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  • India’s consumption story has now gone in reverse swing, says Congress

    Congress has said stagnant wages, high inflation and growing economic inequality in the past 10 years have made India’s consumption story go in a reverse swing. Maintaining that this low consumption rate has made “a leading CEO” lament that the Indian middle class “is shrinking”, Congress warned that without adequate growth in consumption, India’s private sector will be unwilling to invest in new production.

    “In the last ten years, India’s consumption story has now gone in reverse swing and emerged as the biggest pain point for the Indian economy. India Inc has now joined the chorus, with a leading CEO even going so far as to say that the middle class in India is ‘shrinking’,” said Jairam Ramesh, AICC communications incharge in an official statement on Wednesday, attributing it to stagnant wages, high inflation and growing economic inequality.

    “India is in its most precarious and difficult economic situation in many years. Wage stagnation, inflation, and inequality are not just political issues they are structurally corrosive to India’s longterm growth prospects. They undermine India’s consumption growth and deprive the private sector of its singlemost important incentive to invest. These chokepoints will strangulate growth in the years to come if not taken seriously now, in a spirit of humility,” he said.

  • Cong questions switch of CAG officers who did audit of Dwarka Expressway, Ayushman Bharat schemes

    By PTI

    NEW DELHI: The Congress on Wednesday accused the federal government of intimidating officers of the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG), who had uncovered “corruption” in varied schemes, and demanded that their switch orders be revoked.

    Citing a media report on the switch of the officers, Congress basic secretary Jairam Ramesh charged that it’s the modus operandi of the Modi authorities to threaten and take away anybody who “exposes” them.

    “We demand that these transfer orders should be cancelled immediately, the officers return to the CAG and action must be taken on these mega scams relating to Dwarka Expressway, Bharatmala and Ayushman Bharat,” he mentioned in a submit on X.

    The Congress chief charged that “the Modi government operates mafia style under a cloak of silence and intimidation. If anyone exposes its modus operandi of corruption, they are threatened or removed”.

    The newest victims are three officers of the CAG, who uncovered “massive scams” in authorities schemes in a report tabled in the course of the Monsoon Session of Parliament, he alleged.

    The CAG report confirmed scams throughout infrastructure and social schemes.

    It documented 1400 per cent price inflation and tendering irregularities within the Dwarka Expressway, along with a diversion of Rs 3,600 crore from highways tasks, defective bidding practices, and 60 per cent price inflation of the Bharatmala scheme, he claimed.

    “Not only that, an audit of the Ayushman Bharat scheme showed lakhs of claims made to dead patients and at least 7.5 lakh beneficiaries linked to a single mobile number,” he additionally claimed.

    Ramesh charged that the three CAG officers in control of reporting on the Ayushman Bharat and Dwarka Expressway scams have been transferred “to hide the blatant corruption in the Modi Government, despite the fact that the CAG is supposed to be an independent body”.

    NEW DELHI: The Congress on Wednesday accused the federal government of intimidating officers of the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG), who had uncovered “corruption” in varied schemes, and demanded that their switch orders be revoked.

    Citing a media report on the switch of the officers, Congress basic secretary Jairam Ramesh charged that it’s the modus operandi of the Modi authorities to threaten and take away anybody who “exposes” them.

    “We demand that these transfer orders should be cancelled immediately, the officers return to the CAG and action must be taken on these mega scams relating to Dwarka Expressway, Bharatmala and Ayushman Bharat,” he mentioned in a submit on X.googletag.cmd.push(perform() googletag.show(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );

    The Congress chief charged that “the Modi government operates mafia style under a cloak of silence and intimidation. If anyone exposes its modus operandi of corruption, they are threatened or removed”.

    The newest victims are three officers of the CAG, who uncovered “massive scams” in authorities schemes in a report tabled in the course of the Monsoon Session of Parliament, he alleged.

    The CAG report confirmed scams throughout infrastructure and social schemes.

    It documented 1400 per cent price inflation and tendering irregularities within the Dwarka Expressway, along with a diversion of Rs 3,600 crore from highways tasks, defective bidding practices, and 60 per cent price inflation of the Bharatmala scheme, he claimed.

    “Not only that, an audit of the Ayushman Bharat scheme showed lakhs of claims made to dead patients and at least 7.5 lakh beneficiaries linked to a single mobile number,” he additionally claimed.

    Ramesh charged that the three CAG officers in control of reporting on the Ayushman Bharat and Dwarka Expressway scams have been transferred “to hide the blatant corruption in the Modi Government, despite the fact that the CAG is supposed to be an independent body”.

  • Congress welcomes reported transfer that authorities might introduce girls’s reservation invoice 

    By PTI

    NEW DELHI: Amid hypothesis that the ladies’s reservation invoice could also be tabled in Parliament on Tuesday, the Congress stated it welcomes the reported transfer because the get together has been elevating the demand for lengthy.

