The Competition (Amendment) Bill, 2022 was passed in the Lok Sabha on Wednesday, during the 2023 Budget Session of Parliament..Questions were answered regarding convicts awaiting death penalty and complaints against Central government departments on the Centralized Public Grievance Redress and Monitoring System (CPGRAMS)..Competition (Amendment) Bill, 2022 passed in Lok Sabha.The Competition (Amendment) Bill, 2022 to amend Competition Act of 2002 was passed in the Lok Sabha. The Bill was introduced in the Lok Sabha on August 5 last year, during the Monsoon Session of the Parliament..Under the proposed Act, mergers and acquisitions with transaction value of more than ₹2,000 crore will require the approval of the Competition Commission of India (CCI). It also proposes to reduce the timeline for the CCI to pass an order on such transactions from 210 days to 150 days.It also expands the scope of entities held accountable for anti-competitive agreements and introduces a faster resolution framework through settlement and commitment. The Bill replaces fines with civil penalties for certain offences, including failure to comply with CCI and DG orders related to anti-competitive agreements and abuse of dominant position..Complaints against Central government departments.In the Lok Sabha, to a question by Assam Member of Parliament Abdul Khaleque, it was revealed that from January 1, 2016 to February 28, 2023 68,63,502 complaints against 90 Central government departments were received on the CPGRAMS . Of these, 67,96,883 were disposed of and 66,619 are pending.The highest number of complaints (13,363) are pending with the Central Board of Direct Taxes (Income Tax)..Convicts awaiting death penalty.To a question by Andhra Pradesh Rajya Sabha MP S Niranjan Reddy, the Home Ministry revealed that as on December 31, 2021, 472 prisoners across the country were awaiting the death penalty..The State-wise details are given below:.Between 2017 and 2021, 290 prisoners had their death sentences commuted to life imprisonment. The State-wise details are given below:
The Competition (Amendment) Bill, 2022 was passed in the Lok Sabha on Wednesday, during the 2023 Budget Session of Parliament..Questions were answered regarding convicts awaiting death penalty and complaints against Central government departments on the Centralized Public Grievance Redress and Monitoring System (CPGRAMS)..Competition (Amendment) Bill, 2022 passed in Lok Sabha.The Competition (Amendment) Bill, 2022 to amend Competition Act of 2002 was passed in the Lok Sabha. The Bill was introduced in the Lok Sabha on August 5 last year, during the Monsoon Session of the Parliament..Under the proposed Act, mergers and acquisitions with transaction value of more than ₹2,000 crore will require the approval of the Competition Commission of India (CCI). It also proposes to reduce the timeline for the CCI to pass an order on such transactions from 210 days to 150 days.It also expands the scope of entities held accountable for anti-competitive agreements and introduces a faster resolution framework through settlement and commitment. The Bill replaces fines with civil penalties for certain offences, including failure to comply with CCI and DG orders related to anti-competitive agreements and abuse of dominant position..Complaints against Central government departments.In the Lok Sabha, to a question by Assam Member of Parliament Abdul Khaleque, it was revealed that from January 1, 2016 to February 28, 2023 68,63,502 complaints against 90 Central government departments were received on the CPGRAMS . Of these, 67,96,883 were disposed of and 66,619 are pending.The highest number of complaints (13,363) are pending with the Central Board of Direct Taxes (Income Tax)..Convicts awaiting death penalty.To a question by Andhra Pradesh Rajya Sabha MP S Niranjan Reddy, the Home Ministry revealed that as on December 31, 2021, 472 prisoners across the country were awaiting the death penalty..The State-wise details are given below:.Between 2017 and 2021, 290 prisoners had their death sentences commuted to life imprisonment. The State-wise details are given below:
