1 Card for all utilities
Announcing, 2021 census exercise to be carried out digitally, Union Home Ministersuggested one card for all utilities in future.
Draft Information Technology [Intermediaries Guidelines (Amendment)] Rules, 2018 in an advanced stage
The Centreinformed the Madras High Court that deliberations on the Draft Information Technology [Intermediaries Guidelines (Amendment)] Rules, 2018 had been completed.
Supreme Court (Amendment) Rules of 2019
The Supreme Court has notified the Supreme Court (Amendment) Rules of 2019.
Accessing Internet is a basic Right
The Kerala High Court held that the right to have access to the Internet is part of the fundamental right to education as well as the right to privacy under Article 21 of the Constitution.
Ban on E- Cigarettes
Union Cabinet approved a ban on e-cigarettes.
Supreme Court Reserves order on SC/ST Act
SC reserved its orders on a review petition filed by the government against a judgment allowing anticipatory bail to persons accused of committing atrocities on people belonging to the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes.
MGNREGA pegged to inflation
Due to slump in rural demand and a slowdown in the rural economy, center is to link wages under Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) to an updated inflation index, which will be revised annually.
Police Posts in J n K only to Permanent Residents
The J&K policein a fresh notification issuedhas decided to recruit only permanent residents to 1,350 posts of women constables.
Lockdown is Reasonable
The Supreme Court approved government’s statistics on death, terror and violence in J n K from 1990 as formidable reasons for the August 5, 2019 lockdown.
Stay on eviction to continue
Supreme Court has continued its stay on the eviction of lakhs of Scheduled Tribes and other traditional forest dwellers.