Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on NDTV Townhall: Full Transcript
It took you 10 years to decide how much FDI in insurance, it takes you ten years to decide which aircraft to provide to your fighter pilots, therefore a large Nation state like India cant survive on this pace of decision making, therefore, you had to.
Budget session to begin today with no headway over key.
. in Parliament. The Prime Minister reached out to opposition parties at an all-party meeting to arrive at a consensus on some ordinances but they have had their reservations about certain bills which could prove to be a major obstacle for the government. Ahead of the all-party meeting, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Venkaiah Naidu met Congress President Sonia Gandhi to get her on board and requested her to extend support for smooth running of Parliament.
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It is going to up Indias revenue and therefore I commend GST Constitution Amendment Bill to the House for (consideration). Seeking to. The government is trying to bulldoze Parliament. We will. READ ALSO: Trinamool to support GST bill in Parliament
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The GST Bill, which will bring the ���single biggest tax reform since Independence���, will be taken up in the next Parliament session, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said today while asserting that concerns of all states have been take care of in the new measure.. The Bill, which was returned, authorises payment and appropriation of certain additional sums from and out of the Consolidated Fund of India for 2014-15... Rajinder Khanna to be next RAW chief - Times of In..
Shiv Sena Sides With Oppn On Insurance Bill | Free Press.
Senas expression of resistance to the bill came amid moves by some opposition parties like Congress, JD(U) and Trinamool Congress to forge unity on this issue in Parliament. ���Where is the. Keeping government on tenterhooks, Congress said there is no blank cheque on support to Insurance Bill and Goods and Services Tax (GST) Bill as devil lies in the details.. Indias longest serving Defence Minister A. K. Antony will go down in history as its worst as well.
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The GST Bill is stuck in the Lok Sabha and has not been able to win parliamentary approval as it faces opposition mainly from the Bharatiya Janata Party. The measure. Mukherjee indicated the government was backing in principle foreign direct investment in multi-brand retail, but it needed time to build support for it; ���A consensus on allowing foreign direct investment in multi-brand retail is being evolved and will be operationalised in the near future.��� Opening the��.
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Ahmedabad: Skipper Virat Kohli blasted his second successive fifty and pacer Mitchell Starc snapped three wickets as Royal Challengers Bangalore notched up a comprehensive nine-wicket win over Rajasthan Royals in their IPL encounter here on Friday.
Winter session set to begin on Monday | Eastern Mirror.
In the GST Bills case, the Centre has yet to resolve outstanding issues with some of the states; as far as the Land Acquisition Act is concerned, the concerned ministry has yet to finalise the amendments.. At that time, the BJP had not backed it as its state units in West Bengal and Assam opposed it; now, the 33-member strong Trinamool Congress, that had vigorously attacked the Bill at that time, remains of the same mind.. Separatists release rocks parliament.
Sitaram Yechury slams Modi government, says UPAs Land.
BJP supported UPAs Land Bill and voted for it in last Parliament. BJP now wants to dilute the farmer compensation, rehabilitation clause, Yechury said. Left wanted stronger land law last time, BJP never supported us, he��.
Budget Session Likely to be Extended as Government Looks to Push Key Reforms
The reports of two parliamentary committees set up to review the coal and mines bills that seek to ratify ordinances or emergency executive orders issued by the government, will be tabled in the Rajya Sabha or upper house today. The two bills were.
Coal, mines Bills cleared as govt. has its way
Despite an aggressive Opposition giving the NDAs parliamentary managers a tough time during the first half of the budget session that concluded on Friday, the Modi government found reason to pat itself on the back. With the exception of the.
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Under this act, Deputy Commissioner (district collector) can get any person into preventive custody for up to 2 years with no trial, if he is a threat to the security of the State. Senior separatist leader Masarat Alam was imprisoned under this act for a long time. He was. India was a major manufacturer of undetectable landmines, and used them along LoC particularly after Operation Parakram, which was initiated after December 2001 Attack on Parliament. However��.
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New Delhi: As much as 1,273.31 crore is lying unused under Nirbhaya Fund set up two years back in the wake of the brutal gang-rape of a young girl on December 16, 2012, Parliament was informed on Friday. Replying to a question in Lok. Kolkata: The Trinamool Congress will not support the Land Acquisition Bill proposed by the Narendra Modi-led central government, party supremo and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said on Friday. We will not support land��.
Land Bill clears Lok Sabha hurdle
The controversial Land Acquisition (Amendment) Bill was approved by the Lok Sabha on Tuesday, but not before the Modi government reached out to unhappy NDA allies and unattached parties such as the BJD and the AIADMK to seek their support for this .
Jaitley tables GST Bill in Lok Sabha, Mamata pledges support
Finance Minister Arun JaitleyA day after the Union Cabinet cleared Constitution Amendment Bill on Goods and Services Tax (GST), Finance Minister Arun Jaitley introduced the Bill in Lok Sabha, saying the proposed tax reform would be a win-win.
