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  • Agnipath makes nationwide safety impenetrable; no authorized infirmity: Centre tells Delhi HC 

    By PTI

    NEW DELHI: Responding to petitions assailing ‘Agnipath’, the Centre has advised the Delhi High Court there is no such thing as a authorized infirmity within the scheme for recruitment within the armed forces which was launched within the train of its sovereign operate to make nationwide safety and defence extra “robust, impenetrable and abreast” with the altering army requirement.

    The Centre’s stand got here on a consolidated counter affidavit filed in response to a number of petitions in opposition to the Agnipath scheme in addition to pleas regarding the recruitment processes for the armed forces beneath sure earlier ads.

    The Agnipath scheme, introduced on June 14, supplies for the recruitment of younger folks between 17-and-a-half and 21 years of age for less than 4 years with a provision to retain 25 per cent of them for 15 extra years. Protests had erupted in a number of states in opposition to the scheme.

    Later, the federal government prolonged the higher age restrict to 23 years for recruitment in 2022.

    The Centre advised the High Court that defending the Indian territory, which has a ‘peculiar border scenario’, from exterior and inside threats requires agile, youthful and technologically adept armed forces and the Agnipath scheme, subsequently, goals at lowering the typical age profile of troopers from the current 32 years to 26 years.

    Recruitment via the Agnipath scheme, the central authorities added, entails a “merit-based, transparent and robust assessment process” and a good alternative could be offered to all keen personnel to compete for normal cadre and finally “nationalist, disciplined and skilled manpower would be provided to society and exited Agniveers will be an asset for the nation and society”.

    “The policy decision to introduce the scheme was taken by the Government of India in exercise of its sovereign function to make the national security/defence arrangements of the country more robust, impenetrable and abreast with the changing military requirement of the country,” stated the affidavit filed by the Centre because it asserted the current batch of petitions deserves to be dismissed on the threshold itself.

    The scheme was launched to restructure the consumption and retention processes within the three companies with a view to evolving a youthful, trendy and futuristic combating power.

    The goal of the ‘Agnipath’ scheme was to realize amongst different issues a younger fight power that’s bodily and mentally able to taking on the brand new challenges anticipated by specialists.

    The authorities asserted whereas the scheme just isn’t an train geared toward lowering the funds, it can contribute in direction of financial savings after 20 to 25 years, which may be higher utilised for functionality improvement, expertise infusion and making the military sturdy, extra succesful and battle worthy, and aligned to the necessities of the longer term.

    The authorities submitted with new army applied sciences, the traditional formations of the armed forces had been ‘shedding their edge’ which made structural modifications within the total organisation of the Indian armed forces a matter of necessity.

    To preserve the armed forces match and combat-ready, specialists advised reformation to realize the golden thumb rule of armed forces being younger and match always, it stated.

    “(There is) no legal infirmity in Agnipath scheme” The character of future wars/army engagement, within the opinion of army specialists, is prone to be ambiguous, unsure, brief, swift, deadly, intense, exact, non-linear, unrestricted, unpredictable and hybrid.

    “These challenges would be exacerbated by the inherent nature of terrain along our borders which ranges from the Rann swampy marshes, jungles, deserts, riverine, hills, high altitude, mountains and glaciated regions, as well as isolated island territories. Defending such territory from external and internal threats requires an agile, youthful and technologically adept Armed Forces,” the affidavit stated.

    It stated India’s safety atmosphere is outlined by a posh interaction of regional and world hostilities, proxy wars, infiltrations and armed aggressions.

    The nation’s land and maritime borders face each conventional and non-traditional threats.

    “Concurrently, our internal threats manifest in different dimensions including an on-going proxy war on the western front starting from the region of J&K. On the eastern front the organizations inimical to the nation’s interest are ambushing insurgencies. The Left-Wing Extremism in addition needs a strict vigil as it keeps on resurrecting intermittently,” it added.

    It additionally clarified that Agnipath was not linked to the ‘right-sizing’ of the Army and that an impartial research on manpower optimisation was already underway.

    The affidavit stated quite a few consultations with stakeholders had been undertaken in the course of the previous two years and the scheme envisages a number of advantages to the nation, together with the provision of a prepared pool of educated and disciplined manpower for different sectors within the authorities and personal market.

    Besides, army self-discipline, bodily health and pleasure within the nation will probably be ingrained within the residents.

    The Centre refuted the rivalry that the introduction of the Agnipath scheme with none modification to the Army act is unhealthy and void within the eyes of regulation.

    It additionally rejected strategies that the scheme will probably result in militarisation of the society.

    In its affidavit, the Centre additionally clarified that so far as the recruitment beneath earlier schemes is worried, there is no such thing as a ‘vested proper’ within the favour of the candidates and there’s no bar on it to “discontinue” an ongoing course of to introduce a brand new one.

    The authorities stated that post-Independence, it has been its coverage to not increase any new regiment on the premise of a selected class, creed, neighborhood, faith or area and the recruitment beneath the Agnipath scheme is open to all eligible youth regardless of caste and faith.

