Monthly Archives: July 2016

Seizure of smuggled silver or Cigarattes ; burden of proof

By | July 26, 2016

Central Board of Excise and Customs vide  Notification No 103/2016-Cus (NT), dt. 25-07-2016 has notified Silver Bullion and Cigarattes  under Section 123 (2) . Now the burden of Proof of smuggled Silver Bullion and Cigarattes shall be on the person who is in possession of these  Silver Bullion and Cigarattes  and from whom  seizure is made. Section 123 of Customs Act,… Read More »

Daft National Plan of Action for Children 2016

By | July 25, 2016

National Plan of Action for Children 2016 under preparation: Smt Maneka Sanjay Gandhi   The Ministry of Women and Child Development has drafted the National Plan of Action for Children (NPAC) 2016. The NPAC 2016 is based on the principles embedded in the National Policy for Children 2013(NPC 2013) and provides a road-map that links… Read More »

sexual harassment -Fine to Employer for failure to constitute Complaint Committee

By | July 25, 2016

Employers can be fined upto Rs 50,000 for failure to constitute an Internal Complaint Committee for receiving complaints of sexual harassment The National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) has started collecting data under the category of insult to the modesty of women (section 509 of IPC) at office premises since 2014. A total of No. of… Read More »

Policy for Taxi and other Transport Operators

By | July 25, 2016

Policy Framework for Taxi and other Transport Operators The Government has constituted a Committee under the chairmanship of Secretary, Ministry of Road Transport & Highways to examine the issues related to taxis, aggregators and radio taxies etc. The members of the Committee are Joint Secretary (Transport), MoRTH, Transport Commissioner of Govt. of NCT of Delhi,… Read More »

Mining Lease Fee/Royalty

By | July 25, 2016

Mining Lease Fee/Royalty The Minerals (Transfer of Mining Lease Granted Otherwise than through Auction for Captive Purpose) Rules, 2016 have been published in the Official Gazette vide notification No. GSR 560(E) dated 30.05.2016. The transfer charges payable by the transferee shall be an amount equal to eighty per cent. of the royalty paid in terms… Read More »

Minerals -Transfer of Mining Lease Granted Otherwise than through Auction for Captive Purpose Rules 2016

By | July 25, 2016

MINISTRY OF MINES NOTIFICATION New Delhi, the 30th May, 2016 G.S.R. 560(E).—In exercise of the powers conferred by clause (qqja) of sub-section (2) of section 13 read with the proviso to sub-section (6) of section 12A of the Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Act, 1957 (67 of 1957), the Central Government hereby makes the… Read More »

New National Mineral Exploration Policy

By | July 25, 2016

New National Mineral Exploration Policy Geological Survey of India [GSI] has covered almost the entire area of 31.4 lakh sq. km. of the country’s mappable area by systematic geological mapping on 1:50,000 scale. On the basis of this, the geological potential area of 5.71 lakh sq. km. has been identified for scheduled non-fuel and non-coal… Read More »

Startup India Programme

By | July 25, 2016

Startup India Programme  Startup India is a flagship initiative launched by the Government of India on 16th January, 2016 to build a strong eco-system for nurturing innovation and startups in the country which will drive economic growth and generate large scale employment opportunities.  The Government through this initiative aims to empower startups to grow through… Read More »