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Parliament

To end the three-week long logjam in
Parliament
Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs Vijay
Goel met key Opposition leaders at their
residences this evening.
To persuade them to end the logjam.
Parliament
Average 2.5 lakh rupees per each minute
14/23 days second part of Budget Session wasted
•In the Rajya Sabha, soon after the passage of Payment
of Gratuity (Amendment) Bill, opposition members
including Congress, AIADMK, TDP and others came into
the well raising slogans on the demands.
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• The bill was passed by voice vote during Zero Hour
without discussion.
• The Lok Sabha had already passed the bill last week.
• The Bill will enable the government to enhance the
ceiling of tax free gratuity to 20 lakh rupees
from the existing 10 lakh rupees for employees
falling under the Payment of Gratuity Act.
-• Labour Minister Santosh Kumar Gangwar
said it is a very important legislation for
employees, especially women.
•It seeks to notify the period of maternity
leave as part of continuous service and
proposes to empower the government to
notify the gratuity ceiling from time to
time without amending the law.

Ministry of textiles

Integrated Scheme for Development of Silk
Industry approved by the Cabinet aims to
achieve self-sufficiency in silk production by
2022.
• Scheme will help to increase productive
employment from 85 lakh to one crore
people by 2020.
• The scheme, with an outlay of over 2,161
crore rupees, will promote women’s
empowerment and livelihood opportunities
to SC/ST and other weaker sections of the
society.

Ministry of textiles

The government has removed the cap of ten
thousand rupees per month on educational
assistance given to children of army personnel
martyred, disabled or missing in action.
• The order added that educational concession
will be admissible for undertaking studies in
government or government- aided schools and
educational institutes or those re