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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 …

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court said on Friday that it was a duty to intervene to protect the right to dignity of a community and stop a broadcast that attempted to defame the Muslim community as a whole, by hinting that the civil services were being infiltrated, it could not …

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 …

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 …

Shashi Tharoor said that today was a very unfortunate day (Archive) New Delhi: State Finance Minister Anurag Thakur’s comment against former Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru and the Gandhi family, while responding to the opposition’s attack in parliament on Prime Minister CARES’s fund, was a “political speech in the worst possible …

Several ministers demanded the restoration of funds from the Members of Parliament Local Area Development Plan (MPLADS) even as two laws were passed in Rajya Sabha on Friday to reduce the salary and allowances of Union ministers and members of Parliament (MP). Parliament Affairs Minister Prahlad Joshi introduced the bill …

Defense Minister Rajnath Singh during his speech at Rajya Sabha on Thursday. (Screenshot) Making a statement in the Rajya Sabha about the situation in Ladakh, two days after making a similar statement in Lok Sabha, Defense Minister Rajnath Singh said the government wants to assure 130 million people in the …

Repeat RT-PCR tests for legislators, mandatory tests for government officials visiting parliament, and daily antigen tests for reporters and parliament officials – these are part of the stricter safety standards that are have hastily implemented after more Members of Parliament (MP), who attended the ongoing monsoon session, tested positive for …

The Lok Sabha approved on Thursday the Draft Law on Trade and Trade in Agricultural Products (Promotion and Facilitation), 2020, as well as the Farmers Agreement (Empowerment and Protection) on Price Guarantee and Agricultural Services, 2020 despite opposition and BJP ally Shiromani Akali Dal called it an “anti-farmer” measure and …

More than 44 percent of state-owned BSNL’s mobile network equipment comes from Chinese firm ZTE and 9 percent from Huawei, Parliament was informed on Thursday. Responding to a question about the market share of Chinese companies ZTE and Huawei in India, State Minister for Communications Sanjay Dhotre said that the …