# All party meet

• PM Narendra modi on saturday said that the government’s proposal of suspending the implementation of three farm laws still holds.

• PM modi was addressing an all party meeting of floor leaders in parliament.

• Farm unions said they are open to resuming talks on the three farm laws.

# Ministry of home affairs

• The ordinance on unlawful religious conversions, promulgated by the UP government last year, has not been sent to the centre for examination.

• This is informed by home ministry in response to a query under the right to information act (RTI).

• The ministry of home affairs (MHA) examines bills passed by states that are repugnant to central laws before they get  the president’s assent to become a law.

• Article 213 of the constitution, under which the UP ordinance was promulgated, says that the governor shall not, without instruction from the president, promulgate any such ordinance if a bill would have “required the previous sanction of the president”, for introduction in the state legislature.

# Bitcoin ban

• India plans to introduce a law to ban private cryptocurrencies such as bitcoin.

• India is also working to put in place a framework for an official digital currency to be issued by the central bank.

• The law will ” create a facilitative framework for creation of the official digital currency to be issued by RBI.

# Sero survey

• Approximately one in 15 individuals aged 10 years or older in India is likely to have gone through a SARS-COV-2 infection by august 18, 2002.

• This survey was published in the Lancet global health.

• Adult sero-prevalance increased approximately ten fold between may and august 2020.

• This survey was funded by ICMR.

# Green tax

• Union transport minister Nitin Gadkari has announced his ministry’s approval of a “green tax” on vehicles.

• This green tax will be imposed on commercial vehicles above 8 years old and personal vehicles above 15 years old.