January 19, 2025 01:35 pm (IST)
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Parliament passes Aadhaar Bill without changes
New Delhi, Mar 16 (IBNS): The Aadhaar Bill, which gives legal sanction to the unique identification number or Aadhaar as a single window to distribute subsidy and welfare schemes to citizen., was passed in Parliament on Tuesday.
The bill was passed after the Oppositions' suggestion for changes were overruled.
The oppositions in Rajya Sabha had sent the bill back with changes. But the changes were rejected in the Lok Sabha and the bill was passed in the absence of Congress members, who had walked out.
Earlier in the day, the Upper House witnessed a verbal war between the Government and the opposition over the Aadhaar Bill, which was controversially passed in the Lok Sabha last week.
Raising objection to the proposal being passed as a money bill in the Lok Sabha, CPI(M) member Sitaram Yechury earlier said, "I am questioning the competence of this house to legislate the bill."
Taking on the opposition, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said, "If the principle purpose is money spent out of consolidated fund of India in particular manner and machinery is created for spending that money, the machinery is an incidental vehicle, therefore it is a money bill."
The opposition wanted the bill to be sent back to the Lok Sabha.
The BJP-led government used its majority in the Lok Sabha to pass the Aadhaar Bill as a "money bill" last Friday.
The government had earlier rejected the opposition's demand to extend the sitting of the Rajya Sabha by two days to discuss the bill.
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