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  • Parliament passes Maritime Anti-Piracy Invoice

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    NEW DELHI: Parliament on Wednesday handed the Maritime Anti-Piracy Invoice, which gives for stringent punishment to these convicted of such crimes.

    The Rajya Sabha on Wednesday handed through voice vote the Maritime Anti-Piracy Invoice-2022 which used to be moved for attention and passage through Exterior Affairs Minister S Jaishankar.

    The invoice used to be handed through the Lok Sabha on Monday.

    Within the invoice, the federal government has added provisions for dying penalty and lifestyles imprisonment for the ones convicted of maritime piracy.

    Replying to a debate at the invoice, Jaishankar mentioned it’ll lend a hand the rustic in having world cooperation to handle piracy.

    He additionally advised the Space, “We can have jurisdiction on international ships (which might bask in piracy).”

    Concerning the contributors’ ideas about having same old working procedures (SOP) for have higher enforcement, he mentioned that the recommendation is definitely taken as it might lend a hand in its enforcement.

    He liked the contributors’ perspectives that authorized individuals — defense force coping with piracy — want to be given immunity.

    READ HERE | ‘India does not have particular regulation on piracy’: Lok Sabha all over debate on Anti Maritime Piracy Invoice 

    NEW DELHI: Parliament on Wednesday handed the Maritime Anti-Piracy Invoice, which gives for stringent punishment to these convicted of such crimes.

    The Rajya Sabha on Wednesday handed through voice vote the Maritime Anti-Piracy Invoice-2022 which used to be moved for attention and passage through Exterior Affairs Minister S Jaishankar.

    The invoice used to be handed through the Lok Sabha on Monday.

    Within the invoice, the federal government has added provisions for dying penalty and lifestyles imprisonment for the ones convicted of maritime piracy.

    Replying to a debate at the invoice, Jaishankar mentioned it’ll lend a hand the rustic in having world cooperation to handle piracy.

    He additionally advised the Space, “We can have jurisdiction on international ships (which might bask in piracy).”

    Concerning the contributors’ ideas about having same old working procedures (SOP) for have higher enforcement, he mentioned that the recommendation is definitely taken as it might lend a hand in its enforcement.

    He liked the contributors’ perspectives that authorized individuals — defense force coping with piracy — want to be given immunity.

    READ HERE | ‘India does not have particular regulation on piracy’: Lok Sabha all over debate on Anti Maritime Piracy Invoice 

  • 312 monitor upkeep Railways body of workers died on responsibility in closing 4 years

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    NEW DELHI: Over 300 Railway Monitor Upkeep (RTM) staff have misplaced their lives on responsibility after being by way of trains within the closing 4 years over the Indian Railways. The best selection of RTM body of workers had died on responsibility from other railway sections in Uttar Pradesh from 2018 to December 5 in 2022.

    The Railways knowledgeable the Rajya Sabha (RS) {that a} general of 312 monitor upkeep body of workers had died within the closing 4 years on responsibility in several portions of the rustic.

    Union Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Friday in a written answer stated that ex-gratia compensations had been paid to the households of Railway monitor upkeep body of workers who misplaced their lives whilst acting bonafide respectable tasks after being hit by way of trains.

    “We’re carrying out common counselling of monitor upkeep body of workers for ‘non-public protection first’ whilst operating close to the tracks. They have got additionally been supplied with protecting apparatus, protection helmets, and retro-reflective prime visibility jackets for responsibility”, the minister knowledgeable the Area, including that paintings website far flung keep watch over hooters and whistles had been supplied to trace upkeep body of workers.

    The minister additionally stated that periodic scientific exam is steadily being performed to determine the health of monitor staff.

    Probably the most notable knowledge the minister gave within the Higher Area was once that the federal government has sanctioned the very prime frequency-based ‘Drawing near Teach Caution Device’, which is also known as ‘Rakshak’, at the Golden Quadrilateral-Golden Diagonal routes on Indian Railway. “For the program, Rs 91.21 crores have been sanctioned”, the minister added.

    In step with knowledge shared by way of the minister within the RS, 61 monitor upkeep staff misplaced their lives after having been hit by way of trains right through responsibility in Uttar Pradesh from 2018 to December 5 in 2022. 48 monitor upkeep staff died in Maharashtra right through responsibility in the similar duration.

    On responsibility deaths of railways body of workers between 2018 and Dec 5, 2022
    STATES
    NO. OF DEATHS
    UP
    61
    Maharashtra
    48
    West Bengal
    35
    Andhra Pradesh
    33
    Bihar
    29
    Rajasthan
    27
    Madhya Pradesh
    26
    Jharkhand
    17
    Chhattisgarh
    14
    Haryana
    13
    Gujarat
    12

    NEW DELHI: Over 300 Railway Monitor Upkeep (RTM) staff have misplaced their lives on responsibility after being by way of trains within the closing 4 years over the Indian Railways. The best selection of RTM body of workers had died on responsibility from other railway sections in Uttar Pradesh from 2018 to December 5 in 2022.

    The Railways knowledgeable the Rajya Sabha (RS) {that a} general of 312 monitor upkeep body of workers had died within the closing 4 years on responsibility in several portions of the rustic.

