e-Classes and e-Books The Ministry of HRD has a proposal to impart education through e-Classes and e-books for the college students. About 93,000 e-Books for the college students are already available under National Mission on Education through Information and Communication Technology (NMEICT) Programme. However, education through e-Classes under a programme called Study Webs of… Read More »
The United Nation World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) projects International Tourist Arrivals to grow by 4% world – wide during 2016. Various initiatives undertaken by the Government to attract foreign tourists to the country are as follows:- Multilingual Tourist Infoline: The Ministry of Tourism has launched the 24×7 Toll Free Multi-Lingual Tourist Info Line… Read More »
E-Tourist VISA Scheme Government of India introduced e-Tourist Visa (earlier known as Tourist Visa on Arrival enabled by ETA) on 27.11.2014 to facilitate the nationals of the 43 countries visiting India. The e-Tourist Visa as on 26.02.2016 is available for nationals of 150 countries. The year 2015 witnessed a growth rate of 4.5% in terms… Read More »
Labour Reforms Reforms in labour laws are an ongoing process to update legislative system to address the need of the hour and to make them more effective and contemporary to the emerging economic and industrial scenario. The Second National Commission on Labour has recommended that the existing Labour Laws should be broadly grouped into… Read More »
Concessions to startups regarding Labour Laws In order to promote the Start-Up ecosystem in the country and incentivizing the entrepreneurs in setting up new start-up ventures and thus catalyze the creation of employment opportunities through them, the Ministry of Labour & Employment has issued an advisory to the States/UTs/Central Labour Enforcement Agencies for a compliance… Read More »
Govt. issues Notification and SoP regarding Good Samaritans The Supreme Court has passed a judgment dated 30-03-2016 regarding Good Samaritans, i.e. bystanders and passers-by who render help to the victims of road accidents. The Court has ruled that the affidavit of Good Samaritan, if filed, shall be treated as complete statement by the Police official… Read More »
Performance of Domestic Airlines for the Year 2016 Traffic data submitted by various domestic airlines has been analysed for the month of March 2016. Following are the salient features: Passengers carried by domestic airlines during Jan-Mar 2016 were 230.03 lakhs as against 185.46 lakhs during the corresponding period of previous year thereby registering a growth… Read More »
Railways Decides to Withdraw the Levy of Port Congestion Surcharge Key benefits of withdrawal of Port Congestion Surcharge :- The Decision is One of the Significant Steps in the Direction of Rationalization of Freight Rate Structure Initiated by the Railways Indian Railways is moving ahead with big bang reforms as announced in the Railway Budget. In… Read More »
Sagarmala National Perspective Plan Released Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi today released the National Perspective Plan detailing the contours of Sagarmala, the government’s flagship program to promote port-led development in the country at the inauguration of the Maritime India Summit in Mumbai. The National Perspective Plan has been crafted after detailed consultations with key stakeholders… Read More »
Clarification on IIT Fee Changes This is with reference to the decision of the IIT Council revising fee for the undergraduate programmes. Ministry of Human Resource Development has clarified that the revised fee would be applicable for students taking admission starting from academic year 2016-17 onwards. The students currently studying would continue to pay at… Read More »