India
oi-Prakash KL
New
Delhi,
Aug
02:
Lok
Sabha
on
Tuesday
witnessed
heated
arguments
between
the
Treasury
and
Opposition
benches
over
the
issue
of
farm
loan
waivers
with
Speaker
Om
Birla
making
an
intervention
and
telling
the
members
that
advances
under
the
Kisan
Credit
Card
scheme
are
not
written
off.
While
Rajya
Sabha
proceedings
on
Tuesday
were
adjourned
for
almost
an
hour
as
Shiv
Sena
MPs
protested
against
the
alleged
misuse
of
probe
agencies
while
citing
the
arrest
of
their
leader
Sanjay
Raut.
The
Sena
MPs
also
sought
a
discussion
on
the
arrest
of
Raut
by
the
Enforcement
Directorate
in
a
money
laundering
case.
Chairman
M
Venkaiah
Naidu
said
he
has
rejected
notices
given
under
Rule
267
seeking
setting
aside
of
the
business
of
the
day
to
discuss
the
issue.
But
Shiv
Sena
MPs
and
some
other
opposition
members
tried
to
raise
the
issue,
forcing
Naidu
to
adjourn
the
proceedings
till
12
noon.
‘Monkeypox
not
a
new
disease’:
Health
minister
allays
fears
in
Parliament
Check
out
the
Major
Highlights
of
the
day:
There
is
no
collapse
of
Indian
rupee:
FM
Nirmala
Sitharaman
Amid
concerns
over
the
decline
in
the
value
of
the
rupee
against
the
US
dollar,
Finance
Minister
Nirmala
Sitharaman
on
Tuesday
asserted
there
is
no
collapse
of
the
unit
and
it
is
actually
finding
its
natural
course.
Sitharaman
informed
the
Rajya
Sabha
that
the
RBI
is
continuously
monitoring
the
local
currency
and
intervening
only
if
there
is
volatility.
“The
RBI
interventions
are
not
so
much
to
fix
the
value
of
the
Indian
Rupee
because
it
is
free
to
find
its
own
course,”
the
minister
told
the
Rajya
Sabha
during
Question
Hour.
Replying
to
supplementaries,
she
said
interventions
that
are
happening
from
the
RBI
side
are
more
for
containing
volatility
that
is
happening
between
the
Indian
rupee
and
the
US
dollar
and
so
on.
“Even
the
interventions
being
made
by
RBI
are
not
so
much
to
determine
the
value
–
increase
or
decrease,
of
the
Indian
rupee.
It
is
not
for
that.
It
is
more
to
avoid
the
volatility
and
allow
it
to
find
its
course.
“India,
like
many
other
countries,
is
not
pitching
its
currency
at
a
level
extraneously.
So
the
ways
and
which
we
want
to
strengthen…
the
RBI
and
the
Ministry
are
fairly
engaged
in
it,”
she
said
as
members
expressed
concerns
over
the
decline
in
the
value
of
the
Indian
currency.
Monkeypox
scare:
Mansukh
Mandaviya
advises
people
not
to
panic
In
the
wake
of
the
rising
cases
of
Monkeypox
in
the
country,
Union
Health
Minister
Mansukh
Mandaviya
on
Tuesday
assured
citizens
not
to
panic
and
said
that
an
awareness
campaign
is
being
run
in
collaboration
with
the
state
governments
to
prevent
the
spread
of
the
infection.
Speaking
in
Rajya
Sabha
today
during
the
ongoing
Monsoon
session
of
the
Parliament,
the
Union
Minister
said,
“There
is
no
need
to
be
afraid
of
monkeypox,
an
awareness
campaign
is
being
run
in
collaboration
with
the
state
governments:
Public
awareness
is
very
necessary
in
the
context
of
monkeypox.
We
have
also
formed
a
task
force
under
the
chairmanship
of
a
member
of
NITI
Aayog
on
behalf
of
the
Government
of
India.”
“On
the
basis
of
the
observations
of
the
task
force,
we
will
assess
and
study
the
further
action
to
be
taken.
If
the
state
government
of
Kerala
needs
any
kind
of
help
from
the
Central
government,
it
will
be
given.
Also,
an
expert
team
of
the
Central
government
is
guiding
the
state
government
from
time
to
time,”
he
said.
The
Union
Minister
highlighted
that
when
(Monkeypox)
cases
started
appearing
in
the
world,
India
had
already
started
preparations.
“Before
the
first
case
in
Kerala,
we
had
issued
guidelines
to
all
the
states,”
he
said.
