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One Nation, One Election: A Transformative Electoral Idea India`s Electoral Evolution: `One Nation, One Election The concept of "One Nation, One Election" has gained significant attention in India's political landscape as a means to streamline the electoral process, reduce costs, and ensure continuity in governance. Spearheaded by a committee led by former President Ram Nath Kovind, this initiative seeks to synchronize the timing of Lok Sabha (national parliament) and state assembly elections across India. This article delves into the background, features, significance, challenges, and pot...
One Nation, One Election: A Transformative Electoral Idea India`s Electoral Evolution: `One Nation, One Election
One Nation, One Election: A Transformative Electoral Idea India`s Electoral Evolution: `One Nation, One Election
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8/09/2023 3:50:24 PM
Industry hails passing of historic data protection bill Leading industry leaders and stakeholders hailed the passing of Digital Personal Data Protection Bill (DPDP) 2023 by the Parliament as it secured the Rajya Sabha's nod on Wednesday, terming it a “watershed moment”. Nasscom said this marks a significant leap forward for India to establish a robust framework for personal data protection and build India as a trusted data destination. Ensuring comprehensive data protection is paramount for accelerating India’s digital ...
Industry hails passing of historic data protection bill
Industry hails passing of historic data protection bill
Source: IANS
10/08/2023 9:39:53 AM
Centre to seek Lok Sabha approval for passage of Forest Conservation Amendment Bill today The central government will try to get Lok Sabha's approval for the passage of the Forest Conservation Amendment Bill, 2023 on Wednesday. The proposed legislation aims to amend the Forest Conservation Act of 1980, which was brought in to prevent exploitation of India's forest reserves and gave powers to the Central government to compensate adequately for any land used for non-forest purposes.    The Act also covers that land, which is not officially classified as fo...
Centre to seek Lok Sabha approval for passage of Forest Conservation Amendment Bill today
Centre to seek Lok Sabha approval for passage of Forest Conservation Amendment Bill today
Source: IANS
26/07/2023 9:54:33 AM
Banks need to deal with poor loan defaulters in sensitive, humane way: FM Nirmala Sitharaman Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday said in Lok Sabha through an intervention that all banks whether public or private have been instructed through RBI to deal with poor farmers in a humane and sensitive manner on the issue of repayment of missed loan instalments. During Question Hour as Minister of State for Finance Bhagwat Karad was replying to a question by a Shiv Sena member on harsh tactics undertaken by banks while dealing with poor loan defaulters, Sitharaman interve...
Banks need to deal with poor loan defaulters in sensitive, humane way: FM Nirmala Sitharaman
Banks need to deal with poor loan defaulters in sensitive, humane way: FM Nirmala Sitharaman
Source: IANS
24/07/2023 2:01:08 PM
Reform momentum in India to pick up after Lok Sabha elections: S&P`s Director S&P Global Ratings Director Andrew Wood has said that reform momentum in India is likely to pick up only after the Lok Sabha elections next year and a little bit of boost to the expenditure in an election year would not adversely impact India's fiscal deficit target.  Wood stated ‘Our expectation is major reforms in the country are probably unlikely right up to the election cycle and until 2024 Parliamentary elections are over. After that perhaps, reform momentum could pick...
Reform momentum in India to pick up after Lok Sabha elections: S&P`s Director
Reform momentum in India to pick up after Lok Sabha elections: S&P`s Director
Source: Accord Fintech
20/07/2023 10:26:22 AM
Yogi Adityanath to fill up posts in commissions, boards, corporations soon  The Yogi Adityanath government in Uttar Pradesh is finally gearing up to fill in vacant posts in various boards, commissions and corporations of the state. More than 20,000 BJP functionaries and workers are likely to find a place in these posts. The move will be executed by the Yogi Adityanath government in due consultation with the state BJP leadership and is designed at appeasing party workers and ticket aspirants, ahead of the Lok Sabha elections, due next year. According to...
