Lok Sabha approves motion to extend tenure of JPC on 'One Nation, One Election'The Lok Sabha approved extending the tenure of the Joint Parliamentary Committee on 'One Nation, One Election' to the first day of the last...
25 Mar, 2025, 12.44 PM IST
BJP MP PP Chaudhary appointed Chairperson of JPC on One Nation, One ElectionPP Chaudhary was appointed chair of a 39-member Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) to examine bills proposing simultaneous elections in In...
20 Dec, 2024, 08.35 PM IST
Anurag Thakur, Gaurav Gogoi among others nominated for Parliament's business advisory committeeLok Sabha speaker Om Birla has nominated 14 members for the Parliament's business advisory committee, effective July 18. The committee will...
18 Jul, 2024, 08.45 PM IST
Par panel recommends allocation of 1% of total Union Budget to MEA; desires cadre review at the earliestThe panel said the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) remains one of the least funded central ministries as its revised budget hover around...
21 Mar, 2023, 06.21 PM IST
55,000 shell firms struck off in 2nd phase: GovernmentThe corporate affairs ministry has already struck off over 2.26 lakh firms for non-filing of financial statements or annual returns.
21 Sep, 2018, 04.46 PM IST
No plan to appoint ombudsman to look into complaints against judges: GovtMinister of State for Law PP Chaudhary told the Lok Sabha in a written reply that "there is no proposal for appointment of ombudsman".
07 Mar, 2018, 10.26 PM IST
No proposal to allow images captured on phones to be used as primary evidence: GovernmentIn a written reply, Union Minister of State for Law P P Chaudhary said there was "no proposal" to amend the Indian Evidence Act, 1872.
07 Mar, 2018, 05.39 PM IST
Government plans review of functioning of independent directorsThere is a need to do research on aspects such as reasons for independent directors resigning from companies and having a database would he...
14 Jan, 2018, 02.19 PM IST
Government orders probe into 'true ownership' of 68 firmsProbe has been ordered into the true ownership of 68 firms that deposited Rs 25 crore or more in bank accounts and withdrew exceptionally p...
05 Jan, 2018, 07.13 PM IST
187 companies face penal action for CSR violations: PP ChaudharyUnder the Companies Act, certain class of profitable entities have to shell out at least 2% of their 3-year annual average net profit towar...
18 Dec, 2017, 11.32 PM IST
Directors of Shell firms can’t join other companies' boardsEnforcement agencies are compiling profiles of directors, including their background, antecedents and role in the operations and functionin...
06 Sep, 2017, 11.30 PM IST
735 social media URLs, 596 websites blocked till June 2017Minister of State for Electronics and IT, PP Chaudhary said that instances of misuse of web/social media in the country have come to the no...
02 Aug, 2017, 04.35 PM IST
Handsetmakers asked to improve net speed in 4G-enabled dual SIM phonesThe dual-SIM issue had also cropped up in the tussle between Bharti Airtel and Reliance Jio Infocomm on which of the two have the fastest n...
20 Jul, 2017, 12.29 AM IST
Government hopes to solve Jat quota issue in 6 monthsIt was made clear that cases of heinous crimes would not be taken back but the Haryana government would ensure that no "injustice" was done...
22 Mar, 2017, 11.31 AM IST
Final vetting of proposal to make bribing voters a cognisable offenceThe proposal of the Election Commission to make electoral bribery a cognizable offence under section 171B of the Indian Penal Code has been...
15 Mar, 2017, 06.53 PM IST
India had over 350 million internet subscribers by June-end: Manoj SinhaMinister of State for Electronics and IT, in response to a separate query, said a total of 108.41 crore Aadhaar cards have been generated a...
09 Dec, 2016, 07.48 PM IST
IT dept is a game changer with respect to the economy: MoS for IT & electronics PP Chaudhary"This is the era of the IT. And there is no need to explain why we need IT, everyone knows it. And so for that purpose we have to work very...
07 Jul, 2016, 05.26 AM IST