[Parliament Watch] Labour codes, CBI consent, Operation Ganga

Parliament on Thursday saw replies to questions ranging from the labour codes to Operation Ganga, the mission to rescue/evacuate stranded Indians from Ukraine. .To a question in the Rajya Sabha by Bharatiya Janata Party Member of Parliament from Karnataka KC Ramamurthy, Union Law Minister Kiren Rijiju stated the details of funds allocated and utilised during the last five years under the Centrally Sponsored Scheme for the Development of Infrastructure Facilities for the judiciary..The reply added that some states have not been able to utilise the allocated funds due to the pandemic and time taken for compliance with the revised Public Financial Management System. The proposal for setting up of a National Judicial Infrastructure Authority of India for arrangement of adequate infrastructure for courts, as per which there will be a Governing Body with the Chief Justice of India as Patron-in-Chief, has been sent to states for their views, it was stated. .To a question by CPI(M) Member of Parliament Elamaram Kareem, Union Minister of State for Labour & Employment Rameswar Teli replied that there was no proposal to withdraw the new Labour Codes like the government did with the 2020 farm laws. On if the government was aware of the protests against the Codes, the Minister replied, "Suggestions received on the Codes were taken into account and many demands of the Central Trade Unions had been agreed, including demand relating to restriction on entry of outsiders in Trade Unions and go-slow as strike were dropped.".To a question in the Lok Sabha by Trinamool Congress Member of Parliament Mala Roy, Union Minister of State for Civil Aviation General (retired) VK Singh gave the details of the government's operation to rescue stranded Indians from Ukraine. The Minister said that the Foreign Ministry got in touch in February 2022, and 90 flights were operated from Ukraine and border nations, including 14 by the Indian Air Force. 22,500 Indian nationals have returned through these flights since, it was stated. .BJP MP from Bihar Sushil Kumar Modi asked a question in the Rajya Sabha about the Central Bureau of Investigation's general consent from States. Union Minister of State in the Ministry of Personnel and Public Grievances Jitendra Singh's reply gave the following information about the same. .The following table shows the number of cases in which permission has been granted by the same states between 2019 and 2022 (up to February 28):.The number and value of bank fraud cases pending for grant of consent by States for the period 2019 to 2022 (up to February 28):.The number of investigation requests of CBI pending for consent with different states for the period 2019 to 2022 (up to February 28)

[Parliament Watch] Labour codes, CBI consent, Operation Ganga

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