NEW DELHI: The three-member judicial inquiry panel, appointed by CJI Sanjiv Khanna to inquire into the alleged discovery of huge amounts of cash at Justice Yashwant Varma’s official residence on March 14, visited the judge’s Tughlaq Crescent bungalow Tuesday afternoon and spent nearly 45 minutes there.Sources said the panel — comprising Punjab & Haryana HC…
NEW DELHI: The International Cricket Council (ICC) has announced updates to its Elite Panel of Umpires, with Allahudien Paleker of South Africa and England’s Alex Wharf joining the prestigious group. Nitin Menon remains the only Indian umpire on the panel, reaffirming his status among the world’s best match officials.Menon, ranked second behind Richard Illingworth, continues…
NEW DELHI: A parliamentary panel has highlighted that the actual expenditure of ministry of minority affairs has gone down considerably during previous years as several schemes like free coaching and allied scheme, ‘Nai Udaan’, scheme of providing education in madrasas and minorities (SPEMM) have been discontinued and PM-VIKAS launched in 2023-24 could not be implemented.“Further,…
NEW DELHI: A parliamentary panel has pointed to “chronic underutilisation of funds” by the food processing ministry for flagship schemes, including in Pradhan Mantri Kisan Sampada Yojana (PMKSY) and PM Formalisation of micro food processing enterprises scheme (PMFME). It said this reflects inadequate planning and execution by the ministry.The panel headed by former Punjab CM…
SRINAGAR: J&K’s reservation policy is back on the boil with the Omar Abdullah-led National Conference (NC) government telling the assembly Saturday that it had not set a timeline for a ministerial review panel to submit its report.“The cabinet sub-committee stands constituted to examine grievances regarding reservation rules. However, no specific timeline has been fixed for…
NEW DELHI: The parliamentary panel on railways has reiterated that railways should review AC fares, implement dynamic pricing models for AC classes and premium trains, and regularly review flexi-fare schemes based on demand while ensuring rail travel by low-income passengers remains affordable.The panel headed by BJP’s C M Ramesh made these recommendations even as the…
NEW DELHI: A parliamentary panel has nudged the government to spell out a timeline to introduce in Parliament the Broadcasting Services (Regulation) Bill that was shelved last year after a furore over certain provisions that sought to regulate individual content creators. The suggestion from the Standing Committee on Communications and Information Technology, chaired by BJP…
Representative image (Picture credit: PTI) NEW DELHI: A parliamentary panel recommended that the benefits under the central income support scheme (PM-Kisan) be extended to farm labourers, noting that nearly 55 per cent of the country’s population is engaged in the farm sector but not all as landowners.Currently, only landholder farmer families receive an annual Rs…
NEW DELHI: Voicing concern over poor utilisation of funds, a parliamentary panel has said the department of water resource, river development and Ganga rejuvenation, utilised only around 58 per cent of the revised allocation of Rs 21,640.88 crore for 2024-25 by the end of December 2024. The panel urged the Jal Shakti ministry to strengthen…
