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COVID-19 impact: In a first since 1947, Union Budget documents not to be printed this year
•All Members of Parliament will get soft copies of the budget and Economic Survey that contains an account of the state of the economy
Bill to reduce MP/minister salaries passed in Lok Sabha: A look at how much these cuts will help
Prachi Kaur And Mridhula Raghavan •The proposed reduction to the salaries and allowances of MPs and ministers amounts to savings of around Rs 54 crore.
Madhya Pradesh crisis another reminder that India's anti-defection law is rife with problems, needs serious rethink
Fppolitics •Critics say that the anti-defection law strips the MPs and MLAs of their independent moral compass or decision making powers as they are forced to toe the party line.
Parliament complex gears up against coronavirus, announces colour-coded passes, restrictions on visiting hours from 11 March
•In the wake of coronavirus outbreak, the movement of visitors and their entry into Parliament will be restricted when it reassembles after Holi on 11 March.
Lok Sabha panel cracks whip on ex-MPs overstaying at official bungalows, asks them to vacate residences within a week
•Former MPs overstaying at their official bungalows in Lutyens' Delhi, were ordered to vacate their residence by a Lok Sabha panel.
Speculations on Rahul Gandhi losing bungalow premature; decision to be taken only after Lok Sabha Speaker is selected
Shishir Tripathi •Any decision regarding the accommodation of Rahul Gandhi, or any other MP for that matter, will only be made after the Speaker of the Lok Sabha is selected.
JNU writes to Sumitra Mahajan, Venkaiah Naidu after some MPs participate in campus protest against dilution of reservation
•The protest meeting was called by the JNU Teachers' Association to resist dilution of reservations in public education which was attended by MPs Manoj Jha, Jitendra Choudhury and L Hanumanthaiah, among others.
Parliament Logjam Part 8: Anti-Defection Law must be curbed to empower legislature, promote deliberative democracy
Trina Roy •One of the immediate reforms needed to strengthen legislature is to limit Anti-Defection Law in Parliament to votes which affect stability of a government.
SC nod to setting up of 12 fast-track courts to try 1,581 criminal cases against members of Parliament
Ians •The Supreme Court on Thursday gave its go-ahead to set up 12 special fast-track courts to try 1,581 criminal cases against members of Parliament and state assemblies and directed that these courts become operational by 1 March, 2018.
British officials investigate cyberattack on UK Parliament following attempt to hack parliamentary user accounts
Fp Archives •British were investigating a cyberattack on the country’s Parliament after discovering “unauthorized attempts to access parliamentary user accounts.