Moodbidri Veerappa Moily, commonly known as Veerappa Moily is Indian politician and former Chief Minister of the state of Karnataka..............
Moodbidri Veerappa Moily, commonly known as Veerappa Moily is Indian politician and former Chief Minister of the state of Karnataka. He has served on several portfolios in the center and at present he is Minister of Corporate Affairs in the second term of United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government headed by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. He was first ethnic Tuluva Chief Minister of Karnataka state.
Moily, the veteran Congress leader was born at Marpadi, Distt. Moodabidri, Karnataka on 12th January 1940. He is a law graduate from University Law College, Bangalore. After completing his education, he joined active politics and served at several posts including ministerialship in the Centre cabinet. He has served as Minister for Small Scale Industries from 1974-1977 and Minister for Finance and Planning from 1980 to 1982 in government of Karnatka while he also hold the Chairmanship of Tax Reform Commission from 2000 to 2002 and Revenue Reform Commission from 2002 to 2004.
In Centre, he was Cabinet Minister of Law and Justice from 2009-2011 and at present he is Cabinet Minister of Corporate Affairs since 2011 till date.
He got married to Malathi V. Moily on 25th Feb 1965. The couple has one son and three daughters.
New Delhi, May 2 (IANS) An all-party team from Karnataka led by Chief Minister D.V. Sadananda Gowda Wednesday met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and sought immediate release of Rs.1,500 crore for drought relief in the state.
Bangalore, April 28 (IANS) Congress party president Sonia Gandhi, in a short trip to Karnataka Saturday, met drought-hit villagers, attended a 104-year-old religious leader's birthday celebrations and addressed party workers from the state.
Kochi/Thiruvananthapuram, April 21 (IANS) Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy Saturday sought Additional Solicitor General Harin Raval's removal from the Italian Marines' case for remarking that the state government had no jurisdiction to detain the Italian ship as firing from it took place outside India's territorial waters.
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Kochi, April 21 (IANS) Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy Saturday lashed out at Additional Solicitor General Harin Rawal for his mark that the state government had no jurisdiction to detain the Italian ship as firing from it took place outside India's territorial waters.
Gurgaon, April 4 (IANS) The Indian Institute of Corporate Affairs (IICA) here would showcase India's knowledge infrastructure, Corporate Affairs Minister M. Veerappa Moily said during a visit Wednesday.
New Delhi, Mar 21 (ANI): The Congress party made a comeback in Karnataka, Kerala and Gujarat on Wednesday as it won the recently conducted by polls by defeating their rivals.
New Delhi, Mar 21 (ANI): The Congress party made a comeback in Karnataka, Kerala and Gujarat on Wednesday as it won the recently conducted by polls by defeating their rivals.
New Delhi, Mar 3 (ANI): Noted lawyer Lalit Bhasin was appointed as the President of Inter Pacific Bar Association (IPBA), at the annual meet of the organization here on Saturday.
Mumbai, Feb 22 (ANI): Corporate Affairs Minister Dr. M. Veerappa Moily on Wednesday said that he is in favour of saving crisis-ridden Kingfisher Airlines.
New Delhi, Feb 16 (ANI): Union Corporate Affairs Minister Dr. M. Veerappa Moily said here today that there is an urgent need to move from government regulation to self-regulation.
New Delhi, Feb 14 (ANI): The 22nd edition of the Inter-Pacific Bar Association (IPBA) will be held here from February 29 to March 3 at the Taj Palace Hotel.
New Delhi/Bangalore, Feb 14 (ANI): Union Minster for Corporate Affairs Dr. M. Veerappa Moily has expressed shock and grief on the sad demise of Karnataka Higher Education Minister Dr. V.S. Acharya.
Bangalore, Feb 10 (ANI): Union Corporate Affairs Minister M Veerappa Moily on Friday said the ministers' porn issue was ill fated for any political party of the country.