Yogi Adityanath to fill up posts in commissions, boards, corporations soon
Yogi Adityanath to fill up posts in commissions, boards, corporations soon
Source: IANS
29/05/2023 5:08:19 PM
Ragneeti Raghav Chadha Parineeti get engaged at a glittering ceremony On a day he would have loved to be in Jalandhar to celebrate the Aam Aadmi Party's return to the Lok Sabha via the byelection caused by its former Congress MP's death, Raghav Chadha got engaged to Bollywood actress Parineeti Chopra, better known as the sister of Priyanka Chopra Jonas. It was a hot Saturday afternoon, yet the normally somnolent Kapurthala House -- once the sprawling Delhi home of Kapurthala's Maharaja Paramjit Singh and now the official residence of Punjab's...
Ragneeti Raghav Chadha Parineeti get engaged at a glittering ceremony
Ragneeti Raghav Chadha Parineeti get engaged at a glittering ceremony
Source: IANS
14/05/2023 8:51:33 AM
Not considering law to regulate Artificial intelligence growth in country The government is not considering bringing a law or regulating the growth of artificial intelligence (AI) in the country, as generative AI-based chatbots become a rage across the industry. In a reply to a question in Lok Sabha, the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) said it sees AI as a significant and strategic area for the country and technology sector. "AI will have a kinetic effect for the growth of entrepreneurship and business and the government is tak...
Not considering law to regulate Artificial intelligence growth in country
Not considering law to regulate Artificial intelligence growth in country
Source: IANS
6/04/2023 10:11:02 AM
Centre to introduce Forest (Conservation) Amendment Bill in Lok Sabha today The Centre on Wednesday will introduce the Forest (Conservation) Amendment Bill, 2023 in the Lok Sabha. Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav will introduce the Bill, which aims to amend the Forest (Conservation) Act, 1980. The Bill seeks to amend the Forest (Conservation) Act, 1980 whose sole aim has been to protect the forests of the country and prevent their conversion into agricultural lands, or grazing lands, or building of business or residential units. Under the Act, any propos...
Centre to introduce Forest (Conservation) Amendment Bill in Lok Sabha today
Centre to introduce Forest (Conservation) Amendment Bill in Lok Sabha today
Source: IANS
29/03/2023 9:47:22 AM
Centre to seek Lok Sabha nod for passing Competition Amendment Bille Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will Tuesday move the Competition (Amendment) Bill, 2022 in the Lok Sabha for consideration and passing. The Bill aims to amend the Competition Act, 2002 to expand the scope of cartel prosecution by bringing hybrid anti-competitive agreements (such as hub and spoke cartels) within its ambit to enable the Competition Commission of India to treat cartel facilitators (who actively participated) at par with the cartel participants. Environment Minister Bh...
Centre to seek Lok Sabha nod for passing Competition Amendment Bille
Centre to seek Lok Sabha nod for passing Competition Amendment Bille
Source: IANS
28/03/2023 11:05:44 AM
In a first, Akhilesh Yadav supports Rahul Gandhi In a move that could lead to political realignments in the coming months, Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Akhilesh Yadav has expressed solidarity with senior Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, who has been given a two-year jail term by a Gujarat court in a criminal defamation case for comments he made in Karnataka during the 2019 Lok Sabha elections. The court also granted him bail and suspended the sentence for 30 days to allow him to appeal in a higher court. Akhilesh, for the first time, has c...
In a first, Akhilesh Yadav supports Rahul Gandhi
In a first, Akhilesh Yadav supports Rahul Gandhi
Source: IANS
24/03/2023 9:11:11 AM
Government to seek Parliament's approval for union budget today Amid continued disruptions in proceedings of both houses of Parliament with both ruling BJP and opposition Congress refusing to climb down from their positions, the government will try to get the budget passed in Parliament on Thursday. While the Congress is seeking a joint parliamentary committee probe in the Adani matter, the BJP has disrupted proceedings, seeking Congress MP Rahul Gandhi's apology over his remarks on democracy in London. On Wednesday, the government had got the b...
