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The Prohibition of Employment as Manual Scavengers and their Rehabilitation Act, 2013” (MS Act, 2013) has been enacted by the Parliament in September, 2013. The Act has come into force with effect from 6.12.2013 in whole of the country, except Jammu & Kashmir. This Act intends to, inter alia, achieve the following objectives:- i) Eliminate the insanitary latrines. ii) Prohibit:- a)..

Many countries have expressed their concern regarding the nuclear liability law. We have been reiterating to all the relevant countries the fact that this is an Act passed by the Parliament of India. The Civil Liability for Nuclear Damage Act, 2010 is in force with effect from November 11, 2011. Government presently does not have any proposal to amend the Civil Liability for Nuclear Damage A..

The Supreme Court today commenced the crucial hearing to examine the power of the Union and states to grant remission for releasing convicts whose death sentences are commuted to life term with the Centre asserting that the rights of the victims cannot be overlooked.    The issue of remission reached the apex court after the Tamil Nadu government too..

In exercise of the powers conferred by clause (1) of Article 217 of the Constitution of India, the President is pleased to appoint (i) Shri Justice Subodhkumar Gunvantlal Shah and, (ii) Shri Justice Satish Hemchandra Vora, and iii) Shri Justice Ghanshyam Raghumal Udhwani, Additional Judges of the Gujarat High Court, to be Judges of the Gujarat High Court with effect from the date they assume..

Law Commission of India today submitted its report “Manpower Planning in Judiciary: A Blue Print” to Mr. Ravi Shankar Prasad, Minister of Law & Justice and Communications & IT.    Speaking on the occasion, Mr. Ravi Shankar Prasad said that the report will..

PRESS RELEASE    New Delhi, 8th July, 2014   The NHRC Chairperson, Mr. Justice K.G. Balakrishnan has said that for successful implementation of women related policies, it is of critical importance that the 16th Lok Sabha urgently passes the Women's Reservation Bill to give them one third seats in Parliament and ..

The Minister of Railways Shri D. V. Sadananda Gowda, while presenting the Railway Budget for 2014-15 in Parliament today, said that the financial position of Railways has undergone a change since presentation of Interim Budget and passing of the ‘Vote on Account’ in February last. He gave the details as under:-  p style="text-align: justify..

Rail Budget Seeks Course Correction, Avoids Populism    No Increase in Rail Fare    Stress on Resource Mobilization Through PSU Surplus, FDI and PPP    p style="text-align: jus..

The Union Ministry of Women and Child Development proposes to give additional powers to National Commission for Women (NCW) by bringing in amendments to the National Commission for Women Act 1990. The proposed changes have been uploaded on the website of the Ministry(wcd.nic.in) inviting comments/suggestions from Civil Society Organisations..

TRAI has today released a Consultation Paper on “Tariff Issues Related to Broadcasting and Cable TV Services for Commercial Subscribers”, inviting views/comments of the stakeholders.  The matter of Tariff for commercial subsc..

Detailed Modalities of Proceeding Further with the Supreme Court Mandate were Discussed and Roadmap Decided; Next Meeting of the SIT to be Convened Shortly    The First Meeting of the Special Investigating Team (SIT) was held here today under the Chairmanshi..

Nirmala Sitharaman Writes to State Governments to Ease Boiler Inspections Move in Line with Government’s Keenness to Radically Improve Ease of Doing Business   The Minister of State (Independent Charge) Commerce & Industry Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman s..

Shri Thaawar Chand Gehlot took over as the Union Minster of Social Justice & Empowerment here today.    Speaking to the media after taking over as Minister, He said that the priority of the Government is to work for the poor. Our Department therefore is committed to work for the social, economic and..

The Union Cabinet today approved constitution of Special Investigating Team (SIT) to implement the decision of the Hon’ble Supreme Court on large amounts of money stashed abroad by evading taxes or generated through unlawful activities.     p style="text-align: j..

Shri Narendra Modi today assumed office as the Fifteenth Prime Minister of India.  br style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Tim..