RAS question
When was the special discussion on Operation Sindoor held in the Lok Sabha as per the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs Year End Review 2025?
Correct answer: (D) July 28-29, 2025.
The special discussion on Operation Sindoor in the Lok Sabha was held on 28 and 29 July 2025.
Explanation
The Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs release on the Monsoon Session, 2025 identifies the Operation Sindoor discussion as a special discussion linked to India's response to the terrorist attack in Pahalgam. It records that this discussion was held in the Lok Sabha on 28 and 29 July 2025, while the Rajya Sabha took it up on 29 and 30 July 2025. The Lok Sabha date pair is therefore 28 and 29 July 2025. The same release also places the event within the Monsoon Session, which began on 21 July 2025 and was adjourned sine die on 21 August 2025, so the late-July Lok Sabha date pair is correct, not the session opening dates or any August dates.
Why the other options are wrong
- (A) June 15-16, 2025 is outside the Monsoon Session timeline in the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs release, and the Lok Sabha discussion was held on 28 and 29 July 2025.
- (B) July 21-22, 2025 is not the Lok Sabha discussion date; the Monsoon Session commenced on 21 July, but the Operation Sindoor discussion came later.
- (C) August 5-6, 2025 is not the Lok Sabha discussion date for Operation Sindoor; the Lok Sabha took up the discussion on 28 and 29 July.
Concept
Parliament session proceedings from official Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs releases are important for governance current affairs. RAS often asks such governance-current-affairs questions because they link recent parliamentary business with institutional facts about Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha.