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The state government will have it passed possibly in the Budget session of the Assembly
Kerala Governor Arif Mohammad Khan earlier this month refused to give his assent to 11 ordinances that lapsed without studying them in detail
The number of years these officers will be in power will make them effectively senior to all the others occupying corner rooms in all the other agencies
Both Ordinances have been signed by President Ram Nath Kovind
As part of the corporatisation of the Ordnance Factories, the Central government will formally launch seven new companies on October 15, informed the Ministry of Defence
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The Uttar Pradesh cabinet has approved the decision to bring in the Uttar Pradesh Regulation of Urban Premises Tenancy (second) Ordinance 2021
In a setback to the Modi government, Shiromani Akali Dal president Sukhbir Singh Badal announced in Lok Sabha on Thursday that Harsimrat Kaur Badal will resign from the Union Cabinet in protest against the three farm bills, tabled in Parliament by the Centre for passage. In his speech during a discussion on two of the farm bills -- the Farmers Produce Trade and Commerce (Promotion and Facilitation) Bill and the Farmers (Empowerment and Protection) Agreement on Price Assurance and Farm Services Bill, Sukhbir Singh Badal said the proposed laws will "destroy" the 50 years of hard work put in by successive Punjab governments and farmers to build the agriculture sector. He recalled Punjab's massive contribution in making India self-sufficient in food grain production as he vehemently opposed the bills. "I want to make an announcement that our Minister Harsimrat Kaur Badal will resign from Cabinet," he said in concluding remarks. He also refuted suggestions that his party initially ...
The chief minister, however, asserted that he would take the fight against the ordinances related to the agriculture sector to the Centre.
The RBI will get more auditory and managerial powers over 1,482 urban co-operative banks and 58 multi-state co-operative banks after the Ordinance is approved by the President
Lack of mandatory written contracts, provision to invoke controlling powers among many bones of contention
However, both of Ordinances give unbridled power to the lower bureaucracy in times of dispute between farmers and buyers that can be companies in case of the Contract agreement.
UP, Gujarat govts are seeking to suspend major labour laws via this route; ministry firming up its response
The Bill was introduced by Labour Minister Bandaru Dattatreya amid din over demonetisation issue
New Delhi, March 30The Union Cabinet today gave its nod for issuing two ordinances, including the one to authorise expenditure beyond April 1 in centrally-ruled Uttarakhand in view of the political crisis there. The Cabinet, chaired by Home Minister Rajnath Singh with Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Brussels, met today evening to also approve another ordinance that seeks to bring in changes in the Enemy Property Act, 1968. The Cabinet recommended re-promulgation of an earlier ordinance issued in January as Parliament could not pass a bill to replace it within the stipulated time.The President had on the recommendation of the government prorogued the Budget session of Parliament to facilitate promulgation of the two ordinances.Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said the union cabinet met in light of the developments in Uttarakhand. He said that the Uttarakhand Assembly could not pass the Appropriation Bill on March 18. "In the absence of any legal passage of the bill, no withdrawal can