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Rahul promises Minimum Income Guarantee to every Indian if Cong forms govt

Agencies
March 2, 2019

Patna, Mar 2: Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Saturday said that if his party was voted to power during the 2019 parliamentary elections, he would give a Minimum Income Guarantee (MIG) to every Indian.

This proposal, he assured, would be implemented as soon as the Congress-led Government assumes office in May 2019.

“Unlike Narendra Modi, I never make false promises. I have been a Lok Sabha member since 2004, but I have never promised something which can’t be implemented,” said Rahul, addressing his first-ever rally after becoming the party’s national president in Ranchi, the capital of Jharkhand.

To push his point, he cited how the State Governments in Punjab, Karnataka, MP, Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh had waived off farmers’ loans in no time. “Jo chunav se pehle vaada kiya, woh pura kiya. (We fulfilled whatever was promised during electioneering),” said Rahul, addressing the Congress rally at Morhabadi ground.

“We (UPA Govt) gave MNREGA, which, in turn, gave a boost to the rural economy. We amended Land Acquisition Act in 2013 so that without the concurrence of 80 per cent of the farmers, no land could be forcibly acquired. But the BJP Government amended the law and forcibly took over lands of tribals to give it to Modi’s corporate friends. Once we are voted to power, we will do social audit and provide justice to those farmers who have been deprived of their land in Jharkhand,” said Rahul.

Lambasting Modi for making false promises and driving a wedge between two communities, Rahul said, “We know how jal, jungle and jameen (water, forest and land) are important for you. No one can deprive you of all these three things, as we are always there to fight for your rights,” said the Congress president as he tried to strike an emotional chord with tribals who had come from far-flung areas like Pakur and Palamu to hear him.

Modi the surname

“Tell me, why all those who fled the country after indulging in loot, have the surname as Modi. Be it Nirav Modi or Lalit Modi or…” asked Rahul and then said, “Chowkidaar….?”

The crowd responded: “Chor hai.”

Flanked by former Chief Minister of Jharkhand Babulal Marandi, JMM leader Stephen Marandi, former Union Ministers RPN Singh, Subodh Kant Sahay and Jharkhand Congress chief Dr Ajoy Kumar, Rahul asked the constituents of Mahagatbandhan to unite and fight the BJP so that Modi could be defeated decisively.

Former Jharkhand DGP Rajeev Kumar joined the Congress party on the occasion.

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July 30,2020

Kochi, Jul 30: The Kerala High Court on Thursday refused to grant the extension for the stay of a 74-year-old US citizen, Johnny Paul Pierce, who had earlier said that he felt safer to remain in India than in the United States amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

The single-judge bench of Justice CS Dias, which considered the writ petition, observed that the grant or extension of visa to foreign nationals fall exclusively within the domain of the Government of India (GoI) and that judicial review in such matters is minimal.

The power of the GoI to expel foreigners is absolute and unlimited, the bench said.

"In view of the categoric declaration of law by the Supreme Court, the plea of the petitioner to permit him to stay back in India cannot be accepted, as it falls within the purview of the guidelines and the discretion of the Government of India," the order said.

"The petitioner cannot be heard that the guidelines/policies/regulations formulated by the Government of India, that an American national though has been granted a visa having validity of five years has to leave India within 180 days, is irrational or unreasonable," it added.

The High Court, which was hearing a plea to permit the US citizen to stay in India for a further period of six months, said that the petitioner does not have a case that there is an infraction of Article 21 of the Constitution of India.

"The petitioner was well aware of the visa conditions when he arrived in India, and it is too late in the day for him to raise a grievance on the visa conditions," the bench said noting that the petitioner's love for India was heartening.

The High Court also directed the Foreigners Registration Officer to consider the petitioner's representation within a period of two weeks in accordance with the applicable guidelines and policies.

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March 27,2020

New Delhi, Mar 27: Cabinet Secretary Rajiv Gauba has asked states to urgently strengthen the surveillance of international travellers who entered the country before the lockdown as there appeared to be a "gap" between the actual monitoring for COVID-19 and the total arrivals.

In a letter to chief secretaries of all States and Union Territories, Gauba said such a gap in monitoring of international passengers for coronavirus "may seriously jeopardise the efforts to contain the spread of COVID-19", given that many amongst the persons who have tested positive so far in India have history of international travel.

"As you are aware, we initiated screening of international incoming passengers at the airports with effect from January 18, 2020. I have been informed that up to March 23, 2020, cumulatively, Bureau Of Immigration has shared details of more than 15 lakh incoming international passengers with the States/UTs for monitoring for COVID-19.

"However, there appears to be a gap between the number of international passengers who need to be monitored by the States/UTs and the actual number of passengers being monitored," Gauba said in his letter.

The government had started monitoring of all international passengers who have arrived in India in last two months in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak.

Gauba said,"it is important that all international passengers are put under close surveillance to prevent the spread of the epidemic."

He said the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) has repeatedly emphasised the importance of monitoring, and requested the states and UTs to take immediate steps in this regard.

"I would, therefore, like to request you to ensure that concerted and sustained action is taken urgently to put such passengers under surveillance immediately as per MoHFW guidelines," he said.

The cabinet secretary also urged the chief secretaries to actively involve the district authorities in this effort.The screening of international incoming passengers at airports was done from January 18 in a phased manner.

The Central and state governments have unleashed unprecedented and extraordinary measures to contain the spread of the fast-spreading coronavirus, which has already infected more than 700 people in the country and claimed at least 17 lives.

A nationwide lockdown was also announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday for 21 days.

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July 10,2020

New Delhi, Jul 10: With the highest single-day spike of 26,506 COVID-19 cases and 475 deaths reported in the last 24 hours, the total number of COVID-19 cases in India reached 7,93,802 on Friday, according to the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.

Out of the total number of cases, 2,76,685 are active, 4,95,513 have been cured/discharged/migrated and 21,604 have died so far due to the infection.

With as many as 2,30,599 COVID-19 cases, Maharashtra continues to remain the worst-affected state, followed by Tamil Nadu (1,26,581) and Delhi (1,07,051).

Meanwhile, 2,83,659 samples were tested for coronavirus on Thursday, taking the total number of samples tested up to July 9 to 1,10,24,491, according to the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR).

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