Sunday, 23 June 2019

India on US religious freedom report: No locus standi

New Delhi, Jun 23 India Sunday dismissed a US religious freedom report, saying it sees no locus standi for a foreign government to articulate on the condition of its citizens' constitutionally protected rights.

In its yearly 2018 International Religious Freedom Report, the State Department affirmed Friday that mob assaults by violent extremist Hindu groups against minority communities, particularly Muslims, proceeded in India in 2018, amid rumours that victims had traded or killed cows for beef.

Reacting to media inquiries on the report, Ministry of External Affairs Spokesperson Raveesh Kumar stated: "India is glad for its secular credentials, its status as the biggest democracy and pluralistic society with a longstanding promise to resistance and inclusion."

The Indian Constitution ensures major rights to every one of its natives, including its minority networks, he said.

It is widely acknowledged that India is a vibrant democracy where the Constitution gives insurance of religious freedom, and where democratic governance and rule of law further promote and protect fundamental rights, Kumar asserted.

"We see no locus standi for a foreign entity/government to pronounce on the state of our citizens' constitutionally protected rights," he said.

Mandated by the Congress, the State Department in its voluminous report gives its evaluation of the status of religious opportunity in practically every one of the nations and territories of the world.

Releasing the report at the Foggy Bottom headquarters of the State Department, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo a week ago said the report was like a report card which tracks nations to perceive how well they have regarded this fundamental human right.

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Saturday, 22 June 2019

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CJI writes to PM Modi, looks for an increase in number of SC judges

New Delhi, Jun 22 Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi trying to build the quality of judges and raise the retirement age of high court judges to 65 years.

Gogoi has also urged the prime minister to make tenure arrangements of resigned zenith court judges and high court judges under Articles 128 and 224A of the Constitution separately to clear backlog of cases pending for years.

The CJI, who wrote three letters to the PM, said there was a pendency of 58,669 cases in the top court and the number was increasing due to filing of more fresh cases.

Due to paucity of judges, the required number of Constitution seats to choose significant cases including inquiries of law were not being shaped, the CJI said.

"You would recall that route in 1988, around three decades back, the judge quality of the SC was expanded from 18 to 26, and afterward again following two decades in 2009, it was expanded to 31, including the CJI, to speed up transfer of cases to keep pace with the rate of establishment," he composed.

"I demand you to generously consider, on top need, to increase the judge-quality in the SC suitably with the goal that it can work all the more proficiently and adequately as it will go far to achieve extreme objective of rendering auspicious equity to the prosecutor open," Gogoi composed.

He said that however the size of the feeder unit of boss equity and judges of the high courts has expanded previously yet the quality has not been expanded relatively in the top court.

In his second letter, the CJI urged Modi to consider carrying a protected revision to expand the retirement time of high court made a decision from 62 to 65 years.

"One of the prime reasons why we are not ready to contain the regularly developing pendency is deficiency of HC judges. At present, 399 posts, or 37 percent of endorsed judge-quality, are empty. The current opportunities should be filled right away. Be that as it may, notwithstanding best endeavors put in by all partners, it has not been conceivable to designate judges to bring the working judge-quality anyplace near the authorized judge-quality," Gogoi wrote.

The CJI also wrote that the retirement period of high court judges ought to be raised by three years to 65 years.

"This, thus, would help in improving the opening position and therefore diminishing pendency of cases. This would also be in consonance with the (rehashed) suggestions made by parliamentary standing boards of trustees," he composed.

Gogoi further stated, "A judge sets aside some effort to develop and when he is in a situation to put inventive musings dependent on rich experience to rehearse, he winds up nearing retirement. This can be maintained a strategic distance from if the time of retirement is raised to a proper dimension with the goal that his huge experience, further knowledge and mastery can be used for a more drawn out period."

"In my view also, if retired HC judges are considered for appointment in tribunals beyond the age of 62 years, they may continue in HCs up to 65 years. The proposal suggested will ensure continued availability of more experiences judges for a longer tenure," he wrote.