    “We welcome the reported decision of the Union Cabinet and await the details of the Bill,” Congress common secretary Jairam Ramesh posted on X.

    “This could have very well been discussed in the all-party meeting before the Special Session, and consensus could have been built instead of operating under a veil of secrecy,” the Congress chief stated.

    He additionally shared an in depth submit he made on Sunday to underline how the Congress has been supporting the transfer.

    It’s been a long-standing demand of the Congress get together to implement girls’s reservation. We welcome the reported choice of the Union Cabinet and await the small print of the Bill. This may have very effectively been mentioned within the all-party assembly earlier than the Special Session, and… https://t.co/lVI9RLHVY6

    — Jairam Ramesh (@Jairam_Ramesh) September 18, 2023

    “The Congress Working Committee has demanded that the Women’s Reservation Bill must be passed during the Special Session of Parliament,” he stated quoting the CWC decision that was handed at its assembly in Hyderabad this weekend.

    Ramesh had on September 17 stated former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi first launched the Constitution Amendment Bills for one-third reservation in panchayats and nagarpalikas in May 1989.

    It handed in Lok Sabha however failed in Rajya Sabha in September 1989, he famous.

    He additionally stated then Prime Minister P V Narasimha Rao reintroduced Constitution Amendment Bills for one-third reservation for girls in panchayats and nagarpalikas in April 1993.

    Both Bills handed and have become legislation.

    “Now there are more than 15 lakh elected women representatives in panchayats and nagarpalikas. This comes to about 40 per cent. As PM, Dr. Manmohan Singh brought Constitution Amendment Bill for one-third reservation for women in Parliament and state legislatures. Bill passed on March 9, 2010, in the Rajya Sabha. But it was not taken up in Lok Sabha,” Ramesh claimed.

    He stated Bills launched/handed in Rajya Sabha don’t lapse and the Women’s Reservation Bill remains to be very a lot lively.

    “The Congress party has for the past nine years been demanding that the Women’s Reservation Bill already passed by the Rajya Sabha should now get passed by the Lok Sabha as well,” he stated.

    NEW DELHI: Amid hypothesis that the ladies’s reservation invoice could also be tabled in Parliament on Tuesday, the Congress stated it welcomes the reported transfer because the get together has been elevating the demand for lengthy.

    “We welcome the reported decision of the Union Cabinet and await the details of the Bill,” Congress common secretary Jairam Ramesh posted on X.

    “This could have very well been discussed in the all-party meeting before the Special Session, and consensus could have been built instead of operating under a veil of secrecy,” the Congress chief stated.googletag.cmd.push(perform() googletag.show(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );

    He additionally shared an in depth submit he made on Sunday to underline how the Congress has been supporting the transfer.

    It’s been a long-standing demand of the Congress get together to implement girls’s reservation. We welcome the reported choice of the Union Cabinet and await the small print of the Bill. This may have very effectively been mentioned within the all-party assembly earlier than the Special Session, and… https://t.co/lVI9RLHVY6
    — Jairam Ramesh (@Jairam_Ramesh) September 18, 2023
    “The Congress Working Committee has demanded that the Women’s Reservation Bill must be passed during the Special Session of Parliament,” he stated quoting the CWC decision that was handed at its assembly in Hyderabad this weekend.

    Ramesh had on September 17 stated former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi first launched the Constitution Amendment Bills for one-third reservation in panchayats and nagarpalikas in May 1989.

    It handed in Lok Sabha however failed in Rajya Sabha in September 1989, he famous.

    He additionally stated then Prime Minister P V Narasimha Rao reintroduced Constitution Amendment Bills for one-third reservation for girls in panchayats and nagarpalikas in April 1993.

    Both Bills handed and have become legislation.

    “Now there are more than 15 lakh elected women representatives in panchayats and nagarpalikas. This comes to about 40 per cent. As PM, Dr. Manmohan Singh brought Constitution Amendment Bill for one-third reservation for women in Parliament and state legislatures. Bill passed on March 9, 2010, in the Rajya Sabha. But it was not taken up in Lok Sabha,” Ramesh claimed.

    He stated Bills launched/handed in Rajya Sabha don’t lapse and the Women’s Reservation Bill remains to be very a lot lively.

    “The Congress party has for the past nine years been demanding that the Women’s Reservation Bill already passed by the Rajya Sabha should now get passed by the Lok Sabha as well,” he stated.

  • Congress slams SEBI, says solely JPC probe can uncover full extent of ‘Adani Mega Scam’

    By PTI

    NEW DELHI: The Congress on Tuesday cited media experiences to query the SEBI investigation into the Adani situation and stated that if claims that the market regulator is planning to let off the conglomerate with “token fines” for “technical violations” are right then India’s transition to a “kleptocracy” shall be full.