    Union Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Friday in a written answer stated that ex-gratia compensations had been paid to the households of Railway monitor upkeep body of workers who misplaced their lives whilst acting bonafide respectable tasks after being hit by way of trains.

    “We’re carrying out common counselling of monitor upkeep body of workers for ‘non-public protection first’ whilst operating close to the tracks. They have got additionally been supplied with protecting apparatus, protection helmets, and retro-reflective prime visibility jackets for responsibility”, the minister knowledgeable the Area, including that paintings website far flung keep watch over hooters and whistles had been supplied to trace upkeep body of workers.

    The minister additionally stated that periodic scientific exam is steadily being performed to determine the health of monitor staff.

    Probably the most notable knowledge the minister gave within the Higher Area was once that the federal government has sanctioned the very prime frequency-based ‘Drawing near Teach Caution Device’, which is also known as ‘Rakshak’, at the Golden Quadrilateral-Golden Diagonal routes on Indian Railway. “For the program, Rs 91.21 crores have been sanctioned”, the minister added.

    In step with knowledge shared by way of the minister within the RS, 61 monitor upkeep staff misplaced their lives after having been hit by way of trains right through responsibility in Uttar Pradesh from 2018 to December 5 in 2022. 48 monitor upkeep staff died in Maharashtra right through responsibility in the similar duration.

    On responsibility deaths of railways body of workers between 2018 and Dec 5, 2022
    STATES
    NO. OF DEATHS
    UP
    61
    Maharashtra
    48
    West Bengal
    35
    Andhra Pradesh
    33
    Bihar
    29
    Rajasthan
    27
    Madhya Pradesh
    26
    Jharkhand
    17
    Chhattisgarh
    14
    Haryana
    13
    Gujarat
    12

  • Scrapping of Maulana Azad Fellowship an ‘anti-minority’ transfer: Congress MP in Lok Sabha

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    NEW DELHI: Congress member Okay Suresh on Friday termed the scrapping of the Maulana Azad Nationwide Fellowship (MANF) scheme as an “anti-minority” transfer via the Narendra Modi govt and mentioned the verdict will make upper schooling inaccessible to underprivileged scholars belonging to the minority communities.

    Elevating the problem in Lok Sabha throughout 0 Hour, the Congress member additionally mentioned the discontinuation of the fellowship scheme may have a pan-India adversarial have an effect on at the upper schooling of scholars belonging to Muslim, Buddhist, Jain, Christian, Parsi and Sikh communities.

    “The transfer is an insult to Maulana Azad. It additionally disregards all of the freedom opponents and their reminiscences of sacrifice,” he charged.

    “Up to now, scholars from those six notified minority communities gained monetary help for pursuing upper schooling underneath the scheme which covers all of the establishments recognised via the College Grants Fee,” he mentioned.

    “With the discontinuation of the scheme, upper schooling will transform inaccessible to underprivileged scholars from the six notified minority communities,” Suresh added.

    The MANF scheme for the minority group scholars pursuing upper schooling has been scrapped whilst the federal government’s pre-matric scholarship for them will not observe to scholars from Magnificence 1 to Magnificence 8.

    In a written respond to a query not too long ago within the Lok Sabha, Minority Affairs Minister Smriti Irani mentioned the federal government equipped fellowships for upper schooling thru quite a lot of schemes, together with the MANF, carried out via other ministries or departments.

    ALSO READ | Kharge hits out at Modi executive for preventing scholarships for minority scholars

    A lot of these schemes, excluding the Maulana Azad Nationwide Fellowship, are open for applicants of all communities, together with minorities, however the knowledge of fellowship dispensed amongst minority scholars is integrated simplest underneath the Maulana Azad Nationwide Fellowship scheme, she mentioned.

    “For the reason that MANF scheme overlaps with quite a lot of different fellowship schemes for upper schooling being carried out via the federal government and minority scholars are already coated underneath such schemes, therefore the federal government made up our minds to discontinue the MANF Scheme from 2022-23,” Irani had mentioned.

    Congress member Suresh termed the rationale cited via the minister for discontinuation of the MANF as an “excuse” and mentioned it defies the common sense as any overlap can have been recognized from the Aadhaar and different paperwork of the scholars making use of for the fellowship underneath the scheme.

    “The Anti minority sentiments in the back of the (govt’s) resolution is clear,” he charged.

    NEW DELHI: Congress member Okay Suresh on Friday termed the scrapping of the Maulana Azad Nationwide Fellowship (MANF) scheme as an “anti-minority” transfer via the Narendra Modi govt and mentioned the verdict will make upper schooling inaccessible to underprivileged scholars belonging to the minority communities.

    Elevating the problem in Lok Sabha throughout 0 Hour, the Congress member additionally mentioned the discontinuation of the fellowship scheme may have a pan-India adversarial have an effect on at the upper schooling of scholars belonging to Muslim, Buddhist, Jain, Christian, Parsi and Sikh communities.

    “The transfer is an insult to Maulana Azad. It additionally disregards all of the freedom opponents and their reminiscences of sacrifice,” he charged.

    “Up to now, scholars from those six notified minority communities gained monetary help for pursuing upper schooling underneath the scheme which covers all of the establishments recognised via the College Grants Fee,” he mentioned.

