Surrogacy law: RS members want close-relative, 5-year marriage norms eased

Prabhu also asked why should surrogacy be restricted to one child as provided in the bill.

Current Affairs:Cutting crosswise over partisan divisions, Rajya Sabha individuals on Tuesday requested unwinding of conditions in the surrogacy charge like close relative being a surrogate and five years of marriage for dispatching guardians.

The Surrogacy (Regulation) Bill 2019, which looks to boycott business surrogacy, was passed by the Lok Sabha in the Monsoon Session and was moved for thought and section in the Rajya Sabha by Health Minister Harsh Vardhan prior in the day.

During the discussion on the charge, a portion of the individuals looked for its survey as over twelve significant suggestions by a standing advisory group were consolidated in the draft law.

Taking an interest in the discussion, BJP pioneer Suresh Prabhu presented a defense for sending the bill again to the standing board of trustees.

“(Not having) Indian citizenship ought not deny, individuals of having surrogacy… since there could be situations where an Indian ladies or man wedded to an outside resident not living in India,” he said.

The bill gives that the charging guardians or the couple must be Indian residents.

Prabhu likewise inquired as to for what reason should surrogacy be confined to one kid as gave in the bill.

He brought up the bill gives that the surrogate ought to be a nearby family member yet there is no meaning of that in the bill and it would superfluously make issues.

He likewise was not for the condition that solitary couples with at least five years of marriage can select surrogacy saying on the off chance that specialists can confirm in scarcely any long stretches of marriage, at that point for what reason should they sit tight for such a long time.

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Parliament, Central Secretariat may get a new look on 75th Independence Day

The government is yet to arrive at the estimated cost for the project

Current Affairs :-On the off chance that things work out as expected, the focal managerial locale in the core of the capital could get another look, with included greatness, in the following couple of years.

The legislature is chipping away at modernizing the focal authoritative region at the capital — an arrangement that incorporates setting up a progressively gaudy Parliament fabricating, another focal secretariat complex and redevelopment of the focal vista.

While the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MOHUA) coasted a solicitation for proposition for a similar a week ago, it has additionally welcomed engineering firms for the remainder of the two tasks. A pre-offered meeting has been held by service authorities with a few engineering firms on Thursday. Sources said the administration will spurn a worldwide delicate for a great undertaking by mid-October.

The administration is yet to land at the assessed expense for the task, sources in the service said a lion’s share of it will be met through MOHUA’s assets.

“When finished, we will spare over Rs 1,000 crore a year from office rentals and upkeep”, a senior service authority said.

The arrangement envelops building another Parliament complex or redevelopment of the current structure by August 2022. It plans to hold an extraordinary session on August 15, 2022, denoting the 75th commemoration of India’s freedom — in the new Parliament building, exceptionally set sources at the MOHUA said.

By chance, a month ago Lok Sabha speaker Om Birla had asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi to modernize the Parliament, following a comparative call from VP and executive of Rajya Sabha Venkaiah Naidu.

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Hefty fines for traffic offenders: RS clears Motor Vehicles Amendment Bill

The Bill has been passed with three government amendments and will need to go back to the Lok Sabha (LS). The LS had already passed the Bill on July 23

Current Affairs:-The Rajya Sabha on Wednesday cleared, with certain riders, the Motor Vehicles Amendment Bill, which proposes to force powerful fines on guilty parties and get rid of defilement by getting innovation.

The entry of the Bill can be named as a triumph for Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari, who was instrumental behind getting another enactment on street security. He had first guaranteed alterations to the MV Act, 1988, in May 2014, when he assumed responsibility as the Union street transport and parkways serve in the principal National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government.

After the section of the Bill in the Upper House of Parliament, he stated: “The truly necessary alterations will improve street security, encourage residents in their dealings with vehicle divisions, reinforce provincial vehicle, open vehicle and last-mile availability through computerization, computerisation and online administrations.” He included that the Bill would give an effective, safe and debasement free vehicle framework in the nation.

The Bill has been passed with three government alterations and should return to the Lok Sabha, which had just passed the Bill on July 23, 2019.

The Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Bill, 2019 depends on the proposals of a gathering of state transport priests comprised by the Union Ministry of Road Transport and Highways to address the issue of street security and to improve the assistance of natives while managing transport offices.