    The opposition occasion additionally alleged that the message was clear — India’s establishments shall be rendered toothless whereas its investigative companies are used solely to guard Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s “close friends”.

    In a put up on X, Congress common secretary Jairam Ramesh stated that there was a spate of reports experiences on the Supreme Court-mandated SEBI investigation of the “Adani Mega Scam”. If these experiences are right and the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) is planning to let off Adani with token fines for “technical violations”, then India’s transition to a ‘kleptocracy’ shall be full, he stated.

    ALSO READ | Adani-Hindenburg: SEBI’s lack of ability to achieve remaining conclusion ‘deeply worrying’, says Congress

    At the ninth G20 assembly held in Brisbane again in November 2014, Prime Minister Modi had known as for cooperation between nations “to eliminate safe havens for economic offenders”, to “track down and unconditionally extradite money launderers” and to “break down the web of complex international regulations and excessive banking secrecy that hide the corrupt and their deeds”, Ramesh stated.

    “Yet he (Modi) has done all he can to protect his corrupt friends and their misdeeds. The PM’s pet agencies are investigating entities that shorted Adani shares in January 2023 rather than the far more serious charges of money laundering and round-tripping that have been made against the Adani Group,” he alleged.

    Ramesh stated that at no level has the SEBI requested the Enforcement Directorate or the CBI to take additional motion towards Adani though, to cite the Supreme Court’s Expert Committee on the Adani situation — “the securities market regulator suspects wrongdoing”.

    This when these exact same companies have been broadly used to “harass” opposition events and non-BJP state governments, he stated.

    “If any further evidence was needed to show that India’s once-proud institutions now face capture, it is evident now,” Ramesh stated.

    ALSO READ | When auditors give up, you recognize issues should not as projected: Cong on Adani situation

    “Rather than compromised institutions, only a joint parliamentary committee probe can investigate the full extent of the Adani Mega Scam, and look for answers to questions such as where the Rs 20,000 crore of opaque foreign funds have flowed into Adani companies, what is the true financial relationship between Gautam and Vinod Adani, and how PM Modi has personally facilitated Adani’s businesses in India and abroad by changing laws, rules and regulations to enrich his close friends,” the Congress chief stated.

    The Congress has been questioning the monetary dealings of the Adani group after US analysis agency Hindenburg alleged “irregularities” and charged the group with inventory value manipulation.

    The Adani Group denied all of the allegations made within the Hindenburg report and claimed there had been no wrongdoing on its half.

    Opposition events have additionally been demanding a Joint Parliamentary Committee probe into the Adani situation.

    NEW DELHI: The Congress on Tuesday cited media experiences to query the SEBI investigation into the Adani situation and stated that if claims that the market regulator is planning to let off the conglomerate with “token fines” for “technical violations” are right then India’s transition to a “kleptocracy” shall be full.

    The opposition occasion additionally alleged that the message was clear — India’s establishments shall be rendered toothless whereas its investigative companies are used solely to guard Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s “close friends”.

    In a put up on X, Congress common secretary Jairam Ramesh stated that there was a spate of reports experiences on the Supreme Court-mandated SEBI investigation of the “Adani Mega Scam”. If these experiences are right and the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) is planning to let off Adani with token fines for “technical violations”, then India’s transition to a ‘kleptocracy’ shall be full, he stated.googletag.cmd.push(perform() googletag.show(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );

    ALSO READ | Adani-Hindenburg: SEBI’s lack of ability to achieve remaining conclusion ‘deeply worrying’, says Congress

    At the ninth G20 assembly held in Brisbane again in November 2014, Prime Minister Modi had known as for cooperation between nations “to eliminate safe havens for economic offenders”, to “track down and unconditionally extradite money launderers” and to “break down the web of complex international regulations and excessive banking secrecy that hide the corrupt and their deeds”, Ramesh stated.

    “Yet he (Modi) has done all he can to protect his corrupt friends and their misdeeds. The PM’s pet agencies are investigating entities that shorted Adani shares in January 2023 rather than the far more serious charges of money laundering and round-tripping that have been made against the Adani Group,” he alleged.

    Ramesh stated that at no level has the SEBI requested the Enforcement Directorate or the CBI to take additional motion towards Adani though, to cite the Supreme Court’s Expert Committee on the Adani situation — “the securities market regulator suspects wrongdoing”.

    This when these exact same companies have been broadly used to “harass” opposition events and non-BJP state governments, he stated.

    “If any further evidence was needed to show that India’s once-proud institutions now face capture, it is evident now,” Ramesh stated.