Three Karnataka ministers - Lakshman Savdi, C C Patil and Krishna B Palemar - who were allegedly caught on camera watching porn on a cell phone in the state.....
Chennai, Feb 7 (ANI): Corporate Affairs Minister Dr. M. Veerappa Moily on Tuesday defended Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh on the Antrix-Devas deal issue, and said that the latter never wanted to hide anything and had acted promptly.
New Delhi/Kolkata, Feb 6 (ANI): Leaders of various political parties have condemned the British government's decision to impose conditional economic aid to India.
New Delhi, Feb 1 (ANI): Union Corporate Affairs Minister M. Veerappa Moily has stressed the need to encourage a corporate culture attuned to the universally accepted values of good governance - accountability, transparency, responsibility and responsiveness to stake holders.
New Delhi, Jan 23 (ANI): Union Corporate Affairs Minister Dr. M. Veerappa Moily on Monday said the Company Bill is only a skeleton and stressed the need to develop a mechanism, which will help to maintain transparency and fix accountability among corporate firms.
New Delhi, Jan 23 (ANI): Union Corporate Affairs Minister Dr. M. Veerappa Moily on Monday said the Company Bill is only a skeleton and stressed the need to develop a mechanism, which will help to maintain transparency and fix accountability among corporate firms.
New Delhi, Jan 19 (ANI): Union Corporate Affairs Minister M. Veerappa Moily has said that Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi must abide by the law of the land and pointed out that the body of Lokayukta was enacted by the state legislature and as such he can't overstep the elected legislative institution.
New Delhi, Jan 19 (ANI): Union Corporate Affairs Minister M. Veerappa Moily has said that Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi must abide by the law of the land and pointed out that the body of Lokayukta was enacted by the state legislature and as such he can't overstep the elected legislative institution.
New Delhi, Jan 18 (ANI): Union Corporate Affairs Minister Dr. M. Veerappa Moily has called for making country's growth more inclusive - a growth that benefits all regions and all sections of our society, particularly the poor and the under-privileged.
Mangalore: The 17th National Youth Festival starts in Mangalore on Saturday. The event is organized to commemorate the birth anniversary of Swami Vivekananda that falls on January12; the first festival of this kind was organized in Bhopal in 1995.
New Delhi, Jan 11 (ANI): Karnataka Chief Minister Sadananda Gowda will inaugurate the seventeenth national youth festival in Mangalore tomorrow.
Chennai, Jan 7 (ANI): Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee on Friday conceded that the ongoing financial turmoil in the Eurozone had thrown a spanner in the works of the government's long-term and short term economic projections.
Bangalore, Dec 26 (ANI): Corporate Affairs Minister Dr. M. Veerappa Moily on Monday claimed that the government's version of the Lokpal Bill tabled in Parliament is more effective in comparison to the bills proposed by Team Anna and others.
Bangalore, Dec 26 (ANI): Corporate Affairs Minister M. Veerappa Moily has condoled the demise of former Karnataka Chief Minister S. Bangarappa, who passed away early this morning.
New Delhi, Dec.12 (ANI): The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Monday filed chargesheets against corporate giants Ruias and the Khaitans in connection with the telecom scam.he CBI chargesheet names Ravi Ruia, the Vice Chairman of Essar Group; Anshuman Ruia, Director of the Essar Group; promoters of Telecom, IP Khaitan and Kiran Khaitan; and Vikas Saraf, CEO, Essar Telecommunication.
New Delhi, Dec.12 (ANI): The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Monday filed chargesheets against corporate giants Ruias and the Khaitans in connection with the telecom scam.
New Delhi, Nov. 29 (ANI): Union Corporate Affairs Minister Dr. M. Veerappa Moily has expressed shock and deep sorrow on the demise of Jnanpith award winner Assamese litterateur Prof. Indira Goswami.
