Rajya Sabha Wednesday passed the Medical Termination of Pregnancy (Amendment) Bill, 2021.(File Photo)Parliament Today Live Updates: India on Wednesday said its engagement with China is “complex” and the two countries agreed that the future direction of ties should be built upon respecting each other’s sensitivities, concerns and aspirations, reported PTI.
Minister of State for External Affairs V Muraleedharan said in the Lok Sabha that India will continue discussions with China to resolve the remaining issues along the Line of Actual Control in eastern Ladakh to achieve the objective of disengagement from all friction points.
“India’s engagement with China is complex. The two sides agree that the future direction of India China relations should be built upon respecting each other’s sensitivities, concerns and aspirations,” he said on the overall ties between the two nations.
Meanwhile in Rajya Sabha, senior BJP leader Sushil Kumar Modi said India should take cue from Australia and enact a law to make tech giants such as Facebook and Google pay local publishers of news content. Raising the issue through a Zero Hour mention, the former deputy chief minister of Bihar said, “The government must make Google, Facebook and YouTube pay print and news channels for the news content they are using freely.”
The Indian government should take a cue from the Australian parliament that passed the world’s first law last month to ensure news media businesses are fairly remunerated for the content they generate, Modi said. “I would urge the government of India that the way they have notified Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code to regulate social media and OTT platforms, they should enact a law on the pattern of Australian Code so that we can compel Google to share its revenue with traditional media,” he added.
Rajya Sabha Wednesday passed the Medical Termination of Pregnancy (Amendment) Bill, 2021. Lok Sabha was adjourned till 1 pm after the House paid tribute to BJP MP Ram Swaroop Sharma and ex-MP Dilip Gandhi.
BJP MP Ram Swaroop Sharma died by suicide at his residence in Delhi’s North Avenue, Delhi Police said on Wednesday morning. His body has been sent for postmortem. Meanwhile, the Bharatiya Janata Party cancelled its Parliamentary Party meeting, scheduled for this morning, after learning about Sharma’s death.
Dilip Gandhi passed away at a hospital where was under treatment after testing positive for Covid-19.
Taking a cue from Australia, India should enact a law to make tech giants such as Facebook and Google pay local publishers of news content, senior BJP leader Sushil Kumar Modi demanded in Rajya Sabha on Wednesday.
Raising the issue through a Zero Hour mention, the former deputy chief minister of Bihar said, "The government must make Google, Facebook and YouTube pay print and news channels for the news content they are using freely."
The Indian government should take a cue from the Australian parliament that passed the world's first law last month to ensure news media businesses are fairly remunerated for the content they generate, he said.
"I would urge the government of India that the way they have notified Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code to regulate social media and OTT platforms, they should enact a law on the pattern of Australian Code so that we can compel Google to share its revenue with traditional media," he added. (PTI)
The Congress on Wednesday urged the Centre to resolve the ongoing farmers' protests over three agriculture laws and warned that if turmoil begins again in Punjab, the whole country will suffer.
Raising the issue of farmers protests in Lok Sabha, the leader of the Congress party in the Lower House, Ravneet Singh Bittu, also requested Speaker Om Birla to invite leaders of all political parties for a meeting to find a solution to the demands of the tillers.
Bittu said the farmers have contributed most to the growth of India and many of them have even protected the country at the borders.
He said action must be taken as early as possible to find a solution to the ongoing farmers' protests, else the situation may aggravate. (PTI)
The government has received complaints against certain e-commerce companies alleging violation of foreign direct investment (FDI) policy and necessary actions have been taken for investigation by the Enforcement Directorate, Parliament was informed on Wednesday.
In a written reply to the Lok Sabha, Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal said no representation from All India Chamber of Commerce and Industry (AICCI) was received regarding banning of some big e-commerce companies from operating in India.
"The government has received complaints against certain e-commerce companies alleging violation of FDI policy and necessary actions under the provisions of Foreign Exchange Management Act, 1999 have been taken for investigation by the Enforcement Directorate," he said. (PTI)
The government has received complaints against certain e-commerce companies alleging violation of foreign direct investment (FDI) policy and necessary actions have been taken for investigation by the Enforcement Directorate, Parliament was informed on Wednesday.
In a written reply to the Lok Sabha, Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal said no representation from All India Chamber of Commerce and Industry (AICCI) was received regarding banning of some big e-commerce companies from operating in India.
"The government has received complaints against certain e-commerce companies alleging violation of FDI policy and necessary actions under the provisions of Foreign Exchange Management Act, 1999 have been taken for investigation by the Enforcement Directorate," he said. (PTI)
India on Wednesday said its engagement with China is "complex" and the two countries agreed that the future direction of ties should be built upon respecting each other's sensitivities, concerns and aspirations, reported PTI.
Minister of State for External Affairs V Muraleedharan said in the Lok Sabha that India will continue discussions with China to resolve the remaining issues along the Line of Actual Control in eastern Ladakh to achieve the objective of disengagement from all friction points.
"India's engagement with China is complex. The two sides agree that the future direction of India China relations should be built upon respecting each other's sensitivities, concerns and aspirations," he said on the overall ties
His written response came when asked whether India-China relations are being affected due to violation of negotiations made in the past by China and "unfruitful efforts" to cross the LAC again and again.
Referring to the eastern Ladakh row, Muraleedharan said the Chinese side, since April/May last year, undertook several attempts to unilaterally alter the status quo along the LAC in the region and India's armed forces responded to them appropriately. "It has been made clear to the Chinese side that such unilateral attempts are unacceptable. These actions have seriously disturbed the peace and tranquillity along the LAC in the western sector," he said.