    ALSO READ | When auditors give up, you recognize issues should not as projected: Cong on Adani situation

    “Rather than compromised institutions, only a joint parliamentary committee probe can investigate the full extent of the Adani Mega Scam, and look for answers to questions such as where the Rs 20,000 crore of opaque foreign funds have flowed into Adani companies, what is the true financial relationship between Gautam and Vinod Adani, and how PM Modi has personally facilitated Adani’s businesses in India and abroad by changing laws, rules and regulations to enrich his close friends,” the Congress chief stated.

    The Congress has been questioning the monetary dealings of the Adani group after US analysis agency Hindenburg alleged “irregularities” and charged the group with inventory value manipulation.

    The Adani Group denied all of the allegations made within the Hindenburg report and claimed there had been no wrongdoing on its half.

    Opposition events have additionally been demanding a Joint Parliamentary Committee probe into the Adani situation.

  • Nehru’s imaginative and prescient of self-reliance behind Indian area exploration success, says Congress

    By PTI

    NEW DELHI: The Congress on Saturday mentioned it was Nehru’s imaginative and prescient of constructing India self-reliant within the area area, and his determination to not align with the good powers regardless of criticism, which has now yielded such wealthy dividends in area exploration.

    Congress chief Jairam Ramesh mentioned there was a whole lot of commentary in Pakistan’s media on the excellent achievements of ISRO with a lament that the company made such massive strides although Pakistan’s area company SUPARCO was arrange in late 1961, just a few months earlier than India’s INCOSPAR in February 1962.

    “What is not recognised is that from day 1 Nehru stressed SELF-RELIANCE, even as there were some voices in Delhi advocating greater American involvement and some others pleading for closer cooperation with the Soviets,” Ramesh mentioned on X.

    ALSO READ | Pakistan phrases Chandrayaan-3’s success as ‘nice scientific achievement’

    He mentioned first Nehru, after which Indira Gandhi after him, had been clear that the area programme needed to be designed, managed, and executed by Indian professionals within the civil area.

    In this, they had been after all guided and influenced by Homi Bhabha, Vikram Sarabhai, Satish Dhawan, P N Haksar and plenty of others, the Congress chief mentioned.

    “The basis and huge infrastructure for science and expertise created within the Nehruvian period, was completed within the face of trenchant criticism, that being an especially poor nation India may ill-afford such investments.

    “Yet it is the vision of a self-reliant and scientifically advanced nation that yielded such rich dividends,” Ramesh asserted.

    There has been a lot remark in Pakistan’s media on ISRO’s excellent achievements whereas bomoaning the truth that Pakistan’s area company SUPARCO was arrange in late 1961, just a few months earlier than India’s INCOSPAR in Feb 1962.

    What isn’t recognised is that from day 1 Nehru pressured…

    — Jairam Ramesh (@Jairam_Ramesh) August 26, 2023

    NEW DELHI: The Congress on Saturday mentioned it was Nehru’s imaginative and prescient of constructing India self-reliant within the area area, and his determination to not align with the good powers regardless of criticism, which has now yielded such wealthy dividends in area exploration.

    Congress chief Jairam Ramesh mentioned there was a whole lot of commentary in Pakistan’s media on the excellent achievements of ISRO with a lament that the company made such massive strides although Pakistan’s area company SUPARCO was arrange in late 1961, just a few months earlier than India’s INCOSPAR in February 1962.

    “What is not recognised is that from day 1 Nehru stressed SELF-RELIANCE, even as there were some voices in Delhi advocating greater American involvement and some others pleading for closer cooperation with the Soviets,” Ramesh mentioned on X.googletag.cmd.push(operate() googletag.show(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );

    ALSO READ | Pakistan phrases Chandrayaan-3’s success as ‘nice scientific achievement’

    He mentioned first Nehru, after which Indira Gandhi after him, had been clear that the area programme needed to be designed, managed, and executed by Indian professionals within the civil area.

    In this, they had been after all guided and influenced by Homi Bhabha, Vikram Sarabhai, Satish Dhawan, P N Haksar and plenty of others, the Congress chief mentioned.

    “The basis and huge infrastructure for science and expertise created within the Nehruvian period, was completed within the face of trenchant criticism, that being an especially poor nation India may ill-afford such investments.

    “Yet it is the vision of a self-reliant and scientifically advanced nation that yielded such rich dividends,” Ramesh asserted.

