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The Union Cabinet, chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, has given its ex-post facto approval for amendments to the Maternity Benefit Act, 1961 by introducing the Maternity Benefit (Amendment) Bill, 2016 in Parliament.  The maternity benefit Act 1961 protects the employment of women during the time of her maternity and entitles her of..

The Government has set up a Committee consisting of Secretaries of the Ministry of Home Affairs, the Department of Personnel and Training and the Department of Legal Affairs to examine the provisions of the Official Secrets Act, 1923. The said Committee has deliberated the concerned issues with various stakeholders. The matter is under consideration with the Committ..

7 Mineral Blocks Have Been Auctioned After Auctioning of Mines Made Transparent by The MMDR Amendment Act 2015    The Minister of State (Independent Charge) For Power, Coal, New & Renewable Energy and Mines Shri Piyush Goyal said in the Rajya Sabha today that ..

The National Water Policy (2012) emphasizes the need to evolve a National Water Framework Law as an umbrella statement of general principles governing the exercise of legislative/executive powers by the Centre, the States and the local governing bodies. This Ministry had constituted a Committee on 3rd July, 2012 under the Chairmanship of Dr. Y. K. Alagh to draft Nat..

There is no need to amend the Electricity Act, 2003 or the Energy Conservation Act, 2001 in view of India’s commitment in the recently held Paris Climate Summit. This was stated by Shri Piyush Goyal, Minister of State (IC) for Power, Coal & New and Renewable Energy and Mines in a written reply to a question in the Rajya Sabha today.  ..

The Government introduced the Factories (Amendment) Bill, 2014 in the Parliament. The Bill was referred to the Parliament Standing Committee on Labour. The Parliament Standing Committee submitted its report to the Speaker of the Lok Sabha in December, 2014. The major amendments proposed in the Factories Act, 1948, inter-alia, include provisions relating to imposing ..

A total of 1137 Children Homes and 283 Specialized Adoption Agencies are currently functioning in the country under Integrated Child Protection Scheme. The WCD Ministry has been requesting the State Governments/UT Administrations from time to time to identify and register all Child Care Institutions (CCIs) under the provisions of Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection ..

Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) issued a draft regulation related to Telecom Consumers Protection (10th Amendment), Regulation, 2016 on 05.07.2016 for comments/responses of stakeholders. Last date for submission of comments/responses, if any, on the draft regulation was 26.07.2016.  On the request of some stakeholders, TRAI..

The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has approved the amendment in relevant clauses of the Central Agricultural University Act (CAU), 1992 to include State of Nagaland under the jurisdiction of CAU, Imphal.  After inclusion of State of Nagaland under jurisdiction of the Central Agricultural University, Imphal, the Co..

CBI has arrested 34 Gazetted Officers, 45 Non-Gazetted Officers of various Government Offices and others in 112 corruption cases during the period from 01.01.2016 to 15.07.2016.   CBI has registered 3970 cases and disposed of 3586 cases from investigation during the last 3 years and c..

Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) and State Pollution Control Boards (SPCBs) are implementing the Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1974 which also covers restoration of water quality of the rivers. The approaches adopted for river cleaning program are based on interception, diversion and treatment of sewage. Recently basin-wise approach for river ..

The Ministry of Finance has issued Gazette Notification with regard to 7th Pay Commission Recommendations.   For more details, please see. ​Resolution on Cabinet Decision a href="http://pibphoto.nic.in/documents..

As per the Ministry of Information & Broadcasting, instances of obscene and vulgar advertisements on private satellite TV channels and print media are brought to the notice of the Government from time to time and action is taken against them on case to case basis.  As per the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) data which is available u..

Bills relating to Afforestation Fund, Prevention of corruption, Benami transactions, Whistle Blowers Protection on the agenda for second week of Monsoon session of Parliament  Five Bills passed during first week of Monsoon session ; Government lines up four more Bills    div style="text-align: justify;..

Draft bill to prevent trafficking of persons envisages setting up a Special Court in each district and creation of Anti Trafficking Fund: Smt Maneka Sanjay Gandhi  div style="text-align: ..