-The Indian Express The government is set to move an amendment Bill in Parliament during the current session itself. The government on Wednesday approved amendments to the Whistleblowers Protection Act, 2011, to keep issues of national security out of its purview. After the Union Cabinet nod, the government is set to move an amendment Bill in Parliament during the current session itself. In a statement, the government said: “This is being done...
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Centre relents on real estate bill
-The Telegraph New Delhi: The government today gave in to the Opposition and referred the Bill for regulating real estate to a select committee for scrutiny. Urban development minister M. Venkaiah Naidu brought a motion for sending the Bill to the committee, to be headed by BJP MP Anil Madhav Dave. The 21-member panel will have to hand in its report at the start of the monsoon session. The Opposition had demanded examination...
More »Crackdown on NGOs worries US -Suhasini Haidar
-The Hindu This is the fourth time the U.S. government is taking up the issue of strictures against NGOs in the past couple of weeks. Accusing the government’s actions to regulate Non-Governmental Organisations including the Ford Foundation and Greenpeace International of having a “chilling effect” on civil society, U.S. Ambassador to India Richard Verma, said that India and the U.S. must find an understanding over the issue. “I read with some concern...
More »Land acquisition issues stall only 8% of all industrial projects -Prachi Salve
-IndiaSpend.com About 8% of 804 industrial projects – with a planned investment of Rs 421,062 crore ($67.91 billion) – across India are in limbo because of land-acquisition problems, according to data released by the finance ministry. The data complement a 2014 Comptroller and Auditor General report that says 38% of land acquired for special economic zones has not been used. The leading causes for stalled plans were unfavourable market conditions (98 projects) –...
More »Land bill: Govt could opt for joint panel route in attempt to break logjam
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: The government is trying to break the deadlock over land acquisition Bill by offering to set up a joint committee of the two Houses of Parliament for a fresh scrutiny of the contentious legislation that has been stalled by the opposition. The government has already sounded out some of opposition parties about the fresh initiative which it can announce while moving the Bill for discussion in...
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