CAG report in Parliament: The CAG report of Rafale deal will be tabled in the Parliament today. The government’s decision to buy 36 Rafale fighter jets from French company Dassault had stirred a political controversy. The opposition Congress had on February 10 had asked CAG Rajiv Mehrishi to rescue himself from the auditing the deal.
PM in Kurukshetra: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be visiting Kurukshetra today where he will inaugurate National Cancer Institute and address the ‘Swacch Shakti’ 2019 programme. The programme is dedicated for women empowerment and will be attended by women Sarpanches and Panches.
Ganga waterway: Maersk Line will move 16 containers on river Ganga (National Waterway – 1) today from Varanasi to Kolkata. Prime Minister Narendra Modi had dedicated India’s first riverine multimodal terminal on river Ganga to the nation. This is the first time the world’s largest container shipping company is is onboard India’s inland waterways.
Vadra before ED: Robert Vadra and his mother are likely to appear before the Enforcement Directorate today in Bikaner land case. This is the fourth time Vadra is appearing before the agency. Earlier, ED had questioned him in connection with a money laundering case.
Citizenship Amendment Bill: The Modi government is likely to table the Citizenship Amendment Bill, 2016 in the Rajya Sabha today. The NDA government has opened negotiations with Samajwadi Party and Bahujan Samaj Party seeking support to pass the bill in the Upper House.