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With effect from 7th March 2017, Government has simplified and liberalised the conditions for taking advance from the fund by the subscribers for education, illness, purchase of consumer durables. Conditions and procedures for withdrawal from the fund for the purpose of education, illness, housing, purchase of motor vehicles etc. have also been liberalised. No docum..

At present, there is no recall policy in the country. However, the Industry has announced a voluntary code on vehicle recall in July 2012. Society of Indian Automobiles Manufacturers (SIAM) has shared the details of vehicles recalled voluntary by the Industry as per Annexure. There is, at present, no such proposal under ..

The Government has already put in place empowered institutions for efficient implementation of the Benami Transactions (Prohibition) Amendment Act, 2016. In exercise of powers conferred under sub-section (2) of section 28 read with section 59 of the amended Prohibition of Benami Property Transactions Act, 1988, vide Notificatio..

A total of 1,68,87,580 Aadhar numbers have been linked with Univarsal Account Numbers. The process is entirely online and a continuous activity and all new subscribers including those who are left out are consistently urged by the Employees' Provident Fund Organization (E..

Employees' Provident Fund Organization (EPFO) is developing online claims settlement process by receiving application online. The application will be integrated with Unified Mobile App for New-age Governance (UMANG) App to receive the claims online. However, time frame to rollout the same has not been finalized. EPFO has engaged Centre for Development of Advance..

Central Industrial Relations Machinery (CIRM) enforces various labour laws including the Contract Labour (Regulation & Abolition) Act, 1970. The country-wide network of Dy. Chief Labour Commissioners and Regional Labour Commissioners under the control of Chief Labour Commissioner (Central) is mandated to settle the complaints/claims in regard to grievances/compl..

Section 33 of the Persons with Disabilities (Equal Opportunities, Protection of Rights and Full Participation) Act, 1995 mandates every appropriate Government to appoint in every establishment such percentage of vacancies not less than three per cent for persons or class of persons with disability of which one per cent each shall be reserved for persons suffering fr..

Factual position on proposed Amendments to RTI Rules  No change in fee structure or word limit in RTI queries  Government committed to full and easy implementation of RTI    div style="text-align..

As informed by the Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) and Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), the confidential list of 'Officers of Doubtful Integrity' and 'Agreed List' are prepared by the Chief Vigilance Officers (CVOs) of   Ministry/Department/Organisation independently in consultation with the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and in..

The Universal Account Number (UAN) provides portability for the employees covered under the Employees’ Provident Funds and Miscellaneous Provisions (EPF & MP) Act, 1952. It enables portability of Provident Fund (PF) accumulation when the details of Bank Account, Aadhaar and Permanent Account Number (PAN) seeded in UAN database of the member and are verifie..

Training module prepared for ICCs constituted under Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013  Institutes/Organizations empanelled by WCD Ministry for training programmes/workshops for ICCs  div style="text-align: j..

Though the Benami Transactions (Prohibition) Act, 1988 has been on the statute book since more than 28 years, the same could not be made operational because of certain inherent defects. With a view to providing effective regime for prohibition of benami transactions, the said Act was amended through the Benami Transactions (Prohibition) Amended Act, 2016. The amende..

In view of the number of complaints with regard to the unauthorized deposit taking activities and duping of gullible people by unscrupulous elements, the Government had constituted an Inter-Ministerial Group (IMG) in the Department of Economic Affairs (DEA), for identifying gaps in the existing regulatory framework for deposit-taking activities and to suggest admini..

The Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment has introduced a Bill titled "The Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Bill, 2016" in the Lok Sabha on 2.8.2016.  The Bill has been referred to the Standing Committee on Social Justice & Empowerment for examination.  The Committee has been granted time till the first week of the..

Rs.23,092 Crores released to States/UTs under ICDS, Scheme for Adolescent Girls and Maternity Benefit Programme in last three years  NFHS-4 indicates reduction in percentage of underweight and stunted children in the country  The Ministry of Women ..