FinMin Sitharaman to brief BJP MPs today

INDIA’S HAJ QUOTA FOR 2023

FIXED AT 1,75,025, SAYS GOVT

New Delhi: India’s Haj quota for this year has been fixed at 1,75,025 as per bilateral agreement with Saudi Arabia. In a written reply in Lok Sabha, Minority Affairs Minister Smriti Irani said the ministry had a number of sessions on Haj management with stakeholders, including Haj Committees of the states and UTs, wherein requests for restoration of Haj quota were received.

“GoI SPENT `27K LAKH ON CULTURAL SITES IN 2021-22”

New Delhi: The Centre has spent Rs 26,957.32 lakh on conservation, preservation and maintenance of monuments and sites of national importance in 2021-22. Union Culture Minister G Kishan Reddy, in a written response to a query, also shared data on the revenue generated through entry fee at monuments and sites at 143 locations in India in last three years.

HC COLLEGIUMS IN BREACH OF SIX-MONTH ADVANCE TIMELINE IN SENDING NAMES TO FILL ANTICIPATED VACANCIES: GOVT

Various high court collegiums are in “breach” of the six-month advance timeline in sending recommendations to fill several anticipated vacancies, the government informed Parliament on Thursday. In three separate written replies to questions in the Rajya Sabha, Law Minister Kiren Rijiju also asserted that the government can seek a reconsideration of the names recommended by the Supreme Court collegium. Responding to a question on the “breach” of the six-month timeline, Rijiju said as on January 30, “recommendations in respect of 236 vacancies (191 existing and 45 anticipated vacancies during next six months) are yet to be received from High Court collegiums, which are in breach of the six months’ advance timeline for making recommendations for anticipated vacancies”.

Andhra: TDP leader shot at while asleep

Palnadu (ANI): A Telugu Desam Party (TDP) leader on Thursday sustained injuries after he was allegedly shot at by unknown persons in Andhra Pradesh’s Palnadu district.

TDP Mandal level leader, Venna Balakoti Reddy was sleeping at his residence in Alavala village in Rompicherla Mandal, when the assailants fired two rounds at him at midnight. Balakoti Reddy was rushed to Narasaraopet Government Hospital and he is under treatment.

New Delhi (ANI): Union Finance Minister, Nirmala Sitharaman who presented the Narendra Modi government’s last full budget ahead of the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, will hold a briefing for the BJP MPs both of Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha on Friday, sources said. She will explain the budget to the MPs in the meeting. The briefing will be held at 9 am at the Balayogi Auditorium in Parliament Library Building in the national capital, all MPs have been informed. This briefing comes at a time when the party has asked all its members of Parliament to go to the respective constituencies and tell the common man what does budget means and how it has been brought out, keeping the interest of every stratum