Some projects under the Smart Cities Mission would not be able to meet the June 30 deadline and the respective state governments would be responsible for completing them thereafter, Union Housing and Urban Affairs Secretary told the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Housing and Urban Affairs. In its report on the …
The government on Thursday deferred the decision on bringing in an ordinance on the food security Bill and, instead, chose to engage the Opposition once more to drum up support to get the Bill passed in a special session of Parliament. Although the government wants to seek the the Opposition’s …
After vacillating for days, the Congress leadership has decided to push the food security bill through as an ordinance. On Tuesday, the ordinance got listed for Thursday’s Cabinet meeting, taking even the ministries concerned by surprise. The Congress seemed to have decided to go ahead with the ordinance, despite opposition …
The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Agriculture has invited public comments on Agriculture Biosecurity Bill, 2013 that provides for the establishment of an integrated national biosecurity system, covering plant, animal, marine and farm microorganisms to combat threats of bioterrorism from pests and weeds. An agriculture biosecurity authority is proposed to be …
New Delhi: Criticism that it is dragging its feet over welfare measures and the need to stamp its authorship over flagship programmes will see the cabinet considering an ordinance to implement the food security bill on Tuesday. The decision to take the ordinance route instead of considering a special session …
New Delhi: UPA entered the home stretch on Wednesday by making it clear that it was looking at passage of legislations crafted to provide food security, a huge jump in compensation for land acquired and implementation of direct benefits transfer scheme as its main ammunition for the 2014 battle. Congress …
Planning to corner the Opposition BJP on the issue of food insecurity in the country, the Congress Core Group met today to discuss ways of enacting the pending food security Bill ahead of the crucial General Election of 2014. A political decision on how to bring the pending draft Bill …
Amid talk of the government taking the ordinance route to implement its ambitious National Food Security Bill, Food Minister K V Thomas Thursday met Law Minister Kapil Sibal and discussed available options. Thomas, however, is not keen on an ordinance. Thomas told The Indian Express that the Food Ministry has …
Cabinet might discuss this on Thursday; govt and party brass still undecided if wait till monsoon session desirable The government has readied an ordinance to put the land acquisition Bill into effect but would prefer to have Parliament enact it in the next session. “We have no guarantee that the …
After the Congress’ recent political misfortune, the Opposition BJP may find itself in a bind if the Congress plan to push the ambitious National Food Security Bill (NFSB) through a special session is executed. An indication by Food Minister KV Thomas that the government is contemplating convening a special session …
Legislature experts cite rules, precedence to back ordinance route even if bill is pending in Parliament The government is exploring options of issuing an ordinance on the food security scheme. Union Food Minister KV Thomas told ET, constitutional and legal aspects of bringing about an ordinance were being considered. An …
This report on the MMDR bill 2011 presented by Parliamentary Standing Committee on Coal & Steel says that no mining lease shall be granted in respect of any area, which is not compact and contiguous or otherwise not suitable in scientific development. Standing Committee on Coal and Steel present this …
Standing Committee on Coal and Steel present this Thirty-Seventh Report (Fifteenth Lok Sabha) on "The Coal Mines (Conservation & Development) Amendment Bill, 2012" relating to the Ministry of Coal. The Coal Mines (Conservation & Development) Amendment Bill, 2012 as introduced in Lok Sabha on 22nd November, 2012 was referred by …
The practice is passing bills after discussion. Let’s see what can be worked out: Sandeep Dikshit The government on Thursday tabled the food guarantee bill in the Lok Sabha, amid ruckus created by the Opposition which has prevented the functioning of Parliament demanding the resignation of the prime minister. Food …
As the logjam in Parliament is expected to continue further with escalated rift between the government and the Opposition, the Centre is now mooting the idea of bringing an ordinance to implement the politically sensitive National Food Security Act (NFSA). Since the proposed law would need some time to become …
Anti-tobacco organisations have congratulated the government for passing the Tobacco Control (Amendment) Bill. The Parliament on Monday passed 'The Smoking and Tobacco Products Use (Control) (Amendment) Bill, 2013' increasing the amount of fine from Tk 50 to 100 to eliminate the use of the tobacco in public places. The first …
The parliamentary panel says govt has failed to understand the urgency of timely infusion of capital in the system A Parliamentary panel has pulled up the government for allocating meagre budget of Rs 25,553 crore for agricultural research during the 12th Five Year Plan (2012-17) saying the government has "failed …
Slackened progress in road building is mainly on account of various issues including delays in environment and forest clearance and land acquisition, Parliament was informed today. “The progress of construction of National Highways has been slow due to several problems such as land acquisition, shifting of utilities, environmental and forest …
Parliament’s Standing Committee on Coal and Steel has indicted the government for “totally abusing its powers” in allotting coal mines between 1993 and 2010 through the “most non-transparent procedure” to “few fortunate ones for their own benefit”. “The government cannot give largesse on its arbitrary discretion or its sweet will,” …
A parliamentary panel has called for cancelling allotments of all coal blocks awarded to companies where production was yet to commence. The Standing Committee on Coal and Steel called all allocations done between 1993 and 2010 “unauthorised and illegal” and recommended action against the parties involved, in its report tabled …
All coal blocks distributed between 1993 and 2008 were done in an unauthorized manner and allotment of all mines where production is yet to start should be cancelled, the Standing Committee on Coal and Steel has said in its latest report that is slated to be tabled in Parliament on …