    “With the discontinuation of the scheme, upper schooling will transform inaccessible to underprivileged scholars from the six notified minority communities,” Suresh added.

    The MANF scheme for the minority group scholars pursuing upper schooling has been scrapped whilst the federal government’s pre-matric scholarship for them will not observe to scholars from Magnificence 1 to Magnificence 8.

    In a written respond to a query not too long ago within the Lok Sabha, Minority Affairs Minister Smriti Irani mentioned the federal government equipped fellowships for upper schooling thru quite a lot of schemes, together with the MANF, carried out via other ministries or departments.

    ALSO READ | Kharge hits out at Modi executive for preventing scholarships for minority scholars

    A lot of these schemes, excluding the Maulana Azad Nationwide Fellowship, are open for applicants of all communities, together with minorities, however the knowledge of fellowship dispensed amongst minority scholars is integrated simplest underneath the Maulana Azad Nationwide Fellowship scheme, she mentioned.

    “For the reason that MANF scheme overlaps with quite a lot of different fellowship schemes for upper schooling being carried out via the federal government and minority scholars are already coated underneath such schemes, therefore the federal government made up our minds to discontinue the MANF Scheme from 2022-23,” Irani had mentioned.

    Congress member Suresh termed the rationale cited via the minister for discontinuation of the MANF as an “excuse” and mentioned it defies the common sense as any overlap can have been recognized from the Aadhaar and different paperwork of the scholars making use of for the fellowship underneath the scheme.

    “The Anti minority sentiments in the back of the (govt’s) resolution is clear,” he charged.

  • Rajnath Singh’s remark on Arunachal conflict incomplete, Modi government hiding reality: Congress

    Via PTI

    NEW DELHI: The Congress on Tuesday mentioned Defence Minister Rajnath Singh’s remark in Parliament at the Sino-India border conflict in Tawang was once “incomplete” and accused the federal government of hiding the reality from the country.

    Congress spokesperson and deputy chief of the birthday celebration in Lok Sabha Gaurav Gogoi demanded that the federal government will have to inform the reality and no longer divert public consideration via elevating different problems like cancellation of FCRA registration of the Rajiv Gandhi Basis.

    Gogoi and birthday celebration chief Pawan Khera additionally accused the federal government of diplomatic failure with China, claiming that India has misplaced its pre-eminent place in Southeast Asia.

    Each the leaders demanded that the federal government will have to conform to an in depth dialogue at the border state of affairs and ties with China, alleging that High Minister Narendra Modi’s remarks made in June 2020 that “no person has entered Indian territory nor has somebody occupied its territory” has emboldened China to bask in such misadventures.

    “Why did Rajnath Singh give a remark so past due because the incident is of December 9. Why was once this no longer given the day prior to this in Parliament? What are they hiding this? This govt needs to cover the reality from the country and our call for from day one has been to inform the reality to the country,” Gogoi instructed newshounds at a press convention.

    He mentioned the Congress is anxious concerning the safety of the country and this is why it was once asking inquiries to the federal government.

    “Rajnath Singh is also in need of to offer additional info however his voice has additionally been silenced via the High minister. For this reason the minister’s remark is incomplete. Our questions have been legitimate,” he mentioned.

    He alleged that on every occasion a subject matter of nationwide safety comes up, the “top minister hides in the back of his ministers”.

    ALSO READ | India blames China of seeking to adjust ‘established order’, Beijing downplays Arunachal border conflict

    Asking why Parliament was once intentionally stored at midnight, Gogoi mentioned this is why the Congress staged a walkout after Singh’s remark in Lok Sabha and later in Rajya Sabha.

    “The BJP govt isn’t in a position to offer protection to the territorial integrity of our nation. They don’t have the time to take into consideration the rustic with the exception of elections and doing communal politics,” he mentioned, including that we need to get ready a united technique after taking everybody in combination however there’s no time for it with this govt.

    He additionally accused the federal government of “diplomatic failure” and this is why China is indulging in such clashes alongside the border.

    “Modi ji, dariye mat. (Do not be afraid). Identify China and guarantee the rustic that what he mentioned previous was once mistaken and spell out how India plans to take in this problem strongly,” Gogoi mentioned.

    Taking over House Minister Amit Shah, Khera mentioned he was once making allegations in opposition to the Congress however will have to resolution why the BJP was once taking the assistance of UC Information Cellular and ShareIt in 2019 elections.

    “The accounts of Rajiv Gandhi basis are in public area and there may be not anything to cover about them. However what are the RSS ties with China’s communist birthday celebration and why they knock at China’s doorways and why it has a tie up with CPC. Even if they aren’t in energy, the BJP is going there to get classes from China.

    What are India Basis and Vivekanand Basis’s members of the family with China, the House minister will have to inform,” he mentioned.

    Khera additionally demanded that the federal government will have to make public main points of the PM Cares fund and inform which Chinese language corporations have given donations to it.

    “We wish to know what’s the name of the game of Modi ji giving a blank chit to China in 2020. We’re involved concerning the nation’s integrity and its borders. The Congress chief mentioned the federal government has allowed the Chinese language to know your weak spot and this is why failure to your international relations. You will have left international relations to diplomats. That is the diplomatic failure, as neither are we able to ask questions from Raksha Mantri, nor from exterior affairs ministry or somebody else. The High Minister is obviously chargeable for this as he gave the blank chit to China. China has no longer handiest disturbed the established order and we’re asking the federal government to struggle China however you’re right here preventing with us. That is the diplomatic failure,” Khera asserted.

