Parliament Highlights: Rajya Sabha, Lok Sabha adjourned till 11 am tomorrow

Opposition MPs have resumed dharna against the suspension of 12 MPs in Rajya Sabha. Lok Sabha has passed two bills to fix the tenures of directors of the Central Bureau of Investigation and the Enforcement Directorate to a maximum of five years, with the government rejecting the Opposition charge that the move will rob the investigative agencies of their "autonomy".

Lok Sabha adjourned till 11 am tomorrow

Rajya Sabha adjourned till 11 am tomorrow

Govt says no farmer died due to police action during farmers' protests

The Union government on Friday said that no farmer died due to police action during the year-long protests by farmers.

Various farmer groups were protesting against three new farm laws, which have now been scrapped.

The year-long protest at the Delhi borders was suspended by the Samyukta Kisan Morcha (SKM) on Thursday after the Union government accepted their key pending demands, including withdrawal of police cases against the protesters and on Minimum Support Price (MSP).

In a written reply to the Rajya Sabha, Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar on Friday said, "the subject of compensation, etc. to the families of the deceased farmers in the farmers movement is with the concerned state governments".

Over 14 crore Health IDs generated so far: Govt

The government has made a provision for every citizen to generate a Health ID free of cost and over 14 crore such IDs have been created till the first week of December, Minister of State for Health Bharati Pravin Pawar informed the Lok Sabha on Friday.

The creation of Health IDs is voluntary, Pawar said in a written reply to a question.

However, the NHA is creating awareness among the citizens about the usage and advantages of the Health IDs to ensure their maximum participation, she stated.

The Ayushman Bharat-Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (AB-PMJAY) was launched on September 23, 2018 to provide health coverage of up to Rs 5 lakh per annum per beneficiary family to around 10.74 crore poor and vulnerable families identified from Socio Economic Caste Census (SECC) data of 2011 on the basis of select deprivation and occupational criteria across rural and urban areas respectively, Pawar said.

The number of eligible beneficiaries under SECC 2011 is 10.74 crore families (50 crore people).

Rajya Sabha proceedings adjourned till 2:30 pm.

AAP MP in Rajya Sabha raises issue of schoolgirl's molestation

Aap Aadmi Party (AAP) MP Sanjay Singh on Friday raised the issue of molestation of 17 schoolgirls in Uttar Pardesh's Muzaffarnagar in the Rajya Sabha.

Raising the issue during Zero Hour, Singh said: "The case should be tried in a fast track court for speedy justice."

The matter pertains to Meerut where 17 girl students of a school were taken to another on the pretext of practical classes and molested after being served food laced with sedatives. The accused then threatened the viticms of dire consequences if they ever revealed the incident. But one of the girls confided in her parents following which, the matter came to light.

Alleging that police did not take the complaint seriously initially, Singh said action was initiated only after the SSP was apprised of the matter.

Discussion on climate change continues in Lok Sabha.

The Committee on Law and Justice reports on "Pensioners' Grievances - Impact of Pension Adalats and Centralised Pensioners Grievance Redress and Monitoring System" and on ‘Strengthening the Grievance Redressal Mechanism of Govt. of India’ presented in Lok Sabha.

The study on Omicron variant going on, WHO and our scientists are still working on it, Union Health Minister says in Lok Sabha on the effect of the new variant.

Question Hour begins in Lok Sabha.

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