-The Times of India NEW DELHI: The government on Tuesday referred the land acquisition bill to a joint committee of Parliament, paving the way for its passage in a joint sitting of Parliament after the monsoon session. Rural development minister Birender Singh moved the motion for sending the bill to the joint panel after a detailed discussion forced by the opposition. The discussion had Rahul Gandhi lead the Congress attack on the bill,...
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Prevention of Corruption (Amendment) Act to bring relief for corporate heads -Aman Sharma
-The Economic Times NEW DELHI: In a big relief to India Inc, the Modi Government will be moving amendments to the Prevention of Corruption (Amendment) Act, 2013 brought by the UPA, to ensure corporate bosses are not in the dock unless they have expressly connived in or consented to a corrupt act of their juniors. The original bill brought in 2013 to amend the 1988 Prevention of Corruption Act extended the liability...
More »From plate to plough: Padyatras, politics, policies -Ashok Gulati
-The Indian Express Rahul Gandhi will help farmers more if he focuses on how policies are implemented On April 30, Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi undertook a padyatra of about 15 km in the Vidarbha region to register his sympathy and concerns for farmers. Vidarbha has been reeling under agrarian distress for many years, and has also been an epicentre of farmer suicides. Cotton being one of the primary crops of this...
More »Foreign Contributions Regulation Act: Old wine in new bottle - Moyna Manku
-Livemint.com FCRA dates back to the Emergency. In its current form, it is the handiwork of the UPA, and the NDA is simply taking up from where the UPA left New Delhi: The recent cancellation of licences of many not-for-profits allowed to receive foreign funds is an exercise started by the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) in 2010 following a series of public protests against government policies. The Foreign Contributions Regulation Act (FCRA)...
More »The Failing Fields: Bonus withdrawal bites Madhya Pradesh farmers this time -Milind Ghatwai
-The Indian Express Policy played a major role in helping the state claim no. 2 spot in wheat procurement. Vidisha: For Sandeep Baghel, the spanking state-of-the-art silos about 8 km from the mandi here are symbolic of the sheer transformation in the infrastructure for procurement and storage of grains, from the chaos of the past when farmers like him spent days on end to sell their wheat to state agencies. But the awe...
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