Vajpayee gave this assurance when agitated women members of the Upper House confronted him soon after Question Hour.
With the Budget Session starting on stormy note due to disruptions by Opposition on the issue of price rise and rail fare hike, the Parliamentary Affairs Minister said the government was ready to discuss all issues including price rise but under appropriate rules.
Batra Hospitality Private Ltd broke no ground rules while disposing off its shareholding in Centaur Hotel Mumbai to Sahara Group, Lok Sabha was informed on Wednesday.
The government has taken action against 28 manufacturers of packaged drinking water and natural mineral water for deviating from prescribed specifications, Lok Sabha was informed on Friday.
Left party members in Rajya Sabha were on their feet on Thursday demanding an assurance from the government that permanent jobs would not be brought under contract.
The government said on Tuesday that the total default of public sector undertakings towards their workers stood at Rs 2082 crore (Rs 20.82 billion) and it was taking steps for redressing the grievances of the employees.\n\n\n\n
The BSP chief who raised the issue of anti-Dalit violence in Saharanpur in Uttar Pradesh walked out of the Upper House, prompting protests and an adjournment.
Before growing 2.8 per cent in latest April-September period, IIP had seen negative growth of 0.1 per cent in 2013-14 period.
The government on Thursday ruled out the possibility of privatising postal services in the country.\n\n\n\n
Parliamentary Affairs Minister Ananth Kumar said the government is ready for a discussion on the issue of alleged financial irregularities in the banking sector and Finance Minister Arun Jaitley will reply to the debate.
The total loans outstanding on government account to the world financial bodies and on bilateral assistance stood at $41.57 billion as on July this year, Lok Sabha was informed on Friday.
The government on Thursday sought to erase the impression that the hike in tariffs for telecom services has been made to favour cellular and private WLL operators patronised by business and upper segments of society.
The government will take up the issue of decontrol of gas price at the time of framing a long-term Gas Pricing Policy, Petroleum Minister Ram Naik informed the Rajya Sabha on Tuesday.
Asserting that the reports regarding a run on ICICI Bank a few weeks ago was more of a panic reaction, Finance Minister Jaswant Singh on Tuesday gave a clean chit to the institution, describing it as a reputed and profit-making bank.
Replying to supplementaries during the Question Hour in Rajya Sabha, Minister of State for Agriculture, Hukum Dev Narain said all efforts would be made to achieve the foodgrain production target of 220 million tonnes set for this year.
BPO is going to generate employment in all small cities.
The government will set up three refineries in Paradip, Bathinda and Bina during the Tenth Plan period which would increase the crude refining capacity by 24 million tonne, Petroleum Minister Ram Naik said.
The goverment has found serious irregularities in the functioning of the National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (Nabard), Finance Minister Jaswant Singh said in the Rajya Sabha Tuesday.
Rejecting the Opposition demand for a JPC probe into demat share scam, the Government Tuesday said SEBI was examining the matter and strictest possible action would be taken against those involved in the irregularities.
The government has permitted foreign banks to open a maximum of 18 branches in the country, which are situated mostly in urban and metropolitan centres, the Lok Sabha was informed on Friday.
The government told the Rajya Sabha on Thursday that Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited and Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited would not be privatised in the near future.\n\n\n\n
India is poised to become a leading software exporter in the next five years with its software exports expected to touch $50 billion by 2008.\n\n\n\n\n\n
Deputy Prime Minister L K Advani said the only difficulty is the Portuguese government's policy of not allowing extradition of any person to a country, which has a capital punishment.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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