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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..

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..