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Gowda was addressing a webinar on “Self-Reliant India and Sustainable Agriculture” organized by IFFCO for the farmers of Karnataka. He said, “As per Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Atma Nirbhar Bharat vision to promote indigenous industries, we are converting all fertilizer companies to gas based technology. Recently we have revived four urea plants (Ramagundam, Sindhri, Barouni and Gorkhpur) in India. By 2023 we should become self –sufficient in the production of Fertilizers." Union Minister informed that the Government is encouraging the production of organic and Nano fertilizers in the country as they are 25 to 30 per cent cheaper and give 18 to 35 per cent higher yield and keep the soil in good health. He lauded the IFFCO’s Nano experiment and called it a game-changer and praised the efforts of IFFCO during the COVID-19 pandemic period for not only keeping a regular supply of fertilizers but also organising campaigns by distributing masks, sanitizers and hand gloves to mitigate the spread of coronavirus.

The Cabinet Committee on Parliamentary Affairs (CCPA) has been rejigged with Smriti Irani being dropped as a special invitee and her successor in the HRD ministry Prakash Javadekar elevated as a member.

Showing concern towards the labelling of Muslim youths as 'terrorists' in false cases, Union minister for law and justice DV Sadananda Gowda said that the government is mulling reforms in criminal procedure.

Union Law Minister DV Sadananda Gowda said that legal reforms will be made to address such cases.

The minister said the government has taken steps to remove hundreds of obsolete laws from the statute book.

Chief Justice of India Justice TS Thakur said on Saturday the process of appointing judges must go on while improving the system, as the delay in appointments will deprive people of their fundamental right of access to justice.

Former Supreme Court judge Balbir Singh Chauhan was today appointed Chairman of the 21st Law Commission, a post lying vacant since last September.

Union Law and Justice Minister D.V. Sadananda Gowda on Friday said the attack on a Tanzanian student has come as an embarrassment for the nation and asked the Karnataka Government has to take some stringent measures in wake of the deteriorating law and order situation in the state.

Union Minister DV Sadananda Gowda's nephew has been caught on camera assaulting bouncers at a bar in Bengaluru.

The Lok Sabha on Thursday passed by a voice vote the Arbitration and Conciliation (Amendment) Bill, 2015, which aims to make the country more investor-friendly.

Being homeless is not a disqualification for enrollment as a voter, the government made this clear in the Lok Sabha on Thursday.

This is for the first time the Law Minister has spoken in Parliament on the SC verdict on NJAC Act.

The warrant of appointment of Justice TS Thakur as the next Chief Justice of India is set to be issued soon with the Law Ministry on Saturday forwarding the file of his appointment to the Prime Minister's Office.

After the SC struck down the NJAC Act, Law Minister DV Sadananda Gowda said on Friday that he will consult PM Narendra Modi and legal experts.

Minister for Railways DV Sadananda Gowda presented the rail budget in Lok Sabha, promising to serve the social obligations of the ministry.

Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi criticised the Rail Budget presented by Minister for Railways DV Sadananda Gowda as the one that lacks vision.

Former minister for railways Pawan Kumar Bansal slammed the Rail Budget 2014-15 presented by current minister DV Sadananda Gowda.