New Delhi, Nov 25 (ANI): Corporate Affairs Minister Dr M. Veerappa Moily has said that the time has come for all stakeholders in the growth of Indian economy to come forward and launch a national movement to build a culture of competition to promote innovation, entrepreneurship and inclusive growth and become a part in ushering second generation of reforms.
Mumbai, Sep 12 (ANI): Commenting on the verdict of the Supreme Court into the 2002 Gulbarg Society massacre case, Corporate Affairs Minister M. Veerappa Moily today said it doesn't exonerate Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi of the charges levelled against him for his role in the carnage.
New Delhi, Sep 5 (ANI): Commenting on the arrest of former Karnataka Tourism Minister G Janardhan Reddy, Union Corporate Affairs Minister M. Veerappa Moily on Monday said that this is a lesson for everyone that one should not misuse the office in such a way.
New Delhi, Aug 12(ANI): Union Corporate Affairs Minister Dr. M. Veerappa Moily has thrust upon a corporate culture that must be familiar to the universally accepted values of good governance - accountability, transparency, responsibility and responsiveness to stakeholders.
New Delhi, Aug 10 (ANI): The four-day Yakshagana festival, which concluded here earlier this week, provided a rich fare to people in Delhi making them aware of the rich traditions of centuries old performing art of Karnataka.
New Delhi, Aug.5 (ANI): Inaugurating a four-day Yakshagana festival here on Thursday evening, the Union Minister for Corporate Affairs, Veerappa Moily, said that Yakshagana should be recognised as the art form of Karnataka, both in the country and internationally.
New Delhi, Aug 3 (ANI): Corporate Affairs Minister Veerappa Moily will inaugurate the four-day festival being organised by the Karnataka Yakshagana Academy, Bangalore and Academy of Tenkutittu Yakshagana, Delhi, from August 4 to 7 here.
New Delhi, Aug 1 (ANI): Corporate Affairs Minister M Veerappa Moily on Monday said that fresh polls were needed in Karnataka following the resignation of chief minister B S Yeddyurappa.
New Delhi, July 12 (ANI): President Pratibha Devisingh Patil administered the oath of office and secrecy to the eight new ministers inducted in the Union Cabinet at the Rashtrapati Bhavan here on Tuesday evening.
New Delhi, July 12 (ANI): Stating that the Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh, has failed to reassure the nation once again, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Tuesday described the Cabinet reshuffle of the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) Government as a 'damp squib'.
New Delhi, July 12 (ANI): The Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh, has dropped seven ministers and inducted eight new faces in his Cabinet.ccording to Dr. Singh's recommendations, Trinamool Congress leader Dinesh Trivedi will be the country's new Railway Minister.
New Delhi, July 11 (ANI): Union Law and Justice Minister Dr. M. Veerappa Moily met the Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh, here on Monday in the wake of Solicitor-General Gopal Subramaniam offering to resign after being upset with the government's move to appoint a private counsel to defend the Telecom Ministry in the 2G case in Supreme Court.
New Delhi, July 10 (ANI): Solicitor-General Gopal Subramaniam said on Sunday that he had offered his resignation to maintain the dignity of the office he holds.
New Delhi, July 10 (ANI): Solicitor General Gopal Subramaniam met President Pratibha Patil on Sunday, a day after he offered to resign.
Bangalore, July 9(ANI): Union Law and Justice Minister M. Veerappa Moily today called for the immediate passing of the Land Acquisition Bill by the next parliament session.
Bangalore, July 9(ANI): Union Law and Justice Minister M. Veerappa Moily today called for the immediate passing of the Land Acquisition Bill by the next parliament session.
New Delhi, July 7 (ANI): The third volume of Hindi version of "Shri Ramayana Mahanveshnam" authored by Union Law and Justice Minister M. Veerappa Moily was released here yesterday.
Kolkata, July 1(ANI): A campaign mode approach is being launched from today till December 31 to reduce pendency in courts, Union Law and Justice Minister Dr. M. Veerappa Moily has said.
