Highlights for Day 60 of Narendra Modi government Development Work
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Highlights for Day 60 of Narendra Modi government Development Work
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Sushma takes up variety of issues including trade and investment in Nephal
Looking at further expanding bilateral ties, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Saturday held talks with her Nepalese counterpart Mahendra Bahadur Pandey here on a range of issues and resolved to push for more cooperation in areas such as trade, investment and security.
In the meeting, both the leaders noted that there is lot of scope for expansion of cooperation between the two nations and agreed to work on in this direction. Foreign Secretary Sujatha Singh and a number of top officials from the Ministry of External Affairs were also present in the meeting.
The JCM, to be co-chaired by both Swaraj and Pandey, will have five clusters - political, security and border issues; economic co-operation and infrastructure; trade and transit; power and water resources; and culture, education and media. Soon after her arrival here yesterday, Swaraj had said. Nepal stands high on the priority list of the new Indian government and the testimony to it is her visit here within two months of assuming officeof External Affairs Minister.
" Swaraj's visit is also expected to prepare the ground for a two-day visit by Prime Minister Narendra Modi next month. Modi will arrive here on August 3 on an official trip, the first bilateral visit by an Indian premier in over 17 years. In 1997, then Prime Minister I K Gujral had visited Nepal. Swaraj will also call on top leadership including Prime Minister Sushil Koirala and hold meetings with leaders across the political spectrum, including Maoist leader Prachanda.
War Memorial, museum for Kargil heroes to be finalised soon
The central government would soon finalise the venue for Construction of a War Memorial and a museum in the honour of the soldiers who laid down their lives fighting the 1999 Kargil war with Pakistan, said Defence Minister Arun Jaitley after he paid homage to the martyrs at Amar Jawan Jyoti, India Gate.
He added that the government was committed to the purpose and has allocated funds for the same.
Jaitley and the three Service chiefs paid homage to the Kargil war heroes on Saturday morning at India gate as the nation commemorates 15th Kargil Vijay Diwas.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi too greeted the nation on Twitter. "We remember the indomitable courage & sacrifice of our Armed Forces on Kargil Vijay Diwas. The nation salutes these brave martyrs," he tweeted.
The Kargil Vijay Diwas was marred by a grenade attack by terrorists in Baramulla area of Jammu & Kashmir which killed one person and injured four others. Chief Minister Omar Abdullah tweeted, "My condolences to the families of the 2 brave JK police personnel who laid down their lives in separate militant attacks in the past 24 hrs."
Stakeholders will be consulted before taking decision on gas pricing: Government
Oil and Gas Minister Dharmender Pradhan, in an interview with a news Channel, has said that a decision will be taken on gas pricing at the right time after consulting all stakeholders. He said that the government will soon take a decision keeping in mind what's good for the country and it will be a good decision.
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley takes on party MP for questioning if black money can be brought back
Finance Minister ArunJaitley on Friday rebuffed his party MP NishikantDubey who had caused an embarrassment to the government by questioning the possibility of black money returning to India in "our lifetime", saying he will not have to wait for long for this.
"When my colleague Nishikant Dubey spoke (yesterday), prehaps he spoke very well. But he said that black money cannot return to India in his lifetime. We all pray for his long life but he will not have to wait for this (return of black money) for a long time," Jaitley said in the Lok Sabha while replying to a debate on Budget.
Dubey, BJP member of the House from Godda in Jharkhand, had on Thursday caused an embarrassment to the government by saying India will not be able to bring back black money from Switzerland "in our lifetime".
Dubey, who was the first member from the Treasury benches to speak on the Finance Bill, said, "We cannot bring it back because people have formed trusts. Citizens of Switzerland are employees who hold the trust.
"When you ask for Money and names, you will seek names of Indians. There is no question of asking the name of the trustees. And if we don't, then how will we get back black money from Switzerland," he said.
The Narendra Modi government had only last month asserted in Parliament that it is "determined to rid the country of the scourge of corruption and the menace of black money" stashed in foreign banks.
With inputs from agencies --Written By Aadil Mir--