Cabinet approves Citizenship (Amendment) Bill

The Union
Cabinet took several important decisions today under the chairmanship of Prime
Minister Narendra Modi.

It approved
an MoU between Election Commission of India and Election Commission of Maldives
on cooperation in the field of Electoral Management and Administration.

This
includes the exchange of knowledge and experience in the field of
organizational and technical development of the electoral process, support in
exchanging information, institutional strengthening and capacity building and
training of personnel.

In other
significant decisions today the cabinet cleared the Citizenship (Amendment)
Bill.

Information
and Broadcasting Minister Prakash Javadekar said, the bill takes care of
India’s interest and it will be introduced in Parliament as soon as possible.

The Union
Cabinet approved the launch of Bharat Bond Exchange Traded Fund to provide
additional money for CPSUs, CPSEs and other Government organizations. It also
approved the Central Sanskrit Universities Bill to be introduced in the
Parliament.

The bill has
provision for conversion of three Sanskrit Deemed to be Universities into
Central Universities. 

The Cabinet
also approved the withdrawal of Jammu And Kashmir Reservation (Second
Amendment) Bill, 2019.