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Key points in proposed Judicial Appointment Commission Bill
The controversy over the efficacy of the collegium system for appointing Supreme Court judges has gained momentum with many leaders and even eminent jurists including well-known names such as Markandey Katju have been candid on the failure of the current collegium ..
Month: Current Affairs - July, 2014
Category: Awards, Honours & Persons in News
Government sets up Suresh Prabhu Panel to review Gas Pricing Formula
Union government will appoint Suresh Prabhu Committee to review the gas pricing formula. Suresh Prabhu is a former Union Power Minister under National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government led by Atal Bihari Vajpayee. The other members on the panel will be Pratap ..
Month: Current Affairs - July, 2014
Category: Awards, Honours & Persons in News
Wages under MNREGA shouldn't be less than minimum wage in states: Mahendra Dev Committee
As per the recommendations of a high-level committee set up by the Centre, wages under MNREGA should be equal to or higher than the minimum wage in the state. According to the report submitted by the seven-member panel, headed by ..
Month: Current Affairs - July, 2014
Category: Awards, Honours & Persons in News
Rangarajan panel suggests new Poverty Line: Rs.47 per day in urban, Rs. 32 in rural areas
Brushing aside the Tendulkar Committee report on poverty estimation, a Committee headed by former RBI governor C Rangarajan has said that the number of poor in India was much higher in 2011-12 at 29.5% of the population, which means that ..
Month: Current Affairs - July, 2014
Category: Reports & Indexes Current Affairs
Provide information to SIT on black money: RBI directs banks and FIs
The RBI has asked all Banks and Financial Institutions (FIs) to provide information and documents sought by the Special Investigation Team (SIT) set up to uncover black money. The new Government at Centre recently constituted an SIT under the chairmanship of ..
Month: Current Affairs - June, 2014
Mayaram Committee’s definitions of FDI, FII accepted by the Government of India
The Government of India has accepted the report of Mayaram Committee thereby accepting the definitions of FII and FDI. The panel headed by Finance Secretary was set up to rationalize the definitions of FII and FDI. Some key points from ..
Month: Current Affairs - June, 2014
Government sets up Panel to design National Rubber Policy
An expert panel has been set up by the Union Government to formulate National Rubber Policy. The committee will be headed by the Additional Secretary (Plantations) Department of Commerce. Other members of the committee will be from relevant ministries, Rubber ..
Month: Current Affairs - June, 2014
Category: India Nation & States Current Affairs
BCIC recommendations on tax reforms accepted by Shome Committee
The Tax Administration Reform Commission (TARC) headed by Parthasarathy Shome has accepted the suggestions of the Bangalore Chamber of Industry and Commerce (BCIC) pertaining to realignment of the administration of CBDT and CBEC which will help move towards a more ..
Month: Current Affairs - June, 2014
Government sets up Panel to look into the cause of gas leakage in Bhilai Steel Plant
An independent High Level Committee under the chairmanship of Shri K.K. Mehrotra, former CMD, MECON has been constituted by the Government to inquire about the cause of gas leakage from blast furnace-GCP in Bhilai Steel Plant on June12, 2014. The panel ..
Month: Current Affairs - June, 2014
Category: Places in News Current Affairs
Do away with the post of Revenue Secretary, merge CBDT, CBEC: Shome Panel on TARC
The government appointed Tax Administration Reform Commission (TARC), headed by Parthasarathi Shome, has recommended some radical reforms in tax administration which include: Abolition of the post of Revenue Secretary Amalgamation of CBDT and CBEC Broaden the use of Permanent Account Number ..
Month: Current Affairs - June, 2014