    NEW DELHI: Responding to petitions assailing ‘Agnipath’, the Centre has advised the Delhi High Court there is no such thing as a authorized infirmity within the scheme for recruitment within the armed forces which was launched within the train of its sovereign operate to make nationwide safety and defence extra “robust, impenetrable and abreast” with the altering army requirement.

    The Centre’s stand got here on a consolidated counter affidavit filed in response to a number of petitions in opposition to the Agnipath scheme in addition to pleas regarding the recruitment processes for the armed forces beneath sure earlier ads.

    The Agnipath scheme, introduced on June 14, supplies for the recruitment of younger folks between 17-and-a-half and 21 years of age for less than 4 years with a provision to retain 25 per cent of them for 15 extra years. Protests had erupted in a number of states in opposition to the scheme.

    Later, the federal government prolonged the higher age restrict to 23 years for recruitment in 2022.

    The Centre advised the High Court that defending the Indian territory, which has a ‘peculiar border scenario’, from exterior and inside threats requires agile, youthful and technologically adept armed forces and the Agnipath scheme, subsequently, goals at lowering the typical age profile of troopers from the current 32 years to 26 years.

    Recruitment via the Agnipath scheme, the central authorities added, entails a “merit-based, transparent and robust assessment process” and a good alternative could be offered to all keen personnel to compete for normal cadre and finally “nationalist, disciplined and skilled manpower would be provided to society and exited Agniveers will be an asset for the nation and society”.

    “The policy decision to introduce the scheme was taken by the Government of India in exercise of its sovereign function to make the national security/defence arrangements of the country more robust, impenetrable and abreast with the changing military requirement of the country,” stated the affidavit filed by the Centre because it asserted the current batch of petitions deserves to be dismissed on the threshold itself.

    The scheme was launched to restructure the consumption and retention processes within the three companies with a view to evolving a youthful, trendy and futuristic combating power.

    The goal of the ‘Agnipath’ scheme was to realize amongst different issues a younger fight power that’s bodily and mentally able to taking on the brand new challenges anticipated by specialists.

    The authorities asserted whereas the scheme just isn’t an train geared toward lowering the funds, it can contribute in direction of financial savings after 20 to 25 years, which may be higher utilised for functionality improvement, expertise infusion and making the military sturdy, extra succesful and battle worthy, and aligned to the necessities of the longer term.

    The authorities submitted with new army applied sciences, the traditional formations of the armed forces had been ‘shedding their edge’ which made structural modifications within the total organisation of the Indian armed forces a matter of necessity.

    To preserve the armed forces match and combat-ready, specialists advised reformation to realize the golden thumb rule of armed forces being younger and match always, it stated.

    “(There is) no legal infirmity in Agnipath scheme” The character of future wars/army engagement, within the opinion of army specialists, is prone to be ambiguous, unsure, brief, swift, deadly, intense, exact, non-linear, unrestricted, unpredictable and hybrid.

    “These challenges would be exacerbated by the inherent nature of terrain along our borders which ranges from the Rann swampy marshes, jungles, deserts, riverine, hills, high altitude, mountains and glaciated regions, as well as isolated island territories. Defending such territory from external and internal threats requires an agile, youthful and technologically adept Armed Forces,” the affidavit stated.

    It stated India’s safety atmosphere is outlined by a posh interaction of regional and world hostilities, proxy wars, infiltrations and armed aggressions.

    The nation’s land and maritime borders face each conventional and non-traditional threats.

    “Concurrently, our internal threats manifest in different dimensions including an on-going proxy war on the western front starting from the region of J&K. On the eastern front the organizations inimical to the nation’s interest are ambushing insurgencies. The Left-Wing Extremism in addition needs a strict vigil as it keeps on resurrecting intermittently,” it added.

    It additionally clarified that Agnipath was not linked to the ‘right-sizing’ of the Army and that an impartial research on manpower optimisation was already underway.

    The affidavit stated quite a few consultations with stakeholders had been undertaken in the course of the previous two years and the scheme envisages a number of advantages to the nation, together with the provision of a prepared pool of educated and disciplined manpower for different sectors within the authorities and personal market.

    Besides, army self-discipline, bodily health and pleasure within the nation will probably be ingrained within the residents.

    The Centre refuted the rivalry that the introduction of the Agnipath scheme with none modification to the Army act is unhealthy and void within the eyes of regulation.

    It additionally rejected strategies that the scheme will probably result in militarisation of the society.

    In its affidavit, the Centre additionally clarified that so far as the recruitment beneath earlier schemes is worried, there is no such thing as a ‘vested proper’ within the favour of the candidates and there’s no bar on it to “discontinue” an ongoing course of to introduce a brand new one.

    The authorities stated that post-Independence, it has been its coverage to not increase any new regiment on the premise of a selected class, creed, neighborhood, faith or area and the recruitment beneath the Agnipath scheme is open to all eligible youth regardless of caste and faith.

