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Lok Sabha adjourned due to lack of quorum

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New Delhi: The Lok Sabha was adjourned on Friday for 30 minutes in the post-lunch session due to lack of quorum. A similar situation arose in the Rajya Sabha, where its proceeding was halted briefly.

In the Lok Sabha, the house was scheduled to meet at 2.15 p.m. but when quorum could not be met by 2.25 p.m., the secretary general announced an adjournment till 2.45 p.m. on the orders of the deputy speaker.

The quorum to constitute a sitting of the house is one-tenth of the total number of members of the house.

Meanwhile, Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs Rajiv Pratap Rudy, who was present in the house, rushed to central hall to find the requisite numbers of members but his attempt went in vain.

He was heard saying, there was no member in central hall.

The bell for quorum kept ringing until the house was adjourned.

The opposition members were heard criticising the government for this.

One of the Congress members said this situation continues every Friday.

It seems Parliamentary Affairs Minister M. Venkaiah Naidu and Chief Whip of BJP in Lok Sabha Arjun Ram Meghwal are “weak”.

Similar scenes were visible in the Rajya Sabha. However, the house was not adjourned here but the proceeding was halted briefly.

In the Rajya Sabha, the house was scheduled to meet at 2.30 p.m. but the proceedings could not start in lack of requisite numbers.

Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi, however, tried his best to make the quorum complete by rushing towards the gallery and urge member to attend the proceedings of the house.

Deputy Chairman P.J. Kurien came to his chair at 2.34 p.m. only after the quorum was met.

With Friday afternoons being set aside for private members’ bills, most MPs tend to depart for their constituencies after the first half of the day. This possibly could have led to the lack of quorum

 

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Meghalaya Reserves Legalized Gambling and Sports Betting for Tourists

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The State Scores Extra High on Gaming-Friendly Industry Index

Meghalaya scored 92.85 out of 100 possible points in a Gaming Industry Index and proved to be India’s most gaming-friendly state following its recent profound legislation changes over the field allowing land-based and online gaming, including games of chance, under a licensing regime.

The index by the UK India Business Council (UKIBC) uses a scale of 0 to 100 to measure the level of legalisation on gambling and betting achieved by a state based on the scores over a set of seven different games – lottery, horse racing, betting on sports, poker, rummy, casino and fantasy sports

Starting from February last year, Meghalaya became the third state in India’s northeast to legalise gambling and betting after Sikkim and Nagaland. After consultations with the UKIBC, the state proceeded with the adoption of the Meghalaya Regulation of Gaming Act, 2021 and the nullification of the Meghalaya Prevention of Gambling Act, 1970. Subsequently in December, the Meghalaya Regulation of Gaming Rules, 2021 were notified and came into force.

All for the Tourists

The move to legalise and license various forms of offline and online betting and gambling in Meghalaya is aimed at boosting tourism and creating jobs, and altogether raising taxation revenues for the northeastern state. At the same time, the opportunities to bet and gamble legally will be reserved only for tourists and visitors.

“We came out with a Gaming Act and subsequently framed the Regulation of Gaming Rules, 2021. The government will accordingly issue licenses to operate games of skill and chance, both online and offline,” said James P. K. Sangma, Meghalaya State Law and Taxation Minister speaking in the capital city of Shillong. “But the legalized gambling and gaming will only be for tourists and not residents of Meghalaya,” he continued.

To be allowed to play, tourists and people visiting the state for work or business purposes will have to prove their non-resident status by presenting appropriate documents, in a process similar to a bank KYC (Know Your Customer) procedure.

Meghalaya Reaches Out to a Vast Market

With 140 millions of people in India estimated to bet regularly on sports, and a total of 370 million desi bettors around prominent sporting events, as per data from one of the latest reports by Esse N Videri, Meghalaya is set to reach out and take a piece of a vast market.

Estimates on the financial value of India’s sports betting market, combined across all types of offline channels and online sports and cricket predictions and betting platforms, speak about amounts between $130 and $150 billion (roughly between ₹9.7 and ₹11.5 lakh crore).

Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Delhi are shown to deliver the highest number of bettors and Meghalaya can count on substantial tourists flow from their betting circles. The sports betting communities of Karnataka, Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh and Haryana are also not to be underestimated.

Among the sports, cricket is most popular, registering 68 percent of the total bet count analyzed by Esse N Videri. Football takes second position with 11 percent of the bets, followed by betting on FIFA at 7 percent and on eCricket at 5 percent. The last position in the Top 5 of popular sports for betting in India is taken by tennis with 3 percent of the bet count.

Local Citizens will Still have Their Teer Betting

Meghalaya residents will still be permitted to participate in teer betting over arrow-shooting results. Teer is a traditional method of gambling, somewhat similar to a lottery draw, and held under the rules of the Meghalaya Regulation of the Game of Arrow Shooting and the Sale of Teer Tickets Act, 2018.

Teer includes bettors wagering on the number of arrows that reach the target which is placed about 50 meters away from a team of 20 archers positioned in a semicircle.

The archers shoot volleys of arrows at the target for ten minutes, and players place their bets choosing a number between 0 and 99 trying to guess the last two digits of the number of arrows that successfully pierce the target.

If, for example, the number of hits is 256, anyone who has bet on 56 wins an amount eight times bigger than their wager.

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