The Rajya Sabha has taken up discussion on the Appropriation Bill 2026. The Bill seeks to authorise payment and appropriation of certain further sums from and out of the Consolidated Fund of India for the services of the financial year 2025-26. The Lok Sabha already passed the bill last week.

 

Beginning the discussion, Shaktisinh Gohil of Congress raised the issue of LPG supply in the country in the wake of conflict in West Asia and the closing of the Strait of Hormuz. He also raised the issue of mandatory use of nano urea, alleging that farmers are being forced by dealers to buy nano urea along with fertilizers.