NEW DELHI: On Wednesday in the Rajya Sabha, Prime Minister Narendra Modi is expected to respond to the Motion of Thanks to the President’s Address. On January 31, the first day of the budget session, President Droupadi Murmu spoke to both the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha together. On Monday, Prime Minister Modi responded to the Motion of Thanks to the President’s Address in the Lok Sabha. In his speech, he predicted that his administration will soon begin its third term and that the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) would gain 400 seats, with the Bharatiya Janata Party receiving 370 seats on its own. “A temple dedicated to Lord Ram was constructed, which will keep reviving India’s ancient customs. Our government’s third term is currently not far off. There are only 100 days remaining. ‘Abki baar 400 paar’ is the saying heard throughout the nation. I don’t look at statistics, but I can tell how the nation is feeling. PM Modi predicted that the BJP would win 370 seats and the NDA would surpass 400 seats. “370 was abolished, as we all witnessed. With the support of these several MPs’ votes, Article 370 was repealed in front of their eyes. In the second term, Nari Shakti Adhiniyam was enacted into law. The force of women’s emancipation is echoed in both space and the Olympics. People have witnessed years-long projects getting finished,” he continued. Following Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s speech today, a general discussion of the Union Interim Budget 2024–25 and the Jammu and Kashmir Interim Budget 2024–25 is scheduled to begin in the Upper House.A copy of the statement outlining the government’s response to the 62nd Report of the Department-related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Agriculture, Animal Husbandry and Food Processing, as well as the government’s response to the observations and recommendations in the Fifty-Third Report on ‘Demands for Grants (2023–24)’ of the Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying (Department of Fisheries), will also be placed on the table by Rajya Sabha MPs Harnath Singh Yadav and Ram Nath Thakur, in accordance with the House’s Schedule of Business.A copy of the findings from the Department-Related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Consumer Affairs, Food, and Public Distribution (2023–24) will be placed on the table by MPs Satish Chandra Dubey and Dr. Ashok Bajpai. the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution (Department of Consumer Affairs) is the subject of the thirty-ninth report of the Department-Related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution (2023–2024) on “Regulation of Weights and Measures with specific reference to Dispensing Machines at Fuel Stations”; and the Ministry of Consumer Affairs is the subject of the forty-fifth report of the Department-Related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution (2023–2024) on “Transforming Fair Price Shops” (Department of Consumer Affairs).Regarding the state of implementation of the recommendations in the 37th Report of the Department-related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Coal, Mines and Steel on “Import of Coal Trends and issue of self-reliance (2022-23)” pertaining to the Ministry of Coal, Union Minister of State Danve Raosaheb Dadarao will make a statement. The 10-day Budget Session, which started on January 31 and may end on February 9, will be divided into eight sittings.
