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Aadhaar linking issue
The five-judge Constitution bench hearing the Aadhaar case will pass its order on pleas seeking an interim stay on the Centre’s decision directing mandatory linking of the UIDAI number with various government schemes and welfare measures. Attorney General KK Venugopal said on Thursday the Centre was willing to extend the deadline till up to March 31 for mandatory linking of Aadhaar.
Parliament winter session
The winter session of Parliament begins today. With 14 sittings, the session will come to a close on January 5. As many as 25 pending bills and 14 new ones, including a bill providing Muslim women the right to seek maintenance in case of triple talaq, are expected to be placed in the winter session of parliament.
Challenge for agri startups
The Agriculture Ministry, in partnership with Invest India, will launch a grand challenge for agri startups at TiE’s mega conclave for entrepreneurs. Participants will be encouraged to come up with new concepts and innovations for 12 specific areas such as soil health, price forecasting, Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana, food adulteration, electronic National Agriculture Market, among others.
Chintan Shivir
Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar will hold a three-day brainstorming session to prepare a blueprint for a new Haryana. At the session, Chintan Shivir, various ongoing development works and schemes will be reviewed. The Opposition has criticised the session to be held at a luxury private resort as a waste of public money.
Case against Maran brothers
A special CBI court will hear the “illegal” telephone exchange case against former Union minister Dayanidhi Maran and his brother Kalanithi. According to the CBI, Dayanidhi Maran, during June 2004 to December 2006, when he was the Union minister for communication and information technology, misused his office and installed a private telephone exchange at his residences in Chennai and utilised the facility for business transactions involving Sun Network. It said he had caused a loss of Rs 1.78 crore to the exchequer.
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