The Winter Session, 2011 of Parliament (9th Session of Fifteenth Lok Sabha and the 224th Session of the Rajya Sabha) is scheduled to commence on Tuesday, the 22nd of November, 2011 and subject to exigencies of Government Business, the Session will ..
The Union Cabinet today gave its approval for notifying changes in the existing Central lists of OBCs. The National Commission for Backward Classes advised the Central Government for amendment in the Central list of Other Backward Classes (OBCs) fo ..
The Union Cabinet today approved the introduction of “The Export Import Bank of India (Amendment) Bill, 2011” to amend the Export – Import Bank Act, 1981 (the Act) in the Parliament. The Bill seeks to increase the authorised ca ..
A meeting of the Consultative Committee attached to the Ministry of Law & Justice was held here today under the chairmanship of Shri Salman Khurshid, Minister of Law & Justice. The item for discussion was The Legal Aid Programme&rsqu ..
The Union Cabinet today approved the proposal of the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting for pursuing the Prasar Bharati (Broadcasting Corporation of India) Amendment Bill, 2010 pending in Rajya Sabha in Parliament for its enactment and also to ..
Under the provisions of the Election Symbols (Reservation and Allotment) Order, 1968, candidates put up by registered unrecognized political parties at elections were hitherto allotted election symbols by the Returning Officers of the constituencies ..
The Indira Gandhi National Old Age Pensions Scheme (IGNOAPS) is one of the components of National Social Assistance Programme (NSAP). Funds for NSAP are released as Additional Central Assistance by the Ministry of Finance to States and by Ministry ..
National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) Chairperson Prof. Shantha Sinha has stressed the need to eliminate all forms of corporal punishment practiced in the name of ‘disciplining’ a child. “We need to understan ..
Dr. Mrityunjaya Sarangi , IAS (TN:77) today took charge as the new Secretary in the Ministry of Labour & Employment. Prior to this he was Special Secretary in the Cabinet Secretariat. Dr. Sarangi has taken over after the retirement of Shri P.C.C ..
INSTRUCTIONS REGARDING STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURE ON FILING OF APPEALS TO ITAT UNDER SECTION 253 AND RELATED MATTERS INSTRUCTION NO. 08/2011 [F NO. 279/MISC./M- 43/2011-ITJ], DATED 11-8-2011 With a view to streamline the process of ..