Government to seek Parliament's approval for union budget today
Government to seek Parliament's approval for union budget today
Source: IANS
23/03/2023 11:40:09 AM
25,119 projects sanctioned by AIF, Rs 11,722 crore disbursed A total 25,119 projects of Rs 17,624 crore have been sanctioned from the Agriculture Infrastructure Fund (AIF) in the country and Madhya Pradesh has a maximum 5,567 projects worth Rs 4,275 crore, the Parliament was told on Tuesday. The total amount disbursed for the development of Infrastructure through the AIF stands at Rs 11,722 crore, Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar told the Lok Sabha in a written reply. AIF scheme benefits are being extended to all farmers of all types wit...
25,119 projects sanctioned by AIF, Rs 11,722 crore disbursed
25,119 projects sanctioned by AIF, Rs 11,722 crore disbursed
Source: IANS
22/03/2023 8:55:14 AM
Delhi: CNG prices rise 38%, LPG cylinder gets 22% costlier in last 1 Year The price of CNG has shot up by nearly 38 per cent while the price of an LPG cylinder increased by about 22 per cent in Delhi during the period of last one year. The comparative prices of CNG for Indraprastha Gas Limited (Delhi) were at Rs 57.01 per kg on March 1, 2022 and it increased to Rs 79.56 per kg on March 1 this year. Similarly, the price of a LPG cylinder (14.4 kg) was at Rs 899.50 on March 1, 2022 and it went up to Rs 1,103 by March 1. India imports more than 60 per cent of...
Delhi: CNG prices rise 38%, LPG cylinder gets 22% costlier in last 1 Year
Delhi: CNG prices rise 38%, LPG cylinder gets 22% costlier in last 1 Year
Source: IANS
17/03/2023 9:29:46 AM
Indian crude oil basket price rose 23% between December 2021-March 2023: Government The price of the Indian crude oil basket, in rupee per barrel terms, rose by 23 per cent from December 2021 to March 2023, but compared to this, the increase in retail selling price of petrol and diesel in Delhi has only been 1.08 per cent and 3.40 per cent, the Parliament was told on Thursday. Prices of petrol and diesel have not been increased by public sector oil marketing companies (OMCs) since April 6, 2022, despite record high international prices, Minister of State for Petroleum Ram...
Indian crude oil basket price rose 23% between December 2021-March 2023: Government
Indian crude oil basket price rose 23% between December 2021-March 2023: Government
Source: IANS
17/03/2023 9:22:33 AM
Centre to seek Parliament`s approval for 2nd batch of supplementary demands for grants The Centre on Tuesday will seek Parliament's approval for the second batch of supplementary demands for grants (2022-23). Through the demands for grants, the government plans to spend an additional Rs 1,48,133 crore for the remaining period of the current fiscal. The Lok Sabha will also take up for discussion and voting the supplementary demands for grants for the union territory of Jammu and Kashmir for 2023-24. The lower house will also take up for discussion and voting the sup...
Centre to seek Parliament`s approval for 2nd batch of supplementary demands for grants
Centre to seek Parliament`s approval for 2nd batch of supplementary demands for grants
Source: IANS
14/03/2023 9:01:59 AM
Trinamool to raise LIC, SBI and cooking gas price hike issues in Parliament Trinamool Congress is all set to corner the Centre in the upcoming Parliament session on several issues, including investments by SBI and LIC in private entities besides the recent hike in the cooking gas price. According to sources, the decision was taken at a closed-door meeting here on Wednesday evening. Chaired by West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, the meeting saw participation of party's national general secretary, Abhishek Banerjee and the party leaders in the Lok Sabha ...
Trinamool to raise LIC, SBI and cooking gas price hike issues in Parliament
Trinamool to raise LIC, SBI and cooking gas price hike issues in Parliament
Source: IANS
9/03/2023 10:49:12 AM
Information technology should be used to improve efficiency in governance: Om Birla Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla said on Thursday that the information technology should be used to improve efficiency in governance and for improving lives of people. Birla made remarks after inaugurating the two-day 19th annual conference of Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA) India region zone-III at Sikkim Legislative Assembly in Gangtok. Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairman Harivansh Narayan Singh, Speakers, legislators and officials from various State Legislative Assemblies are attendin...
