Tag: Bill
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K’taka Assembly passes Bill to stop temple demolition
The enactment states that whatever may be the legal provisions of laws and irrespective of orders or guidelines by courts, jurisprudence and authorities, from the date of implementation of the 'Karnataka Religious Structures Protection Act -2021', the government will protect religious centres in accordance with the stipulated guidelines.
September 22, 2021 -
US Senate votes to advance $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill
Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell said on Saturday that Republicans want more amendment votes before a final vote.
August 8, 2021 -
US infrastructure bill to add $256bn to deficits over 10 yrs
The release of the CBO analysis was one of the key steps remaining before the Senate votes on the bill.
August 6, 2021 -
Goa Assembly passes bill to form mining corporation
The Corporation is empowered to obtain mining leases/grants, grant prospecting licenses, etc, under the Mines and Mineral Development and Regulation Act, 1957 and carry out all mining operations, to carry out mining operations on behalf of the state under the same Act.
July 30, 2021 -
Centre drafting Bill to prevent women, child trafficking
It is expected that the Bill will be introduced in the upcoming Monsoon Session of Parliament beginning from July 19.
July 4, 2021 -
Key GOP senators balk at terms of Biden infrastructure bill
White House press secretary Jen Psaki said senators should not have been surprised by the two-track strategy that Biden has publicly discussed on many occasions.
June 26, 2021 -
Bill to define role, powers of Delhi LG introduced in Lok Sabha
According to proposed amendments, Section 21 of the Act~ dealing with restrictions on laws passed by legislative assembly with respect to certain matters ~ is sought to be revised to clarify that the expression ‘government’ referred to in any law to be made by the legislative assembly shall mean the 'Lieutenant Governor'.
March 16, 2021 -
Bill to end nomination of Anglo-Indian, extend reservation for SC, ST in Lok Sabha on Monday
The current strength of Lok Sabha is of 545 members out of which two are nominated by the President from the Anglo-Indian community.
December 8, 2019 -
Government to move full steam ahead on labour reforms with new Bill
In what could be a significant improvement over existing wage rules, the government is likely to extend the applicability of the Minimum Wages Act to all forms of employment and workers in both the organised and the unorganised sectors.
June 9, 2019 -
LS passes Bill to deter fugitive economic offenders
The Fugitive Economic Offenders Bill- 2018 will empower the authorities to attach properties of fugitive economic offenders
July 19, 2018 -
Bill tabled in Assam to bring Madrassas under norms
On behalf of Education Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Chandra Mohan Patowary introduced Bill
April 2, 2018 -
Rajasthan passes bill for death penalty for rape of girls under 12 years of age
The Rajasthan Legislative Assembly on friday passed a bill approving death penalty to those convicted of raping or gang-raping a girl upto 12 years of age. With this, Rajasthan has become the second state in the country after Madhya Pradesh approving death sentence for those convicted of such rapes . State Home Minister Gulab Chand...
March 9, 2018 -
Rajasthan Assembly passes Bill on death for rapists of girls under 12
The Rajasthan Assembly on Friday passed a Bill calling for death penalty for those guilty of raping girls below the age of 12. The passage of the Bill makes Rajasthan the second state after Madhya Pradesh to introduce such a law. It was Rajasthan Home Minister Gulab Chand Kataria who had earlier informed the Rajasthan...
March 9, 2018 -
Muslim women express support for criminalisation provision of triple talaq
The Bharatiya Muslim Mahila Andolan (BMMA) has requested the government to make crime under the triple talaq bill a bailable offence though congnisable. The Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Bill, passed in the Lok Sabha in December 2017, makes instant triple talaq illegal and void. It also proposes a jail term of three...
January 24, 2018 -
Bill on data protection to be ready by March, Centre tells Delhi SC
The Centre on Tuesday told the Supreme Court that the much-awaited bill on data protection — being drafted by a committee of experts headed by Justice B.N. Srikrishna (retd) — would be ready by March. Attorney General K.K. Venugopal gave the information to a Constitution Bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra, Justice A.K. Sikri, Justice A.M. Khanwilkar,...
January 23, 2018 -
Bill for quick prosecution of cheque bounce cases tabled in Lok Sabha
A bill aimed at reducing inordinate delays in cases of cheque dishonour and payment of interim compensation to the complainants was tabled in the Lok Sabha today. The Negotiable Instruments (Amendment) Bill, 2017, which was introduced by Minister of State Finance Shiv Prasad on behalf of Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, also seeks do away with...
January 2, 2018 -
Bill against Triple Talaq has freed Muslim women, says PM Modi
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said the bill criminalising instant Triple Talaq has freed Muslim women after years of “suffering”. Delivering the inaugural address for the 85th annual Sivagiri pilgrimage celebrations in Kerala via video conferencing, Modi said: “After years of suffering, Muslim women have found a way to free themselves from the practice...
December 31, 2017