    Requested what he intended via India’s diplomatic failure, Gogoi mentioned, “If it was once a good fortune, China do not need proven this braveness. We’ve got failed on international relations with China. The failure of this govt to impose prime prices on Chinese language misadventure is the number 1 failure. Quantity two failure is that you’re tying your Military’s fingers in the back of their again and asking them to return from their very own territory. There’s a call for for pre-Galwan established order, however you will have dropped the call for. Thirdly, you’re seeing a distance between you and your allies, particularly in South Asia. Below High Minister Modi, India has misplaced her pre-eminent place in South Asia. Even on financial advert diplomatic entrance,” the Congress MP from Assam mentioned.

    He, then again, mentioned the federal government does no longer have the time to believe this factor and steered it to turn transparency.

    “We’ve got been in the hunt for a holistic dialogue on China. High Minister will have to cling every other spherical of talks and admit to errors. The rustic provides significance to nationwide safety,” he mentioned, including that the federal government is answerable to the rustic and the federal government will have to respond to the country and inform the reality.

    Gogoi additionally requested why the Indian govt is making compromises on the border via signing disengagement agreements and growing buffer zones and this is why China is getting the braveness to bask in such misadventures as finished in Tawang on Friday.

    He claimed that via doing so, China needs that buffer zones are created in north japanese sector.

    “If India has to present respond to China’s misadventure, then India must interact with South East Asia. However, the hassle is to divert the eye of the rustic. We face this kind of problem and if we don’t reply to it unitedly, we can have to stand the results in long term and PM Modi must take all the accountability.”

    Khera mentioned in 1962, as many as 165 MPs participated within the dialogue on China when even our MPs criticised our govt then and Nehru ji listened. “However, have a look at this govt they assault us after we ask them questions.”

    NEW DELHI: The Congress on Tuesday mentioned Defence Minister Rajnath Singh’s remark in Parliament at the Sino-India border conflict in Tawang was once “incomplete” and accused the federal government of hiding the reality from the country.

    Congress spokesperson and deputy chief of the birthday celebration in Lok Sabha Gaurav Gogoi demanded that the federal government will have to inform the reality and no longer divert public consideration via elevating different problems like cancellation of FCRA registration of the Rajiv Gandhi Basis.

    Gogoi and birthday celebration chief Pawan Khera additionally accused the federal government of diplomatic failure with China, claiming that India has misplaced its pre-eminent place in Southeast Asia.

    Each the leaders demanded that the federal government will have to conform to an in depth dialogue at the border state of affairs and ties with China, alleging that High Minister Narendra Modi’s remarks made in June 2020 that “no person has entered Indian territory nor has somebody occupied its territory” has emboldened China to bask in such misadventures.

    “Why did Rajnath Singh give a remark so past due because the incident is of December 9. Why was once this no longer given the day prior to this in Parliament? What are they hiding this? This govt needs to cover the reality from the country and our call for from day one has been to inform the reality to the country,” Gogoi instructed newshounds at a press convention.

    He mentioned the Congress is anxious concerning the safety of the country and this is why it was once asking inquiries to the federal government.

    “Rajnath Singh is also in need of to offer additional info however his voice has additionally been silenced via the High minister. For this reason the minister’s remark is incomplete. Our questions have been legitimate,” he mentioned.

    He alleged that on every occasion a subject matter of nationwide safety comes up, the “top minister hides in the back of his ministers”.

    ALSO READ | India blames China of seeking to adjust ‘established order’, Beijing downplays Arunachal border conflict

    Asking why Parliament was once intentionally stored at midnight, Gogoi mentioned this is why the Congress staged a walkout after Singh’s remark in Lok Sabha and later in Rajya Sabha.

    “The BJP govt isn’t in a position to offer protection to the territorial integrity of our nation. They don’t have the time to take into consideration the rustic with the exception of elections and doing communal politics,” he mentioned, including that we need to get ready a united technique after taking everybody in combination however there’s no time for it with this govt.

    He additionally accused the federal government of “diplomatic failure” and this is why China is indulging in such clashes alongside the border.

    “Modi ji, dariye mat. (Do not be afraid). Identify China and guarantee the rustic that what he mentioned previous was once mistaken and spell out how India plans to take in this problem strongly,” Gogoi mentioned.

    Taking over House Minister Amit Shah, Khera mentioned he was once making allegations in opposition to the Congress however will have to resolution why the BJP was once taking the assistance of UC Information Cellular and ShareIt in 2019 elections.

    “The accounts of Rajiv Gandhi basis are in public area and there may be not anything to cover about them. However what are the RSS ties with China’s communist birthday celebration and why they knock at China’s doorways and why it has a tie up with CPC. Even if they aren’t in energy, the BJP is going there to get classes from China.

    What are India Basis and Vivekanand Basis’s members of the family with China, the House minister will have to inform,” he mentioned.

    Khera additionally demanded that the federal government will have to make public main points of the PM Cares fund and inform which Chinese language corporations have given donations to it.