    There has been a lot remark in Pakistan’s media on ISRO’s excellent achievements whereas bomoaning the truth that Pakistan’s area company SUPARCO was arrange in late 1961, just a few months earlier than India’s INCOSPAR in Feb 1962.
    What isn’t recognised is that from day 1 Nehru pressured…
    — Jairam Ramesh (@Jairam_Ramesh) August 26, 2023

  • Congress asks why Manipur BJP MP, whose house was burnt down, hasn’t been allowed to talk in LS

    By PTI

    NEW DELHI: Noting that fairly a number of ministers have spoken in Lok Sabha through the no-confidence movement, Congress chief Jairam Ramesh on Thursday requested why Minister of State and BJP’s MP representing Manipur Inner, Rajkumar Ranjan Singh, has not been given an opportunity by the ruling social gathering to talk in Parliament.

    Sparks flew on the primary two days of the talk on the no-trust movement moved by the Congress on Tuesday with the opposition attacking the Centre over the violence in Manipur and the ruling NDA hitting again at it with corruption and dynasticism jibes.

    Several ministers, together with Amit Shah, Smriti Irani and Kiren Rijiju, have spoken through the no-confidence movement until now.

    “Quite a few ministers have spoken in Lok Sabha during the no-confidence motion. Why is it so that the only Union MoS and BJP MP in Lok Sabha representing Manipur Inner Parliamentary constituency, Dr Rajkumar Ranjan Singh, whose private residence was burnt down, has not been given a chance by the BJP to speak for Manipur in Parliament?” Ramesh mentioned on X, previously often known as Twitter.

    Quite a number of Ministers have spoken in Lok Sabha through the No Confidence Motion. Why is it in order that the one Union MoS & BJP MP in Lok Sabha representing Manipur Inner Parliamentary constituency, Dr. Rajkumar Ranjan Singh, whose personal residence was burnt down, has not been given…

    — Jairam Ramesh (@Jairam_Ramesh) August 10, 2023

    The no-confidence movement has been introduced by the Congress on behalf of the opposition grouping Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (INDIA).

    The debate was initiated on Tuesday by Congress MP Gaurav Gogoi. It will conclude with the prime minister’s reply on Thursday.

    WATCH | MoS RK Ranjan Singh’s home set on fireplace in June 

    NEW DELHI: Noting that fairly a number of ministers have spoken in Lok Sabha through the no-confidence movement, Congress chief Jairam Ramesh on Thursday requested why Minister of State and BJP’s MP representing Manipur Inner, Rajkumar Ranjan Singh, has not been given an opportunity by the ruling social gathering to talk in Parliament.

    Sparks flew on the primary two days of the talk on the no-trust movement moved by the Congress on Tuesday with the opposition attacking the Centre over the violence in Manipur and the ruling NDA hitting again at it with corruption and dynasticism jibes.

    Several ministers, together with Amit Shah, Smriti Irani and Kiren Rijiju, have spoken through the no-confidence movement until now.googletag.cmd.push(perform() googletag.show(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );

    “Quite a few ministers have spoken in Lok Sabha during the no-confidence motion. Why is it so that the only Union MoS and BJP MP in Lok Sabha representing Manipur Inner Parliamentary constituency, Dr Rajkumar Ranjan Singh, whose private residence was burnt down, has not been given a chance by the BJP to speak for Manipur in Parliament?” Ramesh mentioned on X, previously often known as Twitter.

    Quite a number of Ministers have spoken in Lok Sabha through the No Confidence Motion. Why is it in order that the one Union MoS & BJP MP in Lok Sabha representing Manipur Inner Parliamentary constituency, Dr. Rajkumar Ranjan Singh, whose personal residence was burnt down, has not been given…
    — Jairam Ramesh (@Jairam_Ramesh) August 10, 2023
    The no-confidence movement has been introduced by the Congress on behalf of the opposition grouping Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (INDIA).

    The debate was initiated on Tuesday by Congress MP Gaurav Gogoi. It will conclude with the prime minister’s reply on Thursday.

    WATCH | MoS RK Ranjan Singh’s home set on fireplace in June 

  • Power hall: Jairam Ramesh might stop as chairman of key standing committee

    By Express News Service

    Jairam ramesh might stop as chairman of key standing committee
    Congress common secretary Jairam Ramesh hinted at quitting the chairmanship of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Science and Technology, Environment, Forests and Climate Change, accusing the Modi authorities of steamrolling three essential Bills. He tweeted that the Bills that radically amend the Biological Diversity Act 2002 and the Forest Conservation Act 1980, and the Bill to arrange Anusandhan National Research Foundation weren’t referred to the important thing panel.

    ‘Early wedlocks, teen pregnancies, anaemia killing young tribal moms’
    Around half of maternal deaths within the tribal inhabitants are brought on by early marriages, teen pregnancies and anaemia, mentioned a parliamentary panel headed by BJP Lok Sabha MP Heena Vijaykumar Gavit. Around 30 per cent of tribal ladies marry earlier than turning 18, it mentioned, including, “Early marriages and the resultant pregnancy, combined with anaemia, are causing 46 per cent of maternal deaths among tribals.” Rajasthan, MP and Jharkhand had run profitable programmes to cease early marriages, she mentioned.

