An amount of Rs. 5,000 crore has been allocated on the recommendation of Thirteenth Finance Commission for five years from 2010-11 to 2014-15 for various initiatives to improve justice delivery system. Out of this, an amount of Rs. 300 crore has b ..
Appointment of Judges in the higher judiciary is based on the Supreme Court Judgement dated 6th October, 1993 in the case of Supreme Court Advocates on Record and ors. vs. Union of India and ors. and their Advisory Opinion dated 28th October, 1998 ..
The Law Commission of India is reconstituted for a period of 3 years and the present one i.e. 19th Law Commission of India, was constituted for the period from 1st September, 2009 to 31st August, 2012. The Commission functions within the terms of ..
Advice of the National Commission for Backward Classes (NCBC) has been received for inclusion of 56 Castes/communities in the Central list of OBCs for the following States and Union Territories: Name of State/UT ..
The Union Labour & Employment Minister Shri Mallikarjun Kharge has informed the Rajya Sabha that as per 2001 census, the total number of working children between the age group 5-14 years in the country was 1.26 crore. However, as per NSSO sur ..
The Union Labour & Employment Minister Shri Mallikarjun Kharge has informed the Rajya Sabha that as per para 60(1) of the Employees’ Provident Funds Scheme, 1952, rate of interest on the Employees Provident Fund is determined by the Cent ..
The Union Labour & Employment Minister Shri Mallikarjun Kharge has informed the Rajya Sabha that the Government of India has banned employment of children below 14 years for dhabas and domestic work. As per 2001 census, the total number of wo ..
The Competition Act is a modern legislation that incorporates all the broadly accepted principles of antitrust, such as provisions prohibiting anti-competitive agreements including cartels and bid rigging, and abuse of dominant position, and regul ..
The Union Labour & Employment Minister Shri Mallikarjun Kharge has informed the Lok Sabha about the number of Employment Exchanges State-wise functioning in the country including West Bengal and said the same is placed at Annex I. The Min ..
The Union Labour & Employment Minister Shri Mallikarjun Kharge has informed the Lok Sabha that the Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana (RSBY) was launched on 01.10.2007 to provide smart card based cashless health insurance cover of Rs. 30000 per a ..