  • Amid Gorkha recruitment uncertainty, Army Chief lands in Nepal

    Chief of Army Staff General Manoj Pande arrived in Kathmandu Sunday on a five-day go to that comes at a time of uncertainty relating to the recruitment of Gorkhas from Nepal into the Indian Army. During his go to, General Pande will meet Nepal’s President and Prime Minister, and also will be conferred with the ‘Honorary General’ rank of Nepal Army.

    The recruitment of Gorkhas to the Indian Army was suspended by Nepal final month, with the nation’s Foreign Minister Narayan Khadka telling Indian ambassador Naveen Srivastava that recruitment beneath India’s Agnipath scheme doesn’t conform with provisions of the tripartite settlement signed by Nepal, India and Britain on November 9, 1947.

    General Pande will meet Nepal counterpart General Prabhu Ram Sharma and hand over medical gear, automobiles and different gadgets to the Nepal Army.

    On Monday, he will probably be conferred the ‘Honorary General’ rank of Nepal Army. This follow is as outdated as Gorkha recruitment.

    Although the Gorkha concern isn’t talked about within the itinerary, the size of his go to, which will probably be greater than that of different Army chiefs previously, signifies that the difficulty could also be talked about.

  • ‘Security, youth’s future in peril with this new experiment’: Rahul Gandhi on Agnipath

    By PTI

    NEW DELHI: Congress chief Rahul Gandhi on Sunday attacked the Centre over the Agnipath navy recruitment scheme, saying the nation’s safety and the way forward for the youth are in peril with this “new experiment” of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s “laboratory”.

    Sixty troopers retire yearly, out of which solely 3,000 are getting authorities jobs, Gandhi stated in a tweet in Hindi.

    “What will be the future of thousands of ‘Agniveers’ retiring after 4-year contracts,” the previous Congress chief requested.

    “With this new experiment of the Prime Minister’s laboratory, both the security of the country and the future of the youth are in danger,” Gandhi stated.

    Several components of the nation had witnessed protests after the announcement of the scheme that seeks to recruit youths between the age bracket of 17-and-half years to 21 for less than 4 years with a provision to retain 25 per cent of them for 15 extra years.

    For 2022, the higher age restrict has been prolonged to 23 years.

    NEW DELHI: Congress chief Rahul Gandhi on Sunday attacked the Centre over the Agnipath navy recruitment scheme, saying the nation’s safety and the way forward for the youth are in peril with this “new experiment” of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s “laboratory”.

    Sixty troopers retire yearly, out of which solely 3,000 are getting authorities jobs, Gandhi stated in a tweet in Hindi.

    “What will be the future of thousands of ‘Agniveers’ retiring after 4-year contracts,” the previous Congress chief requested.

    “With this new experiment of the Prime Minister’s laboratory, both the security of the country and the future of the youth are in danger,” Gandhi stated.

    Several components of the nation had witnessed protests after the announcement of the scheme that seeks to recruit youths between the age bracket of 17-and-half years to 21 for less than 4 years with a provision to retain 25 per cent of them for 15 extra years.

    For 2022, the higher age restrict has been prolonged to 23 years.

  • Not allowed to debate Agnipath, Opposition phases stroll out of parliamentary panel assembly

    By PTI

    NEW DELHI: Opposition members on Friday staged a walkout from a gathering of the Parliamentary Committee on Defence alleging they weren’t allowed to debate the Agnipath scheme, sources stated.

    They stated members of Congress and BSP urged committee chairman Jual Oram to permit a dialogue on the Agnipath scheme, arguing it has enormous implications and required parliamentary scrutiny however had been denied from doing so.

    They added that Congress MPs Okay C Venugopal and Uttam Kumar Reddy, apart from BSP’s Danish Ali, who’re members of the panel, argued with the chairman that the Agnipath scheme has already been mentioned within the Consultative Committee on Defence and Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and the three service chiefs have made a presentation earlier than it.

    The members additionally realized to have argued with the chairman that not permitting a dialogue on Agnipath amounted to an insult to Parliament and never informing the committee in regards to the scheme is breach of privilege. They urged him to checklist the difficulty for dialogue within the subsequent assembly, however the chairman denied permission, the sources stated.

    The sources added that Oram is learnt to have stated that the problems to be mentioned on the Parliamentary Standing Committee conferences are determined prematurely at first of the yr and therefore this request can’t be entertained now.

    After nearly half an hour of debate within the panel assembly, the three opposition members staged a walkout in protest.

    Issues regarding ordnance manufacturing facility boards and DRDO had been listed for dialogue on the assembly.

    NEW DELHI: Opposition members on Friday staged a walkout from a gathering of the Parliamentary Committee on Defence alleging they weren’t allowed to debate the Agnipath scheme, sources stated.

