| Bills, Programs, Policies, Schemes, Orders, Judgments |
| Report of Committee on Taxation of E-Commerce |
- Committee was Chaired by Mr. Akhilesh Ranjan.
- It was established under Ministry of Finance.
Key Recommendations:
1) MNCs are in advantage position than domestic companies.
2) MNCs have more tax exemption than domestic companies, therefore domestic companies are unable to compete with them.
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| Model Building Bye-Laws, 2016 |
- It has been Released by Ministry of Urban Development.
- These laws provide standards to regulate the architectural and construction specifications of a building (such as area, height, etc.).
- These standards serve to protect buildings against any hazards (fire, earthquakes, structural failures, etc.).
- The model bye-laws will act as guidelines for state and city governments that do not have their own buildings bye-laws.
- The last model bye-laws were released in 2004.
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| Bureau of Indian Standards Bill, 2015 |
- Passed by Parliament to replace the Bureau of Indian Standards Act, 1986.
- The Act established a Bureau for the purpose of standardization, marking and certification of articles and processes.
- The Bill broadens this ambit to include goods, services, and systems, and provide for the mandatory hallmarking of precious metal articles.
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| National Waterways Bill, 2015 |
- It has been passed by Parliament.
- Currently there are five inland waterways that are declared as national waterways under five different National Waterways Acts.
- This Bill repealed these five Acts, and brought these national waterways under its purview.
- The Bill identifies 101 additional waterways as national waterways.
- The Constitution enables the central government to make laws on shipping on inland waterways that are classified as national waterways.
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Sikh Gurdwaras
(Amendment) Bill, 2016 |
- Bill to amend a 91-year-old law to exclude Sehajdharis from voting in the elections to Sikh religious bodies
- Was passed by the Lok Sabha more than a month after Rajya Sabha approved it.
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| Carriage by Air (Amendment) Bill, 2015 |
- It has been passed by the Parliament amending the Carriage by Air Act, 1972.
- The Act regulates carriage by air and gives effect to the Warsaw Convention, 1929, and the Montreal Convention, 1999.
- The Act also extends these provisions to domestic travel, subject to exceptions and adaptations.
- The Montreal Convention establishes airline liability in the case of death, injury, or delay to passengers or in cases of delay, damage, or loss of baggage and cargo.
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| The Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Amendment Bill, 2016 |
- It has been passed by the Lok Sabha to amend the Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Act, 1957.
- The Act regulates the mining sector in India and specifies requirements for obtaining and granting leases for mining operations.
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| Draft Coffee Bill, 2016 |
- It has been released by the Ministry of Commerce and Industry on March 23, 2016.
- The draft Bill seeks to replace the Coffee Act, 1942.
- The Act established a Coffee Board to control the marketing of all the coffee produced in India and regulate its sale in the domestic and international markets.
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| Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana |
- The scheme aims to provide free LPG (cooking gas) connections to women from Below Poverty Line (BPL) households.
- It also aims to ensure universal coverage of cooking gas in India and to protect women’s health (from unclean cooking fuel).
- Under the scheme, Rs 8,000 crore has been allocated to provide five crore LPG connections to BPL households.
- An amount of Rs 1,600 will be provided for each LPG connection to a BPL household.
- The identification of eligible BPL families will be made in consultation with the state governments.
- The scheme will be implemented over a period a three years (from 2016-17 to 2018-19).
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| Twitter Sewa |
- The Union government will launch a new service “Twitter Seva” on April 21, 2016 to address various queries of startups in a time-bound manner. In it, any startup which wants to access government irrespective of any department, they can (put their queries).
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| Mobility scheme |
- Addressing relocation issue of women scientists
- Department of Sci and Tech.(Ministry of Sci & Tech) has structures all women specific programmes under one umbrella known as “KIRAN(Knowledge Involvement in Research Advancement through Nurturing)
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