    “We wish to know what’s the name of the game of Modi ji giving a blank chit to China in 2020. We’re involved concerning the nation’s integrity and its borders. The Congress chief mentioned the federal government has allowed the Chinese language to know your weak spot and this is why failure to your international relations. You will have left international relations to diplomats. That is the diplomatic failure, as neither are we able to ask questions from Raksha Mantri, nor from exterior affairs ministry or somebody else. The High Minister is obviously chargeable for this as he gave the blank chit to China. China has no longer handiest disturbed the established order and we’re asking the federal government to struggle China however you’re right here preventing with us. That is the diplomatic failure,” Khera asserted.

    Requested what he intended via India’s diplomatic failure, Gogoi mentioned, “If it was once a good fortune, China do not need proven this braveness. We’ve got failed on international relations with China. The failure of this govt to impose prime prices on Chinese language misadventure is the number 1 failure. Quantity two failure is that you’re tying your Military’s fingers in the back of their again and asking them to return from their very own territory. There’s a call for for pre-Galwan established order, however you will have dropped the call for. Thirdly, you’re seeing a distance between you and your allies, particularly in South Asia. Below High Minister Modi, India has misplaced her pre-eminent place in South Asia. Even on financial advert diplomatic entrance,” the Congress MP from Assam mentioned.

    He, then again, mentioned the federal government does no longer have the time to believe this factor and steered it to turn transparency.

    “We’ve got been in the hunt for a holistic dialogue on China. High Minister will have to cling every other spherical of talks and admit to errors. The rustic provides significance to nationwide safety,” he mentioned, including that the federal government is answerable to the rustic and the federal government will have to respond to the country and inform the reality.

    Gogoi additionally requested why the Indian govt is making compromises on the border via signing disengagement agreements and growing buffer zones and this is why China is getting the braveness to bask in such misadventures as finished in Tawang on Friday.

    He claimed that via doing so, China needs that buffer zones are created in north japanese sector.

    “If India has to present respond to China’s misadventure, then India must interact with South East Asia. However, the hassle is to divert the eye of the rustic. We face this kind of problem and if we don’t reply to it unitedly, we can have to stand the results in long term and PM Modi must take all the accountability.”

    Khera mentioned in 1962, as many as 165 MPs participated within the dialogue on China when even our MPs criticised our govt then and Nehru ji listened. “However, have a look at this govt they assault us after we ask them questions.”

  • Calls for in Lok Sabha to revive pre-matric scholarship, Maulana Azad Fellowship for minorities

    Through PTI

    NEW DELHI: A number of parliamentarians on Tuesday demanded in Lok Sabha that the pre-matric scholarship and Maulana Azad Fellowship for minority scholars be restored, announcing how will the rustic growth if the minority communities are left at the back of.

    The Maulana Azad Fellowship for minority scholars pursuing upper schooling has been scrapped whilst the federal government’s pre-matric scholarship for them will not observe to scholars from Elegance 1 to Elegance 8.

    A number of Muslim MPs raised the call for of bringing again the scholarships.

    ALSO READ | Kharge hits out at Modi government for preventing scholarships for minority scholars

    All the way through a dialogue at the supplementary calls for for grants, BSP MP Danish Ali mentioned the pre-matric scholarship and Maulana Azad Fellowship should be restored.

    “Everybody must be taken alongside for the prosperity of the rustic. How are you able to go away minorities at the back of and prosper?” AIMIM MP Syed Imitiaz Jaleel additionally raised the call for, asking how will minority scholars find out about and growth if this fellowship is stopped.

    Elevating the problem of the schooling of minorities, Samajwadi Birthday celebration member S T Hasan mentioned the federal government will have to restart the scholarships it has accomplished away with just like the Maulana Azad Nationwide Fellowship.

    All India United Democratic Entrance (AIUDF) leader Badruddin Ajmal additionally demanded that the scholarships be restored and known as for reinforcing the funds for minorities to supply schooling to them.

    READ HERE | ‘Repair scholarship for minority scholars of Categories 1-8’, Stalin tells PM

    In a written answer within the Lok Sabha, Minority Affairs Minister Smriti Irani had mentioned the federal government supplied fellowship for upper schooling thru quite a lot of schemes, together with the Maulana Azad Nationwide Fellowship, applied through other ministries or departments.

    Some of these schemes, excluding the Maulana Azad Nationwide Fellowship, are open for applicants of all communities, together with minorities, however the information of fellowship dispensed amongst minority scholars is captured simplest underneath the Maulana Azad Nationwide Fellowship scheme, she had mentioned.

    “Because the MANF (Maulana Azad Nationwide Fellowship) scheme overlaps with quite a lot of different fellowship schemes for upper schooling being applied through the federal government and minority scholars are already coated underneath such schemes, therefore the federal government has determined to discontinue the MANF Scheme from 2022-23,” Irani had mentioned.

    NEW DELHI: A number of parliamentarians on Tuesday demanded in Lok Sabha that the pre-matric scholarship and Maulana Azad Fellowship for minority scholars be restored, announcing how will the rustic growth if the minority communities are left at the back of.

    The Maulana Azad Fellowship for minority scholars pursuing upper schooling has been scrapped whilst the federal government’s pre-matric scholarship for them will not observe to scholars from Elegance 1 to Elegance 8.