    They stated members of Congress and BSP urged committee chairman Jual Oram to permit a dialogue on the Agnipath scheme, arguing it has enormous implications and required parliamentary scrutiny however had been denied from doing so.

    They added that Congress MPs Okay C Venugopal and Uttam Kumar Reddy, apart from BSP’s Danish Ali, who’re members of the panel, argued with the chairman that the Agnipath scheme has already been mentioned within the Consultative Committee on Defence and Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and the three service chiefs have made a presentation earlier than it.

    The members additionally realized to have argued with the chairman that not permitting a dialogue on Agnipath amounted to an insult to Parliament and never informing the committee in regards to the scheme is breach of privilege. They urged him to checklist the difficulty for dialogue within the subsequent assembly, however the chairman denied permission, the sources stated.

    The sources added that Oram is learnt to have stated that the problems to be mentioned on the Parliamentary Standing Committee conferences are determined prematurely at first of the yr and therefore this request can’t be entertained now.

    After nearly half an hour of debate within the panel assembly, the three opposition members staged a walkout in protest.

    Issues regarding ordnance manufacturing facility boards and DRDO had been listed for dialogue on the assembly.

  • Not allowed to debate Agnipath, 3 Opposition MPs stage walkout of defence panel meet

    By PTI

    NEW DELHI: Opposition members on Friday staged a walkout from a gathering of the Parliamentary Committee on Defence alleging they weren’t allowed to debate the Agnipath scheme, sources stated.

    They stated members of Congress and BSP urged committee chairman Jual Oram to permit a dialogue on the Agnipath scheme, arguing it has enormous implications and required parliamentary scrutiny however had been denied from doing so.

    They added that Congress MPs Ok C Venugopal and Uttam Kumar Reddy, in addition to BSP’s Danish Ali, who’re members of the panel, argued with the chairman that the Agnipath scheme has already been mentioned within the Consultative Committee on Defence and Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and the three service chiefs have made a presentation earlier than it.

    The members additionally realized to have argued with the chairman that not permitting a dialogue on Agnipath amounted to an insult to Parliament and never informing the committee concerning the scheme is breach of privilege. They urged him to checklist the difficulty for dialogue within the subsequent assembly, however the chairman denied permission, the sources stated.

    The sources added that Oram is learnt to have stated that the problems to be mentioned on the Parliamentary Standing Committee conferences are determined prematurely initially of the 12 months and therefore this request can’t be entertained now.

    After nearly half an hour of dialogue within the panel assembly, the three opposition members staged a walkout in protest.

    Issues regarding ordnance manufacturing facility boards and DRDO had been listed for dialogue on the assembly.

    NEW DELHI: Opposition members on Friday staged a walkout from a gathering of the Parliamentary Committee on Defence alleging they weren’t allowed to debate the Agnipath scheme, sources stated.

    They stated members of Congress and BSP urged committee chairman Jual Oram to permit a dialogue on the Agnipath scheme, arguing it has enormous implications and required parliamentary scrutiny however had been denied from doing so.

    They added that Congress MPs Ok C Venugopal and Uttam Kumar Reddy, in addition to BSP’s Danish Ali, who’re members of the panel, argued with the chairman that the Agnipath scheme has already been mentioned within the Consultative Committee on Defence and Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and the three service chiefs have made a presentation earlier than it.

    The members additionally realized to have argued with the chairman that not permitting a dialogue on Agnipath amounted to an insult to Parliament and never informing the committee concerning the scheme is breach of privilege. They urged him to checklist the difficulty for dialogue within the subsequent assembly, however the chairman denied permission, the sources stated.

    The sources added that Oram is learnt to have stated that the problems to be mentioned on the Parliamentary Standing Committee conferences are determined prematurely initially of the 12 months and therefore this request can’t be entertained now.

    After nearly half an hour of dialogue within the panel assembly, the three opposition members staged a walkout in protest.

    Issues regarding ordnance manufacturing facility boards and DRDO had been listed for dialogue on the assembly.

  • SC transfers PILs pending earlier than it, different excessive courts in opposition to Agnipath to Delhi HC

    By PTI

    NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Tuesday transferred PILs pending earlier than it difficult the Centre’s Agnipath scheme for recruitment within the armed forces to the Delhi High Court.

    A bench of Justices D Y Chandrachud, Surya Kant and A S Bopanna additionally requested the High Courts of Kerala, Punjab and Haryana, Patna and Uttarakhand to switch the PILs pending earlier than them in opposition to the scheme to the Delhi High Court or preserve it pending until a call from the Delhi High Court, if the petitioners earlier than it so want.

    The bench stated petitioners earlier than the 4 excessive courts may choose to intervene within the proceedings earlier than the Delhi High Court.

    The prime court docket stated it’s transferring the pleas as it could be applicable if it has good thing about the Delhi High Court’s thought-about view on them.

    It requested the Delhi High Court to think about all of the transferred PILs together with the pleas that are already pending earlier than it expeditiously on this difficulty.

