1. The new Parliament building, whose foundation stone was laid by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on December 10, will likely be ready by 2022.
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2. Rs 861 crore to be spent for the construction of the building and it will directly involve 2,000 people and indirectly involve 9,000 people.
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3. Tata Projects Limited won the bid to construct the new Parliament building, close to the existing one, at a cost of Rs 861.90 crore under the Central Vista redevelopment project in September this year.
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4. The new building will have an area of 64,500 square metres, the new building will be earthquake resistant.
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5. An adjacent building, which will come upon the site of Shram Shakti Bhavan, will have rooms for all MPs and will be connected via an underpass.
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6. As many as 1,224 MPs can sit together in the building, while a new office complex for all MPs of both the houses would be built at the site of the existing Shram Shakti Bhawan.
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7. MPs will be seated in two-seater benches, which can accommodate three in case of joint sessions, in a horseshoe pattern in front of the Speaker.
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