India should take cue from Australia and enact a law to make tech giants such as Facebook and Google pay local publishers of news content, senior BJP leader Sushil Kumar Modi demanded in Rajya Sabha on Wednesday, PTI reported.
Raising the issue through a Zero Hour mention, the former deputy chief minister of Bihar said, "The government must make Google, Facebook and YouTube pay print and news channels for the news content they are using freely."
The Indian government should take a cue from the Australian parliament that passed the world's first law last month to ensure news media businesses are fairly remunerated for the content they generate, Modi said. "I would urge the government of India that the way they have notified Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code to regulate social media and OTT platforms, they should enact a law on the pattern of Australian Code so that we can compel Google to share its revenue with traditional media," he added.
India, Modi said, should take the lead in making Google and Facebook pay a fair share of their earnings from domestically produced news content on the internet to the publishers.
Rajya Sabha Chairman and Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu remarked that the suggestion is "worth considering".
The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) in a written reply, in Rajya Sabha that there has been a siginificant decrease in terror incidents and attempts of infiltration from across the border during the past 3 years. "However, incidents of shelling from across the border increased during past 3 years," it stated.
The Ministry of Home Affair (MHA) said in a written reply in Rajya Sabha on Wednesday that as many as 32,31,353 applicants out of a total of 35,44,938 applications have been issued Domicile Certificates in the union territory of Jammu and Kashmir, as per information provided by the J&K govt.
"A total of 2,15,438 applications rejected as of 31st December 2020. A total of 31,08,682 Domicile Certificates have been issued to the dependents/holders of erstwhile Permanent Resident Certificates in J&K as of 31st December 2020," it said.
The Ministry of Home Affairs said in a written reply in Rajya Sabha on Wednesday that certain instances of supply of weapons via drones from across the Pakistan border have come to the notice of security and law enforcement agencies and the government is taking various steps to meet such challenges.
"These steps include effective surveillance, streamlining intelligence set up, capacity building of forces, patrolling on the borders, sensitization of local population in border areas, establishment of observation posts, modern & hi-tech surveillance equipment use, etc," it said.
A supplementary Budget set of Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir was brought to the Parliament on Wednesday.
In a written reply to question in the Rajya Sabha, Minister of State for Home Affairs, Nityanand Rai said on Wednesday there is no provision of detention centres under Citizenship Act 1955 and the National Register of Indian Citizens.
"Review of Stage-1 of the Comprehensive Integrated Border Management System (CIBMS) has been completed. Substantial progress has been made in Stage-2 of CIBMS. 71 kms of the International border is currently covered," he further added.
In a written reply to question in the Rajya Sabha, Minister of State for Home Affairs, Nityanand Rai said on Wednesday there is no provision of detention centres under Citizenship Act 1955 and the National Register of Indian Citizens.
"Review of Stage-1 of the Comprehensive Integrated Border Management System (CIBMS) has been completed. Substantial progress has been made in Stage-2 of CIBMS. 71 kms of the International border is currently covered," he further added.
In a written reply to question in the Rajya Sabha, Minister of State for Home Affairs, Nityanand Rai said on Wednesday there is no provision of detention centres under Citizenship Act 1955 and the National Register of Indian Citizens.
"Review of Stage-1 of the Comprehensive Integrated Border Management System (CIBMS) has been completed. Substantial progress has been made in Stage-2 of CIBMS. 71 kms of the International border is currently covered," he further added.
In a written reply to question in the Rajya Sabha, Minister of State for Home Affairs, Nityanand Rai said on Wednesday there is no provision of detention centres under Citizenship Act 1955 and the National Register of Indian Citizens.
"Review of Stage-1 of the Comprehensive Integrated Border Management System (CIBMS) has been completed. Substantial progress has been made in Stage-2 of CIBMS. 71 kms of the International border is currently covered," he further added.
Rajya Sabha has been adjourned till 2 pm.
Congress' Vivek Tankha sought the government's intervention to bring down the high cost of a drug used to treat infants suffering from a rare disease called Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA).
Tankha said that an estimated 2,500 children in India suffer from some degree of SMA disease, which can be treated by a drug manufactured in the US, adding that the final cost of the drug comes to Rs 23 crore after adding Rs 7 crore of import duty.
While the prime minister had waived the import tax for treatment of one child recently, the government should completely withdraw the duty and bargain and get a better price from the manufacturer, the MP said.
Also, states and the Centre should have revolving funds to help children suffering from SMA, he said, adding CSR funds of corporates should also be used for the purpose. (PTI)
The steep hike in domestic cooking gas price figured in Rajya Sabha on Wednesday with a CPI(M) MP saying it has put an intolerable burden on the common people already suffering from general price rise, PTI reported.
Raising the issue through a zero-hour mention, Jharna Das Baidya said subsidised and non-subsidised LPG prices were raised by a steep Rs 125 per cylinder in four installments since February. This along with a cut in fuel subsidy has put an "intolerable burden on people already suffering from price rise," she said.
Calling the price hike "unjustified", she said free cooking gas connections given to eight crore beneficiaries under the Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana have been rendered meaningless because of the hike in cost.
Rajya Sabha Wednesday passed the Medical Termination of Pregnancy (Amendment) Bill, 2021
The Bill enhances upper gestation limit from 20 to 24 weeks for special categories of women that will be defined in amendments & would include survivors of rape, victims of incest & other vulnerable women
Congress MP from Kishanganj Dr Javed protested in front of Gandhi statue in Parliament on Wednesday, demanding the release of fund to save AMU centre Kishanganj, news agency ANI reported.
Lok Sabha was Wednesday adjourned till 1 pm after the House paid tribute to BJP MP Ram Swaroop Sharma and ex-MP Dilip Gandhi.