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Big wins for govt: LS passes Triple Talaq Bill, RTI Bill clears RS hurdle

Thursday’s was a rare occasion in the Rajya Sabha in the last six years that the government defeated an opposition resolution

Current Affairs:-The Narendra Modi government on Thursday guaranteed the entry of the triple talaq bill in the Lok Sabha. Its greater success was dealing with the numbers in the Rajya Sabha to get the revisions to one side to data law go in the midst of restriction challenges. The administration additionally broadened the length of the continuous Parliament session, prior booked to end on Friday, until August 7.

Thursday’s was an uncommon event in the Rajya Sabha over the most recent six years that the administration crushed a resistance goals. The BJP-drove National Democratic Alliance plans to cross the greater part mark by mid – one year from now, however Thursday’s triumph gave a peep into its procedure in the House up to that point.

Notwithstanding, guaranteeing the entry of the triple talaq bill, when the Rajya Sabha takes it up one week from now, remains a worry for the administration. Its partner Janata Dal (United), alongside a great part of the resistance just as a portion of the fence sitter provincial gatherings that bolstered it on the RTI bill in the Rajya Sabha, restricted the triple talaq bill in the Lok Sabha.

As the Rajya Sabha rejected the resistance movement to send the RTI change bill to a House select advisory group for further examination by 117 to 75 cast a ballot, restriction claimed “terrorizing” strategies by treasury seats to impact casting a ballot.

Clergymen and BJP individuals trained NDA MPs and those of similar local gatherings to cast a ballot against the movement. CPI (M’s) E Karim and Congress MPs challenged when C M Ramesh, who had as of late stopped the TDP to join the BJP, attempted to manage casting a ballot conduct of certain individuals from his previous gathering and later gathered vote slips marked by individuals. Just authorities are approved to gather slips.

Representative Chairman Harivansh asked Ramesh to return to his seat. Congress individuals Viplove Thakur and Trinamool’s Dola Sen attempted to grab the vote slips from hands of Ramesh. Other restriction individuals raced into the Well yelling trademarks against treasury MPs “solid arm strategies”.

Pioneer of the Opposition Ghulam Nabi Azad said the House has seen an example of how “303 seats are won”, a reference to BJP’s count in the ongoing Lok Sabha decisions.

“In Parliament, pastors scare restriction pioneers. This is our charge. Decision party individuals get marks from individuals who don’t comprehend the procedure. You need to change over Parliament into an administration division,” Azad said.

As treasury seats dissented, Azad stated: “You are annihilating majority rules system. We don’t have any confidence on you, so we walkout.” Later, the Rajya Sabha passed the RTI bill with a voice vote. The restriction said the exertion was to execute RTI by making it toothless.

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PM Modi did not request Trump to mediate on Kashmir issue: Jaishankar

US President Donald Trump had on Monday claimed that Prime Minister Modi had asked him to play the role of a mediator on Kashmir

Current Affairs:-PM Narendra Modi made no solicitation to US President Donald Trump to intercede on the Kashmir issue with Pakistan, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said in Rajya Sabha Tuesday in the midst of a huge contention over the US head’s case.

He said every extraordinary issue among India and Pakistan can be talked about just reciprocally.

“I might want to completely express that no such solicitation has been made by the Prime Minister to the US President,” he said after Congress and other resistance groups brought the issue up in the House.

US President Donald Trump had on Monday asserted that Prime Minister Modi had solicited him to assume the job from a go between on Kashmir.

The pastor said it has been the reliable position of India that every single remarkable issue with Pakistan can be talked about just reciprocally.

“Any commitment with Pakistan will expect end to cross fringe psychological warfare,” he stated, including Shimla and Lahore accords give the premise to goals of all issues respectively.

Resistance groups were, notwithstanding, not fulfilled by the announcement of the External Affairs Minister and needed the Prime Minister to go to the House and explain.

This prompted warmed trade between resistance seats and the Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu, who suspended procedures till 1200 hours.

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Explainer: What is an interim budget? What FM Jaitley can and cannot do

This will be the last Budget of the current BJP-led NDA government before the 2019 General Elections

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With just a few months left before the Narendra Modigovernment formally completes its tenure, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley will present NDA regime’s firstinterim budget on February 1, 2019.
As this will be the ruling BJP government’s last budget before the upcoming Lok Sabha elections, here’s an explanation of what an interim budget actually means.
What is an interim budget?
An interim budget is presented by a government which is going through a transition period or is in its last year in office ahead of the general elections. Traditionally, an incumbent government cannot present a full-fledged Union Budget in the election year. Instead, the Finance Minister presents an interim budget during the joint sitting of Rajya Sabha and Lok Sabha in the Parliament, the livemint reported.