    The Agnipath scheme, introduced on June 14, gives for the recruitment of youth between the age of 17-and-a-half and 21 years for less than 4 years with a provision to retain 25 per cent of them for 15 extra years.

    Protests had erupted in a number of states in opposition to the scheme.

    Later, the federal government prolonged the higher age restrict to 23 years for recruitment this yr.

    NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Tuesday transferred PILs pending earlier than it difficult the Centre’s Agnipath scheme for recruitment within the armed forces to the Delhi High Court.

    A bench of Justices D Y Chandrachud, Surya Kant and A S Bopanna additionally requested the High Courts of Kerala, Punjab and Haryana, Patna and Uttarakhand to switch the PILs pending earlier than them in opposition to the scheme to the Delhi High Court or preserve it pending until a call from the Delhi High Court, if the petitioners earlier than it so want.

    The bench stated petitioners earlier than the 4 excessive courts may choose to intervene within the proceedings earlier than the Delhi High Court.

    The prime court docket stated it’s transferring the pleas as it could be applicable if it has good thing about the Delhi High Court’s thought-about view on them.

    It requested the Delhi High Court to think about all of the transferred PILs together with the pleas that are already pending earlier than it expeditiously on this difficulty.

    The Agnipath scheme, introduced on June 14, gives for the recruitment of youth between the age of 17-and-a-half and 21 years for less than 4 years with a provision to retain 25 per cent of them for 15 extra years.

    Protests had erupted in a number of states in opposition to the scheme.

    Later, the federal government prolonged the higher age restrict to 23 years for recruitment this yr.

  • Rajya Sabha adjourned for the day amid Congress’ ruckus over Agnipath, inflation, GST

    By PTI

    NEW DELHI: Rajya Sabha proceedings have been adjourned for the day on the primary day of the Monsoon Session on Monday following sloganeering and disruption by Congress MPs over points like value rise and GST.

    Earlier, a number of newly elected members of the higher House took oath.

    As Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu was making some observations, a number of Congress members trooped into the Well of the House and began elevating slogans.

    “As some people have come determined not to allow the House to function and also enable members to go and vote in the Presidential election, I am adjourning the House for the day,” the Chairman stated as he adjourned the proceedings.

    The House paid homage to former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, ex UAE president Sheikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan and former Kenayan president Mwai Kibaki.

    Obituaries have been additionally paid to former members Kishore Kumar Mohanty, Robert Kharshiing, Ok Ok Veerappan and santoor participant Pandit Shivkumar Sharma.

    Congress member Deepender Hooda has moved a discover below Rule 267 within the Rajya Sabha, demanding a dialogue on the Agnipath scheme after setting apart all different enterprise of the House.

    He sought a dialogue on the Agnipath scheme, which he alleged has been “implemented across the country by the government unilaterally without any prior discussion and deliberation”.

    Another Congress member, Shaktisinh Gohil, additionally moved an adjournment discover demanding speedy withdrawal of the scheme and saying that it isn’t good for the nation’s nationwide safety.

    He claimed that the youth are agitated over the scheme and have been protesting in opposition to it.

    Similarly, within the Lok Sabha, Congress member Manickam Tagore has moved an adjournment discover on the rise in costs of home LPG costs to Rs 1,053 per cylinder.

    He has demanded that the federal government deliver down the costs of home LPG to ranges of 2014 and subsidies be offered to the beneficiaries of presidency schemes.

    “The government should come forward to reduce the price of domestic cylinders and petroleum products in the country to ensure a standardised price at least for a year,” Tagore stated in his adjournment discover.

    Congress MP KC Venugopal moved a suspension of enterprise discover below Rule 267 in Rajya Sabha to debate inflation and the current enhance in GST of some important commodities.

    “I hereby give a notice under Rule 267 of the Rules of Procedure and Conduct of Business in the Council of States (Rajya Sabha) of my intention to move the following motion for the suspension of business listed for July 18, 2022. The record-breaking inflation in the country has worsened the situation of the common people amid a huge increase in the process of essential commodities including pulses, edible oils, LPG, petrol, diesel coupled with the recent increase in GST of many other essential commodities,” the discover reads.

    The centre has determined to hike GST on important objects from as we speak.

    Pre-packaged and labelled pulses, and cereals like rice, wheat, and flour (atta) will now entice GST on the charge of 5 per cent when branded and packed in a unit container.

    Other objects resembling curd, lassi, and puffed rice too would entice GST on the charge of 5 per cent when pre-packaged and labelled.

    The choice to hike GST on this stuff have been taken within the not too long ago held forty seventh GST Council assembly in Chandigarh.

    It can be clarified {that a} single bundle of this stuff [cereals, pulses, flour) containing a amount of greater than 25 Kg or 25 litre wouldn’t fall within the class of a pre-packaged and labelled commodity for the needs of GST and would due to this fact not entice GST.

