Dear Shri Anna Hazare, This refers to the letter dated 26.5.2012 addressed to the Prime Minister purported to have been signed by you and several others. I have been directed to make the following submissions to the issues raised: The Government ..
The President has appointed the senior-most Election Commissioner, Shri V.S. Sampath as the Chief Election Commissioner in the Election Commission of India. Shri Sampath will assume the charge of the post of Chief Election Commissioner with effect ..
The Central Government has recently created a new Department of Disability Affairs which was earlier a part of the Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment. On the initiative of the Union Minister of Social Justice & Empowerment Shri Mukul ..
The Union Finance Minister Shri Pranab Mukherjee will inaugurate the Conference of the Chairpersons of Debts Recovery Appellate Tribunals (DRATs) and Presiding Officers of Debts Recovery Tribunals (DRTs) here today. During the daylong Confer ..
The Union Cabinet today approved the National Telecom Policy -2012 (NTP - 2012). The Cabinet also approved introduction of Unified Licence and authorised the Department of Telecommunications to finalise the new Unified Licensing regime with the ..
The Budget Session, 2012 of Parliament which commenced on Monday, 12th March, 2012 has been adjourned sine die on Tuesday, the 22nd May, 2012. The Session was held in two parts. In the first part, the sittings of the both Houses were held from 1 ..
Recently, while deciding an RTI Appeal by the Information Commissioner, Department of Justice was directed to provide the applicant copies of forwarding letters by which complaints received by it (Department) were sent to the Supreme Court and Hig ..
In exercise of powers conferred under proviso to Article 309 read with Articles 233 and 234 of the Constitution, the State Governments frame rules and regulations in consultation with the respective High Courts in respect of the members of the Sta ..
Malfunctioning of EVMs The Election Commission has intimated that some Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) were reported defective on poll day during the recently held elections for Legislative Assemblies of five States. Giving this information i ..
Shri Salman Khurshid, Minister of Law & Justice, has said that it is for the State Governments to notify the Gram Nyayalayas in consultation with the respective High Courts as the Gram Nyayalayas Act, 2008 has come into force w.e.f. 2.10.2009. ..