Parliament Updates LIVE: Shiromani Akali Dal’s Harsimrat Kaur Badal will resign as Union minister due to government agricultural ordinances, PTI reported. He has been in charge of the food processing ministry in the NDA government since 2014.
Latest updates from Parliament: Shiromani Akali Dal’s Harsimrat Kaur Badal to resign as Union minister due to government agricultural ordinances, PTI reported. Meanwhile, Lok Sabha passed the Agricultural Products Trade and Trade (Promotion and Facilitation) Act of 2020, and the Farmers Agreement (Empowerment and Protection) on Price Guarantee and Agricultural Services Act of 2020
Mahua Moitra, a TMC MP from West Bengal’s Krishnanagar, said the government is trampling on the spirit of federalism with its gross majority. Moitra said: “By legislating on the agricultural sector, the government has once again done what it does best, that is, enlarging the authority that is simply not conferred by the Constitution.
By stating that farm markets and farm prices are state issues, TDP lawmaker K Ram Mohan Naidu urged the Center not to presume that all opposition parties have a political agenda.
The TMC deputy said that the proposed laws would also lead to black marketing and hoarding and would push the entire sector towards privatization.
Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar defended the bills on Trade and Trade in Agricultural Products and the Agricultural Agreement on Price Guarantee and Agricultural Services, saying they will give more freedom to farmers.
The 2020 Tax and Other Laws (Relaxation and Amendment of Certain Provisions) Bill seeks to replace an ordinance issued in March to provide compliance relief to taxpayers.
Durga Prasad, a native of Venkatagiri City, was previously with the Telugu Desam Party and jumped on the YSR Congressional party train ahead of the 2019 Lok Sabha elections.
Lok Sabha reconvened at 3pm. MPs from TRS, TMC, DMK, RJD, AAP, NCP, Samajwadi Party and Shiv Sena protest in front of the Mahatma Gandhi statue at the Parliament premises, demanding GST payments from states.
Opposition leader Ghulam Nabi Azad said “we are all one” when it comes to the integrity and sovereignty of India. Many RS members expressed their solidarity with the government on this issue.
Health Minister Harsh Vardhan said three candidate vaccines are under development and a vaccine should be available in India next year. “The transmission of the virus occurs through our own irresponsibility. Until a vaccine is available, the masks and social distancing is a social vaccine,” he said.
China continues to illegally occupy approximately 38,000 square kilometers in the Ladakh Union territory, Defense Minister Rajnath Singh told the Rajya Sabha.
The Chinese actions reflect a disregard for our various bilateral agreements, Singh said, adding that China’s troop buildup runs counter to the 1993 and 1996 agreements. “We remain committed to the peaceful resolution of the current situation. At the same time, we are prepared to face all contingencies, “he added.
Two days after delivering a statement on the government’s position in Lok Sabha on the border row between India and China, Defense Minister Rajnath Singh addressed the Rajya Sabha about the events in Ladakh.
Ghulam Nabi Azad said that the WHO warning about a mysterious pneumonia arrived as early as December 2019, but the Indian government wasted golden months to address the spread of the virus.
NCP’s Praful Patel said that while news reports cite officials saying there is no shortage of oxygen cylinders and the drug remdesivir, the reality on the ground is different.
On the fourth day of the monsoon session of Parliament, Defense Minister Rajnath Singh will address the Rajya Sabha on the events in Ladakh. He had addressed the Lok Sabha on the border row between India and China on Tuesday.
The Upper House will also continue the discussion on the coronavirus pandemic and India’s response. Interior Minister Amit Shah will move the 1952 Ministers’ Salaries and Benefits Act to Rajya Sabha for consideration and approval. The bill pushes to temporarily reduce the salaries and allowances of legislators and ministers in light of the COVID-19 outbreak.
At the Lok Sabha, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will introduce the 2020 Tax and Other Laws (Relaxation and Amendment of Certain Provisions) Bill that will replace the ordinance issued to provide compliance relief to taxpayers. It also seeks to provide tax benefits to donations made to the PM CARES Fund.
Calling three agriculture-related bills “anti-farmer”, AAP National Convenor and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday demanded that the Center withdraw them, saying his party will vote against the bills in Parliament. The AAP has three MPs from Rajya Sabha and one MP from LoK Sabha.
“The three bills related to agriculture and farmers presented in Parliament are against farmers. Farmers across the country are opposed to them. The central government should withdraw these three bills. The AAP will vote against them. of them in Parliament, “he tweeted in Hindi. .
The Center had presented on Monday the Draft Law on Trade and Trade in Agricultural Products (Promotion and Facilitation), the Farmers Agreement (Empowerment and Protection) on Price Guarantee and the Draft Law on Agricultural Services, and the Draft Law Products (Amendment) to replace earlier enacted ordinances.
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