Rajya Sabha passes Bill on appointment of CEC, ECs
The CEC and ECs will be appointed by the President upon the recommendation of a Selection Committee.
The CEC and ECs will be appointed by the President upon the recommendation of a Selection Committee.
The Rajya Sabha on Monday passed the Post Office Bill, 2023 after Communications Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw assured the House that interception provisions in the Bill was meant for national security purposes only, keeping in view the current challenging times.
The apex court questions Governor Arif Mohammed Khan on sitting over and not acting on the eight bills sent to him between 2021 and 2022 for his assent.
The party, at its working committee meeting in Hyderabad, rejected the ‘One Nation, one Election’ proposal calling it an assault on the federal structure of the country.
The Bill that seeks to regulate the appointment, conditions of service and term of office of the chief election commissioner and other election commissioners faced strong objections from Opposition parties
The approved Bill will pave the way to establish NRF that will seed, grow and promote Research and Development (R&D) and foster a culture of research and innovation throughout India’s universities, colleges, research institutions, and R&D laboratories.
Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann said the Sikh Gurudwaras (Amendment) Bill, 2023 aims at freeing the undue control of a particular family (read Badals) over the rights to telecast sacred Gurbani.
If the Bill gets the Governor's consent, the Chief Minister would replace the Governor as the Chancellor of state-run universities.
The Lok Sabha has already passed the Bill, where it was introduced on March 28, 2022 and was passed in April.
Law Minister P Rajeeve defended the Bill citing recommendations of various expert panels, including the Punchhi Commission and other higher education committees.
