Pending civil and criminal cases in High Courts Data on pendency of cases is maintained by the Supreme Court and High Courts. As per information made available by High Courts, details of civil and criminal cases pending in all High Courts and in the High Courts of Orissa and Allahabad are as under:- Number of… Read More »
EPFO settles 104.38 lakh claims in the current fiscal CBT, EPF recommended 8.8% rate of interest for the year 2015-16 Simplified Pension Claim Form 10D (UAN) and single page Pension Payment Order (PPO) under Employees’ Pension Scheme, 1995 unveiled New Delhi: While taking stock of the performance of EPFO in the month of February 2016,… Read More »
Ministry of Labour and Employment Launches the Start Your Business Page on NCS Portal Following the MoU signed with Uber in February 2016, the Ministry of Labour and Employment on Friday, 11 March 2016, announced the official launch of the “Start Your Own business” page on the National Career Services Portal. Gracing his presence at… Read More »
Steps Being Taken for Combatting Infant Mortality The steps being taken by the government to combat infant mortality and increase vaccine coverage under the national Health mission are as under: I. Promotion of Institutional deliveries through cash incentive under JananiSurakshaYojana (JSY) and JananiShishuSurakshaKaryakaram (JSSK) which entitles all pregnant women delivering in public health institutions to… Read More »
Stem Cell Therapy There is no treatment regime using Stem Cells has been established yet, however, treatment using Stem Cell is only valid for diseases like Cancer. All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi, is providing treatment through Stem Cell Therapy to Cancer patients only. The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), in… Read More »
Mental Health Policy The National Mental Health Policy, announced in October, 2014, is based, inter-alia, on the values and principles of equity, justice, integrated and evidence based care, quality, participatoryand holistic approach to mental health. Its goals and objectives include the following: • to reduce distress, disability, exclusion, morbidity and premature mortality associated with mental… Read More »
Manufacturing of Defence Equipment The Value of Procurement of defence items (both Capital & Revenue) by the Armed forces, from Indian sources in the last three years is tabulated below: (Rs in Crore) Year 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 Value of procurement from Indian sources 52719 55014 49531 Under ‘Make in India’ programme, the Government proposes… Read More »
Insas Rifle Ordnance Factory Board (OFB) in association with Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), User & Directorate General Quality Assurance (DGQA) has undertaken development of a single barrel Rifle of 5.56 x 45 Calibre. The salient features of Rifle are: Mass : <4 Kg Firing Mode : Single shot & Automatic Magazine Capacity :… Read More »
Incentives to sugar sector to facilitate payment of sugarcane dues The Central Government has fixed Fair & Remunerative Price of sugarcane @ Rs. 230 per quintal for season 2015-16 at 9.5% recovery which is the bench mark price to be paid to sugarcane farmers. However, farmers in the States like U.P., Uttarakhand, Punjab, Haryana… Read More »
Steps to control the prices of essential food items The Government has taken a number of steps to control the prices of essential food items. These includes:- Regular review meetings on prices and availability trends are being held at the highest level. Higher MSP is announce like cereals, pulses and oilseeds to incentivize production and… Read More »