Solicitor General Tushar Mehta will be heading the Indian delegation to the 41st Session of Universal Periodic Review (UPR) at the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva.

New Delhi [India], July 7 (ANI): Union Women and Child Development Minister Smriti Irani on Thursday took additional charge of the Ministry of Minority Affairs.

  Women and Child Development Minister Smriti Irani has been assigned the charge of the Ministry of Minority Affairs, in addition to her existing portfolio. Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia has been given the additional charge of the Ministry of Steel. The developments come after the President accepted the resignations... The post appeared first on .

  Women and Child Development Minister Smriti Irani has been assigned the charge of the Ministry of Minority Affairs, in addition to her existing portfolio. Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia has been given the additional charge of the Ministry of Steel. The developments come after the President accepted the resignations... The post appeared first on .

  Women and Child Development Minister Smriti Irani has been assigned the charge of the Ministry of Minority Affairs, in addition to her existing portfolio. Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia has been given the additional charge of the Ministry of Steel. The developments come after the President accepted the resignations... The post appeared first on .

  Women and Child Development Minister Smriti Irani has been assigned the charge of the Ministry of Minority Affairs, in addition to her existing portfolio. Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia has been given the additional charge of the Ministry of Steel. The developments come after the President accepted the resignations... The post appeared first on .

  Women and Child Development Minister Smriti Irani has been assigned the charge of the Ministry of Minority Affairs, in addition to her existing portfolio. Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia has been given the additional charge of the Ministry of Steel. The developments come after the President accepted the resignations... The post appeared first on .

New Delhi [India], May 2 (ANI): The Delhi High Court on Monday sought a response from the Centre on a plea moved by a Muslim woman, who along with her 11-month-old child, has been deserted by her Muslim husband seeking direction to frame law for compulsory registration of Muslim marriage.

Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], April 26 (ANI): Highlighting the potential of Indian artisan and craftmanship, Union Minority Affairs Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi on Monday said 'Hunar Haat' provided an economic impetus to artisans and craftsmen of the country.

New Delhi Mar 24 PTI Flagging under-utilisation of funds a parliamentary standing committee has asked the minority affairs ministry to strengthen their monitoring mechanism for effective implementation of schemes so that budgetary allocation for 2022-23 are fully utilisedIn a report tabled in Lok Sabha Thursday the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Social Justice and Empowerment said that out of the allocation of Rs 4700 crore 2019-20 and Rs 5029 crore 2020-21 the ministry could spend only Rs 450510 crore and Rs 399857 crore respectivelyIn the current financial year out of the allocation of Rs 481077 crore the actual expenditure has nosedived to as low as Rs 234223 crore till February 16 2022 it saidIt noted that the ministry told the committee that the reasons for the low utilisation were -- the mandatory cut imposed by the ministry due to the COVID-19 situation at the revised estimate RE stage in 2020-21 and the expenditure on three scholarship schemes which constitutes 50 per cent of the total RE allocation being incurred largely in the last quarter for a financial yearThe Committee finds it far from convincing it saidFurther they are sad to find that the Ministry has not been able to spend even 50 per cent of the allocated Budget of 2021-22 in most of the schemes administered by Ministry of Minority Affairs it saidIn this backdrop the committee observed that full utilisation of the budget sanctioned for a financial year has seldom happened as the ministry was not able to spend the funds approved at the RE stageHad the Ministry of Finance allocated the budgetary requirement as proposed by the Ministry of Minority Affairs and not imposed cut at RE stage the funds would have remained idle the committee saidOn the scholarship segment the committee said that for some category funds can be given in the first quarter itself while it also suggested timely processing of applications in other categoriesThis would lead to less rush in the last quarter it saidFrom the information submitted to them on the Demands for Grants for 2022-23 the committee noted that there is a significant reduction in budgetary allocation to the ministry as Rs 502050 crore has been allocated against Rs 815192 crore proposed by themAs the amount seems insufficient the Committee has been apprised that in case of shortfall in the Budgetary allocation the Ministry will seek additional funds at RE stage it saidThe committee also noted that during 2020-21 the ministry surrendered Rs 103043 crore out of the funds allocated for various schemes due to less receipt or non-receipt of adequate and viable proposalsTherefore the committee said it feels that the same trend must not happen for 2022-23 otherwise the ministry instead of requiring additional funds will have to go for a downsizing of budget at the RE stageThe committee however said it strongly believes that the reduction in allocation at succeeding stages should be avoided as the funds sought by the ministry must have been assessed as per actual requirement and they may face difficulty in the realisation of objectives of scheme with a reduced budgetThe committee would therefore like the ministry to ensure that the proposals submitted by them to the Ministry of Finance are backed by strong data-based analysis and requisite gap analysis PTI UZM UZM TIR TIR