    Other objects that shall be dearer are printing, writing or drawing ink, knives with reducing blades, paper knives, pencil sharpeners and blades, spoons, forks, ladles, skimmers, and cake-servers. These objects would now entice 18 per cent as an alternative of 12 per cent.

    LED lamps and photo voltaic water heaters too will entice 18 per cent tax.

    Further, Tetra Pak (or aseptic packaging paper) used for packaging liquid drinks or dairy merchandise will now entice 18 per cent GST as an alternative of 12 per cent. Cut and Polished diamonds shall be taxed at 1.5 per cent in comparison with 0.25 per cent earlier.

    Also, resort lodging charges as much as Rs 1000 per day will now be now taxed at 12 per cent,

    On the opposite hand, tax on transport of products and passengers by ropeways would decline to five per cent from 18 per cent.

    Renting of truck/items carriage the place the price of gas is included shall be cheaper because the tax is diminished to 12 per cent as an alternative of 18 per cent.

    Communist Party of India (Marxist) flooring chief in Rajya Sabha, Elamaram Kareem additionally gave discover below rule 267 to droop enterprise and focus on the difficulty of value rise and imposition of 5 per cent GST on important objects.

    The GST council has determined to hike the costs of a number of each day important objects from as we speak.

    Pre-packaged and labelled pulses, and cereals like rice, wheat, and flour (atta) will now entice GST on the charge of 5 per cent when branded and packed in a unit container.

    Other objects resembling curd, lassi, and puffed rice too would entice GST on the charge of 5 per cent when pre-packaged and labelled.

    The choice to hike GST on this stuff have been taken within the not too long ago held forty seventh GST Council assembly in Chandigarh.

    It can be clarified {that a} single bundle of this stuff [cereals, pulses, flour) containing a amount of greater than 25 Kg or 25 litre wouldn’t fall within the class of a pre-packaged and labelled commodity for the needs of GST and would due to this fact not entice GST.

    Other objects that shall be dearer are printing, writing or drawing ink, knives with reducing blades, paper knives, pencil sharpeners and blades, spoons, forks, ladles, skimmers, and cake-servers. These objects would now entice 18 per cent as an alternative of 12 per cent.

    LED lamps and photo voltaic water heaters too will entice 18 per cent tax.

    Further, Tetra Pak (or aseptic packaging paper) used for packaging liquid drinks or dairy merchandise will now entice 18 per cent GST as an alternative of 12 per cent. Cut and Polished diamonds shall be taxed at 1.5 per cent in comparison with 0.25 per cent earlier.

    Also, resort lodging charges as much as Rs 1000 per day will now be now taxed at 12 per cent,

    On the opposite hand, tax on transport of products and passengers by ropeways would decline to five per cent from 18 per cent.

    Renting of truck/items carriage the place the price of gas is included shall be cheaper because the tax is diminished to 12 per cent as an alternative of 18 per cent.

    Meanwhile, the Monsoon session of the Lok Sabha started on Monday with obituary references and new members taking oath, and was then adjourned until 2 pm so members might vote within the presidential ballot.

    As the House met for the primary time within the Monsoon session of Parliament, three MPs, together with veteran Bollywood actor and Trinamool Congress’ Shatrughan Sinha, took oath as member of the Lok Sabha.

    Speaker Om Birla then learn out obituary references to a few overseas leaders, together with former Japan prime minister Shinzo Abe, and eight former members who handed away not too long ago.

    Birla stated elections in India are celebrated as a pageant.

    And because the election to the president was underway, it also needs to be celebrated, he stated.

    Members ought to take part within the pageant, the speaker stated, and declared the House adjourned until 2 pm.

    Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, Home Minister Amit Shah and Congress chief Sonia Gandhi have been amongst these current within the House.

    (With ANI Inputs)

    NEW DELHI: Rajya Sabha proceedings have been adjourned for the day on the primary day of the Monsoon Session on Monday following sloganeering and disruption by Congress MPs over points like value rise and GST.

    Earlier, a number of newly elected members of the higher House took oath.

    As Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu was making some observations, a number of Congress members trooped into the Well of the House and began elevating slogans.

    “As some people have come determined not to allow the House to function and also enable members to go and vote in the Presidential election, I am adjourning the House for the day,” the Chairman stated as he adjourned the proceedings.

    The House paid homage to former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, ex UAE president Sheikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan and former Kenayan president Mwai Kibaki.

    Obituaries have been additionally paid to former members Kishore Kumar Mohanty, Robert Kharshiing, Ok Ok Veerappan and santoor participant Pandit Shivkumar Sharma.

    Congress member Deepender Hooda has moved a discover below Rule 267 within the Rajya Sabha, demanding a dialogue on the Agnipath scheme after setting apart all different enterprise of the House.

    He sought a dialogue on the Agnipath scheme, which he alleged has been “implemented across the country by the government unilaterally without any prior discussion and deliberation”.

    Another Congress member, Shaktisinh Gohil, additionally moved an adjournment discover demanding speedy withdrawal of the scheme and saying that it isn’t good for the nation’s nationwide safety.

