Fertilizer companies are required to print the MRP and available subsidy on each bag of P&K fertilizers. The Minister of State for Chemicals & Fertilizers Shri Hansraj Gangaram Ahir informed the Lok Sabha today in reply to an Unstarred Question that the existing mechanism put in place to monitor the prices of P&K fertilizers… Read More »
Policy to adopt World Heritage Sites UNESCO, with the help of 21 member World Heritage Committee and advisory bodies such as International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS) and International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), within the framework of its Operational Guidelines, decides about the cultural and natural sites to be included on the… Read More »
Trademark Registration The government has proposed to introduce new rules for Trademark Registration. The existing Trade Marks Rules 2002 are proposed to be replaced by the Trade Marks (Amendment) Rules, 2015. The proposed Trade Marks (Amendment) Rules, 2015 have already been published in the Gazette of India and has been made available in the official… Read More »
Scheme for new Entrepreneurs An Action Plan has been prepared for 22 sectors under ‘Make in India’ initiative to promote new entrepreneurs in the country. An Investor Facilitation Cell has been created in Invest India to assist and handhold investors. Further, a Startup Action Plan has been released by the Government to create a conducive… Read More »
Health Minister Shri J P Nadda launches project ‘ Clean Street Food ’ 20,000 roadside vendors to be skilled under PMKVY in the first phase Union Minister for Health & Family Welfare Shri J P Nadda launched Project ‘Clean Street Food’ in the presence of Shri Rajiv Pratap Rudy, Union Minister of State for Skill… Read More »
Operationalizing Mega Food Parks Government had sanctioned setting up of 30 Mega Food Parks in three phases during 11th Five Year Plan for creation of modern infrastructure for food processing industries in the country. Out of 10 projects approved in the 1st Phase by the Ministry, 6 Mega Food Park projects have become operational, 2… Read More »
Norms for Startup MSMEs Relaxed Awareness Campaign to Ensure Better Implementation of Quality Standards in MSME Sector Government has decided to relax the norms for Startup MSMEs. According to the decision, if the MSMEs can deliver the goods and services as per prescribed technical & quality specifications, the norms on prior experience and prior turnover… Read More »
EPFO launches an incentive scheme for employers to encourage partnership in allotment of universal account number (UAN) to their employees Employers can get refund upto 10% of administrative charges payable to EPFO under a new incentive scheme EPFO, Head Office, New Delhi: In order to boost the process of seeding the Universal Account Number (UAN)… Read More »
India ranked 22nd of 60 Countries in the Best Countries Report 2016 India has been ranked 22nd out of 60 counties in the Best Countries Report 2015, summary of which is available at http://www.usnews.com/ness/best-countries/articles/methodology. The countries were ranked based on the data from a proprietary perception survey developed by U.S. News, BAV Consulting and the… Read More »
Online Application for Withdrawal under New Pension Scheme The Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority (PFRDA) had issued a Circular dated February 25, 2015, making it mandatory for all the Nodal Offices to process the withdrawal claims of their underlying subscribers on the online platform made available on the Central Recordkeeping Agency (CRA) system from… Read More »