Information technology should be used to improve efficiency in governance: Om Birla
Information technology should be used to improve efficiency in governance: Om Birla
Source: IANS
24/02/2023 1:05:06 PM
Exposure to top 10 borrowers from Scheduled Commercial Banks is Rs 12,71,604 cr The total exposure to top 10 borrowers from Scheduled Commercial Banks as reported in the Central Repository of Information on Large Credits (CRILC) database is Rs 12,71,604 crore, informed the Union Ministry of Finance in a written reply in the Lok Sabha on Monday. A large part of this exposure is from Public Sector Banks amounting to Rs 8,10,941 crore and from Private Sector Banks it is Rs 3,70,973 crore. As per inputs received from the RBI, in order to protect banks from risk, it has...
Exposure to top 10 borrowers from Scheduled Commercial Banks is Rs 12,71,604 cr
Exposure to top 10 borrowers from Scheduled Commercial Banks is Rs 12,71,604 cr
Source: IANS
6/02/2023 4:44:22 PM
Union Budget 2023-24: Centre likely to grant generous funds to poll-bound Karnataka The Central government is expected to announce generous funds and projects for the poll-bound Karnataka in the Union Budget 2023-24 which will be presented by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in Lok Sabha on Wednesday. Assembly elections in the state will be held in two months and Karnataka's ruling BJP is making all out efforts to return to power. Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Home Minister Amit Shah have called on people to support the double-engine government for the dev...
Union Budget 2023-24: Centre likely to grant generous funds to poll-bound Karnataka
Union Budget 2023-24: Centre likely to grant generous funds to poll-bound Karnataka
Source: IANS
1/02/2023 10:03:31 AM
Union Budget 2023-24: FM Nirmala Sitharaman reaches Rashtrapati Bhavan Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman reached Rashtrapati Bhavan to call on President Droupadi Murmu before presenting the Union Budget for 2023-24 in the Lok Sabha. The Finance Minister will also attend the Union cabinet meeting and then present the Budget around 11 a.m. Sitharaman will also lay a statement of the estimated receipts and expenditure of the government for 2023-24. The Finance Minister will also lay out statements of the Fiscal Responsibility and Budget Management...
Union Budget 2023-24: FM Nirmala Sitharaman reaches Rashtrapati Bhavan
Union Budget 2023-24: FM Nirmala Sitharaman reaches Rashtrapati Bhavan
Source: IANS
1/02/2023 9:28:53 AM
Telangana seeks funds in Union Budget for Railway projects The Telangana government has urged Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw to ensure adequate budgetary allocations to state railway projects in the Union Budget. In a letter to the Union Minister, state Industries and Commerce Minister K.T. Rama Rao highlighted severe discrimination being meted out to Telangana in budget allocation to various Railway projects. KTR, as the state minister is popularly known, stated that the Union government has been ignoring repeated pleas from the state gover...
Telangana seeks funds in Union Budget for Railway projects
Telangana seeks funds in Union Budget for Railway projects
Source: IANS
31/01/2023 1:40:05 PM
Nirmala Sitharaman to present economic survey for 2022-23 in Parliament today Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday will present the Economic Survey (2022-23) in Parliament. She will lay the document in the Lok Sabha after the conclusion of President Droupadi Murmu's address to both Houses of Parliament. Tuesday is the first day of the Budget session of Parliament. Apart from this, a copy of the President's address will also be laid in the Lok Sabha. Obituary references will be made for sitting and former members of the Lok Sabha, who passe...
Nirmala Sitharaman to present economic survey for 2022-23 in Parliament today
Nirmala Sitharaman to present economic survey for 2022-23 in Parliament today
Source: IANS
31/01/2023 9:15:58 AM
Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla launches Jio True 5G in Kota  Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla launched Jio True 5G services in Kota on Tuesday. Kota becomes the sixth city in the state to get Jio True 5G services, after Nathdwara, Jaipur, Jodhpur, Udaipur, and Bikaner. In the next couple of months, Jio True 5G services will be available in Ajmer, Bhilwara, Alwar, Sikar, And Ganganagar as well. It is likely that by the end of 2023, every town, taluka and tehsil of Rajasthan will have Jio True 5G coverage. The transformational benefits of 5G and th...
Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla launches Jio True 5G in Kota
Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla launches Jio True 5G in Kota
Source: IANS
25/01/2023 9:53:46 AM
Employment generation, inclusive growth to be budget focus: CARE Ratings survey Majority of the respondents of CARE Ratings pre-budget survey were of the view that the focus of the current NDA government's final full budget before the Lok Sabha polls will be on employment generation and inclusive growth. Despite the global headwinds, the Indian economy is expected to grow by seven per cent in FY23, states a pre-budget survey conducted by credit rating agency CARE Ratings. Ahead of the current NDA government's final full budget before the Lok Sabha elections...
Employment generation, inclusive growth to be budget focus: CARE Ratings survey
Employment generation, inclusive growth to be budget focus: CARE Ratings survey
Source: IANS
24/01/2023 4:01:21 PM
India on top gear in its drive to achieve ambitious 2030 milestones  Despite some initial hiccups, the EV penetration in India is slowly but steadily increasing, especially in the e-scooter segment. Now, the four-wheeler manufacturers have also joined the bandwagon, pushing Indias aim to significantly cut the dependency on traditional fuels and internal combustion engine-driven vehicles by 2030. By 2030, the government expects the EV sales penetration to be 30 per cent for private automobiles, 70 per cent for commercial vehicles, and 80 per cent for t...
India on top gear in its drive to achieve ambitious 2030 milestones
India on top gear in its drive to achieve ambitious 2030 milestones
Source: IANS
22/01/2023 2:57:57 PM
Prime Minister Narendra Modi roadshow to precede BJP National Executive meeting in Delhi today Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to hold a roadshow from Patel Chowk to the NDMC convention centre, the venue for the BJP National Executive meeting that gets underway on Monday. Scheduled for a 4 p.m start, the meeting will conclude by 4 p.m. on Tuesday. It happens to be the first big meeting of this new and fully packed year for the BJP. The meeting is expected to endorse an extension of tenure for party national president J.P. Nadda and deliberate on its strategy for Assembly and ...
Prime Minister Narendra Modi roadshow to precede BJP National Executive meeting in Delhi today
Prime Minister Narendra Modi roadshow to precede BJP National Executive meeting in Delhi today
Source: IANS
16/01/2023 11:43:15 AM
Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai meets Union Home Minister Amit Shah in Delhi to discuss Karnataka Cabinet expansion Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Monday met Union Home Minister Amit Shah at his residence in the national capital to discuss some key issues including the Karnataka Cabinet expansion. According to a source, issues related to the upcoming Assembly elections in Karnataka, Lok Sabha polls and Karnataka Cabinet expansion would be discussed during the meeting between the two Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders. The meeting between Bommai and Shah lasted over four hours. &quo...
Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai meets Union Home Minister Amit Shah in Delhi to discuss Karnataka Cabinet expansion
Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai meets Union Home Minister Amit Shah in Delhi to discuss Karnataka Cabinet expansion
Source: IANS
27/12/2022 11:24:29 AM
Government keeping watch on inflation: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Wednesday said that the government is keeping an eye on price rise, which, she said, currently is "extraneous" due to prices of fuel and fertiliser. Responding to a discussion on Supplementary Demands for Grants in the Rajya Sabha, she said that wholesale price index (WPI) based inflation has slid to a 21-month low. Retail inflation also fell to a 10-month low of 5.88 per cent in November 2022, after remaining beyond the RBI's upper t...
Government keeping watch on inflation: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman
Government keeping watch on inflation: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman
Source: IANS
22/12/2022 10:15:51 AM
Electric Vehicles sales see spike in India, from 48,179 in 2020-21 to 4,42,901 in 2022-23 The sales of electric vehicles (EVs) in the country witnessed a surge in the last two years. While 48,179 EVs were sold in 2020-21, the firgures increased to 2,37,811 in 2021-22 and 4,42,901 in 2022-23 (till December 9). Minister of Heavy Industries, Mahendra Nath Pandey, said in a written reply in the Lok Sabha on Tuesday that the ministry has implemented a scheme titled 'Faster Adoption and Manufacturing of Electric Vehicles in India Phase II' (FAME India Phase II) to promote ado...
