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Tag: Ravi Shankar Prasad
Law Ministry to focus on digitization of legal services: Ravi Shankar Prasad
Prasad promoted two legal aid mobile application — Nyaya Bandhu and Nyaya Mitra.
All eyes on 4 Union Ministers in Bihar last phase polls
The four Ministers are Ravi Shankar Prasad, Ram Kripal Yadav, Ashwani Choubey and RK Singh
Will amend Constitution for new 10% quota: Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad
New Delhi: The Narendra Modi-led NDA government is making a “constitutional amendment” to implement the Cabinet’s decision of giving 10 per cent reservation to economically-backward people from the general category in government jobs and educational institutions, Union Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said here on Monday. Prasad, responding to former[Read More…]
Going to link Aadhaar with driving licence: Ravi Shankar Prasad
Jalandhar: The government is going to bring a law making linking of Aadhaar with the driving licence mandatory to curb the incidents of duplicate licences, the Union Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad has said. Speaking here on Saturday at the 106th Indian Science Congress, the Minister said the government is[Read More…]
Shashi Tharoor sends legal notice to Ravi Shankar Prasad against defamation
Congress leader Shashi Tharoor sends a legal notice to Bharatiya Janata Party leader and Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on Wednesday, sueing him against a false and defamatory remark on October 28, 2018. Shashi Tharoor shared a copy of the legal notice on defamation on his Facebook account. He writes,[Read More…]
Rafale Deal: Ravi Shankar Prasad attacks Rahul for levelling allegations against Modi
Hitting back at Rahul Gandhi for his “thief” jibe at Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on Saturday said “irresponsible, shameless and baseless” remarks were being made by a family which is out on bail in the National Herald case and is the source of all corruption[Read More…]
Bharat Bandh a failure, and we regret the violence: Ravi Shankar Prasad
Union minister Ravi Shankar Prasad termed the Bharat Bandh, which derailed normal life in over 8 states and ended up in the death of a two-year-old in Patna, a failure. Addressing a press conference in Delhi, Prasad, in a very matter-of-fact manner said, “Bharat Bandh was a failure and we[Read More…]
Won’t tolerate data misuse to influence polls: Ravi Shankar Prasad
New Delhi: IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on Monday warned social media companies against misusing users’ data to influence the outcome of elections, saying this will not be tolerated. Also, the government was awaiting the report of the Justice Srikrishna Committee on data protection and law, said Prasad, who is[Read More…]
Congress, BSP, Samajwadi Party fanning Dalit violence: Ravi Shankar Prasad
New Delhi: Union Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on Sunday accused the Congress, the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) and the Samajwadi Party (SP) of fanning Dalit violence in various parts of the country for political gains. “Bhimrao Ambedkar said Dalit movement should not be violent. But some parties like the Congress,[Read More…]
Triple talaq Bill introduced; ‘history was being created’, says Ravi Shankar Prasad
Union Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on Thursday introduced the triple talaq Bill in the Lok Sabha, saying that “history was being created” with the legislation. The Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Bill, 2017 was introduced after a voice vote following opposition by some members, including BJD’s Bhatruhari[Read More…]
Lok Sabha passes two bills to remove obsolete enactments
The Lok Sabha on Tuesday passed two repealing and amending bills that seek to remove enactments which have ceased to be in force or have become obsolete. Replying to the brief debate, Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said that the bills were “a great initiative to make the country reform[Read More…]
Union cabinet clears AERA bill 2017
The Union cabinet on Friday cleared the Airports Economic Regulatory Authority bill, 2017. According to the Minister of Electronics, IT and Law and Justice Ravi Shankar Prasad, the decision was taken by the Union cabinet at its meeting held on Friday. Parliament’s winter session begins, LS adjourned till Monday Briefing[Read More…]
Corruption, cover-up, shielding guilty is Congress history: Ravi Shankar Prasad
BJP leader and union minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on Friday attacked the Congress, saying they did not spare a “single element of this earth” from corruption and “covering it (corruption) and saving the guilty has been their history”. “If we take the air waves, then there is 2G scam; if[Read More…]
‘Courting Politics’ a much-needed ode to nine lawyer-politicians
One is described as calm as a millpond, another as an “incredible flirt” who terms himself a “sinner with a clean conscience”; then there is a “details lawyer” and another who is “arrogant about his gumption”. What binds these four individuals, and five others, together is the fact that they[Read More…]
Lawyers’ promotion should be based on pro bono legal services: Ravi Shankar Prasad
New Delhi: Pro bono legal services rendered by a lawyer must be taken into consideration before he/she is given a promotion, Union Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said here on Thursday. He also emphasised that the Section 436A of CrPC — which speaks of undertrials’ right to freedom — should “become[Read More…]
Retirement age of central govt doctors to be increased from 62 to 65 years: Centre
In an attempt to combat the shortage of experienced doctors, union minister, Ravi Shankar Prasad, on Wednesday said that retirement age of central government doctors will be increased to 65. The age earlier was 62 years. “Retirement age of Central Govt. doctors, other than Central Health Service doctors, to be[Read More…]
Will act against social media to stop Blue Whale challenge game: Govt
Law and information and technology minister, Ravi Shankar Prasad has said on Wednesday that the government will take severe action against internet-based social media platforms, if they do not remove links to the deadly, Blue Whale Challenge game. Reportedly, the online game has led children to commit suicide in the[Read More…]
Objectionable content shared through WhatsApp comes to govt’s notice: Union Minister
The government on Friday informed the parliament that instances of “objectionable videos” being uploaded through mobile phones and shared through messaging app, WhatsApp have been noticed by the former. In a written reply to the Rajya Sabha, Union Minister, Ravi Shankar Prasad said that the messaging app provides a feature[Read More…]
New BPO in Patna promises thousands of jobs
India’s top IT company , Tata Consultancy Services(TCS), opened a 1,000-seat business process outsourcing (BPO) centre in Patna, that promises thousands of job opportunities for people in the state. Ravi Shankar Prasad, Union minister for law & justice and information technology (IT) inaugurated the centre on Thursday. It is seen[Read More…]
Ravi Shankar Prasad inaugurates NIELIT Bhawan
Jharkhand: Over a million Aadhaar numbers published on Jharkhand govt website
In Jharkhand, a glitch revealed the digital identities of more than a million citizens on a website maintained by Jharkhand Directorate of Social Security. Throwing many’s privacy into confusion, the glitch also revealed their names, addresses, Aadhaar numbers and bank account details of the beneficiaries of Jharkhand’s old age pension[Read More…]
Health, education benefits just a click away; Govt to launch ‘Digital Village’ soon
Now villagers can avail health, educational and benefits of other government initiatives by just clicking on their computers or mobile as the government decked up to launch its new programme, ‘Digital Village’. Under the programme, the government will offer services including e-medicine, e-education, Internet connectivity services and light-emitting diode lights[Read More…]
Ravi Shankar Prasad confers the Digital India Awards 2016
Minister for Communications and Information Technology and Law and Justice Ravi Shankar Prasad on Tuesday presented Digital India Awards to the winners. Digital innovation along with E-Governance initiatives of Government Ministries and Departments across India were evaluated under various categories. Three awards Platinum, Gold and Silver were presented in each[Read More…]
Ravi Shankar likens demonetisation to labour pain, says will result in joy
In a rather bizarre analogy, Union Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on Friday likened demonetisation woes to “labour pain”, saying its end result would be as “joyful” as the birth of a baby. Prasad made the remarks at an event organised by the Delhi BJP’s IT cell that lay emphasis[Read More…]