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 »
Memorandum of Understanding between India and United Arab Emirates on cooperation in preventing and combating of Human Trafficking The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has given its approval for signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between India and United Arab Emirates (UAE) on cooperation in preventing and combating of… Read More »
National Agriculture Market Key features of National Agriculture Market (NAM) Since agri-market reforms are integral to NAM, reforms of State APMC Act, pre condition, has been made for integration with NAM 365 mandis from 12 states have been granted approval E-trading portal connecting 21 mandis from 8 states is ready for launch. E- trading portal will… Read More »
President of India presents Padma Awards The President of India, Shri Pranab Mukherjee presented Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan and Padma Shri awards today (April 12, 2016) at a Civil Investiture Ceremony held at Rashtrapati Bhavan. Among the dignitaries present on the occasion were the Vice President of India, Prime Minister, Speaker Lok Sabha and Union… Read More »
UIDAI cautions public against sharing of their Personal Information with unauthorized Agencies for Printing PVC (Plastic) Aadhaar Card The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) cautions people not to fall to ploys of some unscrupulous entities who are charging anywhere between Rs.50 to Rs.200 for printing Aadhaar on a plastic card in the name of… Read More »