New Rules for Cancellation and Refund of Railway Tickets Under normal circumstances no refund is granted on confirmed, RAC and Waitlisted tickets after the departure of the train. With effect from 12.11.2015, certain provisions of Railway Passengers (Cancellation of tickets and refund of fare) Rules have been amended and comprehensive Railway Passengers (Cancellation of tickets… Read More »
Cabinet approves Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Bill, 2015 The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has approved the Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Bill, 2015, as reported by the Select Committee of Rajya Sabha. The Bill will now be taken up for consideration and passing by the Parliament. The Real… Read More »
At present there is no recall policy in the country. Ministry of Road Transport & Highways has initiated steps for bringing mandatory Recall Policy. A holistic approach is proposed in the upcoming draft Road Transport and Safety Bill 2014, the latest version of which is also hosted on the website of Ministry of Road Transport &… Read More »
Progress of Namami Gange Scheme Cabinet approved the Namami Gange program on 13th May, 2015 as a comprehensive approach to rejuvenate the river Ganga and all its tributaries under one umbrella. A total of Rs. 20,000 crore has been allocated for this project to be spent over the next five years (2019).This includes funds allocated… Read More »
RailTel Corporation of India Limited (RCIL), one of the Public Sector Undertakings of Railways, has entered into an agreement with M/s. Mahataa Information India Private Limited (MIIPL) a group company of M/s. Google Inc. for providing high speed Wi-Fi facility at Railway stations. Wi-Fi project shall be undertaken in two phases to cover 75 Class… Read More »
Higher number of girls adopted as compared to boys as per the In-country adoption data over the last three years The total number of in-country and inter-country adoptions were 5002 for the period 2012-13 (April 2012 to Mar 2013), 4354 for 2013-14 (April 2013 to Mar 2014) and 4362 for 2014-15 (April 2014-Mar 2015) The… Read More »
Funds sanctioned/released by the Government to 31 States/UTs for establishment of One Stop Centres in the country Funds have been sanctioned/released by the Government to 31 States/UTs for establishment of One Stop Centres in the country. Till date, 6 One Stop Centres have become operational, one each in Raipur (Chhattisgarh), Vijayawada City (Andhra Pradesh), Karnal(Haryana),… Read More »
NCRB data reports an increase in crimes against children over last three years The National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) has reported that 38,172 cases, 58,224 cases and 89,423 cases were registered under crime against children during 2012, 2013 and 2014 respectively. The major steps taken by the Government to tackle and curb the cases of… Read More »
Highest Dowry Deaths in UP and Bihar in 2012, 2013 & 2014 The highest number of dowry deaths during the last three years consecutively have been reported from the state of Uttar Pradesh followed by Bihar. As per the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) data, Uttar Pradesh reported 2244 dowry deaths(Sec 304 B of IPC)… Read More »
Implementing Sustainable Tourism Criteria for India The Ministry of Tourism has launched a Comprehensive Sustainable Tourism Criteria for India (STCI) for three major segments of tourism industry, namely accommodation, tour operators and Beaches, Backwaters, Lakes and Rivers sectors during the sensitization Workshop for Stakeholders on Sustainable Tourism organized in August, 2014. The criterion has been… Read More »