The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi has lauded the passing of Rights of Persons with Disabilities Bill – 2016 by the Parliament. The Prime Minister said that this is a landmark moment and will add tremendous strength to Accessible India move ..
The ESI Corporation has taken some very important decisions towards extending the Social Security cover of ESI Scheme to whole of India and for medical care for serving the workers. Shri Bandaru Dattatreya, the Minister of State for Labour and Emplo ..
Year End Review-2016 �Rights of Persons with Disabilities (RPWD) Bill-2016� Passed by Parliament Sugamya Pustakalaya- An Online Library for Persons with Visual Disabilities Launched Three Guinness World Records Created in Samajik Adhikari ..
The Lok Sabha today passed "The Rights of Persons with Disabilities Bill - 2016". The Bill will replace the existing PwD Act, 1995, which was enacted 21 years back. The Rajya Sabha has already passed the Bill on 14.12.2016.2. The salient fe ..
Section 107 of the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015 provides for creation of a Special Juvenile Police Unit (SJPU) by State Governments/UT Administrations for every district and city to coordinate all functions of Police r ..
Children and Anganwadi workers/helpers being enrolled for Aadhar for provision of services under ICDS: Smt Maneka Sanjay Gandhi The Aadhaar Act, 2016 has been notified in the Gazette of India vide notification dated 26.03.2016 conferring legal status ..
There are 669 Juvenile Justice Boards (JJBs) in the country which are supported under the Integrated Child Protection Scheme (ICPS) of the Ministry of Women and Child Development.The primary responsibility of setting up the JJBs vests with the State ..
Rules 56 (8) & (9) of Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Model Rules, 2016 (JJ Rules) framed under Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015 provide that all tobacco products and intoxicating liquor and the shop ..
The committee constituted by the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways to review issues relating to taxi permits and propose taxi policy guidelines to promote urban mobility has recommended that city taxies should be allowed to run on App Based ..
As per the Right to Information (RTI) Act, 2005, all citizens shall have the right to information. Further, RTI Act provides for setting out the practical regime of right to information for citizens to secure access to information under the control o ..