Scholarship Scheme for Destitute/Orphan children in Child Care Institutions The National Institute of Public Cooperation and Child Development (NIPCCD) an autonomous body under Ministry of Women and Child Development (MWCD) has recently revised its guidelines which provide scholarship to a child who is orphan or destitute and residing in a Child Care Institution (CCIs) and… Read More »
Subsidy for Ship Building Industry Maritime Agenda 2010-20 has inter-alia set a target to increase percentage share of India to 5% in global ship building and 10% share in global ship repair for India by 2020. The Government of India had earlier extended shipbuilding subsidy scheme to all Indian shipyards on 25th October 2002. The… Read More »
Eligibility Criteria for Reservation for SC/ST/OBC in Higher Education The University Grants Commission (UGC) has informed that the candidates belonging to the Scheduled Castes (SCs), Scheduled Tribes (STs) and Other Backward Classes (OBCs) categories, who have secured at least 50% marks (without rounding off) in Master’s degree or equivalent examination from universities/ institutions, recognized by… Read More »
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 »
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 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 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 »
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 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 »
Amendment to Patent Rules The Patent Rules have been amended to include provisions for expedited examination of patent applications on any of the following grounds, namely:- i) That India has been indicated as the competent International Searching Authority or elected as an International Preliminary Examining Authority in the corresponding international application ii) That the applicant… Read More »