Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman is scheduled to move the Direct Tax Vivad Se Vishwas Bill, 2020 in Lok Sabha on Monday. Nirmala Sitharaman had earlier on February 5 introduced the bill which provides for a mechanism for resolution of pending tax disputes in the lower house of the Parliament. The introduction of the bill was opposed by Congress members Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury and Shashi Tharoor. Ranjan Chowdhury said the bill has a unique nomenclature and the bills are normally in English or Hindi. He accused the government of "imposing Hindi" and said only 43 per cent of people in the country were Hindi-speaking.
Shashi Tharoor sought withdrawal of the bill, saying it was unfair to honest taxpayers and was arbitrary. Nirmala Sitharaman said she had used two expressions in her budget speech for resolution of disputed tax cases and had used the Hindi expression in the bill. "There is no imposition of Hindi," she had said.
Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan will make a statement in the Lok Sabha regarding the Centre's response to the novel coronavirus outbreak in China. He will also make a statement regarding the status of implementation of the recommendations contained in the 106th, 112th, 107th and 113th Reports of the Standing Committee on Health and Family Welfare on Demands for Grants 2018-19 pertaining to the Department or Health and Family Welfare and Department of Health Research respectively, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.
Here are the LIVE updates on the proceedings in Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha:
Human Resource Development Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal in Lok Sabha on Gargi college case: It has come to our notice that some outsiders had entered the college, which is not right. The college administration has been asked to look into it. pic.twitter.com/UuLcdveagB
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P Chidambaram in Rajya Sabha during general discussion on Budget 2020-21:Today there is no money in the hands of the people.There is no incentive for anyone to invest, on the contrary,there is fear&uncertainty prevailing all over the country. No one will invest in the country pic.twitter.com/RPkQxiwkej
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