605 Special Courts set up across the country till date under POCSO Act, 2012 45498 cases registered under POCSO Act,2012, from November,2012 till March,2015 As per information available with the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR), 605 Special Courts have been set up across 654 Districts under the Protection of Children from Sexual… Read More »
More than twenty two thousand cases of violation of women’s rights registered with NCW in the year 2015-16 till date The National Commission for Women has reported that they have registered 16584, 22422, 32118 and 22292 cases of violation of women’s rights in 2012-13, 2013-14, 2014-15 and 2015-16 (till date). The highest number of such… Read More »
The revised crèche scheme of the M/o Women & Child Development being implemented Honorarium of crèche worker and supplementary nutrition for child increased under the new norms The RGN Crèche Scheme (RGNCS) of the Ministry of Women and Child Development has been revised and the revised scheme is being implemented from 01.01.2016. The scheme focuses… Read More »
Reforms in Tax Rates The details of the tax rates of the major countries of Asia have been taken from the KPMG Report on Global Rates, 2015 and are mentioned below: Country Corporate Individual Income Afghanistan 20 —– Bangladesh 27.5 30 China 25 45 India 34.61 33.91 Japan 33.06 50.84 Kazakhstan 20 10 Malaysia 25… Read More »
Per Capital Income in the Country As per the estimates of the Central Statistics Office (CSO), the per capita net national income of the country at current prices for the year 2015-16 is estimated to attain the level of Rs. 93231/-. The per capita net national income at constant (2011-12) prices for the year 2015-16… Read More »
Cyber Security It is common practice for hackers / spies of Intelligence agencies to hack computer systems to gain intelligence about target countries. There have been cyber attacks on some isolated internet connections of Defence Personnel. However, all computers employed for official work by the Defence forces are comprehensively isolated from the internet to obviate… Read More »
Women Fighter Pilots Government has accorded approval for women to join as Short Service Commission Officers in the fighter stream of the Indian Air Force on experimental basis for a period of five years. Three women trainees have volunteered and have been inducted in the Fighter Stream and are undergoing training. This information was given… Read More »
Assessment and Functioning of CCI Competition Commission of India (CCI) is a Statutory Body established under the Competition Act, 2002 to prevent practices having adverse effect on competition, to promote and sustain competition in markets while protecting the interests of the consumers. The Commission prepares and forwards to the Central Government an annual report… Read More »
Corporate Frauds From 2012-13 up to 31-01-2016 the Ministry has ordered investigations through Serious Fraud Investigation Office (SFIO) of this Ministry into the affairs of 258 companies allegedly indulging in fraudulent/ illegal activities. Of these, 116 investigations have been completed and reports submitted to the Ministry, while in 08 cases, investigations have been stayed by… Read More »
Activities by Companies Under CSR The provisions of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) under Section 135 of the Companies Act, 2013 and rules made thereunder have been notified on 27.02.2014. These notifications are available on the Ministry’s website (www.mca.gov.in). The salient features of CSR provision inter-alia, are as follows: companies above the specified threshold of … Read More »