    11,095 non-public autos scrapped underneath coverage, says authorities
    Since the introduction of the car scrapping coverage, about 11,095 non-public autos have been scrapped within the nation, Union Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari knowledgeable Rajya Sabha on Wednesday. According to the ministry, a most of 78 per cent of the autos scrapped until July have been from Uttar Pradesh. In Gujarat, 1,730 have been scrapped; In Madhya Pradesh, 340 non-public autos have been condemned. In Haryana 177 autos have been, in Assam 70 and in Chandigarh 60 autos have been scrapped.

    The coastal aquaculture authority invoice amended
    Rajya Sabha on Wednesday handed the contentious Coastal Aquaculture Authority (Amendment ) Bill, 2023, allowing coastal aquaculture actions inside the coastal regulation zones. The coastal aquaculture actions is usually confined to brackish water shrimp tradition. With this, the registration granted underneath Coastal Aquaculture Authority Act shall prevail.

    ‘150 cases of workplace sexual abuse this year’
    The National Commission for Women (NCW) has obtained 150 circumstances of sexual harassment of ladies at workplaces until Aug 9 this 12 months, Union Women and Child Development minister Smriti Irani knowledgeable Rajya Sabha on Wednesday. In 2022, the determine was 287, whereas in 2021, it stood at 250. In 2020, NCW obtained 201 complaints of office harassment of ladies.

    730-day baby care depart for govt workers: Minister
    Female and single male authorities workers are eligible for 730 days of childcare depart, Union Minister Jitendra Singh instructed Lok Sabha on Wednesday. “Female and single male government servants appointed to the civil services and posts in connection with affairs of the Union, are eligible for child care leaves under Rule 43-C of the Central Civil Services (Leave) Rules, 1972 for a maximum period of 730 days during the entire service for taking care of two eldest surviving children up to the age of 18 years and no age limit in case of a differently-abled child,” he mentioned. 

    Jairam ramesh might stop as chairman of key standing committee
    Congress common secretary Jairam Ramesh hinted at quitting the chairmanship of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Science and Technology, Environment, Forests and Climate Change, accusing the Modi authorities of steamrolling three essential Bills. He tweeted that the Bills that radically amend the Biological Diversity Act 2002 and the Forest Conservation Act 1980, and the Bill to arrange Anusandhan National Research Foundation weren’t referred to the important thing panel.

    ‘Early wedlocks, teen pregnancies, anaemia killing young tribal moms’
    Around half of maternal deaths within the tribal inhabitants are brought on by early marriages, teen pregnancies and anaemia, mentioned a parliamentary panel headed by BJP Lok Sabha MP Heena Vijaykumar Gavit. Around 30 per cent of tribal ladies marry earlier than turning 18, it mentioned, including, “Early marriages and the resultant pregnancy, combined with anaemia, are causing 46 per cent of maternal deaths among tribals.” Rajasthan, MP and Jharkhand had run profitable programmes to cease early marriages, she mentioned.

    11,095 non-public autos scrapped underneath coverage, says authorities
    Since the introduction of the car scrapping coverage, about 11,095 non-public autos have been scrapped within the nation, Union Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari knowledgeable Rajya Sabha on Wednesday. According to the ministry, a most of 78 per cent of the autos scrapped until July have been from Uttar Pradesh. In Gujarat, 1,730 have been scrapped; In Madhya Pradesh, 340 non-public autos have been condemned. In Haryana 177 autos have been, in Assam 70 and in Chandigarh 60 autos have been scrapped.googletag.cmd.push(perform() googletag.show(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );

    The coastal aquaculture authority invoice amended
    Rajya Sabha on Wednesday handed the contentious Coastal Aquaculture Authority (Amendment ) Bill, 2023, allowing coastal aquaculture actions inside the coastal regulation zones. The coastal aquaculture actions is usually confined to brackish water shrimp tradition. With this, the registration granted underneath Coastal Aquaculture Authority Act shall prevail.

    ‘150 cases of workplace sexual abuse this year’
    The National Commission for Women (NCW) has obtained 150 circumstances of sexual harassment of ladies at workplaces until Aug 9 this 12 months, Union Women and Child Development minister Smriti Irani knowledgeable Rajya Sabha on Wednesday. In 2022, the determine was 287, whereas in 2021, it stood at 250. In 2020, NCW obtained 201 complaints of office harassment of ladies.

    730-day baby care depart for govt workers: Minister
    Female and single male authorities workers are eligible for 730 days of childcare depart, Union Minister Jitendra Singh instructed Lok Sabha on Wednesday. “Female and single male government servants appointed to the civil services and posts in connection with affairs of the Union, are eligible for child care leaves under Rule 43-C of the Central Civil Services (Leave) Rules, 1972 for a maximum period of 730 days during the entire service for taking care of two eldest surviving children up to the age of 18 years and no age limit in case of a differently-abled child,” he mentioned. 

