Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said the Covid crisis is not a political but a humanitarian issue and asserted that the government has ensured no one goes hungry during the pandemic.
The government is seriously considering introducing the bill in Parliament next week, the last week of the current monsoon session, in view of promises that it would be tabled in this session.
He sought to nix speculation that the Congress and the Shiv Sena-Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray were working on a 'Plan B' to contest the 2024 Lok Sabha polls without his faction of the Nationalist Congress Party.
The Election Commission's insistence on physical verification of millions of non-resident Indians wishing to get voting rights has led to delay in finalizing modalities for entry of their names in electoral rolls.
The Bharatiya Janata party on Monday said it has come into election mode and is ready for snap polls for which it has laid down a roadmap making good governance and development as its poll planks.
The Centre has also listed 24 bills, including the Cantonment Bill, the Multi-State Cooperative Societies (Amendment) Bill and the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (Amendment) Bill.
Kejriwal said the eight MPs were fighting for the rights of farmers without worrying about heat, mosquitoes or other inconveniences and have spent the night protesting in the Parliament complex.
A longstanding wish of millions of Non Resident Indians for voting right in India has come true with the Centre issuing a notification to this effect to enable them to exercise their franchise.Parliament had in the monsoon session passed the Representation of People (Amendment) Bill, 2010 to allow NRIs to vote in Indian elections and now government has issued a gazette notification in this regard.
A bill to amend a four-decade-old law, which proposes to allow Indian legal heirs to inherit the properties of relatives who migrated to Pakistan after Partition, was on Monday introduced in the Lok Sabha.
"In the UK, every judge delivers a judgments in maximum of three to four cases in a day. But in Indian courts, every judge on an average presides over 40 to 50 cases every day. Now I realise that they sit extra time...people expect quality judgment. Judges are also human beings," Rijiju said.
'People are blowing up their entire retirement fund; they are selling their land and house to spend on one day for a marriage.'
The government on Tuesday excuded confidence that the new Company Law, which promises greater shareholder democracy and stricter corporate governance norms, will be enacted by the end of this fiscal.
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Wednesday said the country is on an "upward curve" and a good monsoon, GST passage and increased infra and rural spending will further accelerate the growth.
The Communist Party of India-Marxist demanded tabling of a draft law to deal with honour killings in the monsoon session of Parliament, alleging that "political considerations" were downplaying the magnitude of such crimes. The party also criticised Home Minister P Chidambaram, saying he had a "flawed understanding" on having a separate comprehensive legislation on the issue.
The Centre on Thursday announced that a Group of Ministers will be formed to decide on the modalities of the Khap bill which seeks to strengthen laws against honour killing.The government's move indicates differences within the United Progressive Alliance over introducing stricter laws to deal with honour killings. Many senior leaders are apprehensive about such changes angering rural voters in Punjab and Haryana, where Khap panchayats wield immense clout.
A Cabinet reshuffle is likely by July 10, a fortnight before the monsoon session of Parliament begins. The Congress wants its allies like the Nationalist Congress Party, Trinamool Congress and the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam to hand over some of their high-profile and 'profitable' portfolios. The ruling party reportedly wants Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar to part with the food portfolio, so that it can be allotted to Congress's new found ally Ajit Singh.
During the meeting, the parties also decided to unitedly move forward in fielding a joint candidate for the post of deputy chairman of Rajya Sabha, which fell vacant after the retirement of P J Kurien on July 1.
Terming the joining of hands of civil society and government on the Lokpal Bill issue as a step that augurs well for democracy, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Saturday said the government intended to introduce the "historic legislation" in the Monsoon Session of Parliament.
The Bill's 2007 version covered only MFIs not regulated by the Reserve Bank of India.
Justice Bal Krishna Jha also issued a show cause notice to the DM and the SP of Siwan for letting the RJD MP stay in hospital while in police custody.
An amount of Rs 500 crore has already been paid on ad hoc basis on account of VVIP travel and evacuation flights carried out by the airline.
The government on Friday said the Lokpal Bill is ready and will be placed before the Union Cabinet for approval in its next meeting where a decision on whether to put the prime minister in its purview would be also taken.
It is expected that it will be "far better than Lok Sabha TV and will give competition to private channels in the 9 pm news segment".
The Congress will reach out to various parties in this regard.
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