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Lok Sabha passes Specific Relief (Amendment) Bill, 2017
The Lok Sabha has passed Specific Relief (Amendment) Bill, 2017 to further ease procedures for doing business in the country. The Bill seeks to amend the Specific Relief Act, 1963. Features of Bill Specific performance: The Bill seeks to remove ..
Month: Current Affairs - March, 2018
Haryana passes bill for death penalty for child rapists
The Haryana Assembly unanimously passed Criminal Law (Haryana Amendment) Bill, 2018 providing for death penalty for convicts found guilty of raping girls aged 12 years or less. With this, Haryana became third state, after Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan to have ..
Month: Current Affairs - March, 2018
Criminal Laws (Rajasthan Amendment) Bill, 2018 Passed in Rajasthan
The Rajasthan Legislative Assembly has passed The Criminal Laws (Rajasthan Amendment) Bill, 2018 providing for death penalty for convicts involved in rape of girls below 12 years of age. Key Provisions The Criminal Laws (Rajasthan Amendment) Bill, 2018 adds sections ..
Month: Current Affairs - March, 2018
Cabinet approves Fugitive Economic Offenders Bill, 2018
The Union Cabinet has approved introduction of Fugitive Economic Offenders Bill, 2018 in Parliament. The bill proposed by Finance Ministry aims to curb practice of evading criminal prosecution by economic offenders (wilful defaulters) who flee from country to evade clutches ..
Month: Current Affairs - March, 2018
Cabinet approves Trafficking of Persons (Prevention, Protection and Rehabilitation) Bill, 2018
The Union Cabinet has approved the Trafficking of Persons (Prevention, Protection and Rehabilitation) Bill, 2018 for introduction in the Parliament. Human Trafficking is third largest organized crime violating basic human rights. At present there is no specific law to deal ..
Month: Current Affairs - February, 2018
Schemes announced in Union Budget 2018-19
Union Finance minister Arun Jaitley presented Union Budget 2018 in Parliament. It is last full budget of Narendra Modi Government before 2019 Lok Sabha elections. Several new schemes were announced. Some of them are National Health Protection Scheme National Health ..
Month: Current Affairs - February, 2018
Highlights Budget 2018-19
Union Finance minister Arun Jaitley presented Union Budget 2018 in Parliament. It is last full budget of Narendra Modi Government before 2019 Lok Sabha elections. Economic Health Economy firmly on course to achieve high growth of 8%. GDP growth at ..
Month: Current Affairs - February, 2018
Government notifies the Companies (Amendment) Act, 2017
The Ministry of Corporate Affairs has notified the Companies (Amendment) Act, 2017. The Amendment Act amended some provisions of Companies Act, 2013. Few provisions in the Amendment Act have important bearing on the working of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code ..
Month: Current Affairs - January, 2018
Lok Sabha passes Bill to hike salaries of judges
The Lok Sabha passed High Court and Supreme Court Judges (Salaries and Conditions of Service) Amendment Bill, 2017 to hike the salaries of judges of the Supreme Court (SC) and High Courts (HCs). The Bill seeks to amend HC Judges ..
Month: Current Affairs - January, 2018
Lok Sabha passes Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Sites and Remains (Amendment) Bill, 2017
Lok Sabha has passed The Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Sites and Remains (Amendment) Bill, 2017 to allow government to take up infrastructure projects within prohibited areas around protected monuments. The Bill amends the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Sites and Remains ..