Deputy Leader of the Congress in the Lok Sabha Gaurav Gogoi told ANI that he is quite excited to wait for the results and for the final votes to be counted because this time the people of Gujarat are going to "vote for a change".

New Delhi [India], October 5 (ANI): Deputy Leader of the INC in the Lok Sabha Gaurav Gogoi on Tuesday said that the Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) step is "draconian" after Congress loses its chairmanship of the parliamentary committee on IT.

New Delhi [India], July 21 (ANI): Congress MP Gaurav Gogoi on Thursday gave an adjournment motion notice in Lok Sabha to discuss the misuse of investigative agencies such as the Enforcement Directorate (ED) and Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) by the Central Government.

As flood situations worsen in Assam, political instability ensues. Guwahati: Lashing out at PM Modi, Assam Congress MP Gaurav Gogoi said that the Prime Minister and BJP party officials must visit flood-devastated villages of Assam in lieu of overthrowing the Shiv Sena administration in Maharashtra. “If there’s a crisis, it’s... The post appeared first on .

As flood situations worsen in Assam, political instability ensues. Guwahati: Lashing out at PM Modi, Assam Congress MP Gaurav Gogoi said that the Prime Minister and BJP party officials must visit flood-devastated villages of Assam in lieu of overthrowing the Shiv Sena administration in Maharashtra. “If there’s a crisis, it’s... The post appeared first on .

As flood situations worsen in Assam, political instability ensues. Guwahati: Lashing out at PM Modi, Assam Congress MP Gaurav Gogoi said that the Prime Minister and BJP party officials must visit flood-devastated villages of Assam in lieu of overthrowing the Shiv Sena administration in Maharashtra. “If there’s a crisis, it’s... The post appeared first on .

As flood situations worsen in Assam, political instability ensues. Guwahati: Lashing out at PM Modi, Assam Congress MP Gaurav Gogoi said that the Prime Minister and BJP party officials must visit flood-devastated villages of Assam in lieu of overthrowing the Shiv Sena administration in Maharashtra. “If there’s a crisis, it’s... The post appeared first on .

As flood situations worsen in Assam, political instability ensues. Guwahati: Lashing out at PM Modi, Assam Congress MP Gaurav Gogoi said that the Prime Minister and BJP party officials must visit flood-devastated villages of Assam in lieu of overthrowing the Shiv Sena administration in Maharashtra. “If there’s a crisis, it’s... The post appeared first on .

New Delhi Mar 31 PTI India has emerged as a strong voice of developing nations on climate change issues that can neither be suppressed not ignored Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav asserted on Thursday Replying to a discussion on climate change in the Lok Sabha Yadav said when it comes to environment India has always been a solution provider to the world He said India under Prime Minister Narendra Modis leadership was among the few countries that not only set Nationally Determined Contributions in 2015 but achieved them before time setting an example for others Underlining that the prime minister has often talked about climate justice Yadav said developed nations who are chiefly responsible for carbon emission must take responsibility The developed countries have acknowledged this earlier and also and pledged USD 100 billion to developing countries he noted If the fight against climate change has to be fought by the developed and developing nations together then developed nations will have to give two facilities to developing nations -- climate finance and technology transfer Yadav assertedDuring the COP26 meet in Glasgow the prime minister talked about various aspects of Indias fight against climate change including the countrys vision to achieve carbon neutrality by 2070 the Minister of Environment Forest and Climate Change said The share of developed countries which account for 17 per cent of the world population in global carbon emission is 60 per cent while that of India thats home to 17 per cent of the worlds population is just 4 per cent the minister said Indias lifestyle can teach the world how to live in harmony with environment he assertedNoting that climate change affects everyone transcending borders Yadav said the new cyclones hitting Indias coastal areas in the last few years show that we are also vulnerable Listing out the achievements of the Modi government in the field of climate change he said due to the efforts it made in the last seven years India has become a leader in environment policy and actionUnder Modi India has not only come up with an environment policy that gives direction to the world but it is the only country that has taken big steps in achieving the goals set at climate summits Yadav saidThe time is over when Indias voice was not heard on international platforms Under Prime Minister Modi India has created a strong identity for itself and the world community can neither suppress its voice nor ignore it he asserted Another achievement of COP26 from Indias point of view is that the country has become a strong voice of developing nations demanding equal treatment for themselves on climate change issues the minister saidHe also hailed the governments initiatives like the International Solar Alliance that India started along with France and asserted that such steps enhanced Indias prestige on the global stage Participating in the discussion Congress MP Gaurav Gogoi questioned the government on the effects of the PM Gati Shakti scheme the Centres big-ticket infrastructure project on Indias commitment to cut emissions to net-zero by 2070 Gogoi said while he supported the development the scheme which is a national master plan for multi-modal connectivity entailing large-scale construction will raise emissionsLakhs of rupees have been allocated to PM Gati Shakti for infrastructure for railways airports and highways This scheme is the greatest challenge for India We would need coal high-emission producing technology will be required It will raise emissions What is the model that will keep emissions low Will the government make a rule that only lower-emission technology will be used he asked Gogoi also said while the environment minister had stated in Glasgow during COP26 that India will reduce the use of coal the transition to alternative fuel has to be planned to ensure that people connected to the sector do not suffer BJP MP Jayant Sinha said the net-zero commitment by 2070 is massively net positive for India He pushed for a global carbon market and for India to be connected to a worldwide carbon network Both Sinha and Gogoi pitched for an institutional arrangement to secure Indias climate future with the Congress MP even proposing that the government consider bringing a legislation to that effect BSPs Malook Nagar said the government should encourage electrical vehicles and proposed that neem trees be grown in abundance to curb pollution Industries responsible for emissions should be asked to plant trees in proportion to their carbon footprint he said Shiv Senas Arvind Sawant raised concern over the use of lithium batteries in e-vehicles and wanted to know how the government planned their disposal PTI ASK ASG NSD ASK SK SK

