RS LIVE: House adjourned till 11 am tomorrow

17:54 December 03

House adjourned till 11 am tomorrow

17:38 December 03

I don't understand the motive behind the Bill: INC's Madhusudan Mistry

INC's Madhusudan Mistry said that he doesn't understand the government's motive behind merging the Union territories of Dadra-Nagar Haveli and Daman-Diu.

"I find this Bill a little weird because sometimes what happens is that small administrative units are easier to manage compared to the bigger ones."

He also cited the incident of a bridge collapsing in Dadra which led to the death of several school students and said, "I don't understand their idea behind the Bill, how do they aim to curb corruption by merging the two Union Territories."
 

16:34 December 03

G Kishan Reddy, MoS Home Affairs moves the Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu (Merger of Union Territories) Bill, 2019 for passing and consideration.
 

16:31 December 03

Congress stages walkout ahead of passage of SPG (Amendment) Bill, 2019

16:30 December 03

SPG (Amendment) Bill, 2019 passed in the Upper House

16:26 December 03

We have ordered a high-level enquiry into the security breach at Priyanka Gandhi Vadra's house, said Amit Shah in response to RJD leader Manoj Jha's objection to the incident.

16:14 December 03

SPG coverage solely belongs to the head of the state: Amit Shah 

Security can never be a status symbol. SPG is not meant for the Prime Minister, it belongs to the PMO. 
The government is responsible for the security of not just the Gandhi family but the country's population.
SPG coverage solely belongs to the head of the state.
We withdrew the SPG coverage from Gandhi family after studying the threat perception to the family.

16:00 December 03

Security must be provided on the basis of 'threat perception', says BSP's Satish Chandra

BSP's Satish Chandra Misra supported the Bill but said that security for political leaders should be provided on the basis of threat perception.

Security should be provided on the basis of threat perception. 
 

15:14 December 03

K K Ragesh, CPI(M) MP says if the Centre has spent so much in a statue, then why not for the living. 

15:06 December 03

Neeraj Shekhar Singh, son of former PM Chandra Shekhar says there is no need to excessive money to give SPG to everybody. 

14:50 December 03

G Kishan Reddy moves the SPG (Amendment) Bill, 2019 in the House

14:35 December 03

AIIMS, ICMR working on technique for postmortem without dissecting body

Delhi's AIIMS and Indian Council of Medical Research are jointly working on a technique for postmortem without dissecting the body and it is likely to be functional within the next six months, Health Minister Harsh Vardhan said in Rajya Sabha on Tuesday.

India is the first country to start "virtual autopsy" in the south-east Asian region, he added.

"The All India Institute of Medical Science (AIIMS), New Delhi and Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) are working together on a technique for postmortem without incising/dissecting the body. This technique is likely to become functional in the next six months," he said.

13:20 December 03

Trinamool Congress MP, Santanu Sen says, "Neither could demonetisation detect actual black money nor could it remove fake currency from the country. It has only ruined the economy."

11:55 December 03

A Rajya Sabha MP accused the government of remaining a "mere spectator" as onion prices soared and hoarders benefited from the situation.

Raising the issue during the Zero Hour in the Upper House, K K Ragesh (CPM) said onion prices have touched Rs 120 a kg in several parts of the country.

Quoting a government statement, he said 32,000 tonne of onion rotted in godowns, but was not released in the market so that prices could come down.

He further said onion prices rise during October and November every year.

"Government was aware of the rise in demand but unfortunately...it played a mere spectator's role," he said.

The government could have procured the kitchen essential and intervened in the market, he said.

"Unfortunately hoarders and black marketers are benefiting out of it," Ragesh added. 
 

11:51 December 03

Chairman Venkaiah Naidu raised the matter on MPs not present during question hours. 

11:38 December 03

List of Business

The Tuesday List of Business in Rajya Sabha includes the National Capital Territory of Delhi (Recognition of Property Rights of Residents in Unauthorised Colonies) Bill, 2019 and the tabling of reports by some important committees and ministeries.

08:44 December 03

RS LIVE: G Kishan Reddy moves the SPG (Amendment) Bill, 2019

New Delhi: Union home minister Amit Shah will on Tuesday move The Special Protection Group (Amendment) Bill, 2019 in Rajya Sabha.

The Bill was passed in Lok Sabha on November 27. It was passed with a voice vote, while Congress MPs had walked out of the House in protest.

A statement from the home ministry said, "The Bill says that family members of a former Prime Minister who reside with him at his allotted accommodation will get security cover of the SPG only for five years, from the date he/she ceases to hold the office of Prime Minister."

Initiating the debate on the bill in Lok Sabha, Shah had said that the SPG shall provide proximate security to the Prime Minister and his immediate family members residing with him at his official residence.

Shah rejected Congress allegations about "political vendetta" in the change in the security of Congress leaders Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and said that changes had been made in the protection Act earlier keeping "one family in mind".

He said security has been changed of members of Gandhi family after a yearly professional assessment and the change in security has also been done under the ambit of the Act.

He added security has been changed from SPG on the basis of an assessment of threat perception and the review was done twice and it was found that ASL is sufficient.

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