants of some ministries PTI JD CS MR

New Delhi [India], March 24 (ANI): The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has issued a whip to all its members in Lok Sabha, asking them to be present in the House today.

Kathmandu [Nepal], September 20 (ANI): The Government of Nepal has planned to table an appropriation bill for endorsement in the lower house on Monday morning amid protest from the opposition.

Kathmandu [Nepal], September 14 (ANI): Budget holiday or inability of the Government of Nepal to spend from the state treasury is likely as the parliament fails to pass the Appropriation Bill related to budget within the scheduled date.