09:19 (IST)
President accepts Harsimrat Kaur Badal's resignation
President Ram Nath Kovind accepted the resignation of Harsimrat Kaur Badal from the Narendra Modi Cabinet. She had submitted her resignation over the passage of two agriculture bills in the Lok Sabha on Thursday.
Narendra Singh Tomar will take charge as the Food Processing Industries Minister.
Meanwhile, Punjab's Kisan Mazdoor Sangharsh Committee announced it will hold a 'rail roko' agitation from 24 to 26 September against the three agriculture ordinances in the Parliament.
Parliament LATEST Updates: On the fifth day of the Parliament's Monsoon Session, the Rajya Sabha will see the introduction of five bills for consideration and passage. These bills include The Homeopathy Central Council (Amendment) Bill, The Indian Medicine Central Council (Amendment) Bill, The Salaries and Allowances of Ministers (Amendment) Bill, The Salary, Allowances and Pension of Members of Parliament (Amendment) Bill and The Indian Institutes of Information Technology Laws (Amendment) Bill.
Meanwhile, the Lok Sabha will discuss bills pertaining to taxation and finance. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will introduce five bills for consideration and passage - The Taxation and Other Laws (Relaxation and Amendment of Certain Provisions) Bill, The Appropriation (No 4) Bill, Appropriation (No 3) Bill, The Companies (Amendment) Bill, The Bilateral Netting of Qualified Financial Contracts Bill and The Factoring Regulation (Amendment) Bill.
Lok Sabha on Thursday passed the Farmers' Produce Trade and Commerce (Promotion and Facilitation) Bill, 2020 and the Farmers (Empowerment and Protection) Agreement on Price Assurance and Farm Services Bill, 2020. The Congress said the farm sector legislations brought in by the government will be "a death knell for the future of farming".
Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) member Harsimrat Kaur Badal resigned from the Union Cabinet in protest against the farm sectors bills. Her resignation came after SAD president Sukhbir Singh Badal strongly opposed the bills in Lok Sabha, claiming that they will "destroy" the agriculture sector in Punjab.
Congress MPs Jasbir Singh Gill, Ravneet Singh Bittu, Gurjit Singh Aujla and Amar Singh burnt copies of the bills and said they will oppose the proposed legislations tooth and nail. They also wore black robes, saying "I am a farmer and farm labourer and don't betray me".
The Rajya Sabha saw a detailed discussions on the LAC border issue with China, and the Centre's COVID-19 management strategy. Union health minister Harsh Vardhan said that a coronavirus vaccine is likely to be available in India by early next year and added that the Centre is aiming to bring down India's COVID-19 mortality rate to less than one percent from the current 1.64 percent, which is "still the lowest in the world".
Defence minister Rajnath Singh addressed the Rajya Sabha on Thursday regarding the border row with China along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in eastern Ladakh. "China has shown complete disregard for bilateral agreements and violated peace in the east Ladakh," he said in the Upper House, days after Congress MPs in the Lower House had staged a walkout claiming that the Centre is unwilling to discuss the India-China border row.
The Monsoon Session of Parliament will go on as scheduled despite ministers Nitin Gadkari and Prahlad Patel testing positive for coronavirus. BJP MP Vinay Sahasrabuddhe also tested positive for the virus.
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