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Finance : The scheme provides financial incentives for new, expanded, and upgraded hospitality projects. Key takeaway: investors can reduce ...
Corporate Law : This explains how stringent organized crime laws can conflict with due process rights like fair trial and liberty. It highlights t...
Corporate Law : The issue highlights constitutional protections alongside broad detention powers. The takeaway is that procedural safeguards must ...
Income Tax : The issue is whether foreign businesses without offices in China must comply with tax laws. The key takeaway is that activities an...
Corporate Law : The law granting special powers to armed forces was upheld, but courts emphasized that such powers are not absolute. Safeguards li...
Corporate Law : The law removes criminal penalties for minor compliance breaches and replaces them with monetary fines. It holds that reducing cri...
Finance : The Government clarified that despite rupee depreciation, strong forex reserves and export competitiveness offset risks. The overa...
Finance : The Government is actively reviewing the economic impact of the West Asia conflict on oil prices and supply chains. Coordinated me...
Corporate Law : The document outlines essential lease terms like rent, tenure, and obligations. The key takeaway is that LOI sets the foundation f...
Corporate Law : The reform addresses fraudulent activities in cooperative societies by introducing stricter governance and audit mechanisms. It en...
Corporate Law : Supreme Court of India invalidates State VAT amendments made post-GST, citing issues of legislative competence in Telangana, Gujar...
Corporate Law : Kharghar Co-op. Housing Societies Federation Ltd Vs Municipal Commissioner (Bombay High Court) Bombay High Court in the matter of ...
Corporate Law : Calcutta High Court held that computation of award amount without multiplying the amount with the multiplier 13 is unjustifiable....
Corporate Law : Ours being a Welfare State, the respondents who happen to be instrumentalities of the State under Article 12, cannot act arbitrari...
Corporate Law : Held that there is no infringement of copyright as some contents are bound to be similar as teaching given in the Holy Books Quran...
Corporate Law : The issue concerns revision of Dearness Relief rates for pensioners. The government increased DR from 58% to 60% effective January...
Corporate Law : The Coastal Shipping Bill, 2024, introduced in Lok Sabha, aims to regulate coastal trade, boost domestic participation, and enhanc...
Corporate Law : The Ministry of Agriculture announces revised guidelines for the AMI Sub-scheme of ISAM, effective from November 10, 2024, for new...
Corporate Law : The Central Government increases minimum wage rates by revising the Variable Dearness Allowance, effective October 1, 2024, aiding...
Corporate Law : MHA issues guidelines to ensure nondiscriminatory prison visitation rights for LGBTQ+ community, emphasizing equal treatment in al...
The Collection of Statistics Act, 2008 was enacted by the Parliament on 7th January 2009. It was brought into force on 11th June 2010. The Act repealed the Collection of Statistics Act, 1953. Rules under the Act, namely, the Collection of Statistics Rules, 2011 were notified on 16th May 2011.
The Cabinet today approved extension of medical facilities to beedi workers under the Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana (RSBY). The beedi worker and his family (unit of five) will be covered and the total sum insured would Rs.30,000/-. The other benefits and procedures under the scheme will be the same as under RSBY. Any claims beyond Rs.30,000/- will be reimbursed directly by the related Welfare Commissioner to the concerned empanelled hospital through the existing procedure.
Former telecom minister A Raja and his staff threatened and coerced officials in giving preference to Swan Telecom and Unitech over Tata group in the award of telecom licences, CBI has informed the Joint Parliamentary Committee probing the 2G scam.
I acknowledge that individuals and organisations have a right to protest peacefully in a democracy. Police give permission for peaceful protest, after taking into account the overall law and order and security situation. For example, permission was given to the BJP to undertake a satyagraha on 5/6.6.2011. Today, permission has been given to Shri Anna Hazare and others to observe a fast from 10.00 a.m. to 6.00 p.m. at Rajghat. Sometimes, permission is refused. Ramlila ground is situated in a sensitive area. Delhi is a huge metropolis and maintaining law and order in Delhi and preventing any kind of disturbance or conflict is a complex task. A small spark can trigger a conflagration. Decisions to grant or refuse permission are taken by the Police authorities.
The government is likely to make it mandatory for the investment bankers to reveal name of their existing clients while bidding for managing share sale offer of a state-run firm.The Finance Ministry is expected to come out with a notification this week making the disclosure mandatory.
National Mission for Justice Delivery and Legal Reforms: The Government has ‘in principle’ approved setting up of National Mission for Justice Delivery and Legal Reforms. The National Mission would help implementing the two major goals of (i) increasing access by reducing delays and arrears in the system (ii) enhancing accountability at all levels through structural changes and setting performance standards and facilitating enhancement of capacities for achieving such performance standards.
Following is the address of the Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh at release of Report to the People 2010-11: We are meeting here again to present our Report to the People. I have viewed this initiative as a symbol of our commitment to transparency and accountability in governance. The United Progressive Alliance has offered seven years of political stability, social progress, communal harmony, economic growth and increased engagement with nations around the world.
Maharashtra’s Rs.42,000 crore annual plan – an increase of over Rs.4,084 crore over last year’s Rs.37,916 crore – for 2011-12 has been approved by the central government, an official said Friday. The plan was finalised at a meeting between Chief Minster Prithviraj Chavan and Planning Commission Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahulwalia in New Delhi Thursday, the official said,
10 driving training schools with an estimated cost of Rs. 140 crores are proposed to be set up during the 11th Five year plan under a new comprehensive scheme of the Ministry of Road Transport & Highways. So far, sanction has been accorded by the Ministry for setting up of 6 such institutes in states namely Himachal Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Maharashtra, Gujarat and Haryana. One more Institute of driving training and research for Tamil Nadu has also been approved. The Ministry is also in process of sanctioning 3 more institutes in the current financial year.
A United Nations human rights expert today welcomed the United Kingdom’s decision to limit lawsuits from so-called vulture funds that prey on the debts of the world’s poorest nations, and asked that the initiative be extended to cover the country’s overseas territories and dependencies.
