Lok Sabha live updates | Members discuss ESIC reforms
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The Finance Bill was passed in the Lok Sabha, marking the completion of the budgetary exercise for the financial year 2022-23.
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MP from Kollam N.K. Premchandran asked the Labour & Employment Minister Bhupender Yadav to clarify if the Govt would revise the ₹ 21,000 cap for eligibility to entitlements under the Employee State Insurance Corporation (ESIC). In response, My Yadav informed the house that the Govt considers revising the pay ceiling from time to time, however, at the moment there are no pending proposals with the Govt.
He apprised the house about the Social Security Code implemented by the Ministry to include the population not a part of the ESIC scheme.
Nityanand Rai (BJP) on behalf of Amit Shah introduced the Delhi Municipal Corporation (Amendment) Bill, 2022.
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman moved the Finance Bill 2022 for consideration and passage in the Lok Sabha. Speaker Om Birla moved Finance Bill, 2022 for consideration through a verbal vote.
Talking about the proposed establishment of the World Health Organisation- Global Centre for Traditional Medicine (WHO-CTM) in the Jamnagar, Gujarat, AYUSH Minister Sarbananda Sonowal announced that host country agreement for the same will be signed today by the Secretary of AYUSH and the WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus at the Organisation’s headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland.
They will be installed at strategic locations, under the safe city project, to help in traffic management, monitor any untoward incident like road rage, hit-and-run, harassment of women, and other law and order issues round the clock. The cameras linked to the command centre can also be used for both law and order and traffic management, the officials added.