The Supreme Court seeks to clear anti-gay assumptions surrounding Section 377, says Sreelatha Menon
A party demanding meaningful change seems to have touched a deep chord among voters, says Sreelatha Menon
The labour ministry has notified the more flexible investment pattern of 2008 for the Employees Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO), but minus its provision for investment in equity.
The definition of affected family includes farm labourers, tenants, sharecroppers and workers in the area for three years prior to acquisition.
In many cases, all that is required is a final letter from the ministry
Implementing the Food Ordinance is the bigger challenge and there are many provisions of the National Food Security Bill which need to be expanded and strengthened.
It has initiated efforts to get full details only now.
State governments yet to act on sorting MGNREGA wage delays
The Brookings Institution, a think tank associated closely with the US administration, recently expressed keen interest in it.
The organisation can invest in bonds of private companies with dual 'AAA' rating, say new norms.
Despite warnings from a parliamentary panel, the list of tax exemptions in 2012-13 shows a rising trend.
According to the funding projections indicated in the 12th Plan document, allocations for essential medicines would be doubled.
Anti-corruption activists Arvind Kejriwal and Prashant Bhushan are planning to launch a television channel, which, they say, will be non-profit and will focus on public issues. "We are starting a channel which will focus on public issues," said Bhushan.
The auditor said that it has unfettered right of access to all records of Reliance Industries (RIL) during its audit of operations in the Krishna-Godavari basin and would override any conditions sought to be imposed on the process.
Key point under deliberation remains the requisite number of people whose consent is required for acquisition of land by govt.
Central trade unions have opened some successful unions for contract workers in the Ghaziabad industrial belt, breaking the myth that it is difficult to bring them under unions' fold.
Meera, wife of S P Udayakumar who led anti-nuclear protests in Kudankulam, talks about her hopes and fears
Some of the notices are not only for taxes but for cancellation of the NGOs' registration as non-profit entities under the Income Tax Act.
New regulations by the Reserve Bank of India on microfinance have prompted MFIs to go for a makeover.
Cabinet had earlier this week deferred a decision on the much-discussed issue on this ground.
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