Face of Nation : Parliament LIVE: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman tabled the Economic Survey in Parliament, which will project the state of health of the country’s economy and outline the challenges before Union Budget 2019 is presented in the House tomorrow. The economic survey 2019 prepared by Chief Economic Adviser Krishnamurthy Subramanian reviews the development in the economy over the past 12 months. “Our team has put in a lot of effort. I hope that the ideas are good and contribute to the economy,” Subramanian said just hours ahead of the reveal.
On Tuesday, the CEA had also tweeted saying that he was “looking forward” to table his first survey.Apart from the Economic Survey, today’s Parliament Session will see the tabling of the controversial Aadhaar and Other Laws (Amendment) Bill.
The amendment provides for stiff penalties for violation of norms set for the use of Aadhaar and violation of privacy. It bans storing of core biometric information as well as Aadhaar number by service providers in cases of individuals who have voluntarily offered the national ID as a means of authentication.
Opposition leaders including Congress’ Shashi Tharoor will, however, raise a point of discontentment with the Amendment that was earlier promulgated by the Cabinet.
Congress MP Shashi Tharoor had said that, “the bill is in violation of Supreme Court judgment and the fundamental right to privacy”.
Meanwhile, Trinamool Congress MP Manish Gupta has given a zero-hour notice in Rajya Sabha over the Centre’s refusal to rename West Bengal to Bangla. The Centre had yesterday raised an issue with the proposal saying that the move required constitutional amendment.
