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Govt passed 8 bills this week in RS but opposition stuck to demands

The government rushed through six bills in the House and the opposition alleged that the government is undermining Parliament. The government on Thursday managed to pass three bills between brief adjournments — The Constitution (Scheduled Tribe) Order (Amendment) Bill, The Commission for Air Quality Management in National Capital Region and Adjoining Areas Bill, The Essential Defence Services Bill, 2021.

484 railway projects under different stages of completion: Govt

“As on April 1 this year, 484 railway projects of 51,165 km length costing approximately Rs 7.53 lakh crore are in different stages of planning or sanction or execution, out of which 10,638 km length has been commissioned and an expenditure of Rs.2.14 lakh crore has been incurred up to March 2021,”