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PM Modi to meet economists at NITI Aayog today in light of upcoming Union Budget

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New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi is scheduled to hold a meeting with economists at NITI Aayog on Friday, sources said.
As per information, Prime Minister in the meeting will seek the opinions and suggestions of the economists and will also assess the state of the Indian economy and its challenges, ahead of the Union Budget. The Budget Session of Parliament is likely to begin on January 31 and is expected to conclude on April 6 with a recess in between, government sources had said on January 2.
The session will start with an address by President Droupadi Murmu to the joint sitting of the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha in the Central Hall of Parliament. This will be the first address to the two Houses of Parliament by President Murmu since her elevation to the top post in July last year.
On the first day of the budget session, the Economic Survey will also be tabled in both Houses, the sources said.

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Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman is likely to present the Union Budget in Parliament on February 1 and the first part of the session is expected to continue till February 10, the sources said.
They said that after a recess during which the standing committees examine the demands of grants of various ministries, the second part of the Budget Session is likely to start on March 6 and conclude on April 6.
During the first part of the Budget Session, the two Houses have a detailed discussion on the Motion of Thanks to the President’s Address followed by a discussion on the Union Budget.
While Prime Minister Narendra Modi will reply to the debate on the Motion of Thanks to the President’s address, the Finance Minister will also reply to the debate on the union budget.
During the second part of the Budget Session, the major focus would be the discussion on the demands for grants for various ministries apart from the government’s legislative agenda. The Union Budget, a money bill, is passed during this part of the session.

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HM Amit Shah In Jammu To Meet Kin Of Target Killing Victims

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This is Amit Shah’s second visit to Jammu and Kashmir in the last three months. In October last year, the Home Minister visited Rajouri and addressed a public rally.

Srinagar: Union Home Minister Amit Shah will today meet the families of those killed in the recent twin terror attacks in Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri district. Mr. Shah will also review the security situation in the wake of targeted attacks on Hindu families in the region.

Seven civilians, including two children, were killed and many more injured in two terror attacks in Rajouri’s Upper Dangri village on January 1 and 2.

Over 2,000 additional paramilitary forces have been rushed to Rajouri following the attacks. The authorities are yet to track down the attackers despite launching a massive manhunt.

This is Amit Shah’s second visit to Jammu and Kashmir in the last three months. In October last year, the Home Minister visited Rajouri and addressed a public rally.

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After meeting the families of the terror attacks victims and locals of Dangri village, Mr. Shah will return to Jammu to chair a high-level security meeting. Jammu and Kashmir Lt Governor Manoj Sinha, Union Home Secretary Ajay Kumar Bhalla, and the chiefs of all intelligence and paramilitary agencies will be attending the meeting.

The National Investigation Agency (NIA) is probing the Dangri terror attacks. The government has revived village defense groups in Rajouri and a large number of people are being given new rifles to defend against possible terror attacks.

Vigilante groups who were equipped with .303 rifles are now being given semi-automatic self-loading rifles. Meanwhile, top Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders, including Arun Kumar and BL Santosh, have held a series of meetings in Jammu to discuss the overall security and political situation in the Union Territory.

The BJP is strongly advocating strengthening village defense groups and giving them more weapons. There are 28,000 village defense groups in the Jammu region and most of the members who have been given weapons are Hindus.

The Village Defence Committees (VDC) were first set up almost 30 years ago in Doda district when the law and order situation had collapsed in Jammu and Kashmir. The administration was criticized for abdicating its responsibility to protect common people and instead arming vigilante groups to help villagers defend against terror attacks. Eventually, the role of VDCs was diminished as security forces regained control of the situation.

In many areas, preventing the misuse of weapons allotted to vigilante groups remains a serious concern. But local BJP leaders say that terrorism can be stopped only by giving weapons to every family.”Militancy can be stopped by village Defence groups and when there are weapons in every home,” said Dheeraj Sharma, BJP leader and Sarpanch of Dangri.

Mr. Shama is playing a key role in identifying and enrolling new village defense guards in the terror-hit village. Dangri already has 70 village defense guards. Many more, including 40 ex-servicemen, have now joined vigilante groups after they were armed with new weapons.

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