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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..

Shri Ravi Shankar Prasad assumed charge of the Ministry of Law & Justice today. After assuming charge, he interacted with the officials of the Ministry. The Deptt. of Legal Affairs, Legislative Deptt. and the Deptt. of Justice gave detailed PowerPoint presentations ..

The President of India has appointed Shri Narendra Damodardas Modi as the Prime Minister of India. Further, as advised by the Prime Minister, the President has appointed the following as members of the Council of Ministers:- br style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); f..

The appellate court in Milan, Italy, in its judgement on Friday, 23 May, 2014, has substantially upheld the claims of Government of India against AgustaWestland International Ltd (AWIL), A W Spa and Deutsche Bank, Italy on the encashment of Bank Guarantees and Performance Bond in the VVIP helicopter case. The court also ordered AWIL and A W Spa to reimburse legal..

The Employees’ Provident Fund Organization (EPFO) has specified timelines to undertake certain tasks in the Organisation, the successful completion of which would bring about a transformational change in its way of functioning. Stating this to media persons in New Delhi recently, Shri K.K.Jalan, Central PF Commissioner said “of utmost i..

Order of Supreme Court in the matter of Subrata Roy ..