New Delhi, July 22 (IANS) The Rajya Sabha was adjourned for almost an hour soon after it started on Wednesday following a huge uproar by the opposition over the police action against protesting students at Jantar Mantar.The Upper House convened at 11 a.m., but proceedings were disrupted soon after when Leader of the Opposition Mallikarjun Kharge raised the issue, leading to a ruckus in the House.Chairman Radhakrishnan swiftly adjourned the sitting till noon.Before the disruption, several members…
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Mumbai, July 7 (IANS) The old cumbersome rules regarding stamp duty on bank guarantees used in commercial transactions, government contracts, and infrastructure projects in the state have been changed. Stamp duty on bank guarantees will now be charged under a separate, independent category. This was done through an amendment to the Maharashtra Stamp Act (1958). The bill, which was presented in the state assembly by Revenue Minister Chandrashekhar Bawankule on Tuesday, was unanimously passed.Prev…
Jaipur, June 8 (IANS) The Rajasthan Legislative Assembly’s Public Accounts Committee (PAC), headed by Leader of the Opposition Tika Ram Jully, is heading on an eight-day study tour covering Leh-Ladakh, Jammu & Kashmir, Punjab, and Haryana, from Jaipur on Monday. The tour, which will continue until June 16, aims to facilitate on-site studies of administrative practices and enable interactions with corresponding committees of the legislative assemblies in the states and Union Territories being…
Ajmer, May 25 (IANS) Strategies to strengthen the Congress in Rajasthan and Delhi took centre stage at a training camp addressed by General Secretary (organisation) K.C. Venugopal on Monday, a leader said. District Congress Committee Presidents from the two states were briefed by Venugopal with the objective of deepening their grassroots connect and spread the party’s message down to the last booth, said a party statement.Venugopal said in a message on X, “At the training camp for the newly …
New Delhi, April 9 (IANS) Setting a firm deadline for administrative action in the health sector, the Delhi Legislative Assembly’s Secretariat has directed all departments to implement the recommendations of the Committee on Public Accounts, an official said on Thursday.The Delhi government departments have been mandated to submit a comprehensive Action Taken Report by July 31, indicating the status of implementation of the Committee’s recommendations as of June 30, said the official in a st…
New Delhi, April 2 (IANS) Delhi Assembly Speaker Vijender Gupta, on Thursday, flagged systemic failures in the excise framework and called for time-bound action on the recommendations of the Public Accounts Committee, an official said. He also called for steps to enforce accountability and secure time-bound compliance with legislative scrutiny.The Delhi Assembly Secretariat, acting on the adoption of the second report of the Committee on Public Accounts over the “Report of the CAG on Performance…
New Delhi, March 27 (IANS) Delhi Cabinet Minister Manjinder Singh Sirsa said in the Assembly on Friday that the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) report concerning the now-scrapped excise policy has exposed the “deliberate policy manipulation” under the previous government led by Arvind Kejriwal.During the discussion in the Legislative Assembly on the CAG report on excise policy, Sirsa asserted that the findings, along with observations made by the Public Accounts Committee (PAC), point …
New Delhi, March 27 (IANS) Criticising the previous Aam Aadmi Party government, Delhi Assembly Speaker Vijender Gupta on Friday hailed the adoption of the Public Accounts Committee’s (PAC) reports by the House after a gap of over 15 years.Addressing members, Gupta said, “As you are all aware, the previous government failed to lay the copies of the CAG (Comptroller and Auditor General) reports before the House, and the PAC was practically rendered defunct.”He said that during the entire perio…
New Delhi, March 26 (IANS) Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta on Thursday launched a sharp attack on former Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal after a video linked to the controversial ‘Sheesh Mahal’ or refurbished former official CM residence surfaced in the public domain. She said the truth, long concealed, is now out in the open for all to see.Chief Minister Gupta noted that people had been waiting for clarity on the ‘Sheesh Mahal’ for a long time, and the video has now laid bare what…
New Delhi, March 19 (IANS) Delhi Assembly Speaker Vijender Gupta on Thursday launched a dedicated AI-enabled chatbot ‘Vidhan Sathi’ for its Members, making the city legislature the first in the country to introduce such a tech-enabled facility. Addressing legislators, Gupta said, “Members of a legislature are often required to engage with complex laws and policy issues within limited time, Vidhan Sathi, conceived as a dedicated legislative research and assistance tool, is our effort to …