File photo of the House of Parliament. Parliament met for the first time in six months on September 14 and was due to run until October 1, but two officials said its duration could be shortened by a week. CNN-News18 New Delhi Last update: September 19, 2020 5:17 PM IST …
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi has mounted a vigorous defense of the three bills, making it clear that his government will move forward to get the go-ahead from Parliament for measures aimed at opening private avenues for farmers to sell their produce. Farmers in states like Punjab and Haryana have been …
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“I like this condescension,” said Nirmala Sitharaman in an apparent attack on the Opposition (Archive) New Delhi: Confronting critics, Nirmala Sitharaman said on Friday that a “simple finance minister says Act of God is taken with sarcasm,” while the Latin word “force majeure” is well accepted. Speaking on Lok Sabha, …
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If advanced clinical trials of the Covid-19 vaccine are successful, an effective vaccine will likely be available by the end of the first quarter of 2021, State Health Minister Ashwini Choubey informed Lok Sabha on Friday. I was answering a question about when an effective Covid-19 vaccine is likely to …
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In May of this year, the government announced major reforms in agricultural markets. These included the deregulation of agricultural foods from the Essential Products Act (ECA). Farmers were also allowed to sell their produce outside of markets regulated by the government or the Agricultural Products Market Committees (APMC). Another set …
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Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said on Friday that the government will not increase taxes on states to compensate for revenue losses incurred due to the coronavirus pandemic. Nirmala Sitharaman said that the Center will not back down from its promise to pay the Goods and Services Tax (GST) compensation to …
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Written by Deeptiman Tiwary | New Delhi | Updated: September 19, 2020 1:22:36 am Lok Sabha: MoS Finance Anurag Thakur and Congressional MP Adhir Ranjan Chowdhary on the fifth day of the monsoon session of Parliament. (Source: YouTube Screengrab / Lok Sabha TV) The Lok Sabha was suspended four times …
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NEW DELHI: Union Minister Anurag Thakur on Friday he expressed his distress if his comments made earlier in the day had hurt some members and after this, the Lok Sabha the procedure was resumed after repeated postponements. The lower house saw four postponements after Thakur’s comment on the Nehru-Gandhi family …
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“Where does this chhokra come from?” Adhir Chowdhury attacked Anurag Thakur. New Delhi: A fierce dispute in the Lok Sabha over comments from a minister about the Nehru-Gandhi family and a congressional leader who called him a chhokra (boy) led to the first postponement of this session of parliament, which …
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi faced critics of his government’s agricultural liberalization plan on Friday, a day after the lower house passed two of the three agricultural bills, accusing critics of spreading “disinformation and lies.” , while assuring farmers that the reforms were at their best. interests. His comments, made in …
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