New Delhi: The third day of the monsoon session of parliament was marked by agitations and sloganeering, with the Opposition parties on Wednesday staging protest in the Parliament premises against inflation and hike in the Goods and Services Tax (GST) on certain commodities of daily use. Leaders of opposition parties, including the Congress, NCP, DMK and Left, raised slogans against the government demanding the hike in GST rates on commodities like curd, bread and paneer to be withdrawn.
The parliament has witnessed disruptions over the issue ever since the start of the Monsoon Session on Monday.
Meanwhile, various government ministries have furnished data to the Parliament on issues such as terrorist attacks in Jammu and Kashmir, extremism, among others.
- Two people died, 35 were injured and 2,642 arrested from railway premises during the agitation against the Agnipath scheme, the Railways informed the Parliament on Wednesday. In a written reply in the Lok Sabha, Railways Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said separate data on the refund granted to passengers due to disruption of rail services on account of public disorder consequent to various agitations is not maintained. The minister said due to strikes and agitations the Railways has incurred a loss of Rs 151 crore in 2019-20, Rs 904 crore in 2020-21 and Rs 62 crore in 2021-22.
- In 2020, 796 cases of Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) were registered across the country. A total of 80 persons were convicted and 116 acquitted: MoS Home Nityanand Rai in a written reply to Rajya Sabha
- Under the PM's Development Package, 5,502 Kashmiri Pandits have been provided government jobs in the valley. Further, as per the records, no Kashmiri Pandit has reportedly migrated from the valley during the said period: MoS Home Nityanand Rai
- Government of India approved construction of 6,000 transit accommodations for Kashmiri Migrant employees engaged/to be engaged in different districts of Kashmir Valley under the Prime Minister's Development Package: MoS Home Nityanand Rai in Rajya Sabha
- There were around 9.79 lakh vacant posts in central government departments against the sanctioned strength of 40.35 lakh, as on March 1, 2021, the Lok Sabha was informed
- According to the annual report of pay research unit of department of expenditure, there were 40,35,203 sanctioned posts under various ministries and departments of the central government, as on March 1, last year, according to a written reply by Union Minister of State for Personnel Jitendra Singh. As many as 30,55,876 central government civilian employees were in position on the date against the sanctioned strength, it said
- The incidents of terrorist attacks have decreased significantly since 2018 in Jammu and Kashmir. The terrorist incidents during the last four years are 2018- 417 | 2019-255 | 2020-244 | 2021-229: MoS Home Nityanand Rai to Rajya Sabha
- Centre has released approximately Rs 3,000 crores in the last eight years and more than Rs 1,500 crores since 2018 for overall Disaster Relief in Telangana. TRS's statements that Telangana wasn't given assistance under NDRF since 2018 is misleading: Union Minister G Kishan Reddy
- The incidents of Left Wing Extremism (LWE) violence have reduced by 77% from an all-time high of 2,258 in 2009 to 509 in 2021. Similarly, resultant deaths were reduced by 85% from 1,005 in 2010 to 147 in 2021: MoS Home Nityanand Rai to Rajya Sabha
- Individual data are not used for preparation of any other database, including National Register of Citizens. The individual data collected in Census are not made public. Only the aggregated Census data at various administrative levels are released: MoS Home Nityanand Rai to Rajya Sabha
- From August 5, 2019 to 9th July 2022, 128 security force personnel and 118 civilians have been killed by terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir. Out of 118 civilians killed, five were Kashmiri Pandits and 16 belonged to other Hindu/Sikh communities. No pilgrim has been killed: MoS Home Nityanand Rai