    He claimed that the youth are agitated over the scheme and have been protesting in opposition to it.

    Similarly, within the Lok Sabha, Congress member Manickam Tagore has moved an adjournment discover on the rise in costs of home LPG costs to Rs 1,053 per cylinder.

    He has demanded that the federal government deliver down the costs of home LPG to ranges of 2014 and subsidies be offered to the beneficiaries of presidency schemes.

    “The government should come forward to reduce the price of domestic cylinders and petroleum products in the country to ensure a standardised price at least for a year,” Tagore stated in his adjournment discover.

    Congress MP KC Venugopal moved a suspension of enterprise discover below Rule 267 in Rajya Sabha to debate inflation and the current enhance in GST of some important commodities.

    “I hereby give a notice under Rule 267 of the Rules of Procedure and Conduct of Business in the Council of States (Rajya Sabha) of my intention to move the following motion for the suspension of business listed for July 18, 2022. The record-breaking inflation in the country has worsened the situation of the common people amid a huge increase in the process of essential commodities including pulses, edible oils, LPG, petrol, diesel coupled with the recent increase in GST of many other essential commodities,” the discover reads.

    The centre has determined to hike GST on important objects from as we speak.

    Pre-packaged and labelled pulses, and cereals like rice, wheat, and flour (atta) will now entice GST on the charge of 5 per cent when branded and packed in a unit container.

    Other objects resembling curd, lassi, and puffed rice too would entice GST on the charge of 5 per cent when pre-packaged and labelled.

    The choice to hike GST on this stuff have been taken within the not too long ago held forty seventh GST Council assembly in Chandigarh.

    It can be clarified {that a} single bundle of this stuff [cereals, pulses, flour) containing a amount of greater than 25 Kg or 25 litre wouldn’t fall within the class of a pre-packaged and labelled commodity for the needs of GST and would due to this fact not entice GST.

    Other objects that shall be dearer are printing, writing or drawing ink, knives with reducing blades, paper knives, pencil sharpeners and blades, spoons, forks, ladles, skimmers, and cake-servers. These objects would now entice 18 per cent as an alternative of 12 per cent.

    LED lamps and photo voltaic water heaters too will entice 18 per cent tax.

    Further, Tetra Pak (or aseptic packaging paper) used for packaging liquid drinks or dairy merchandise will now entice 18 per cent GST as an alternative of 12 per cent. Cut and Polished diamonds shall be taxed at 1.5 per cent in comparison with 0.25 per cent earlier.

    Also, resort lodging charges as much as Rs 1000 per day will now be now taxed at 12 per cent,

    On the opposite hand, tax on transport of products and passengers by ropeways would decline to five per cent from 18 per cent.

    Renting of truck/items carriage the place the price of gas is included shall be cheaper because the tax is diminished to 12 per cent as an alternative of 18 per cent.

    Communist Party of India (Marxist) flooring chief in Rajya Sabha, Elamaram Kareem additionally gave discover below rule 267 to droop enterprise and focus on the difficulty of value rise and imposition of 5 per cent GST on important objects.

    The GST council has determined to hike the costs of a number of each day important objects from as we speak.

    Pre-packaged and labelled pulses, and cereals like rice, wheat, and flour (atta) will now entice GST on the charge of 5 per cent when branded and packed in a unit container.

    Other objects resembling curd, lassi, and puffed rice too would entice GST on the charge of 5 per cent when pre-packaged and labelled.

    The choice to hike GST on this stuff have been taken within the not too long ago held forty seventh GST Council assembly in Chandigarh.

    It can be clarified {that a} single bundle of this stuff [cereals, pulses, flour) containing a amount of greater than 25 Kg or 25 litre wouldn’t fall within the class of a pre-packaged and labelled commodity for the needs of GST and would due to this fact not entice GST.

    Other objects that shall be dearer are printing, writing or drawing ink, knives with reducing blades, paper knives, pencil sharpeners and blades, spoons, forks, ladles, skimmers, and cake-servers. These objects would now entice 18 per cent as an alternative of 12 per cent.

    LED lamps and photo voltaic water heaters too will entice 18 per cent tax.

    Further, Tetra Pak (or aseptic packaging paper) used for packaging liquid drinks or dairy merchandise will now entice 18 per cent GST as an alternative of 12 per cent. Cut and Polished diamonds shall be taxed at 1.5 per cent in comparison with 0.25 per cent earlier.

    Also, resort lodging charges as much as Rs 1000 per day will now be now taxed at 12 per cent,

    On the opposite hand, tax on transport of products and passengers by ropeways would decline to five per cent from 18 per cent.

    Renting of truck/items carriage the place the price of gas is included shall be cheaper because the tax is diminished to 12 per cent as an alternative of 18 per cent.

    Meanwhile, the Monsoon session of the Lok Sabha started on Monday with obituary references and new members taking oath, and was then adjourned until 2 pm so members might vote within the presidential ballot.

