New Delhi – The Rajya Sabha has also approved the ‘Essential Defence Services Bill-2021’, passed with a voice vote in the Lok Sabha. Now, after the President’s signature, the bill will soon become law. This will prevent strikes and tools down in defence-related materials production and other service activities. The government has told Rajya Sabha […]
New Delhi: – On Wednesday, three Labour Code bills were passed in the Rajya Sabha. The bills were passed with a voice vote and will be sent to the President for final signatures. Santosh Kumar Gangwar, Minister for Labour, said that the process started by the union government, for amendments in the labour laws is vital for […]
New Delhi: The Citizenship (Amendment) Bill was passed by the Rajya Sabha, following the Lok Sabha. The Bill was passed by the vote 125 against 105 and will soon be sent to President Ram Nath Kovind for signature. Following the President’s signature, this will be converted into a law. The religious minorities from Pakistan Afghanistan […]
Rajya Sabha’s 53 members of various parties were bid a farewell on account of their term ending on 30 June 2016. Prime Minister, Narendra Modi while addressing farewell speech to these retiring members expressed his disappointment of not having passed the GST bill in Rajya Sabha during their tenure. He also opined that – “Had […]
New Delhi: A bill to extend the facility of ‘proxy voting’ to overseas Indians, on the lines of service voters, was passed by the Lok Sabha today. The bill now needs to be passed in the Rajya Sabha to be constituted in a law. This will allow non-residents Indian to appoint a proxy voter to cast […]
New Delhi – Lower House of the Indian Parliament, Lok Sabha cleared ‘Goods & Service Tax‘ bill (GST) after the Upper House Rajya Sabha, earlier gave a positive nod for it. Prime Minister Narendra Modi expressed confidence that GST would put an end to the tax terrorism and make consumer ‘The King’. PM Modi thanked […]
New Delhi: Even as the counting of votes was ongoing, the victory of the presidential candidate Droupadi Murmu was certain. After that, Murmu was showered with congratulatory messages from around the country. Droupadi Murmu will soon take office as the country’s first president of the Adivasi community. Her selection is being welcomed from all over […]
New Delhi – Depreciation of the Indian rupee continued on Tuesday and reached Rs 80.05 against the USD. Warnings are being issued that this depreciation is a cause for concern. But Ajay Seth, Secretary of the Economic Affairs Ministry, has assured that there is no need to get alarmed by this. Ajay Seth pointed out […]
New Delhi: – Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov will be visiting India in the next few days. The intensity of the Ukraine conflict has not diminished despite completing a month. India had refused to take a stand against Russia, which attacked Ukraine. The United States and other western countries are criticising India for this. In […]
New Delhi: Indian External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar clarified in the Rajya Sabha ‘Indian stand regarding the conflict between Russia and Ukraine is firm and consistent. India hopes for peace in the region and it is only promoting that.’ At the same time, the External Affairs Minister pointed out that trade with Russia and the […]