Railways to Launch Ticket Booking through Non-Internet based Mobile Phones with Effect from 1st July 2013 With an aim to further facilitate the passengers, Indian Railways Catering & Tourism Corporation (IRCTC),a public Sector Undertaking of the Ministry of Railways, will be launching a pilot project of ticketing through non-internet based mobile phones with effect from [...]

TRAI Reduces National Roaming Tariff Ceilings, Permits Customised Tariffs Through Special Tariff Vouchers for National Roamers and Mandates Free National Roaming Plans TRAI has reduced ceilings for national roaming calls and SMS and instituted a new regime for providing flexibility to telecom service providers to customise tariffs for national roamers through STVs and Combo Vouchers. [...]

One of the last remaining bastions of the telegram, India, has announced it is ceasing telegram services on July 15, in the wake of the rising popularity of smartphones, texting and email. Telegrams – called “taar” in India —  began circulating in the 1850s. The signs of the taar’s demise were already clear; the system [...]

Real Estate Bill to Protect the Interest of the Consumers and Promote Fair Play in Real Estate Transactions The Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Bill, 2013, approved by the Union Cabinet yesterday is a pioneering initiative to protect the interest of consumers, to promote fair play in real estate transactions and to ensure timely execution [...]

UIDAI launches Aadhaar based Iris Authentication, eKYC, One Time PIN New Services and Permanent Enrolment Centres Developing on its vision of ‘Empowering residents of India with a unique identity and a digital platform to authenticate anytime, anywhere’, the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) today unveiled three new Aadhaar-Enabled Services and announced the establishment of first [...]

Under-Recovery on Diesel effective 1.5.2013 declines sharply to Rs 3.80 per litre OMCs incurring Daily Under-Recovery of Rs 256 Crore Under-recoveries on Domestic LPG and PDS Kerosene lower at Rs 378.38 per cylinder & Rs. 27.93 per litre respectively Total Under-Recoveries during 2012-13 significantly higher at Rs 1,61,029 crore Daily Crude Oil Price for Indian [...]

The Ministry examines the effects of dumped goods on the domestic industry, and not cheap goods. Dumping takes place if the export price of a product is less than the normal value prevailing in the exporter’s country. In order to offset the adverse effects of dumped imports, Domestic Industry can avail the trade defence measures [...]

Gujarat HC has recently held that 97th amendment to India’s Constitution of 2012 is unconstitutional. Post this order we have discussed the implication of the order on MCS (Amendment) Ordinance, 2013.                   

Railways has reduced advance booking period from four months to two months from May 1 as part of its efforts to prevent touts from cornering bulk of tickets.

State Governments Requested to issue Instructions to their Police for Vigorous Action under the Prize Chits and Money Circulation Schemes (Banning) Act, 1978 The Minister of Corporate Affairs has written to State Chief Ministers requesting State Governments to issue instructions to their State Police Authorities for vigorous action under the Prize Chits and Money Circulation [...]