NE NEWS SERVICE
NEW DELHI, DECEMBER 4
The Union Cabinet presided over by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday cleared the controversial Citizenship (Amendment) Bill.
Briefing media in New Delhi after the Cabinet meeting, Union Minister for Information and Broadcasting Prakash Javadekar said, the bill takes care of India’s interest and it will be introduced in Parliament as soon as possible.
Cabinet also gave its nod to Personal Data Protection Bill, 2019 which will be introduced in the current session of Parliament. The Cabinet also approved the withdrawal of Jammu And Kashmir Reservation (Second Amendment) Bill, 2019.
The Union Cabinet approved the launch of Bharat Bond Exchange Traded Fund to provide additional money for CPSUs, CPSEs and other Government organizations. The Bharat Bond Exchange Traded Fund, ETF would be the first corporate bond ETF in the country. Briefing media, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said government is trying to deepen the bond market in India.
North East Student’s Organisation flays govt
The North East Student’s Organisation (NESO), here on Wednesday, hit out at the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government over the cabinet decision on the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2019, saying the government had imposed the Bill on the indigenous communities.
“We resent the cabinet decision. They are forcefully imposing the CAB on the indigenous communities of the northeastern states,” NESO supremo Samuel Jyrwa said.
He said the central government was aware that the people of the region were opposed to the CAB and they still went ahead to hurt our sentiments.