  • Congress dismisses Amit Shah’s Manipur dialogue supply as ‘determined bid to handle headlines’

    Express News Service

    NEW DELHI: Reiterating its demand for a complete assertion by Prime Minister Modi on the Manipur disaster, the Congress on Monday termed Home Minister Amit Shah’s assertion within the Lok Sabha expressing his willingness for a dialogue on Manipur as a “desperate bid to manage headlines”.

    Amit Shah had earlier stated that the federal government is keen to carry a dialogue on Manipur in Parliament and urged the Opposition to permit the dialogue to occur.

    “Several members have demanded a discussion on Manipur. It is a very sensitive issue and I am ready for the discussion. I urge all the members of the opposition that on a very sensitive issue, I do not know why the opposition does not want to allow discussion,” stated Shah.

    ALSO READ | ‘Which holy river of this nation..’: DMK MP’s poem captures agony of girls in Manipur

    “I urge the leader of the opposition to allow the discussion to take place and it is important that the truth comes out,” he added.

    However, the Opposition remained adamant on their demand for an announcement from the PM earlier than any dialogue is held.

    Taking a swipe on the Home Minister, AICC General Secretary Jairam Ramesh sought to know why the PM refused to talk on the problem inside Parliament.

    “Amit Shah is not doing anybody any special favour. The perfectly democratic and legitimate demand of the parties comprising INDIA is for a statement by the Prime Minister on the Manipur situation first followed by a discussion. The Home Minister is totally silent on this. What is the hesitation in getting the PM to speak inside Parliament first?” he requested.

    ALSO READ | PM ought to make assertion on Manipur state of affairs, MPs have legitimate demand: Former J-Ok governor Malik

    The Opposition has intensified its assault on the federal government after the video of two ladies being paraded bare by a dozen males sparked outrage final week. The Prime Minister throughout his customary interplay with media outdoors Parliament, stated that ‘the complete nation has been shamed and warranted that the responsible shall be punished.

    About 150 individuals have misplaced their lives within the ethnic clashes which broke out on May 3.

    Meanwhile. each the Houses of Parliament have been adjourned on Monday after the presiding officers declined to carry a dialogue below Rule 267. Several members moved adjournment motions to debate the Manipur situation in each Houses. The Parliament has not been functioning for the reason that Monsoon session started on July 20.

    NEW DELHI: Reiterating its demand for a complete assertion by Prime Minister Modi on the Manipur disaster, the Congress on Monday termed Home Minister Amit Shah’s assertion within the Lok Sabha expressing his willingness for a dialogue on Manipur as a “desperate bid to manage headlines”.

    Amit Shah had earlier stated that the federal government is keen to carry a dialogue on Manipur in Parliament and urged the Opposition to permit the dialogue to occur.

    “Several members have demanded a discussion on Manipur. It is a very sensitive issue and I am ready for the discussion. I urge all the members of the opposition that on a very sensitive issue, I do not know why the opposition does not want to allow discussion,” stated Shah.googletag.cmd.push(operate() googletag.show(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );

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    “I urge the leader of the opposition to allow the discussion to take place and it is important that the truth comes out,” he added.

    However, the Opposition remained adamant on their demand for an announcement from the PM earlier than any dialogue is held.

    Taking a swipe on the Home Minister, AICC General Secretary Jairam Ramesh sought to know why the PM refused to talk on the problem inside Parliament.

    “Amit Shah is not doing anybody any special favour. The perfectly democratic and legitimate demand of the parties comprising INDIA is for a statement by the Prime Minister on the Manipur situation first followed by a discussion. The Home Minister is totally silent on this. What is the hesitation in getting the PM to speak inside Parliament first?” he requested.

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    The Opposition has intensified its assault on the federal government after the video of two ladies being paraded bare by a dozen males sparked outrage final week. The Prime Minister throughout his customary interplay with media outdoors Parliament, stated that ‘the complete nation has been shamed and warranted that the responsible shall be punished.

    About 150 individuals have misplaced their lives within the ethnic clashes which broke out on May 3.

    Meanwhile. each the Houses of Parliament have been adjourned on Monday after the presiding officers declined to carry a dialogue below Rule 267. Several members moved adjournment motions to debate the Manipur situation in each Houses. The Parliament has not been functioning for the reason that Monsoon session started on July 20.

  • As UK parliament panel questions Sunak, Jairam Ramesh says it is unimaginable in ‘Mother of Democracy’ 

    By PTI

    NEW DELHI: Congress chief Jairam Ramesh on Saturday referred to British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s questioning by a UK Parliamentary panel to take a swipe at PM Narendra Modi, saying such an interplay is “impossible in the self-declared Mother of Democracy”.