    A number of Muslim MPs raised the call for of bringing again the scholarships.

    ALSO READ | Kharge hits out at Modi government for preventing scholarships for minority scholars

    All the way through a dialogue at the supplementary calls for for grants, BSP MP Danish Ali mentioned the pre-matric scholarship and Maulana Azad Fellowship should be restored.

    “Everybody must be taken alongside for the prosperity of the rustic. How are you able to go away minorities at the back of and prosper?” AIMIM MP Syed Imitiaz Jaleel additionally raised the call for, asking how will minority scholars find out about and growth if this fellowship is stopped.

    Elevating the problem of the schooling of minorities, Samajwadi Birthday celebration member S T Hasan mentioned the federal government will have to restart the scholarships it has accomplished away with just like the Maulana Azad Nationwide Fellowship.

    All India United Democratic Entrance (AIUDF) leader Badruddin Ajmal additionally demanded that the scholarships be restored and known as for reinforcing the funds for minorities to supply schooling to them.

    READ HERE | ‘Repair scholarship for minority scholars of Categories 1-8’, Stalin tells PM

    In a written answer within the Lok Sabha, Minority Affairs Minister Smriti Irani had mentioned the federal government supplied fellowship for upper schooling thru quite a lot of schemes, together with the Maulana Azad Nationwide Fellowship, applied through other ministries or departments.

    Some of these schemes, excluding the Maulana Azad Nationwide Fellowship, are open for applicants of all communities, together with minorities, however the information of fellowship dispensed amongst minority scholars is captured simplest underneath the Maulana Azad Nationwide Fellowship scheme, she had mentioned.

    “Because the MANF (Maulana Azad Nationwide Fellowship) scheme overlaps with quite a lot of different fellowship schemes for upper schooling being applied through the federal government and minority scholars are already coated underneath such schemes, therefore the federal government has determined to discontinue the MANF Scheme from 2022-23,” Irani had mentioned.

  • Parliament passes invoice to advertise non-fossil power resources, carbon credit score buying and selling

    Via PTI

    NEW DELHI: A invoice searching for to mandate the usage of non-fossil power resources comparable to biomass, ethanol and inexperienced hydrogen was once handed by means of Parliament on Monday.

    The Power Conservation (Modification) Invoice, 2022 was once cleared in Rajya Sabha by means of a voice vote on Monday.

    Lok Sabha handed the regulation within the earlier consultation in August this 12 months.

    The invoice supplies for consequences for violations by means of commercial devices or vessels, and on producers if a automobile fails to conform to gas intake norms.

    The amendments additionally search to advertise renewable power and the improvement of a home carbon marketplace to struggle local weather alternate.

    The invoice could also be aimed toward serving to the rustic succeed in its global commitments on local weather alternate.

    It targets to introduce new ideas comparable to carbon buying and selling and mandate the usage of non-fossil resources to make sure sooner decarbonisation of the Indian economic system and assist succeed in sustainable construction objectives in keeping with the Paris Settlement.

    Replying to a debate at the invoice, Minister of New and Renewable Power R Okay Singh mentioned the invoice is environment-friendly and can permit carbon buying and selling within the nation.

    “For presidency, the surroundings is valuable and can take all steps for that,” he mentioned, including India has now change into a pace-setter within the power transition.

    Lately 24 in keeping with cent of the power intake is from the housing sector and the federal government has centered handiest the massive industrial institutions having a load capability of 100KW, he mentioned.

    On the other hand, he added the state executive has been given the freedom to scale back the development load as much as 50KW.

    “We also are increasing the idea that of inexperienced development. We’re making it extra sustainable. Previous, it has power potency and we also are including the idea that of renewable power on this,” he mentioned.

    The rustic additionally targets to be a pace-setter in inexperienced hydrogen and the ministry has already drafted laws and the business goes to speculate to arrange capability for 25 million tonnes of inexperienced hydrogen capability.

    He additionally mentioned the rustic would succeed in over 50 in keeping with cent of its energy era capability from non-fossil fuels by means of 2030.

    NEW DELHI: A invoice searching for to mandate the usage of non-fossil power resources comparable to biomass, ethanol and inexperienced hydrogen was once handed by means of Parliament on Monday.

    The Power Conservation (Modification) Invoice, 2022 was once cleared in Rajya Sabha by means of a voice vote on Monday.

    Lok Sabha handed the regulation within the earlier consultation in August this 12 months.

    The invoice supplies for consequences for violations by means of commercial devices or vessels, and on producers if a automobile fails to conform to gas intake norms.

    The amendments additionally search to advertise renewable power and the improvement of a home carbon marketplace to struggle local weather alternate.

    The invoice could also be aimed toward serving to the rustic succeed in its global commitments on local weather alternate.

    It targets to introduce new ideas comparable to carbon buying and selling and mandate the usage of non-fossil resources to make sure sooner decarbonisation of the Indian economic system and assist succeed in sustainable construction objectives in keeping with the Paris Settlement.

    Replying to a debate at the invoice, Minister of New and Renewable Power R Okay Singh mentioned the invoice is environment-friendly and can permit carbon buying and selling within the nation.

    “For presidency, the surroundings is valuable and can take all steps for that,” he mentioned, including India has now change into a pace-setter within the power transition.

