The President of India Shri Pranab Mukherjee participated in a function organized by the National Human Rights Commission today (December 10, 2012) on the occasion of Human Rights Day at Vigyan Bhavan, New Delhi The President remarked that we ha ..
Health is a state subject. It is primarily the responsibility of the State Governments to adopt the Clinical Establishments (Registration and Regulation) Act 2010 (CEA 2010) for implementing the provisions of the Act to ensure quality services, af ..
The Transplantation of Human Organs Act has been amended in the year 2011. The Transplantation of Human Organs Rules are under the process of revision. Most of the stakeholders have been consulted on the matter. A number of consultations ha ..
e-Panchayat Mission Mode Project(MMP) being part of National e- Governance Plan(NeGP) is being regularly monitored by NeGP Apex Committee headed by Cabinet Secretary, Government of India. Review Meetings of e-Panchayat MMP, chaired by Secretary, M ..
In exercise of the powers conferred by clause (1) of article 217 of the Constitution of India, the President has appointed Shri Justice Pinaki Chandra Ghose, Judge of the High Court of Andhra Pradesh, as the Chief Justice of the same High Court wi ..
A total of 30,545 applications have been received for registration with the Copyright Office, Department of Higher Education, Ministry of Human Resource Development under the Copyright Act, 1957 during the last 2 years. Out of these, 9,478 applica ..
The Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education (RTE) Act, 2009 provides for free and compulsory education to all children in the age group of six to fourteen years i.e. from Class I to VIII. The Act came into force from 1st April, 2010 and ..
The Vice President of India Shri M. Hamid Ansari has said a fourfold approach to treat the deadly social ailment of Corruption and promote probity would lie in the combination of (a) ethical training in norms incorporated in legally enforceable Co ..
There have been sporadic media reports about the implementation of 25% reservation in private unaided schools as provided under Section 12(1)(c) of the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education (RTE) Act, 2009. Such matters are immediate ..
As per information provided by Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), there are 7023 cases pending under trial and 678 cases pending under investigation across the country under the Prevention of Corruption Act as on 31.10.2012. There were 46 C ..