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Uttarakhand Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat resigned on Tuesday and former Chattisgarh Chief Minister Raman Singh and Rajya Sabha member Dushyant Gautam, sent by the BJP’s national leadership as observers to Dehradun, will conduct a meeting of the legislature party on Wednesday morning to elect a new leader who will take over as chief minister.
The Election Commission of India on Tuesday transferred West Bengal DGP Virendra and appointed P. Nirajnayan as the new DGP. Mr. Nirajnayan is an IPS officer of 1987 batch and has served in the CBI. In its order, the ECI said Mr. Virendra should not be given any post which directly or indirectly relates to the conduct of polls.
Panel flags Centre’s meagre pensions
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Parliamentary Standing Committee on Rural Development slams government laxity in raising amounts.
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Parliamentary Standing Committee on Rural Development slams government laxity in raising amounts.
The Centre must increase the “meagre” pensions provided for poor senior citizens, widows and disabled people, said the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Rural Development in its report submitted to the Lok Sabha on Tuesday. The panel also slammed the government’s “laxity in raising the amount, pointing out that recommendations to increase the sums have been made for the last two years as well.
“The relevance of a marquee scheme like National Social Assistance Programme (NSAP) in reaching out to the poor and downtrodden section of the society does not go amiss in the eyes of the Committee,” said the report.
Parliament updates | February 12, 2021
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The Lok Sabha has passed the Arbitration and Conciliation (Amendment) Bill.
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Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad responding to queries raised by Members in the Lok Sabha on February 12.
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The Lok Sabha has passed the Arbitration and Conciliation (Amendment) Bill.
According to an official order, the first leg of the Budget Session is scheduled to conclude today in an extended sitting of the Upper House till 3 p.m. The sitting for Saturday is cancelled. It was earlier decided that the Session would conclude on February 13 instead of on February 15.
Parliamentary panel prays at Tirumala
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The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Rural Development headed by its Chairman Pratap Rao Jadhav on Saturday offered prayers at the temple of Lord Venkateswara here.
Additional EO A.V. Dharma Reddy facilitated them with the darshan of the deity. Later, the committee members motored down to Tirupati to take stock of various works taken up by the Central and State governments at the village level.
Indian Bank Chairman and Managing Director Padmaja Chunduru donated ₹20 lakh to the TTD’s Sri Venkateswara Bhakti Channel (SVBC) trust.
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