Hope Triple Talaq bill will be passed in Budget session: President Ram Nath Kovind

President Ram Nath Kovind on Monday said that he was hopeful that the Triple Talaq Bill would be passed in the Budget Session of Parliament.

“My government has brought the Triple Talaq Bill to safeguard the rights of the Muslim women. And I am hopeful that Parliament will pass the Bill,” Kovind said in his address to the joint sitting of the both Houses.He also said that the government has extended its ‘Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao’ scheme from 161 districts to 640 districts in the country.

“The government has now amended the Maternity Bill by which the women can get ‘paid leave’ of up to 26 weeks instead of 12 weeks. Now the women can spend more time with their new born babies,” he added.

Kovind also referred to contributions of Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar and said: “Babasaheb Ambedkar used



to say that without economic and social democracy, political democracy is unstable.”

President Ram Nath Kovind said that the Central government is committed towards doubling the farmers’ income by 2022.“My government is committed to double the farmers’ income by 2022,” the President said in his address to a joint sitting of parliament on the first day of the Budget Session.

He said that farmer markets across the country are being connected online and so far, farm products worth more than Rs 36,000 crore have been sold through eNAM – the digital National Agriculture Market.

“It is the result of the hard work of farmers, there has been a record production of more than 275 million tonnes food grains and over 300 million tonnes of fruits and vegetables,” he said.