NITI Aayog Vision Document
A growth rate of 9% is essential to generate enough jobs and achieve universal prosperity, according to a vision document released by NITI Aayog.
NGT on groundwater notification
The National Green Tribunal rapped the Union Water Resources Ministry over its notification pertaining to groundwater extraction.
Child protection policy
The Ministry of Women and Child Development has placed the draft policy on its website and invited comments from stakeholders until January 4.
LPG scheme to cover all poor people
The Union Cabinet approved the expansion of the Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana.
National Commission for Women (NCW) study
Government-run rehabilitation centres for women are being used in some cases to confine girls and young women who have eloped.
Madras HC bans online sale of medicines
The Madras High Court directed: The Central government to notify the statutory rules related to online sale of drugs and medicines by January 31, 2019 and banned online sales till then.
Kerala’s push to plea bargaining
The Plea bargaining the judicial process which offers speedy justice to the victim and lesser punishment for the under-trial prisoners is getting a push in Kerala courts.
J&K law to stop ‘sextortion’ of women
Administration in Jammu & Kashmir approved an amendment to the Ranbir Penal Code (RPC), to insert a section to provide for the offence of “sextortion.”
HC quashes Centre’s ban on oxytocin manufacture
The Delhi High Court quashed the Centre’s decision to ban the manufacture and sale of Oxytocin a drug which induces labour and controls bleeding during child birth by private firms.
The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR)
NCPCR) take on Odisha government for not making sincere efforts to monitor child care institutions.