An amount of Rs. 14,767.47 crore (as per unaudited Balance Sheet of 2011-12) has been received as contribution in Employees’ Pension Fund for the financial year ending on 31.3.2012. An amount of Rs. 1,62,980.04 crore is balance in Employee ..
Since the local conditions vary widely across the States, it is not feasible to have a uniform minimum wage for the whole country. The concept of National Floor Level Minimum Wage (NFLMW) was mooted on the basis of the recommendations of the Natio ..
The Contract Labour are engaged in the industrial sector by the Government and Private establishments as per their terms of contract and requirement and no centralized data is maintained. However, the estimated number of contract labour engag ..
The Government has said that all efforts are being made to sensitise police on juvenile justice issues. Expressing this intent of the Government in written reply to a question in the Lok Sabha, Shri Salman Khurshid, Minister of Law & Justice s ..
During the years several steps have been taken for empowerment of women and one such step was to provide reservation for women in Lok Sabha and Legislative Assemblies. The Government put a step forward and introduced a Bill, namely, the Constituti ..
The Constitution (One Hundred and Fourteenth Amendment ) Bill, 2010 provides to increase the retirement age of Judges of High Courts from 62 to 65 i.e. at par with the retirement age of Judges of the Supreme Court. Giving this information in writt ..
The Central Government is concerned with the fees payable in the Supreme Court and courts in the Union Territories (UTs). Stating this in written reply to a question in the Lok Sabha, Shri Salman Khurshid, Minister of Law & Justice, said that Pa ..
The primary responsibility of infrastructure development for subordinate judiciary and High Courts rests with the respective State Government. The Government of India has been augmenting the resources of the State Governments in this regard through ..
Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh addressed the concluding function of the Sesquicentennial celebrations of the Bombay High Court in Mumbai today. Following is the text of Prime Ministers Speech: It gives me great pleasure to be in ..
The Chief Justice of India had written in December, 2010 to the Chief Justices of High Courts to fast track corruption cases under the Prevention of Corruption Act 1988, so that they could be taken up on priority basis both at High Courts and Subord ..