Amid allegations of rampant corruption on the part of the Organising Committee for the upcoming Commonwealth Games, the government is understood to have turned down the Indian Olympic Association’s attempt to bid for the 2019 Asian Games.

The Clinical Establishment (Registration and Regulation) Bill, which seeks to make registration of all clinical establishments mandatory, was introduced in the Rajya Sabha on Monday.

The week-long impasse which paralysed Parliament all of last week ended on Monday morning at a breakfast meeting hosted by finance minister and Leader of the Lok Sabha Pranab Mukherjee, where the Opposition agreed to give up its demand for a discussion with voting on the issue of rising prices. It was agreed that resolutions would be passed in both Houses after discussion expressing the concern of all sides on the issue.

With many states trying to take credit for the UPA government’s flagship scheme, MGNREGA (Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act), the government on Monday told Parliament that funds allocation for the scheme could even be stopped to states that try and given the scheme a local name.

With barely two months to go for the Commonwealth Games, the city still does not have guidelines for hygiene standards for eateries. The Delhi government has conceded this during the hearing of a RTI petition seeking details of guidelines for hygiene at eateries.

The issue of Central Vigilance Commission’s “strong condemnation” regarding Prasar Bharati’s CEO’s activities was raised in the Parliament on Monday. Raising the issue during Zero Hour in the Rajya Sabha, CPI member Syed Azeez Pasha wanted to know why the government was silent on the issue.

The Delhi government on Monday said it has sent a “point-by-point reply” to all the “queries” related to the Games projects by the Central Vigilance Commission.
Rejecting the allegations of corruption and irregularities in the Games-related projects, chief secretary Rakesh Mehta said, “Panic has been created unnecessarily as the report by the CVC was a routine assessment.”

With food inflation showing trends of decline this week, the Congress on Monday lauded government efforts in bringing ever-rising prices of essential commodities down to single digit.

Almost a year after the death of former bureaucrat Trilok Nath Makan, who fell into a pit which was left uncovered by a negligent MCD contractor outside his South Delhi residence, the Delhi high court on Monday directed the civic agency to pay Rs 5 lakhs compensation to his wife Jai Rani for the callousness of the civic body and its contractor.

The Centre has informed the Parliament that a group of ministers, among others, is looking at regulatory deficiencies regarding illegal mining in the country.
Replying to supplementaries during Question Hour in Rajya Sabha on the issue, environment minister Jairam Ramesh said “The honest truth is that we do not have e