    Lately 24 in keeping with cent of the power intake is from the housing sector and the federal government has centered handiest the massive industrial institutions having a load capability of 100KW, he mentioned.

    On the other hand, he added the state executive has been given the freedom to scale back the development load as much as 50KW.

    “We also are increasing the idea that of inexperienced development. We’re making it extra sustainable. Previous, it has power potency and we also are including the idea that of renewable power on this,” he mentioned.

    The rustic additionally targets to be a pace-setter in inexperienced hydrogen and the ministry has already drafted laws and the business goes to speculate to arrange capability for 25 million tonnes of inexperienced hydrogen capability.

    He additionally mentioned the rustic would succeed in over 50 in keeping with cent of its energy era capability from non-fossil fuels by means of 2030.

  • By no means confer with somebody’s caste or faith in Space: Lok Sabha Speaker warns contributors

    Via PTI

    NEW DELHI: Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Monday warned contributors in opposition to relating to somebody’s caste and faith within the Space after a Congress MP alleged that Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman made sure remarks about his talent in Hindi as a result of he belonged to a specific neighborhood.

    Taking critical exception to the phrase utilized by Congress member A R Reddy to confer with his personal social class all the way through the Query Hour, the Speaker identified that folks have now not elected the contributors to Lok Sabha at the foundation in their caste and faith.

    “Any person right here will have to by no means use such phrases within the Space. Another way, I can have to do so in opposition to this type of member,” the Speaker warned.

    Birla additionally took critical exception to the Congress member asking the Speaker to not “interrupt” him when he was once asking a query.

    Birla requested the Congress chief within the Space, Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, to make his birthday party contributors remember the fact that they will have to by no means make such feedback in regards to the Speaker.

    “You’re the Chief of the Space. Make contributors remember the fact that they will have to by no means remark at the Speaker someday ‘that you simply (Speaker) can’t interrupt’. Did what I stated?” Birla stated.

    The problem seemed as Reddy started asking a query at the depreciation of the rupee in opposition to the buck, relating to High Minister Narendra Modi’s previous statement when he was once the executive minister of Gujarat that the rupee was once within the ICU (extensive care unit).

    “Sir, you can’t interrupt,” Reddy stated because the Speaker objected to his remark and directed him to restrict himself to asking the query.

    Birla warned Reddy in opposition to making such feedback in opposition to the Speaker after which allowed him to invite his query.

    Responding to Reddy’s query, the finance minister stated she may even give her answer in “susceptible Hindi” to the query requested via the Congress member in “susceptible Hindi.”

    The Congress member, whilst relating to Modi’s remarks at the price of the rupee in opposition to the buck up to now, will have to have additionally referred to the commercial signs of that point, she stated.

    “Economic system was once for sure within the ICU then. India was once stored in fragile 5,” she stated.

    India is the quickest rising financial system as of late in spite of the pandemic and the Russia-Ukraine struggle, she asserted.

    “This can be a topic of pleasure. However they’re making amusing of it,” she stated.

    “It is unhappy that they communicate such issues out of jealousy when our financial system is doing smartly,” she added.

    The finance minister asserted that the Indian rupee has been robust in opposition to “each and every forex”.

    “And, this is proved and I will be able to learn the information,” she added.

    The USA buck is getting “more potent and more potent” because of “the coverage followed via the USA Fed”, the finance minister stated.

    Within the remaining couple of weeks, the overseas reserves have long gone up on account of the drift of FDIs and FIIs, she stated.

    “The reality stays that the reserves are going up. That is why, presently, talks about foreign currencies, rupee depreciation, reserves coming down or buyers working away are in truth now not confirmed via knowledge,” she added.

    NEW DELHI: Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Monday warned contributors in opposition to relating to somebody’s caste and faith within the Space after a Congress MP alleged that Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman made sure remarks about his talent in Hindi as a result of he belonged to a specific neighborhood.

    Taking critical exception to the phrase utilized by Congress member A R Reddy to confer with his personal social class all the way through the Query Hour, the Speaker identified that folks have now not elected the contributors to Lok Sabha at the foundation in their caste and faith.

    “Any person right here will have to by no means use such phrases within the Space. Another way, I can have to do so in opposition to this type of member,” the Speaker warned.

    Birla additionally took critical exception to the Congress member asking the Speaker to not “interrupt” him when he was once asking a query.

    Birla requested the Congress chief within the Space, Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, to make his birthday party contributors remember the fact that they will have to by no means make such feedback in regards to the Speaker.

    “You’re the Chief of the Space. Make contributors remember the fact that they will have to by no means remark at the Speaker someday ‘that you simply (Speaker) can’t interrupt’. Did what I stated?” Birla stated.

    The problem seemed as Reddy started asking a query at the depreciation of the rupee in opposition to the buck, relating to High Minister Narendra Modi’s previous statement when he was once the executive minister of Gujarat that the rupee was once within the ICU (extensive care unit).

    “Sir, you can’t interrupt,” Reddy stated because the Speaker objected to his remark and directed him to restrict himself to asking the query.

    Birla warned Reddy in opposition to making such feedback in opposition to the Speaker after which allowed him to invite his query.

