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Monsoon session of Parliament: All you need to know about the Essential Commodities ordinance
The monsoon session of the parliament will begin on September 14, and one of the amendments that wi…
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What is the Essential Commodities Act – the 65-year old act that FM Nirmala Sitharaman said will now be amended
Stock limits will be imposed only under exceptional circumstances like national calamities, fami…
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These are the top takeaways from Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman's third installment from Modi's ₹20 lakh crore stimulus
The first tranche was a clearly quantifiable ₹5.9 lakh crore ($78 billion) push for micro, small…
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India proposes to deregulate prices of onions, potatoes, pulses and other essential food — prices won’t be capped and one can store as much as needed
Agricultural items — including cereals, edible oils, oilseeds, pulses, onions and potatoes — will n…
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Farmers in Punjab, Haryana block roads as part of nationwide protest against farm laws
Protesting farmers owing allegiance to different outfits blocked state and national highways at…
PTI
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Survey suggests scrapping of 'anachronistic' Essential Commodity Act 1955
New Delhi, Jan 31 () The Economic Survey on Friday pitched for scrapping of the Essential Commoditi…
PTI
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Parliament passes amendments to essential commodities law
New Delhi, Sep 22 () Parliament on Tuesday passed a bill to remove cereals, pulses, oilseeds, edibl…
PTI
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Prices of alcohols used in making hand sanitizers capped under Essential Commodities Act: Govt
"In view the ongoing outbreak of COVID-19 and concern of the logistics for COVID 19 management par…
PTI
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Kejriwal joins Punjab AAP's protest at Jantar Mantar, demands complete rollback of new farm laws
Addressing his party workers from Punjab at the Jantar Mantar agitation, Kejriwal said the AAP has …
PTI
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Rajya Sabha passes 7 key bills in three and half hours amidst Opposition boycott
In one of the most productive days in its history, Rajya Sabha on Tuesday in a matter of three and …
PTI
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Masks, hand santizers declared 'essential commodities'
The step has been taken in view of the "ongoing outbreak of COVID-19 and concern of the logistics …
PTI
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Govt notifies hand sanitizers, surgical masks, gloves as essential commodities
"In pursuance of directions conveyed by Ministry of Health and Family Welfare vide order dated 13…
PTI
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Centre Mulling To Amend Laws To Check Hoarding, Black Marketing
Paswan also said that his ministry has asked the state governments to give their views on the propo…
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Frustration grows as the movement to ban stock trading in Congress stalls: 'They're trying to run out the clock'
From the war in Ukraine to mass shootings in Buffalo, New York, and Uvalde, Texas, other pressing m…
Bryan Metzger
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Centre declares masks and sanitisers as essential goods
In a bid to ensure the availability of masks and hand sanitisers in the market and their sale at MR…
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Modi is using the COVID-19 crisis to push through APMC reforms he has wanted for long— but states may oppose
Making the announcement, Sitharaman said that this move will give the choice to sell their produ…
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Liquor ‘essential commodity’ for Chennai citizens, can’t close shops for Kalam’s funeral
Justice C S Karnan, who has been fetching media attention for all the wrong reasons, has sparked an…
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NPPA to ensure availability of essential medicines at ceiling price fixed by govt
The NPPA in February wrote to chief secretaries of all the states/UTs to monitor the production an…
PTI
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Companies (Amendment) Bill cleared by Parliament – improves ease of doing business, allows direct overseas listing and more
The Companies (Amendment) Bill, 2020 seeks to decriminalise various penal provisions, permit di…