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PM Narendra Modi to meet top financial experts at NITI Aayog today, review economic growth

New Delhi, 22 Prime Minister Narendra Modi will meet driving market analysts and money related specialists on Saturday during which the macroeconomic circumstance of the nation will be looked into.

Today,s meeting comes in the midst of worries over moderate monetary development in the nation. The abnormal state meeting comes days in front of the introduction of the Union Budget in Parliament by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on July 5.

As per government sources, Prime Minister Modi will also hold discussions on the Union Budget and the proposition made for citizens.

The meeting is planned to take place at NITI Aayog around 4.30 PM.

During the review meeting, the financial experts and top NITI Aayog authorities will also make introductions before the Prime Minister.

It might be reviewed that Union Finance Minister Sitharaman held a pre-spending meeting with the state fund serves on Friday.

She is planned to display the Union Budget for 2019-20 on July 5. The Economic Survey for the current financial year will be postponed on July 4.

On Wednesday, the Finance Minister held the twentieth gathering of the Financial Stability and Development Council (FSDC) to audit the current worldwide and local monetary circumstance and money related dependability issues including, between alia, those concerning Banking and NBFCs.

The Council was additionally informed of the progress made towards setting-up of the Financial Data Management Center (FDMC) to encourage incorporated information accumulation and examination as also a Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-Fin) towards strengthening the cyber-security framework for the financial sector.

Nirmala Sitharaman had earlier reviewed the state of the economy and talked about different budget-related suggestions and proposals at a meeting with financial sector regulators here on Wednesday.

The FSDC meeting was also attended by Anurag Thakur, MoS (Finance &Corporate Affairs), Shaktikanta Das, Governor, Reserve Bank of India (RBI); Subhash Chandra Garg, Finance Secretary and Secretary, Department of Economic Affairs; Rajiv Kumar, Secretary, Department of Financial Services; Injeti Srinivas, Secretary, Ministry of Corporate Affairs; Ajay Bhushan Pandey, Revenue Secretary; Dr. Krishnamurthy V. Subramanian, Chief Economic Adviser, Ministry of Finance; Ajay Tyagi, Chairman, Securities and Exchange Board of India; Subhash Chandra Khuntia, Chairman, Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India(IRDAI); Dr. M. S. Sahoo, Chairperson, Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India (IBBI); Ravi Mital, Additional Secretary, Department of Financial Services and in control, Chairperson, Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority(PFRDA); and other senior officers of the Government of India and the Financial Sector Regulators.

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Modi congratulates those gave PM's Award for Outstanding Contribution for Promotion of Yoga

New Delhi, Jun 22 Prime Minister Narendra Modi Saturday congratulated those who have been conferred with the Prime Minister's Award for Outstanding Contribution for Promotion and Development of Yoga, 2019.

"We are tremendously glad for their rich work to guarantee more individuals grasp Yoga and our planet ends up more advantageous," he tweeted.

Modi posted the congratulatory message on Twitter in Spanish, French, Arabic, Russian, Japanese and English.

Established in 1980, the Japan Yoga Niketan has advanced yoga crosswise over Japan. It runs numerous yoga preparing foundations and courses. They have had the option to draw individuals from all sections of Japanese society, Modi said.

Established by Swami Satyananda Saraswati, the Bihar School of Yoga, Munger has been effectively working for more than 50 years.

"They combine ancient wisdom with present day patterns with a plan to improve wellness. Their yoga projects and distributions are broadly mainstream," the PM said.

Modi also referred to Antonietta Rozzi, who has a place with Italy and has been rehearsing Yoga for more than four decades. She established the Sarva Yoga International and promoted Yoga across Europe.

"We are glad for devoted people like her," he tweeted.

