Articles by "Ravi Shanker Prasad"
New Delhi, Apr 19: The BJP on Thursday slammed the
Congress for 'reckless allegations’’ made by it against its party leadership in
the matter of the death of judge B H Loya in Nagpur in 2014 who was hearing the
Sohrabuddin Sheikh shoot out case.
Attacking Congress president Rahul Gandhi, Union Law Minister
Ravi Shankar Prasad urged him not to ``fight political battles through
courts’’.
"The BJP condemns with all the authority at its command
the reckless allegations made against the party president in the course of
proceedings,’’ Mr Prasad said here.
``The Supreme Court has observed that political battles must
be fought on political grounds. It clearly means that the case was fought as a
political battle against our party president Amit Shah,’’ he said.
Reacting to the Supreme Court dismissing the petitions, Union
Home Minister Rajnath Singh tweeted, "On the basis of false allegations,
efforts are being made to defame the BJP and its top leaders. It is clear today
that the judiciary can not be made the political battleground.’’
The Supreme Court on Thursday dismissed petition seeking
Special Investigation Team probe into the death of Judge Loya maintaining that
there was no merit in it and the judge had met a ``natural death’’.
Meanwhile, the CPI-M demanded that the case be heard by a
larger bench of the apex court.
"The circumstances of Judge Loya's death raised several
questions. The CPI-M holds that the matter should be reviewed by a larger bench
of the Supreme Court," it said. UNI
New Delhi, Dec 16: Union Information Technology Minister Ravi
Shankar Prasad on Saturday said the right to access the Internet is
non-negotiable and that “walled gardens cannot be allowed”.
His comments came in the backdrop of US Federal
Communications Commission (FCC) resolution rolling back net neutrality
regulations adopted by the Obama Administration. The US regulator has suggested
scrapping the rules that were targeted at treating all Internet services
equally.
Speaking at the 4th Digital India organised by
Times Network here this morning, Prasad said India today has a 'digital
appetite and aspiration' and for digital inclusion of the vast populace “we
need to have a Internet democracy to make it happen, He said.
“Without Internet inclusion there will be no
digital inclusion,” he said.
The IT Minster said technology-based programmes
like ‘Make in India’ and ‘Digital India’ were designed to empower Indians. To
give a further boost the government was promoting the BPO sector and many new
such centres were being opened in the far-flung areas of the country.
“The various government schemes and plans under
the Digital India banner are designed to help the poor and under-privileged
gain access to the best that the digital world has to offer, ‘Prasad said.
He further said that startups were blooming and
mobile manufacturing facilities have grown by 20 times and that at this rate,
India will have a $1 trillion digital economy in just 8-10 years.
Describing a reversal in trend in attitude of
technocrats passing out from prestigious technical institutions, Prasad said he
was surprised to note that IIT graduates now preferred to set up their own
start ups than to looking for campus placements in big companies.
Prasad also added that privacy matters very much
and that India’s data protection law will be a ‘beacon for the whole world’. He
spoke about how privacy law needs to be inclusive of technology and innovation.
He also asked the organizers, to involve, apart
from companies, stake-holders and other, such people from remote villages of
the country who have embraced technology in their businesses for earning
livelihood, in events like this to drive home the point of digital India more
forcefully. UNI
New
Delhi, Nov 16: The Union Minister for Law & Justice and Information
Technology Ravi Shankar Prasad on Thursday reiterated that Kashmir belongs to
India and will remain the part of India.
While briefing media persons after the cabinet meeting here, he was replying to
a question regarding the statement made by the former Chief Minister of Jammu
and Kashmir and former Union Cabinet Minister Farooq Abdullah a few days back. He said that government is aware of Parliament resolution which states that
Kashmir is an integral part of India. Mr Abdullah had said that Pakistan was "not weak and not wearing bangles
to allow India to take that part of Jammu and Kashmir under its
occupation". While addressing a gathering in Uri area, the former Jammu and Kashmir chief
minister had added, "Till how long the innocent lives will be killed? For
seventy years they have been trying to occupy PoK, but have failed and now they
say that it's our region." UNI
New
Delhi, Nov 6: Union Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on Monday said that
those who have dubious accounts were opposing the Aadhaar. It is the most secure ID card and 118 crore out of 130 crore people have the
Aadhaar and the rest are opposing it, the Minister was talking in a programme
organised by India Today group here."Aadhaar card will increase people’s accountability and there is no need
to talk on privacy over Aadhaar," Mr Prasad said.
He said the whole world is lauding Narendra Modi Government for its economic
policies.
Mr Prasad said policies initiated by the Modi Government have brought about
changes and those who have accumulated unaccountable wealth have nowhere to
hide."Poor people are happy with the Modi Government and initial hiccups should
not stop us from reform," Mr Prasad said.While criticising the Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi’s remarks on GST, Mr
Prasad said his ‘Gabbar Singh Tax’ jibe was irresponsible. “Rahul Gandhi’s knowledge of economy is debatable,” Mr Prasad mocked. UNI
NEW DELHI, MAY 19: The Vice Chairman Jammu and
Kashmir Project Constructions Corporation (JKPCC), Khalid Jehangir, called on
Union Minister for Law, Justice and Information Technology Ravi Shankar Prasad
at New Delhi the other day.
The VC briefed him about the current situation of the State and the role
of JKPCC for rebuilding the State and its role to expand to other States of the
country.
Ravi Shankar Prasad assured the VC of full support and said that the
Corporation will be given majors projects from his Ministries.
