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Truncated Monsoon Session clocks highest productivity in 20 yrs, but Opposition cries foul over breakneck speed of legislation
Ananyas •On average, Lok Sabha discussed a Bill for 1.5 hours, and Rajya Sabha discussed a Bill for just about an hour before passing it
Parliamentary panel chaired by Congress' Anand Sharma to meet home ministry and Delhi Police to take stock of crime in National Capital
•Committee, chaired by senior Congress leader Anand Sharma, is likely to quiz the officials on the recent violence in JNU
Parliament approves wage code bill providing minimum pay for workers; legislation to benefit 50 crore people, says labour minister
•Parliament on Friday approved a bill to enable the introduction of the minimum wage for every worker besides, addressed issues like delay in payment.
Cabinet approval for wage code bill likely next week in a bid to bring in a fresh wave of labour reforms
•The bill was introduced in the Lok Sabha on 10 August 2017.
Kalraj Mishra, who quit Narendra Modi Cabinet in 2017, is now head of parliamentary standing committee on defence
Fp Staff •BJP leader Kalraj Mishra credits himself for improving the organisational base in Uttar Pradesh, and for creating a "strong Hindu wave" of kar sevaks in the state for the creation of Ram Mandir in Ayodhya
Call 'postman' as 'post person' to make nomenclature gender neutral, Parliamentary Panel tells postal department
•The department in its reply to the panel said that the proposal to rename postman as post person is under consideration and submitted that word 'dakia', which is generally used, is gender neutral.
Parliamentary panel asks government to contain rising food subsidy bill
•The food subsidy is estimated to be Rs 1,38,123 crore in the 2018-19 fiscal as against the actual expenditure of Rs 1,04,901 crore in 2017-18.
Bad loans mess: Parliamentary panel asks bankers to draft a plan to deal with rising NPAs
•Parliamentarians on Monday asked bankers to prepare a road map to deal with mounting bad loans in the system, which touched Rs 8.31 lakh crore at end-December 2017
Smart Cities Mission: Narendra Modi says govt committed Rs 2 lakh cr for development, but data shows only 0.09% spent
Factchecker •Modi’s claim of having committed over Rs 2 lakh crore for 100 smart cities is four times more than the total outlay of Rs 48,000 crore the Centre promised states
Cambridge Analytica row: Parliamentary panel may summon Facebook top brass to seek 'explanations' over India operations
Yatishyadav •Cyber security and intelligence officers present at the meeting are understood to have explained that the Indian government can enforce the law of the land to seek Facebook's accountability for its operations in the country