Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar said during a Rajya Sabha session on Friday that the farmers were being incited and farmers protest is concentrated to only one state. The Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan, on the other hand, said in Lok Sabha that “We’ve received requests for vaccine supply from 22 nations so far. Out of these, supply has already been made to 15 nations – as grant assistance as well as contract doses. 56 lakh doses given as grant assistance and 105 lakh as contracts doses.”
Both the houses saw opposition continue to protest against the three farm laws. The Budget Session of the Parliament commenced on January 29. Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presented the Union Budget for FY 2021-22 on February 1.
The session will end on April 8 and will be held in two parts. The first part started on January 29 and will conclude on February 13 while the second part will continue from March 8 to April 8.