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Union Government denies introduction of ILP in Meghalaya

December 8, 2013

The demand to create Inner Line Permit (ILP) system in Meghalaya has been rejected by the Union Government on grounds that the Constitution does not provide for extending the special provision to new areas. The Government clarified that it was bound ..

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Employing manual scavengers made an offence

December 8, 2013

Employing or engaging a person has become an offence now as Prohibition of Employment as Manual Scavengers and their Rehabilitation Act 2013 comes into force across India except J&K. The law forbids the employment of manual scavengers, the manual cleaning ..

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India contributes $1 million to UN women's body

December 8, 2013

To help global efforts to ensure gender equality and empowerment of women, India contributed $1 million to the UN as the fourth installment of India’s multi-year pledge to provide USD 5 Mn to UN Women (United Nations entity for gender equality ..

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Ministerial panel recommends bail out package to the sugar industry including financial assistance to sugar cane farmers

December 8, 2013

An informal group of ministers, headed by Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar recommended a number of incentives to cash-starved sugar mills including financial package to pay cane farmers.  Why the need for a financial package for sugar mills ? Owing to ..

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Malala wins UN Human Rights Prize 2013

December 7, 2013

Pakistani teen activist Malala Yousafzai, who survived bullet-injury inflicted by the Taliban for championing girls’ education has won the UN Human Rights Prize 2013. The winners of the prestigious United Nations Prize in the Field of Human Rights for 2013  are – Ms. ..

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India ranked 98th in Forbes 'doing business' list 2013

December 6, 2013

India ranked 98th in the Forbes list of world’s best countries for doing business that has cited poverty, corruption and discrimination against girls among the challenges facing the country. The rating of 145 nations was done on the several factors ..

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