According to top government sources, the Waqf amendment bill is likely to be presented after the passage of the Finance Bill, likely this week. Before drafting the amendments, the government consulted various Muslim intellectuals and organisations to ensure comprehensive reforms.
The salient features of the amendments proposed in the said Bill, introduced in the Upper House today, are delinking petroleum operations from mining operations; broadening the scope of the expression 'mineral oils'; introducing the concept of "petroleum lease"; and granting lease on stable
The Waqf Board amendment bill is likely to be introduced first in Rajya Sabha which could restrict the power of the Waqf Board said top government sources.
Union Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas Hardeep Singh Puri is set to introduce the Oilfields (Regulation and Development) Amendment Bill, 2024 in Rajya Sabha on Monday to amend the Oilfields (Regulation and Development) Act,1948.
On the passing of the Prohibition of Unlawful Conversion of Religion (Amendment) Bill in the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly on Tuesday, July 30, Samajwadi Party Chief Akhilesh Yadav said that the BJP is keeping the politics entangled and they are only doing politics because they don't
The Yogi government of Uttar Pradesh on Monday introduced the UP Prohibition of Unlawful Religious Conversion (Amendment) Bill in the Assembly, under which there will be life imprisonment for love jihad in UP.
The Central Government on Wednesday handed over the first set of citizenship certificates today over two months after notifying the rules for the Citizenship (Amendment) Act.
"Hon'ble Governor Dr. C. V. Ananda Bose has assented to The Kolkata Municipal Corporation (Amendment) Bill, 2023," the Raj Bhavan said in a post on 'X'.
The Tripura Appropriation Bill, 2024 and the Tripura Public Demand Recovery (Amendment) Bill, 2024 have been passed in the state assembly budget session on Monday.
The Samyukta Kisan Morcha (SKM) national body has given a call for the Mahapanchayat in Delhi on March 14 to highlight issues of a legal guarantee of MSP, against the electricity amendment bill, freedom from debt, old age pension, rolling back of labour codes, and other pending issues.
Kerala Leader of the Opposition, VD Satheesan, said on Thursday that President Droupadi Murmu gave assent to the Kerala Lok Ayukta (Amendment) Bill because Sangh Parivar is "having an unholy nexus" with the ruling CPI (M).
The Bill mandates the state to collect 10 per cent tax from temples generating revenue exceeding Rs 1 crore and 5 per cent from shrines with revenue of between Rs 10 lakh and Rs 1 crore.