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Green Tribunal Steps in to Conserve Ghats

The  National Green Tribunal (NGT) has restrained the six Western Ghats States (Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Goa, Maharashtra and Gujarat),...

03 Sep 2018 Government Policies & Interventions

Social Audit to Track Construction Workers' Benefits

The Labour Ministry has issued the draft framework for the social audit on the implementation of the Building and Other Construction Workers...

03 Sep 2018 Government Policies & Interventions

Law Commission's Report on Wrongful Prosecution

The Law Commission has submitted to the government a report titled “Wrongful Prosecution (Miscarriage of Justice): Legal...

01 Sep 2018 Government Policies & Interventions

Ministry of Human Resource Development Launches Innovation Cell

Innovation cell has been established at All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) premises with a purpose to systematically foster the...

31 Aug 2018 Government Policies & Interventions

Cabinet Approves O-SMART Scheme

Recently the cabinet approved Umbrella scheme “Ocean Services, Technology, Observations, Resources Modelling and Science (O-SMART)”...

30 Aug 2018 Government Policies & Interventions

Committee Headed by Home Secretary Submitted Report on Lynching

A committee headed by Home Secretary recently submitted its report on enacting a law to curb lynching. Background  Aftermath of Lynching...

30 Aug 2018 Government Policies & Interventions

Ban on e-cigarettes

The Union Health Ministry has instructed all the States to put a ban on sale of e-cigarettes and other Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems (ENDS)...

29 Aug 2018 Government Policies & Interventions

Punjab Assembly Passes Bills to Curb Sacrilege

The Punjab Assembly unanimously passed a Bill which proposes life imprisonment for the desecration of Guru Granth Sahib, Gita, Quran and Bible in...

29 Aug 2018 Government Policies & Interventions

Final Guidelines For Commercial Drone Flights

The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has issued the finalised guidelines for commercial use of drones or remotely operated aircraft from...

28 Aug 2018 Government Policies & Interventions

Final Report on Penal Provisions of Company Act 2013

The Committee to review the existing framework dealing with offences under the Companies Act, 2013 and related matters has submitted its...

28 Aug 2018 Government Policies & Interventions

Panel for Roll Out of 5G Services by 2020

The nine-member Steering Committee, headed by Stanford University Professor AJ Paulraj, submitted the report, Making India 5G Ready, to the telecom...

24 Aug 2018 Government Policies & Interventions

Swachh Bharat Mission-Urban to Include Elimination of Public Urination

The Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs has issued new norms for declaring town and cities wanting to be declared ODF+ (Open Defecation Free Plus)...

23 Aug 2018 Government Policies & Interventions

State can Stop Voluntary Retirement of Doctors

The Supreme Court (SC) has ruled that the State can stop government doctors from taking voluntary retirement in light of public...

23 Aug 2018 Government Policies & Interventions

Centre Rules out Total Ban on Firecrackers

The Government of India has ruled out a national ban on firecrackers. This was in response to pleas being heard by the Supreme Court on a complete...

22 Aug 2018 Government Policies & Interventions

NCRB to Track Complaints on Sexual Violence

The Ministry of Home Affairs has designated National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) as the nodal agency for monitoring the complaints received on a...

22 Aug 2018 Government Policies & Interventions

UDAN International

The Ministry of Civil Aviation has prepared a draft scheme document for “UDAN International” which will enable the State governments to...

22 Aug 2018 Government Policies & Interventions

Govt to Introduce Scheme for Duty-Free Import of Capital Goods

The Government is working on a scheme to allow duty-free import of capital goods by the domestic industry, a measure that may be linked to employment...

21 Aug 2018 Government Policies & Interventions

Credit registry: RBI Act May Need Tweak

Recently, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) deputy governor Viral Acharya stated that there is a need to enact a new law to bring the public credit...

21 Aug 2018 Government Policies & Interventions

Centre plans to bring out city level GDP data

With urban India responsible for an increasingly large share of the national GDP, the Centre now hopes to bring out city-level GDP data. According...

18 Aug 2018 Government Policies & Interventions

Interpretation Centre to Come Up in Odisha

The Odisha government has planned to set up a world-class interpretation centre at Dangamal near Bhitarkanika National Park to showcase its efforts...

17 Aug 2018 Government Policies & Interventions