Important Cabinet Approvals: November 20
Following are the important approvals made by the Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi on November 20, 2019.
- Establishment of the National Institute for Sowa-Rigpa in Leh as an autonomous organization under the Ministry of AYUSH
- Ex-post facto approval for the proposal that has been approved under Rule 12 of the Government of India (Transaction of Business) Rules, 1961 with regard to removing difficulty arising in giving effect to the provisions of the Jammu & Kashmir Reorganisation Act 2019 with regard to section 3 of the Act
- Extension/renewal of the extant Pharmaceuticals Purchase Policy (PPP) with the same terms and conditions while adding one additional product namely, Alcoholic Hand Disinfectant (AHD) to the existing list of 103 medicines till the final closure/strategic disinvestment of the Pharma CPSUs
- Approved the proposal for introducing the Taxation Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2019 in order to replace the Ordinance.
- Adoption of the Patent Prosecution Highway programme
- Mitigating financial stress being faced by the Telecom Services Sector
- Introduction of International Financial Services Centres Authority Bill, 2019 in Lok Sabha, after withdrawal from Rajya Sabha
- Introduction of the Industrial Relations Code, 2019 in the Parliament.
- Amendments and modifications in the Toll-Operate-Transfer model and securitization of user fee receipts of NH
- ‘In-principle’ approval for strategic disinvestment in select CPSEs: Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd. (BPCL), Shipping Corporation of India Ltd. (SCI), Container Corporation of India Ltd. (CONCOR), Tehri Hydro Development Corporation India Limited (THDCIL) and North Eastern Electric Power Corporation Limited (NEEPCO)
- Reduction of Government of India equity shareholding in select CPSEs below 51% by retaining management control
- Proposal for enactment of Recycling of Ships Bill, 2019 and accession to the Hong Kong International Convention for Safe and Environmentally Sound Recycling of Ships, 2009.
- MoU between India and Finland for strengthening cooperation in the field of Tourism.
- MoU between India and Comoros on cooperation in the field of Health and Medicine