Electric Vehicles sales see spike in India, from 48,179 in 2020-21 to 4,42,901 in 2022-23
Electric Vehicles sales see spike in India, from 48,179 in 2020-21 to 4,42,901 in 2022-23
Source: IANS
21/12/2022 10:18:52 AM
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman says need to simplify refund process for depositors Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday accepted, in the Parliament that the process of recovering money by small depositors from bad debts is very complicated and lengthy, and there is a need to simplify it. Replying to a question by NCP member Supriya Sule during Question Hour in tnhe Lok Sabha on writing off of bad loans and their recovery and problems faced by depositors, Sitharaman said: "Unfortunately, the processes (of recovering money) are so layered that by the time jus...
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman says need to simplify refund process for depositors
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman says need to simplify refund process for depositors
Source: IANS
20/12/2022 9:42:55 AM
Spike in cesses, surcharges in Gross Tax revenue, 8.16 % in 2011-12 to 28.08% in 2021-22 Substantial rise in the share of cesses and surcharges in the country's gross tax revenue has been recorded over the years. The share of cesses and surcharges was 8.16 per cent of gross tax revenue in 2011-12 and 28.08 per cent of gross tax revenue in 2021-22, said the Ministry of Finance in a written reply in the Lok Sabha on Monday. The Ministry said that a major reason is the imposition of GST Compensation Cess, which is entirely used for payment of compensation to the states and...
Spike in cesses, surcharges in Gross Tax revenue, 8.16 % in 2011-12 to 28.08% in 2021-22
Spike in cesses, surcharges in Gross Tax revenue, 8.16 % in 2011-12 to 28.08% in 2021-22
Source: IANS
19/12/2022 1:40:11 PM
Appropriation bills to be introduced in Rajya Sabha on Monday Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will on Monday introduce The Appropriation (No 4 & 5) Bills, 2022, in the Rajya Sabha for consideration, and for returning to the Lok Sabha, where they have already been passed. The Appropriation (No 5) Bill, 2022, is 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 2022-2023. The Appropriation (No 4) Bill, 2022, is to provide for authorisation of a...
Appropriation bills to be introduced in Rajya Sabha on Monday
Appropriation bills to be introduced in Rajya Sabha on Monday
Source: IANS
18/12/2022 4:57:28 PM
Aam Aadmi Party`s National Council meets to discuss expansion plan After the Assembly elections in Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh and the civic body polls in Delhi, the Aam Aadmi Party has called the meeting of its National Council on Sunday to discuss the expansion plan here. All elected representatives of the AAP and its key office-bearers from various states will discuss the party's expansion plan. The Meeting will be chaired by national convenor and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal. All AAP's Rajya Sabha MPs along with Punjab Chief Minist...
Aam Aadmi Party`s National Council meets to discuss expansion plan
Aam Aadmi Party`s National Council meets to discuss expansion plan
Source: IANS
18/12/2022 12:13:49 PM
Capital outlay of nearly Rs 98K cr for expansion of airport infra in next 5 years The Airports Authority of India (AAI) and other airport developers have targeted capital outlay of nearly Rs 98,000 crore in the airport sector in the next five years for expansion and modification of existing terminals, new terminals and strengthening of runways, among other activities, the Parliament was told on Thursday. Minister of State for Civil Aviation, Gen V.K. Singh (retd) told the Lok Sabha, in a written reply, that upgradation or modernisation of airports' infrastructure is...
Capital outlay of nearly Rs 98K cr for expansion of airport infra in next 5 years
Capital outlay of nearly Rs 98K cr for expansion of airport infra in next 5 years
Source: IANS
16/12/2022 9:51:46 AM
Number of international airports in country rise to 30: Centre With six more airports being elevated or constructed, the number of international airports in the country has increased to 30 in the past seven years, the Lok Sabha was informed on Thursday. In a written reply, Minister of State, Civil Aviation V. K. Singh said that during the last seven years, four Greenfield airports -- Kannur in Kerala, Shirdi in Maharashtra, Kushinagar in Uttar Pradesh and Mopa in Goa -- have been constructed as international airports. Besides, two existing airports...
