Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee on Thursday moved a motion in the Lok Sabha for the appointment of a 30-member Joint Parliamentary Committee to go into the 2G spectrum issue. The 20 members from the Lower House who would be in the JPC were named. The names of the remaining 10 who would represent the Upper House would be announced on March 1, when the House officially joins the JPC. The JPC...
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Govt blinks again, to set up 30-member JPC
The government will announce a 30-member joint parliamentary panel with terms of reference expected to cover the period of the execution of the first-come, first-served policy for telecom licences including the opposition NDA's term in office. The committee is expected to submit a report in six months but sources were doubtful if this might be sufficient. The announcement on the JPC, its membership and terms is to be made on Thursday...
More »Ignoring NAC objections, Union Home Ministry goes ahead on communal violence Bill by Smita Gupta
The Union Home Ministry is pressing ahead with pushing the Communal Violence (Prevention, Control and Rehabilitation) Bill, 2005 for consideration and passing in the budget session of Parliament, even though it was summarily rejected by the National Advisory Council, which is currently drafting an entirely new law.Expressing surprise, NAC sources told The Hindu that Chairperson Sonia Gandhi had communicated to the government that the Council was drafting a new Bill,...
More »2 CPM workers held for Netai killings
The CID, on Monday, arrested two CPM activists wanted in connection with the Netai killings near Lalgarh which took place on January 7. Acting on a tip-off , the detectives picked up the duo -- Aswini Chalak and Abani Bhusan Singh --from a house in Midnapore town. A senior CID official said on Monday that both the arrested persons were local CPM leaders in Lalgarh and had been absconding since January...
More »JPC probe will provide canvas larger than CAG, says Karat
Communist Party of India (Marxist) general secretary Prakash Karat on Sunday repeated the demand for the setting up of a Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) to probe the 2G spectrum allocation scam, saying that the issue needed to be investigated on a canvas larger than the Comptroller and Auditor General's “limited” inquiry. Considering the gravity of the irregularities, a “wider and comprehensive” probe was required into the 2G spectrum allocation, Mr. Karat...
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