New Delhi, June 28 (ANI): Union Law and Justice Minister M. Veerappa Moily has said that the new Land Acquisition Bill will be in the interest of the farmers whose lands were acquired illegally or by force in the past.
New Delhi, June 20 (ANI): Even as the government claimed to have resolved all differences with the civil society activists team led by Gandhian Anna Hazare, the two groups, which met for the eight time today to take the process of drafting an effective Lokpal Bill to combat corruption came out with contradicting versions.
New Delhi, June 20 (ANI): Representatives of the government and civil society will meet here today to take the process of drafting an effective legislation to combat corruption forward.
Guwahati, June 13 (ANI): Union Law Minister M. Veerappa Moily has announced the committee on electoral reforms will submit the draft proposal to the government either in the monsoon session of the Parliament or latest by December.
New Delhi, June 9 (ANI): Union Law and Justice Minister Dr. M. Veerappa Moily has condoled the demise of M. F. Husain, one of India's best-known artists, who breathed his last at the Royal Brompton Hospital in London early this morning.
New Delhi, June 3 (ANI): The 'National Legal E-Library' project of the Government is to be dedicated to the nation on August 15, 2011.
New Delhi, May 23(ANI): Union Telecom Minister Kapil Sibal, a member of the Lokpal Bill joint drafting committee, said that the panel - consisting of representatives of the Central government and the civil society - was in agreement over most issues, after its fourth meeting in New Delhi on Monday.
New Delhi, May 21 (ANI): Calling a financial crisis a 'Credit Tsunami', Union Law Minister Veerappa Moily has emphasised the need for a comprehensive legal mechanism to avoid a repeat of global financial crisis.
Greater Noida (Uttar Pradesh), May 12 (ANI): Congress on Thursday vowed to continue with its protests against Uttar Pradesh Government's land acquisition policy after party general secretary Rahul Gandhi was arrested and then released following his visit to the Bhatta Parasul village in the Greater NOIDA area of the state to support agitating farmers.
New Delhi, May 11 (ANI): Law Minister M. Veerappa Moily on Wednesday welcomed the decision of the Supreme Court's decision to dismiss the curative petition filed by the nodal probe agency Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in the Bhopal gas leak case.
New Delhi, May 11 (ANI): Union Law and Justice Minister Dr. M. Veerappa Moily has urged to the Chief Justice of India as well as to the chief justices of all high courts in the country to step up efforts towards reducing pendency in courts and improving justice delivery and legal reforms.
SC says no to interference in Lokpal bill drafting committee
Lucknow, Apr 20 (ANI): The Lucknow bench of Allahabad High Court on Wednesday issued a notice to the Centre on a writ petition filed by advocate Asok Pande and social activist Nutan Thakur challenging the resolution issued by the government to constitute a Joint Committee on the Lokpal Bill.
Chennai, Apr 19 (ANI): Janata Party President and telecom scam petitioner Subramanian Swamy on Tuesday said veteran social activist Anna Hazare is surrounded by bogus NGOs, and added that he needs good politicians by his side.
New Delhi, Apr 16 (ANI): Government on Saturday reiterated its commitment to introduce a strong Lok Pal Bill in the monsoon session of the Parliament.
New Delhi, Apr 16 (ANI): The ten-member Joint Government-Civil Society Committee for drafting the anti-graft Lokpal Bill met here today for the first time.
New Delhi, Apr 16 (ANI): The ten-member Joint Government-Civil Society Committee for drafting the anti-graft Lokpal Bill will hold its first meeting here today.
New Delhi, Apr 16 (ANI): The ten-member Joint Government-Civil Society Committee for drafting the anti-graft Lokpal Bill will hold its first meeting here today.
New Delhi, Apr 15 (ANI): With the first meeting of the of the newly-constituted Joint Committee comprising ministers and civil society activists to draft an effective Lokpal Bill to held tomorrow, the NGO India Against Corruption (IAC) has announced that the civil society members, who are a part of the panel will declare their assets on Friday.