Number of international airports in country rise to 30: Centre
Number of international airports in country rise to 30: Centre
Source: IANS
15/12/2022 5:58:25 PM
Manish Tewari moves adjournment notice in Lok Sabha on Chinese transgressions Congress MP Manish Tewari on Wednesday gave an adjournment notice in the Lok Sabha on the issue of Chinese transgressions. "A detailed discussion on the grave situation at the border with China in the Tawang sector in Arunachal Pradesh. This is the first physical clash between the two armies since August 2020 which took place at Rinchen La in eastern Ladakh." The notice from Tewari says that the Defence Minister gave a statement. "However, there are crucial questions that...
Manish Tewari moves adjournment notice in Lok Sabha on Chinese transgressions
Manish Tewari moves adjournment notice in Lok Sabha on Chinese transgressions
Source: IANS
14/12/2022 3:15:33 PM
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman to reply on discussion over demands for grants in Lok Sabha Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Wednesday will reply to the discussion on the demands for grants for the current fiscal and demands for excess grants for 2019-20 in the Lok Sabha. She will also introduce the Appropriation Bills (Nos. 4 and 5) 2022 in the Lok Sabha to seek Parliament's nod for payment and appropriation of amounts from the Consolidated Funds of India for the current fiscal. The government would also seek to get the bills passed. Tribal Affairs Minister Arjun...
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman to reply on discussion over demands for grants in Lok Sabha
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman to reply on discussion over demands for grants in Lok Sabha
Source: IANS
14/12/2022 10:56:06 AM
Centre to seek Parliament`s nod on Appropriation Bills Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday will introduce the Appropriation Bills (Nos. 4 and 5) 2022 in the Lok Sabha to seek nod for the payment and appropriation of amounts from the Consolidated Funds of India for the current fiscal. The central government would also seek to get the bills passed. Tribal Affairs Minister Arjun Munda will introduce in the Lok Sabha The Constitution (Scheduled Tribes) Order (Second Amendment) Bill, 2022. The bill seeks to amend the Constitution (...
Centre to seek Parliament`s nod on Appropriation Bills
Centre to seek Parliament`s nod on Appropriation Bills
Source: IANS
13/12/2022 11:27:34 AM
Centre committed to paying GST compensation, says Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman  Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday assured the Parliament that the government is committed to paying GST compensation to states. Replying to a slew of questions by MPs cutting across party lines during Question Hour in Lok Sabha, she said: "Since its inception five years ago, (GST) compensation has been expected to be provided, which we are committed to and have been doing continuously." "If I were to go by month, the last month was June, when compensatio...
Centre committed to paying GST compensation, says Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman
Centre committed to paying GST compensation, says Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman
Source: IANS
13/12/2022 9:17:42 AM
Not waived off loans to big companies, FM Nirmala Sitharaman tells Parliament Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday clarified in the Parliament that the government has not waived off loans availed by big companies. Replying to a question in the Lok Sabha by CPI member K. Subbarayan, who sought to know whether the government will waive off education loans of poor students who are pursuing higher education, just as the "government has written off several lakhs of crores rupees for the big companies", Sitharaman said that "we have not waived off ...
Not waived off loans to big companies, FM Nirmala Sitharaman tells Parliament
Not waived off loans to big companies, FM Nirmala Sitharaman tells Parliament
Source: IANS
13/12/2022 9:01:57 AM
BJP gears up for UP Municipal polls The BJP in Uttar Pradesh will strengthen its divisional units, booths and 'panna' committees and refurbish its organisational network ahead of the upcoming urban local bodies elections. District level meetings are being held this week between as part of a crucial exercise ahead of the elections. State general secretary (organisation) Dharampal Singh said the party would be required to fix the loopholes and fill the vacant organisational positions at the district and divisional l...
