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328 Fixed Dose Combinations Drugs Banned by Government

The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has recently prohibited the manufacture for sale, sale or distribution for human use of 328 FDCs through...

13 Sep 2018 Government Policies & Interventions

The Maternity Benefit (Amendment) Act 2017

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12 Sep 2018 Government Policies & Interventions

On the Need for a National Development Bank

India’s commercial banks are facing serious financial stress which has weakened the banking system. Non-performing Assets (NPAs), banking scams...

12 Sep 2018 Government Policies & Interventions

HIV/AIDS Act, 2017 Implemented

The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has issued a notification for bringing the Human Immunodeficiency Virus and Acquired Immune Deficiency...

12 Sep 2018 Government Policies & Interventions

BHIM App

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11 Sep 2018 Government Policies & Interventions

The Fuel Price Conundrum

Amidst the rising fuel prices and the Opposition protests across the country, the government ruled out any immediate reduction in excise duty in...

11 Sep 2018 Government Policies & Interventions

RBI Intervenes as Rupee Slides to New Low

The rupee recently breached the limit of Rs. 72.5 for a dollar. RBI intervened to arrest the free fall of rupee and pumped dollars into the market...

11 Sep 2018 Government Policies & Interventions

National Agriculture Market (NAM)

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11 Sep 2018 Government Policies & Interventions

Government Plans to Geo-Tag Firms to Check Frauds

As per the newly proposed norms, Companies will have to geotag their registered offices in the annual statutory filings of documents with the...

10 Sep 2018 Government Policies & Interventions

Is Punjab’s Proposed Blasphemy Law Retrograde?

The ‘Yes, No, It’s complicated’ column of The Hindu for 7th September, 2018, traces the history and analyses the possible...

07 Sep 2018 Government Policies & Interventions

Standardising Skill Training, Imparting Digital Literacy

To ensure standardisation of training and learning across all programmes, the Directorate General of Training (DGT) has aligned its courses with...

06 Sep 2018 Government Policies & Interventions

REC seeks RBI nod for Pariwartan ARC

The government is going ahead with plans to start an asset reconstruction company (ARC) to warehouse stressed power projects and protect their value...

06 Sep 2018 Government Policies & Interventions

Solid Waste Management in India

A look at the problem of hills of garbage in megacities of India. One of the most serious issues arising out of the wave of rapid urbanization and...

06 Sep 2018 Government Policies & Interventions

Coral Bleaching

Last Updated: July 2022 For Prelims: Corals, Types of Corals, Coral Bleaching, Great Barrier Reef. For Mains: Causes Responsible for Coral...

04 Sep 2018 Government Policies & Interventions

Green Tribunal Steps in to Conserve Ghats

The  National Green Tribunal (NGT) has restrained the six Western Ghats States (Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Goa, Maharashtra and Gujarat),...

03 Sep 2018 Government Policies & Interventions

Social Audit to Track Construction Workers' Benefits

The Labour Ministry has issued the draft framework for the social audit on the implementation of the Building and Other Construction Workers...

03 Sep 2018 Government Policies & Interventions

Law Commission's Report on Wrongful Prosecution

The Law Commission has submitted to the government a report titled “Wrongful Prosecution (Miscarriage of Justice): Legal...

01 Sep 2018 Government Policies & Interventions

Ministry of Human Resource Development Launches Innovation Cell

Innovation cell has been established at All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) premises with a purpose to systematically foster the...

31 Aug 2018 Government Policies & Interventions

Cabinet Approves O-SMART Scheme

Recently the cabinet approved Umbrella scheme “Ocean Services, Technology, Observations, Resources Modelling and Science (O-SMART)”...

30 Aug 2018 Government Policies & Interventions

Committee Headed by Home Secretary Submitted Report on Lynching

A committee headed by Home Secretary recently submitted its report on enacting a law to curb lynching. Background  Aftermath of Lynching...

30 Aug 2018 Government Policies & Interventions