Lucknow, Apr 14 (ANI): Union Law and Justice Minister M. Veerappa Moily on Thursday said the law ministry in collaboration with the judiciary is working towards ensuring that no case remains pending beyond three years.
New Delhi, Apr 10(ANI): Social activist Anna Hazare on Sunday said that the process of drafting the Lokpal Bill would be videographed and made public to ensure complete transparency.
NOIDA (Uttar Pradesh), Apr 10(ANI): Former Union Law Minister Shanti Bhushan, who is one of the members of the Lokpal Bill drafting committee, on Sunday defended himself over allegations of nepotism, a day after Baba Ramdev expressed displeasure over the composition of the 'Joint Government-Civil Society Committee' to draft the Bill.
New Delhi, Apr 10 (ANI): A day after the government gave in to his demands for the formulation of the Lokpal Bill, veteran social activist Anna Hazare today said that he plans to travel throughout the country and use technology like SMS to address the concerns of the common man.
New Delhi, Apr 10 (ANI): Defending the Lokpal Bill panel, Gandhian Anna Hazare responding to Baba Ramdev's allegations, said that he seems to have a bit of misunderstanding, which will be sorted out.
Thiruvananthapuram/ Kannur, Apr 10 (ANI): Stating that the Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh is leading the must corrupt government, senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Lal Krishna Advani has said that his party wants the Lokpal Bill to be passed in the next session of Parliament.
New Delhi, Apr 9 (ANI): The Central Government has issued an official notification for the formation of a committee to redraft the Ombudsman Bill.
New Delhi, Apr 9 (ANI): Social activist Anna Hazare has broken his fast after the government handed over a formal notification for the formation of a joint committee, comprising of government and civil society representatives to draft a Lokpal Bill.
New Delhi, Apr 8(ANI): The deadlock over the anti-corruption Lokpal Bill is likely to end tomorrow, social activist Anna Hazare said here on Friday.
New Delhi, Apr 6 (ANI): Union Agriculture and Food Processing Industries Minister Sharad Pawar on Wednesday evening resigned from the Group of Ministers (GoM) meant to look into the amendments required in the Lokpal Bill.
Guwahati, Apr 6 (ANI): Senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Arun Jaitley on Wednesday urged the Congress-led UPA Government to take veteran social activist Anna Hazare's indefinite fast over the demand to involve civil society in formulation of the anti-graft Lokpal (ombudsman) Bill very seriously.
New Delhi, Apr 6 (ANI): Union Law and Justice Minister M. Veerappa Moily on Wednesday said the government is open to public suggestions on the proposed Lokpal Bill and has not turned down the demand for setting up a joint committee.
New Delhi, Apr 6 (ANI): Veteran social activist Anna Hazare, who is continuing with his hunger strike demanding enactment of an anti-corruption bill to give wider powers to the Ombudsman, on Wednesday rejected Union Agriculture and Food Processing Industries Minister Sharad Pawar's offer to quit from the Group of Ministers (GoM) meant to look into the amendments required in the Lokpal Bill.
Nagpur, Apr 4 (ANI): Law Minister M. Veerappa Moily has said the Judicial Standard and Accountability Bill slated to be presented before the monsoon session of the parliament would enhance transparency of the judicial system.
New Delhi, Mar. 24 (ANI): Lawmakers cut across party lines on Thursday to wish the Indian cricket team best of luck in the World Cup quarterfinal match against Australia that is being played at the Sardar Patel Stadium in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, today.
New Delhi, Mar 21 (ANI): An all-party delegation from Karnataka led by Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa met the Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh, here on Monday to demand special status for the Hyderabad-Karnataka area.
Bangalore, Mar. 20 (ANI): Law Minister Veerappa Moily has described the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) as opportunist after it demanded that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh quit over the WikiLeaks 'cash for votes' expose.
