Tag: Thawar Chand Gehlot

Bhubaneswar: Social Justice and Empowerment Minister Thawar Chand Gehlot said he will discuss with Odisha Government on the students’ silent protest-walk in Mayurbhanj among other issues. Arriving at Bhubaneswar to attend a meeting in Cuttack, Gehlot  said, “Prime Minister Narendra Modi has launched  ‘Sankalp Se Siddhi’ campaign and all Union Ministers are visiting all districts […]

New Delhi: Alcohol is the most common psychoactive substance used by Indians followed by cannabis and opioids, the Rajya Sabha was informed Thursday. Making a statement in response to a calling attention motion introduced by BJP MP RK Sinha, Social Justice and Empowerment minister Thawar Chand Gehlot said over 16 crore people in the country […]

New Delhi: A Bill to tackle menace of illicit deposits and another that provides a mechanism for social, economic and educational empowerment of transgenders were introduced in Lok Sabha on Friday. The Banning of Unregulated Deposit Schemes Bill, 2019 was introduced by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman. The Bill will replace the Banning of Unregulated Deposit […]