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The President of India has promulgated the Enemy Property (Amendment and Validation) Fifth Ordinance, 2016 (8 of 2016) on 22nd December, 2016. After the Indo-China aggression in 1962, specific properties of Chinese nationals in India were vested in the Custodian in terms of Defence of India Rules, 1962. Subsequently, after the ..

1. In order to streamline, liberalize and ease the process of issue of passport, the Ministry of External Affairs has taken a number of steps in the realm of passport policy which is expected to benefit the citizens of India applying for a passport. The details of these steps are given below:- PROOF OF DATE OF BIRTH/strong..

It is seen from the media reports that there is a general impression that is being created that the Government is bringing an amendment to the Payment of Wages Act to make mandatory the payment of wages to the workers only through cheque or accounts transfers. This is not the correct position. It is clarified that the governmen..

Shri Thaawarchand Gehlot, the Union Minister for Social Justice & Empowerment has said that the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 has been amended by the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Amendment Act of, 2015 with an objective to deliver greater justice to member of Scheduled Castes and ..

Drugs and Cosmetics Rules, 1945 being amended to prohibit misleading advertisements of Ayurveda, Siddha & Unani Drugs: AYUSH Minster    Government is aware of the sale and advertisement of Ayurvedic medicines through TV channels which are required to adhere to the Advertising Code prescri..

On the directions of Union Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment, Shri Thaawarchand Gehlot, the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment had organised a Regional Meeting on 16th December 2016 at Guwahati, Assam, the third of a series of meetings primarily focussing on promotion and awareness generation on cashless transactions for all Citizens especially for Se..

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 Employment (Independent Charge), Govt. of India chaired the 170th Meeting of ESI Corporation. p style="text-al..

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 related to children. The Ministry of Women and Child Development is providing financial assistance to State Governments/U..

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 upon ..

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 Governments/UT Administrations concerned. Section 4 (1) of the Juvenile Justice (C..

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 shops selling them must display a message that giving or selling intoxicating liquor or tobacco products to a child is a pun..

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 platforms. The policy recommendations also ensure that  bigger aggregators do not undercut the tra..

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 of public authorities, in order to promote transparency and accountability in the working of every public authority./p..

Provisions of Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Sites and Remains (AMASR) Act, 1958 and Rules, 1959 are not out dated and implemented effectively on ground. Before 2010 notable amendments were made as under: (i) Insertion of section 2A in the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Sites a..

The civil disputes under Information Technology Act, broadly known to general public as ‘Cyber Civil Wrong”, is dealt by special court known as Adjudicating Officer. The Hon. Adjudicator Maharashtra i.e. Information Techn..