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Class Action Litigation in India

Class Action Suit means a law suit filed collectively by a particular class of people. The word class here refers to a class of stakeholders and not social...

August 31, 2016

Various Tax Amnesty Schemes of India

The Union Budget 2016-17 had launched a tax amnesty scheme called Income and Assets Declaration Scheme (IADS). As per this scheme, declarants of unaccounted income can legalize their...

August 31, 2016

National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF)

National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) is a methodology adopted by the Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) in order to rank all institutions of higher education in India. The Framework was approved by...

August 31, 2016

Under-representation of Women in Judiciary in India

While women participation is on the rise in almost all sectors in India, the same is not with judiciary, lower or higher. Is it because India lacks meritorious...

August 31, 2016

Ban on New Sugar Mills in Maharashtra

On 19 April 2016, the state government in Maharashtra announced a ban on sanctioning new sugar mills in drought-hit Marathwada district. The decision was prompted by severe drought...

August 31, 2016

Union Cabinet approves creation of PDF to catalyse Indian economic presence in CLMV countries

The Union Cabinet has given its approval to create a Project Development Fund (PDF) for catalysing Indian economic presence in the CLMV countries viz. Cambodia, Laos Myanmar and...

August 31, 2016

Cabinet approves dissolution of Central Inland Water Transport Corporation Limited

The Union Cabinet has given its approval to proposal for dissolution of Central Inland Water Transport Corporation Limited (CIWTC). CIWTC was incorporated in February 1967 as Public Sector...

August 31, 2016

Union Cabinet apprises MoU between CERT-In and CERT-UK

The Union Cabinet has apprised the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed between Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In) and CERT-UK. The MoU was signed between CERT-In and Ministry...

August 31, 2016

Gujarat becomes first state to distribute 2 crore LED bulbs under UJALA scheme

Gujarat has become the first state in the country to distribute two crore LED bulbs under the Centre’s UJALA (Unnat Jyoti by Affordable LEDs for All) scheme. The...

August 31, 2016

PV Sindhu to be appointed as brand ambassador of CRPF

The Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) has decided to appoint Olympic silver medallist P. V. Sindhu as its honorary commandant and brand ambassador. It was announced by CRPF’s Director General...

August 31, 2016

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