    Jairam Ramesh mentioned Prime Minister Modi has not spoken on problems with nationwide significance together with on China and Manipur.

    This is kind of unimaginable even by British requirements. Certainly such an interplay is unimaginable within the self-declared ‘Mother of Democracy’ the place eloquence=silence from the Prime Minister on problems with nationwide significance. https://t.co/0Ggu8pcYsb

    — Jairam Ramesh (@Jairam_Ramesh) July 8, 2023

    “This is kind of unimaginable even by British requirements.

    Certainly, such an interplay is unimaginable within the self-declared ‘Mother of Democracy’ the place eloquence = silence from the Prime Minister on problems with nationwide significance,” Ramesh mentioned on Twitter.

    Tagging a video during which Sunak is being questioned by a Parliamentary panel for not saying the National Health Service Workforce Plan in Parliament when it was in session, Ramesh mentioned, “And some PMs will never speak on issues like China, Manipur, etc.”

    The UK panel requested Sunak why he didn’t announce the NHS workforce plan in Parliament whereas reminding him that when Parliament is in session, a very powerful bulletins of presidency coverage must be made within the first occasion in Parliament.

    NEW DELHI: Congress chief Jairam Ramesh on Saturday referred to British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s questioning by a UK Parliamentary panel to take a swipe at PM Narendra Modi, saying such an interplay is “impossible in the self-declared Mother of Democracy”.

    Jairam Ramesh mentioned Prime Minister Modi has not spoken on problems with nationwide significance together with on China and Manipur.

    googletag.cmd.push(operate() googletag.show(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );

    This is kind of unimaginable even by British requirements. Certainly such an interplay is unimaginable within the self-declared ‘Mother of Democracy’ the place eloquence=silence from the Prime Minister on problems with nationwide significance. https://t.co/0Ggu8pcYsb
    — Jairam Ramesh (@Jairam_Ramesh) July 8, 2023
    “This is kind of unimaginable even by British requirements.

    Certainly, such an interplay is unimaginable within the self-declared ‘Mother of Democracy’ the place eloquence = silence from the Prime Minister on problems with nationwide significance,” Ramesh mentioned on Twitter.

    Tagging a video during which Sunak is being questioned by a Parliamentary panel for not saying the National Health Service Workforce Plan in Parliament when it was in session, Ramesh mentioned, “And some PMs will never speak on issues like China, Manipur, etc.”

    The UK panel requested Sunak why he didn’t announce the NHS workforce plan in Parliament whereas reminding him that when Parliament is in session, a very powerful bulletins of presidency coverage must be made within the first occasion in Parliament.

  • Southern states would possibly lose seats in parliament: Jairam Ramesh on India turning into most populous

    By PTI

    NEW DELHI: With India turning into the world’s most populous nation, the pioneering states in family planning principally inside the south would possibly end up dropping seats in Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha, Congress chief Jairam Ramesh said on Friday.

    The seat allocation to states and Union Territories is accomplished on the thought of the inhabitants.

    “India overtaking China as the world’s most populous country has evoked much comment. But what hasn’t is how the pioneering states in family planning-mostly southern-will end up losing seats in Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha,” Ramesh said on Twitter.

    “They need assurance that this won’t happen. I’ve raised this issue many times,” the Congress chief moreover said.

    India overtaking China as a result of the world’s most populous nation has evoked quite a bit comment. But what hasn’t is how the pioneering states in family planning-mostly southern-will end up dropping seats in LS & RS. They need assurance that this may not happen. I’ve raised this drawback many cases.

    — Jairam Ramesh (@Jairam_Ramesh) April 21, 2023

    NEW DELHI: With India turning into the world’s most populous nation, the pioneering states in family planning principally inside the south would possibly end up dropping seats in Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha, Congress chief Jairam Ramesh said on Friday.

    The seat allocation to states and Union Territories is accomplished on the thought of the inhabitants.

    “India overtaking China as the world’s most populous country has evoked much comment. But what hasn’t is how the pioneering states in family planning-mostly southern-will end up losing seats in Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha,” Ramesh said on Twitter.googletag.cmd.push(function() googletag.present(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );

    “They need assurance that this won’t happen. I’ve raised this issue many times,” the Congress chief moreover said.

    India overtaking China as a result of the world’s most populous nation has evoked quite a bit comment. But what hasn’t is how the pioneering states in family planning-mostly southern-will end up dropping seats in LS & RS. They need assurance that this may not happen. I’ve raised this drawback many cases.
    — Jairam Ramesh (@Jairam_Ramesh) April 21, 2023