BJP gears up for UP Municipal polls
BJP gears up for UP Municipal polls
Source: IANS
12/12/2022 4:17:52 PM
Bangladesh seeks India`s cooperation on Rohingya, energy sector issues Bangladesh's Jatiya Sangsad (JS) Speaker Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury sought India's cooperation on issues pertaining to the Rohingya and the energy sector. Chaudhury mentioned that India gave shelter and all kinds of support to the Bangladeshi refugees during the Great War of Liberation, which the people of her country remember with due respect. She further asked for support for the peaceful repatriation of the forcibly displaced Rohingyas to their homeland - Myanmar. The Speaker m...
Bangladesh seeks India`s cooperation on Rohingya, energy sector issues
Bangladesh seeks India`s cooperation on Rohingya, energy sector issues
Source: IANS
12/12/2022 3:48:33 PM
Cong demands white paper on demonetisation in LS Leader of the Congress in Lok Sabha, Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury on Friday sought a white paper on demonetisation, while calling it a 'failed' decision on part of the central government. Raising the issue during Zero Hour, Chowdhury said that the government had taken the decision without thinking and the very basis of the decision was illogical. He said that there was a 72 per cent increase in the circulation of currency notes, adding that black money had not stopped and its circulat...
Cong demands white paper on demonetisation in LS
Cong demands white paper on demonetisation in LS
Source: IANS
9/12/2022 5:03:01 PM
People of Gujarat have shown the path for 2024: Assam CM BJP's landslide victory in Gujarat Assembly polls has sounded the bugle for the party's success in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma claimed on Thursday. Till the time of filing this report, the BJP had won 155 seats in the 182-member Gujarat Assembly, and was leading in one seat, while the Congress was a distant second with just 17 seats. Taking to Twitter, Sarma said, "Gujarat Bugle for India! By showering this historic mandate out of ...
People of Gujarat have shown the path for 2024: Assam CM
People of Gujarat have shown the path for 2024: Assam CM
Source: IANS
9/12/2022 3:07:42 PM
FM Nirmala Sitharaman to present statement on demands for grants for current fiscal in Lok sabha Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will present a statement in the Lok Sabha on Friday showing first batch of supplementary demands for grants for the current fiscal. She will also present a statement showing excess demands for grants for 2019-20 in the Lower House. Apart from this, the Minister for Tribal Affairs Arjun Munda will introduce The Constitution (Scheduled Tribes) Order (Second Amendment) Bill, 2022. He will also introduce a bill further to amend the Constitut...
FM Nirmala Sitharaman to present statement on demands for grants for current fiscal in Lok sabha
FM Nirmala Sitharaman to present statement on demands for grants for current fiscal in Lok sabha
Source: IANS
9/12/2022 12:56:26 PM
Over 2.15 lakh UDAN flights operated under RCS A total of 453 routes have commenced, operationalising 70 airports, including two water aerodromes and nine heliports, under the government's regional connectivity scheme (RCS). The Ministry of Civil Aviation launched the RCS-UDAN (Ude Desh ka Aam Nagrik) in October 2016 to stimulate regional air connectivity and make air travel affordable for the masses. More than 2.15 lakh UDAN flights have operated and over 1.1 crore passengers have availed the benefits of UDAN flights so far. Th...
Over 2.15 lakh UDAN flights operated under RCS
Over 2.15 lakh UDAN flights operated under RCS
Source: IANS
9/12/2022 9:30:18 AM
Centre extends PM SVANidhi scheme till December 2024 The Centre has extended the PM Street Vendor's AtmaNirbhar Nidhi (PM SVANidhi) scheme beyond till December 2024. The government has also introduced third loan of upto Rs 50,000 in addition to first and second loans of Rs 10,000 and Rs 20,000, respectively. It has the provision to extend the 'SVANidhi Se Samriddhi' component for all beneficiaries of the scheme across the country. As on November 30, 31.73 lakh street vendors have availed the benefits of the first Rs 10,000 ...
Centre extends PM SVANidhi scheme till December 2024
Centre extends PM SVANidhi scheme till December 2024
Source: IANS
8/12/2022 4:17:34 PM