New Parliament Building Officially Designated as Parliament House of India

New Delhi: Through a Lok Sabha Secretariat notification, the new Parliament building was officially designated as the Parliament House of India.

The notification issued by the Lok Sabha Secretariat  read, “The Speaker, Lok Sabha, is pleased to notify the new building of Parliament situated in the precincts of the Parliament House on Plot Number 118, New Delhi, east of the existing Parliament House with Raisina road to the south and Red Cross road to the north, to be, hereon, designated as the Parliament House of India.”

On Monday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and parliamentarians of all parties bid farewell to the old Parliament building.

The special session of the Parliament commenced in the new building from Tuesday.