27th MARCH 2025 ENGLISH TNPSC CURRENT AFFAIRS PDF TNPSC SHOUTERS
Resolution against the Waqf Amendment Bill - Passed in the Tamil Nadu Assembly
- The Central Government recently brought the Waqf Board Amendment Bill in Parliament. In this situation, Chief Minister M.K. Stalin has decided to bring a government resolution in the Tamil Nadu Assembly to drop the bill.
- In this situation, Chief Minister M.K. Stalin brought and proposed a resolution against the Waqf Amendment Bill in the Assembly.
- Following this, a debate took place on this resolution. Then the members of the Assembly expressed their views. Only the BJP opposed the Waqf resolution and walked out of the Assembly. However, parties including the AIADMK and the PMK supported the resolution.
- Following this, a separate resolution brought by Chief Minister M.K. Stalin against the Waqf Board Amendment Bill was unanimously passed in the Assembly.
- The Central Government has released the second tranche of the Fifteenth Finance Commission Grant-in-aid for the financial year 2024-25 to the rural local bodies in the states of Tripura and Karnataka.
- This will help strengthen local governance and promote rural development. In Tripura, the Central Government has allocated Rs 31.1259 crore as unconditional grant-in-aid (2nd tranche) to benefit 589 eligible village panchayats, including all block panchayats, district panchayats and traditional local bodies.
- An unconditional grant of Rs 404.9678 crore has been released to 5375 eligible Gram Panchayats (second instalment) for rural local bodies across the state of Karnataka.
- These grants are given to empower Panchayat Raj institutions in 29 areas under the Eleventh Schedule of the Constitution. This grant amount is used for development works excluding salaries and administrative expenses.
- The Bill was passed by the Lok Sabha in the Winter Session held in December last year. It was subsequently passed in the Rajya Sabha by voice vote on Wednesday. The Bill, which was passed by voice vote, allows bank account holders to have four nominees in their accounts.
- It also proposes changes related to the redefinition of "substantial interest" for directors. Its limits may be increased to Rs. 2 crore instead of the current limit of Rs. 5 lakh.
- It also provides for increasing the tenure of directors (other than the chairman and whole-time director) in cooperative banks from eight years to 10 years, in line with the Constitution (Ninety-seventh Amendment) Act, 2011.