The
Health
Minister
said
that
it
has
been
written
to
the
governments
at
the
international
level
that
the
screening
report
of
the
travellers
should
also
be
sent
to
the
respective
authorities
concerned.
“If
someone
in
the
family
has
had
Monkeypox,
then
keeping
a
distance
from
him
for
12-13
days
is
advised
and
thus,
the
spread
can
be
controlled.
With
constant
vigilance,
we
can
control
it
well,”
he
said.
Parliament
roundup:
LS
deadlock
ends
as
4
Cong
MPs’
suspension
is
revoked
&
more
84,659
vacancies
in
armed
forces,
govt
to
fill
it
by
Dec
2023:
MoS
Rai
to
LS
The
Union
Government
on
Tuesday
informed
that
it
has
decided
to
fill
up
the
existing
vacancies
of
the
Central
Armed
Police
Forces
(CAPFs)
and
Assam
Rifles
by
December
2023.
“There
were
a
total
of
84,659
vacancies
in
the
Central
Armed
Police
Forces
(CAPFs)
and
Assam
Rifles
till
July
31,
2022,
and
the
government
has
decided
to
fill
up
existing
vacancies
by
December
2023,”
Minister
of
State
for
Home
Nityanand
Rai
told
the
Lok
Sabha
on
Tuesday.
Of
the
total,
a
maximum
of
27,510
vacancies
are
noted
in
the
Central
Reserve
Police
Force
(CRPF)
followed
by
23,435
vacancies
in
Border
Security
Force
(BSF),
11,765
in
Central
Industrial
Security
Force
(CISF),
11,143
in
Sashastra
Seema
Bal
(SSB),
6,044
in
Assam
Rifles,
4,762
in
Indo-Tibetan
Border
Police
(ITBP),
said
the
Minister
while
giving
a
written
reply
to
a
query
of
three
Lok
Sabha
members.
81
Chinese
nationals
given
‘Leave
India
Notice’
from
2019-2021,
informs
MoS
Home
From
2019
to
2021,
81
Chinese
nationals
were
given
the
“Leave
India
Notice” while
726
others
were
placed
on
the
adverse
list
for
violating
visa
conditions
and
other
illegal
acts,
Minister
of
State
for
Home
Affairs
Nityanand
Rai
informed
Lok
Sabha
on
Tuesday.
MoS
Home
further
said
that
117
people
were
also
deported.
Parliament
roundup:
Another
day
of
washout
over
Cong
MP’s
remark
on
Rashtrapati
Taking
action
against
dubious
digital
loan
apps:
FM
The
government
is
taking
action
against
dubious
digital
loan
apps,
including
those
originating
from
outside
the
country,
and
also
Indians
who
helped
in
setting
them
up,
Finance
Minister
Nirmala
Sitharaman
informed
Rajya
Sabha
on
Tuesday.
Most
of
the
dubious
apps
are
originating
from
one
particular
country
and
as
a
result
a
lot
of
borrowers
are
harassed
and
money
is
being
extorted
from
by
these
apps,
she
said
during
the
Question
Hour
while
replying
to
a
supplementary
question.
The
minister
was
asked
about
reports
of
dubious
digital
loan
apps
backed
by
Chinese
entities
which
do
not
follow
RBI
guidelines
in
giving
loans.
20
sites
identified
for
‘national
importance’
tag:
Govt
Twenty
heritage
sites,
including
two
ancient
mounds
at
Haryana’s
Rakhigarhi
and
the
age-old
Anangtal
in
Delhi,
have
been
identified
for
the
national
importance
tag,
the
government
has
said.
Union
Culture
Minister
G
Kishan
Reddy
shared
the
details
in
a
written
response
to
a
question
in
Lok
Sabha
on
whether
the
central
government
has
identified
new
historical
and
religious
places
in
the
country
that
can
be
declared
as
monuments/sites
of
national
importance
during
the
last
three
years.
The
other
sites
include
rock
painting
at
Chintakunta,
Andhra
Pradesh;
rock
art
site
Murgi
at
Rdanag,
Leh;
Kaleshwar
Mahadev
Temple,
Kalesar
(Manyala
Panchayat),
Himachal
Pradesh,
as
per
the
informaton
shared.
Seven
mounds
(RGR
1-RGR
7)
scattered
around
two
villages
(Rakhi
Khas
and
Rakhi
Shahpur)
in
Hisar
district
of
Haryana
are
part
of
the
Harappan-era
Rakhigarhi
archaeological
site.
RGR
7
is
a
cemetery
site
when
this
was
a
well-organised
city,
ASI
had
said
in
May.