    As the House met for the primary time within the Monsoon session of Parliament, three MPs, together with veteran Bollywood actor and Trinamool Congress’ Shatrughan Sinha, took oath as member of the Lok Sabha.

    Speaker Om Birla then learn out obituary references to a few overseas leaders, together with former Japan prime minister Shinzo Abe, and eight former members who handed away not too long ago.

    Birla stated elections in India are celebrated as a pageant.

    And because the election to the president was underway, it also needs to be celebrated, he stated.

    Members ought to take part within the pageant, the speaker stated, and declared the House adjourned until 2 pm.

    Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, Home Minister Amit Shah and Congress chief Sonia Gandhi have been amongst these current within the House.

    (With ANI Inputs)

  • Abe killing factors to attainable pitfalls of Agnipath scheme: TMC 

    By PTI

    KOLKATA: The Trinamool Congress has cautioned the Central authorities in opposition to the Agnipath scheme, pointing to the truth that Japan’s former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was assassinated by a short-service ex-serviceman.

    The get together claimed that the killing underlined the attainable pitfalls of the controversial defence recruitment programme. The state BJP, nonetheless, rejected the apprehension saying no Indian ex-servicemen had ever been concerned in any such incident.

    “The death of Abe at the hands of an ex-serviceman has only validated the fears of the people over the Agnipath scheme,” the TMC’s mouthpiece ‘Jago Bangla’ (Wake up, Bengal) stated in an article on Saturday.

    The attacker misplaced his job within the Japanese Maritime Self-Defence Force after three years of service and he was not getting any pension, it claimed. Agniveers too wouldn’t get any pension after their four-year service interval is over, the article identified.

    “The BJP is playing with fire in the name of the Agnipath scheme. We have seen what has happened in Japan. An ex-serviceman killed the former Prime Minister,” TMC spokesperson Kunal Ghosh stated on Sunday.

    The BJP stated that such apprehensions are baseless. “We have never heard of any such incident in which an ex-serviceman of our country is involved. The TMC is just trying to politicise the matter,” state BJP spokesperson Samik Samik Bhattacharya stated.

  • Around 20 per cent of naval ‘Agniveers’ this 12 months can be girls

    By PTI

    NEW DELHI: Around 20 per cent of the ‘Agniveers’ to be inducted by the Indian Navy this 12 months can be girls, Navy officers mentioned on Tuesday.

    The Navy plans to recruit about 3,000 personnel this 12 months below the ‘Agnipath’ recruitment scheme and has began the registration course of for the aspirants on July 1. The Navy will recruit girls sailors for the primary time via the brand new scheme.

    “Twenty per cent of the naval Agniveers will be women subject to their meeting required criteria,” mentioned a senior Navy official.

    The Agnipath scheme, introduced on June 14, seeks to recruit youths between the age bracket of 17-and-half years to 21 for under 4 years with a provision to retain 25 per cent of them for 15 extra years.

    For 2022, the higher age restrict has been prolonged to 23 years. Under the scheme, the three providers are set to recruit 46,000 personnel this 12 months and the quantity goes to extend within the coming years.

    The Navy has already introduced that the applying window could be accessible from July 15 to 30 and examination and bodily health checks could be held in mid-October. It mentioned the primary batch of recruits will be part of the coaching programme at INS Chilka in Odisha by November 21.

    There have been violent protests for days in lots of elements of the nation after the brand new army recruitment mannequin was unveiled. The Supreme Court is more likely to hear subsequent week the pleas difficult the ‘Agnipath’ scheme.

  • Around 20 per cent of naval ‘Agniveers’ this yr can be girls

    By PTI

    NEW DELHI: Around 20 per cent of the ‘Agniveers’ to be inducted by the Indian Navy this yr can be girls, Navy officers stated on Tuesday.

    The Navy plans to recruit about 3,000 personnel this yr underneath the ‘Agnipath’ recruitment scheme and has began the registration course of for the aspirants on July 1.

    The Navy will recruit girls sailors for the primary time by the brand new scheme. “Twenty per cent of the naval Agniveers will be women subject to their meeting required criteria,” stated a senior Navy official.

    The Agnipath scheme, introduced on June 14, seeks to recruit youths between the age bracket of 17-and-half years to 21 for less than 4 years with a provision to retain 25 per cent of them for 15 extra years.

    For 2022, the higher age restrict has been prolonged to 23 years. Under the scheme, the three providers are set to recruit 46,000 personnel this yr and the quantity goes to extend within the coming years.

    The Navy has already introduced that the applying window could be obtainable from July 15 to 30 and examination and bodily health assessments could be held in mid-October.

    It stated the primary batch of recruits will be part of the coaching programme at INS Chilka in Odisha by November 21. There had been violent protests for days in lots of components of the nation after the brand new army recruitment mannequin was unveiled. The Supreme Court is prone to hear subsequent week the pleas difficult the ‘Agnipath’ scheme.