New Delhi Mar 25 PTI A bill to merge the three municipal corporations in the national capital into a single entity was introduced in Lok Sabha on Friday amid opposition claims that the move was beyond the legislative competence of ParliamentUnion Minister of State for Home Nityanand Rai introduced the Delhi Municipal Corporation Amendment Bill 2022 dismissing the claims made by the opposition as asserting that Article 239AA of the Constitution gave Parliament the right to amend the laws passed by the Delhi assemblyThe bill has been introduced a month before the elections to the three municipal corporations prompting the AAP to launch a sharp attack on the BJP accusing it of delaying the polls fearing defeatThe BJP has been ruling the municipal corporations in Delhi for the last 15 years and the AAP has been sensing an opportunity to oust it from power and strengthen its grip on the national capitalThe Delhi Municipal Corporation was trifurcated in 2011 by the then Delhi government led by chief minister Sheila Dikshit to create compact municipalities to provide efficient civic services to the citizens of the national capitalIn Lok Sabha RSP member N K Premachandran Congress members Gaurav Gogoi and Manish Tewari and BSPs Ritesh Pandey opposed the introduction of the bill contending that Parliament lacked the legislative competence to amend the billThis is disrupting the legislative assembly and the will of the members of the legislative assembly They have passed an Act that enforced the trifurcation of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi Now the Union Government is coming up with a legislation so as to unite them Premachandran saidPandey said Article 243U states that no amendment of any law for the time being in force shall have the effect of causing dissolution of a municipality at any level which is functioning immediately before such amendment till the expiration of its duration specified in clauseTewari said according to Part 9A of the Constitution the powers to constitute municipalities were of the state governmentsAnd this House cannot after Part 9 was inserted into the Constitution of India substitute itself for the Assembly of Delhi and pass this particular legislation in an illegal manner he saidGogoi claimed that the move by the Centre to merge the three municipal corporations into one through a law of Parliament was an attack on the federal structure of the constitution He also questioned the rationale behind capping the number of seats in the Municipal Corporation of Delhi at 250 contending that the same should be decided after taking into account the population of the national capital Pandey said that the Constitution granted powers to states to constitute municipal corporationsUnion minister Rai said the trifurcation of the erstwhile Municipal Corporation of Delhi was uneven in terms of territorial divisions and revenue generating potential and created a huge gap in the resources available to the three corporations compared to their obligationsThe experience of the last ten years shows that the main objective of trifurcation of creating compact municipalities in Delhi to provide more efficient civic services to the public has not been achieved he saidThe bill seeks to unify the three municipal corporations into a single integrated and well equipped entity ensure a robust mechanism for synergised and strategic planning and optimal utilisation of resources and bring about greater transparency improved governance and more efficient delivery of civic service for the people of Delhi At present the three corporations in Delhi -- North South and East Delhi Municipal Corporations -- have a total of 272 seats While North and South corporations have 104 seats each the East corporation has 64 The bill has a provision that the central government may if necessary appoint a person to be called the special officer to exercise the power and discharge the functions of the corporation until the date on which the first meeting of the body is held after the commencement of the Delhi Municipal Corporation Amendment Act 2022 PTI SKU ZMN