New Delhi, Feb 1 (IANS) The report of the Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) which examined the Waqf (Amendment) Bill will be tabled in the Lok Sabha on Monday. According to a bulletin issued by the Lok Sabha Secretariat, Committee Chairman Jagdambika Pal and member Sanjay Jaiswal will table the report in the House. The committee … Read more
New Delhi, Jan 31 (IANS) Sixteen Bills, including the Finance Bill 2025, amendments to the Waqf and Banking Regulations Act, and the merging of the Indian Railways and Indian Railways Board Acts, will be tabled in Parliament’s Budget session, which begins on Friday with the Economic Survey 2024/25. Among the 13 others likely in this … Read more
Mumbai, Jan 30 (IANS) Maharashtra Minister for Minorities Development & Aukaf, Dattatray Bharane has decided to soon launch Geo-mapping of the properties and lands under the jurisdiction of the state Waqf Board. This comes amid the parliamentary panel’s move to clear the report on the Waqf (Amendment) Bill despite the opposition’s dissent. The Maharashtra government’s … Read more
New Delhi, Jan 29 (IANS) The Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) meeting that was held to scrutinise the contentious Waqf Amendment Bill ended on Wednesday with the JPC adopting the Bill with 14 votes in favour and 11 against. The Opposition members of the JPC have time till 4 pm on Wednesday to register their dissent. … Read more
New Delhi, Jan 29 (IANS) The Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) scrutinising the contentious Waqf Amendment Bill will meet on Tuesday to adopt final amendments to the clauses that were discussed on Monday. The final draft report of the JPC is expected to be released today. The JPC had on Monday approved the Waqf Amendment Bill … Read more
New Delhi, Jan 28 (IANS) The Muslim women have been empowered further by the Central government as they have been also included as members of the Waqf boards. Some of the key provisions of the Waqf Amendment Bill, 2025 are as follows: two Muslim women will continue to be included as members in both the … Read more
New Delhi, Jan 27 (IANS) Eleven Opposition MPs in the Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) on the Waqf Amendment Bill 2024 on Monday hit out at the ‘autocratic’ behaviour of Chairman Jagdambika Pal and his haste in accepting the 14 amendments proposed by the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) members. The MPs, anguished by the alleged … Read more
New Delhi, Jan 27 (IANS) The Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) on the Waqf Bill is set to convene on Monday at 11 a.m. to carry out a clause-by-clause discussion of the proposed legislation. The meeting comes with both the ruling party and opposition members proposing 444 amendments to the 44 clauses of the Bill, signalling … Read more
New Delhi, Jan 24 (IANS) Ten Opposition MPs, suspended for the day from a Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) meeting on the Waqf Amendment Bill, wrote to Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Friday seeking transparent proceedings, sans haste, in the panel. Apart from challenging the JPC Chief Jagdambika Pal’s power to suspend them, the signatories … Read more