    Responding to Reddy’s query, the finance minister stated she may even give her answer in “susceptible Hindi” to the query requested via the Congress member in “susceptible Hindi.”

    The Congress member, whilst relating to Modi’s remarks at the price of the rupee in opposition to the buck up to now, will have to have additionally referred to the commercial signs of that point, she stated.

    “Economic system was once for sure within the ICU then. India was once stored in fragile 5,” she stated.

    India is the quickest rising financial system as of late in spite of the pandemic and the Russia-Ukraine struggle, she asserted.

    “This can be a topic of pleasure. However they’re making amusing of it,” she stated.

    “It is unhappy that they communicate such issues out of jealousy when our financial system is doing smartly,” she added.

    The finance minister asserted that the Indian rupee has been robust in opposition to “each and every forex”.

    “And, this is proved and I will be able to learn the information,” she added.

    The USA buck is getting “more potent and more potent” because of “the coverage followed via the USA Fed”, the finance minister stated.

    Within the remaining couple of weeks, the overseas reserves have long gone up on account of the drift of FDIs and FIIs, she stated.

    “The reality stays that the reserves are going up. That is why, presently, talks about foreign currencies, rupee depreciation, reserves coming down or buyers working away are in truth now not confirmed via knowledge,” she added.

  • Centre ‘forcefully’ pushing thru expenses; afraid for long term of parliamentary democracy: Mamata

    Banerjee additionally alleged that no less than 16 expenses which search to intervene in state issues had been indexed for attention and passage within the ongoing iciness consultation of Parliament.

  • PM Modi urges leaders of all events to make wintry weather consultation extra productive jointly

    By means of PTI

    NEW DELHI: Top Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday prompt leaders of all events to make collective efforts to make Parliament’s wintry weather consultation extra productive.

    Talking to media forward of the consultation’s get started, he stated parliamentarians, together with from the opposition, have instructed him that disruption and adjournment in Parliament don’t seem to be excellent and this additionally denies more youthful MPs a possibility to be informed.

    The high minister prompt all political events to present first-time MPs a possibility to take part in debates for his or her vibrant long run and likewise for making ready the following era for democracy.

    Talking within the Rajya Sabha. https://t.co/1sMsERCMzU

    — Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) December 7, 2022

    He additionally stated that India website hosting the G20 summit, which shall be held subsequent 12 months, isn’t simply a diplomatic tournament but additionally a possibility to exhibit the rustic’s functions ahead of the arena.

    The high minister stated he had a cordial dialogue with leaders of various events lately at an all-party assembly on G20 and expressed hope that it’ll be mirrored in Parliament as neatly.

    NEW DELHI: Top Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday prompt leaders of all events to make collective efforts to make Parliament’s wintry weather consultation extra productive.

    Talking to media forward of the consultation’s get started, he stated parliamentarians, together with from the opposition, have instructed him that disruption and adjournment in Parliament don’t seem to be excellent and this additionally denies more youthful MPs a possibility to be informed.

    The high minister prompt all political events to present first-time MPs a possibility to take part in debates for his or her vibrant long run and likewise for making ready the following era for democracy.

    Talking within the Rajya Sabha. https://t.co/1sMsERCMzU
    — Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) December 7, 2022
    He additionally stated that India website hosting the G20 summit, which shall be held subsequent 12 months, isn’t simply a diplomatic tournament but additionally a possibility to exhibit the rustic’s functions ahead of the arena.

    The high minister stated he had a cordial dialogue with leaders of various events lately at an all-party assembly on G20 and expressed hope that it’ll be mirrored in Parliament as neatly.

  • Most sensible Congress leaders to satisfy on Saturday to adapt technique for Wintry weather consultation of Parliament 

    Via PTI

    NEW DELHI: Most sensible Congress leaders will cling deliberations on Saturday at the birthday celebration’s option to nook the federal government all the way through the Wintry weather consultation of Parliament beginning December 7.

    Assets mentioned Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge, chief of the Congress in Lok Sabha Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, leader whip of the birthday celebration in Rajya Sabha Jairam Ramesh and birthday celebration’s leader whip in Lok Sabha Okay Suresh will meet on the place of abode of former birthday celebration leader Sonia Gandhi on Saturday night time to adapt the method.

    Former union ministers P Chidambaram and Manish Tewari also are more likely to attend the assembly at Sonia Gandhi’s 10, Janpath place of abode, as she is the chairperson of the Congress Parliamentary Celebration.

    This would be the first consultation of Parliament after Kharge took over because the Congress president.

    NEW DELHI: Most sensible Congress leaders will cling deliberations on Saturday at the birthday celebration’s option to nook the federal government all the way through the Wintry weather consultation of Parliament beginning December 7.

    Assets mentioned Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge, chief of the Congress in Lok Sabha Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, leader whip of the birthday celebration in Rajya Sabha Jairam Ramesh and birthday celebration’s leader whip in Lok Sabha Okay Suresh will meet on the place of abode of former birthday celebration leader Sonia Gandhi on Saturday night time to adapt the method.

    Former union ministers P Chidambaram and Manish Tewari also are more likely to attend the assembly at Sonia Gandhi’s 10, Janpath place of abode, as she is the chairperson of the Congress Parliamentary Celebration.

    This would be the first consultation of Parliament after Kharge took over because the Congress president.