New Delhi, Mar 14 (ANI): Union Minister of State for Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution Prof. K.V. Thomas has called for the effective functioning of consumer dispute redressal machinery in the country.
New Delhi, Mar 13 (ANI): Against the backdrop of the Supreme Court verdict, which rejected the petition filed by author Pinki Virani for the mercy killing of comatose nurse Aruna Shanbaug, Union Law and Justice Minister M. Veerappa Moily has said that the government is examining whether a fresh legislation is required to permit passive euthanasia.
New Delhi, March 12 (ANI): A two-day conference of the Presidents, State Commissions and the Secretaries and Consumer Affairs of the State Governments/UT Administrations is being organised by the national consumer disputes redressal commission from Monday to mark 'World Consumer Rights Day'.
New Delhi, Mar 7 (ANI): After the Supreme Court rejected the petition filed by author Pinki Virani for the mercy killing of comatose nurse Aruna Shanbaug, Union Law and Justice Minister M. Veerappa Moily on Monday said there is a need for a serious debate regarding the matter.
New Delhi, Mar 4 (ANI): Union Law Minister M Veerappa Moily on Friday said a new Central Vigilance Commissioner (CVC) would be appointed in due course, and added that the government will issue a notification indicating that the post is vacant.
New Delhi, Mar 4 (ANI): Congress President Sonia Gandhi on Friday constituted a new Congress Working Committee (CWC), retaining key functionaries like Rahul Gandhi and Digvijay Singh.
New Delhi, Mar 3 (ANI): Commenting on the Supreme Court's decision to set aside the appointment of PJ Thomas as Central Vigilance Commissioner (CVC), Union Law and Justice Minister M. Veerappa Moily on Thursday said the government respects the judgement of the apex court, which has termed his appointment as illegal.
New Delhi, Mar 1 (ANI): Union Law and Justice Minister M. Veerappa Moily on Tuesday said the verdict of the Ahmedabad special court in the 2002 Godhra case does not justify the riots that followed the train burning incident.
New Delhi, Feb 26(ANI): Union Law Minister Veerappa Moily on Saturday said that his ministry has a proposal on state funding of election and plans to go for a national consultation on it.
New Delhi, Feb 17 (ANI): The controversial S-Band deal between Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) commercial wing Antrix and Devas Multimedia has finally been cancelled.
Bangalore, Feb 15 (ANI): Disapproving the remarks made by a Kerala MP against the judiciary, Union Law and Justice Minister M. Veerappa Moily on Tuesday said everybody should respect the judiciary and should not pass such comments.
Bangalore, Feb 15 (ANI): Reacting on former Chief Justice of India K.G. Balakrishnan's reported refusal to make Income Tax returns public, Union Law and Justice Minister M. Veerappa Moily on Tuesday said the people, who have held such high positions should not be questioned.
Bangalore, Feb 15 (ANI): Union Law and Justice Minister M. Veerappa Moily on Tuesday said that apex institutions like the IITs and IIMs, which had expanded only one percent since last 45 years, have witnessed a drastic growth of 54 percent now due to the recommendation of 'Oversight Committee' of the Central Government.
Hyderabad, Feb.6 (ANI): Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy on Sunday welcomed the merger between Praja Rajyam Party and the Congress party.
New Delhi, Feb 6 (ANI): Praja Rajyam Party (PRP) chief and famed Telugu actor Chiranjeevi on Sunday announced his party's unconditional merger with the Sonia Gandhi-led Congress party here after ameeting at Gandhi's official 10, Janpath residence.
New Delhi, Feb 6(ANI): Telegu cine star and Praja Rajyam Party (PRP) chief Chiranjeevi on Sunday met Congress President Sonia Gandhi and announced that he will merge his party with the Congress to strengthen the relationship between the two parties in Andhra Pradesh.
