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Amend PHR Act to make Human Rights Commissions more effective, says Mr. Justice P. Sathasivam, Governor of Kerala and former Chief Justice of India, on Human Rights Day    Mr. Justice P. Sathasivam, Governor of Kerala and former Chief Justice of India, today said excesses of laws, lack of awar..

The Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDAI) has introduced several regulatory changes to health insurance. Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDAI) has reviewed IRDA (Health Insurance) Regulations, 2013 and notified IRDAI (Health Insurance) Regulations, 2016 on 18th July 2016. The Authority prescribed constitution of a Pr..

National Crèche Scheme is being implemented across the country presently through the Central Social Welfare Board (an autonomous body under the Ministry) and Indian Council for Child Welfare (a NGO) to provide crèche facility to the children in the age group of 6 months to 6 years of working mothers who are employed for a minimum period of 15 days in a m..

Steps taken by Government for ensuring implementation of Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013  The Government has enacted the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013 to provide a safe and secure ..

Ministries/Departments of the Government sanction pension/family pension as per Central Civil Services (Pension) Rules, 1972 and send pension papers through Pay and Accounts Office and Central Pension Accounting Office to the pension disbursing agency, which is generally a public sector bank. This department monitors grievances of retiring employees/pensioners throu..

The mining companies operating in tribal areas and otherwise are required to comply with the provisions contained in the Mines Act, 1952 and Mines Rules for the welfare of workers employed in mines. Besides the welfare activities for the employees of mines, the mining companies are also obliged under Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) to spend at least two percen..

The reforms in the functioning of Government is a continuous ongoing process.  Schemes like Pradhan Mantri Jan DhanYojana, e-Governance based services, Digital India, Direct Benefit Transfer for LPG, (DBT), Swachh Bharat Abhiyan, SwachhVidyalaya, Soil Health Card, Pradhan Mantri Fasal BimaYojna, Atal Pension Yojna etc. are some of the recent initiatives in this..

EPFO Takes Steps to Cover Contract Workers in Government Departments  Last Date for Submission of Life Certificate Extended Till 15th January 2017 ECR 2.0, UAN 2.0 and PMRPY Services to be Made Operational from December 2016    A sub-committee of Central Board of Trus..

The Central Government has enacted the Contract Labour (Regulation & Abolition) Act, 1970 to regulate the employment of contract labour in certain establishments and to provide for its abolition in certain circumstances and for matters connected therewith. A well-established Central Industrial Relations Machinery (CIRM) is in place to enforce vari..

Government of India has constituted an expert Committee under the Chairmanship of Shri T.K. Viswanathan, former Law Secretary and Member from NSCS, Department of Legislative Affairs, Department of Justice and CBI, to study Domestic & International Cyber Laws and suggest measures/amendments in the existing domestic cyber laws. The Committee is actively engaged in..

F. No. S-31012/2/2016-WC Government of India Ministry of Labour & Employment Shram Shakti Bhawan, New Delhi Dated the 02ndDecember, 2016 Subject: Amendments to the Payment of Wages Act, 1936 – regarding. p style="text..

The following are the salient features of the draft Inland Vessels Bill, 2016 The Draft Inland Vessels Bill, 2016 covers the Preamble and has 16 parts i.e. Part I to Part XVI. The salient features are: 1. Part I- enables the Central Government to enac..

The total number of Employees’ Provident Fund (EPF) member accounts as on 31.03.2016, as per Annual Report for 2015-16, is 17.14 crore. On an average, contributions have been received in respect of 3.76 crore members during the year 2015-16.  Reasons for this gap are as under:- (i) The members after switching over f..

Rights of Persons With Disabilities (RPWD) bill provides for penalties for offences committed against Persons With Disabilities    Types of Disabilities have been increased from existing 7 to 21 and Central Government will have power to add more ty..

Cabinet approves inclusion/Amendments in the Central List of Other Backward Classes notified in respect of States of Assam, Bihar, Himachal Pradesh, Jharkhand, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir and Uttarakhand    The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Mod..