The PM said Swami Rajarshi Muni, who hails from Gujarat's Limbdi, has endeavored astounding endeavors to spread yoga. Most strikingly, he established the LIFE Mission and is related with Lakulish Yoga University that tutors understudies, he said.

"His commitment to social service is also outstanding," Modi said.

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India says Pak must take verifiable, irreversible steps against terrorism: FATF

New Delhi, Jun 22 India on Saturday said it anticipates that Pakistan should make every single fundamental move to successfully execute the FATF activity plan completely by September and take solid, certain, and irreversible measures to deliver global concerns related to terrorism and terrorist financing emanating from its soil.

Because of a media query regarding the FATF report, Ministry of External Affairs Spokesperson Raveesh Kumar said the FATF has chosen to keep on keeping Pakistan on its compliance document (for example Grey List) for the International Cooperation Review Group (ICRG) observing for its inability to finish the activity plan things due in January and May 2019.

"We expect Pakistan should make every vital move to viably actualize the FATF Action Plan completely inside the rest of the time allotment for example by September 2019 as per its political commitment to the FATF and take credible, verifiable, irreversible and maintainable measures to deliver global concerns related to terrorism and terrorist financing from any domain under its control," he said.

FATF, the Paris-based global body, is attempting to curb terrorism financing and money laundering and has asked Pakistan to reassess the operation of banned terrorist outfits in the country.

In June a year ago, the FATF set Pakistan on the dim rundown of nations whose residential laws are viewed as feeble to handle the difficulties of tax evasion and terrorism financing.

In a statement issued at the finish of its Plenary meeting in Orlando, Florida, the FATF communicated concern "that in addition to the fact that Pakistan failed to finish its activity plan things with January due dates, it also failed to finish its activity plan things due May 2019".

The FATF "strongly" urges Pakistan to quickly finish its action plan when the last set of action plan things are set to lapse.

"Otherwise, the FATF will choose the following stage around then for inadequate advancement," the worldwide money related body said leaving a solid cautioning to Pakistan.

The FATF said Pakistan had made strides towards improving its AML/CFT (against tax evasion/battling the monetary fear based oppression) routine, including the ongoing improvement of its terror funding risk assessment addendum.

however, it doesn't show an appropriate comprehension of Pakistan's transnational fear subsidizing hazard.

Reacting to the FATF's warning, Pakistan on Friday said it was committed to taking measures needed to implement the action plan agreed with the FATF to come out of the grey list.

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Wednesday, 22 May 2019

No change in counting process, Opposition request on VVPAT rejected

The Election Commission on Wednesday rejected Opposition demand to tally the Voter Verified Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) slips before the Electronic Voting Machines (EVM) on counting day - May 23.

The confirmation of results, on Supreme Court's order, will be matched with the VVPAT slips of five randomly-selected EVMs per assembly segment.

On Tuesday, 22 Opposition parties Tuesday requested that VVPAT slips ought to be checked first, and in the event that any inconsistency happens, then VVPAT slips should be counted for the entire assembly segments. However, the EC today dismissed the update presented by the Opposition parties.

"We told the EC that the VVPAT machines ought to be checked first and on the off chance that there is any discrepancy, at that point every one of them in that portion ought to be counted. During elections, there were many EVMs which broke down and much of the time, when votes for one political party were cast, it showed votes for some other party, especially the BJP," Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad told reporters here after meeting EC officials.

"These things we have told the EC. We, in the last three-four years have been complaining about the EVMs in Lok Sabha, Rajya Sabha and even in states," he included.

Leaders of these opposition parties, who held a meeting here on the issue and then jointly approached the EC, also raised concerns over reports about EVMs being "replaced" at various places.

The seven-phase Lok Sabha election took place from April 11 to May 19. The counting of votes begins at 8 am on May 23.

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PM Modi: Congress insulted voters by questioning BJP's huge win

New Delhi, June 26 Prime Minister Narendra Modi Wednesday blamed the Congress for offending voters of the nation by questioning the massive ...