Didi for GST, but opposes some clauses
On GST, Banerjee said, Trinamool supports the concept of GST, but is of the opinion that the states must be adequately compensated. The party manifesto released for Lok Sabha 2014 states that the party will support GST on condition that there is a .
Insurance Bill introduced in Lok Sabha
The Opposition contention was that the Government was trying to set a new precedent that violated the very structure of the bicameral system of Parliament that India has adopted. ���What the Government is doing has no precedence in 67 years of.
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New Delhi: Fresh from its assembly polls successes, a confident BJP-led government is expected to push for the passage of key economic bills, including on the insurance sector, in the winter session of parliament beginning��.
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���We are very happy to see Mr. Modis government has made its focus and priority in the subcontinent and Indian Ocean region,��� he said in Parliament where Mr. Modi addressed a special session. Both the Prime Ministers invoked India and Sri Lankas.
Modi govts first major reform: Parliament approves long-pending Insurance Bill
NEW DELHI/MUMBAI: It took seven years, changes in government and U-turns by various parties, but lawmakers finally came good on Indias pledge to raise the overseas investment in insurance on Thursday night. After a short delay. But the governments.
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This is considering that the Bill has not won support from West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and the DMK chief Karunanidhi, whos Trinamool Congress and the DMK are the key UPA allies. The parliamentary standing committee on finance declined to accept the governments desire to keep the FDI component out of the purview of the proposed legislation. This may. States might ratify the Constitution Amendment Bill to roll out the GST this financial year.
Aptitude Builder: Current Affairs - 4 February 2015
. better respond to global challenges. Foreign Ministers of China and Russia reiterated the importance they attached to the status of India in international affairs and supported its aspiration to play a greater role in the United Nations.. The Centre-States stalemate has put a question mark over whether the government will be able to introduce the GST Constitution Amendment Bill during the ongoing Winter Session of Parliament. Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley��.
Its time for India to join the Mine Ban Treaty
The attack on the Indian Parliament required a response. However, reliance on anti-personnel mines led to deaths and injuries of hundreds of more Indian nationals and land displacement of thousands with attendant hardship for those villages. This.
Aptitude Builder: Current Affairs - 4 March 2015 - Newer Posts
Right to Information Act, 2005 is applicable to any authority or body or institution of self-government established or constituted by or under the Constitution of India; by any other law made by Parliament; by any other law made by State Legislature; by notification issued or order... Though in favour of GST, Trinamool Congress opposed the introduction as some concerns of West Bengal were not addressed and the AIADMK followed suit citing irregularities and lacunae.
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Seen as a key to facilitating industrial growth and improving the business climate in the country, the GST bill needs to be passed by a two-thirds majority in both houses of parliament and by the legislatures of half of the 29��.
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Speaking to Times Now, Union minister Venkaiah Naidu said that important issues like black money and GST need to be discussed during the Budget Session. Land bill is in the interest of the farmers and we have brought the bill after consultation with.
Goods and Services Tax Bill introduced in Lok Sabha after.
However, the Trinamool Congress (TMC)-ruled West Bengal government said it would support the Bill only if the states were fully compensated for the revenue loss. Touted as the single biggest indirect taxation reforms since��.
Trinamool to support GST Bill in Parliament
KOLKATA: Trinamool Congress has decided to throw a lifeline to the Narendra Modi government on passing the Goods and Services Tax (GST) bill in Parliament. Prodded by chief minister Mamata Banerjee, state finance minister Amit Mitra on Thursday .
.and I am Sid Harth: Insurance Make in India
A much-awaited Bill to raise the composite foreign equity cap in the insurance sector from 26 per cent to 49 per cent is likely to sail through in Parliament this session, following the Cabinet on Wednesday approving amendments to the. One of the arguments of the dissent notes ��� by P Rajeeve (Communist Party of India-Marxist), Derek OBrien (Trinamool Congress), Ram Gopal Yadav (Samajwadi Party) and K C Tyagi (Janata Dal United) ��� was Indian companies��.
Insurance Bill passed by Parliament; Congress support smoothens passage for.
The controversial Insurance Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2015, which replaced an ordinance promulgated in December last, was passed by voice vote after walkout by Trinamool Congress and DMK. The smooth sailing of the bill in the Upper. A paradigm shift.
Crooked lines | So Sue me
With a new, majority government in India seeking to improve ties with its neighbors, perhaps this time the agreement will be ratified so that the embarrassing stains on the map may be erased, regional cooperation may increase, and the residents of the enclaves may. While the party has allegedly softened its stand and supports a discussion of the bill in Parliament,its state units in West Bengal and Assam are opposed to the swapping of land with Bangladesh.
Combative Opposition has its way
The Narendra Modi government faced its first defeat in Parliament on Tuesday when an amendment to the Motion of Thanks to the President for his address moved by a combative Opposition was carried in the Rajya Sabha, 118-57. In the Lok Sabha, the.