-India Today Centre has the power to reject a candidate on grounds of national security and will be setting up of secretariats in the apex court and each HC to screen judge aspirants. Putting to end a 17-month standoff with the Centre, the Supreme Court collegium which is now headed by Chief Justice J S Khehar on Monday said it had cleared the memorandum of procedure (MoP) for appointment of judges to...
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Cash Transactions Should Be Capped At 2, Not 3 Lakhs, Says Government
-NDTV In his budget presented in February, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley had said cash transactions would be capped at three lakhs. The government wants to reduce the LIMit to two lakhs. Cash transactions of more than two lakhs will be considered illegal and penalised, the government has proposed today. In the government's annual budget presented in February, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley had said cash transactions would be capped at three lakhs. In...
More »Now, vending machines for sanitary pads at public places in Thiruvananthapuram
-The News Minute The Thiruvananthapuram Corporation will install machines and incinerators in 60 places across the city. Women in Kerala’s capital - Thiruvananthapuram have a reason to cheer. The Thiruvananthapuram Corporation will be installing sanitary napkin vending machines in various parts of the city in two weeks. It is an extension of its 2014 project, where the civic body had installed sanitary napkin vending machines in some schools. The vending machines will be installed...
More »The call for a large safety net -Somesh Jha
-The Hindu Social security cover for all, even informal workers, is an ambitious target for the Centre and stumbling blocks pave its path. The Union government on Thursday proposed an ambitious law to provide social security net to the 47.41 crore-strong workforce of the country. The proposed code on ‘Social Security and Welfare’ intends to make a drastic shift in the social security framework of the country from an employment-based approach to a...
More »Letters for 2 years, SOS to PM, Election Commission still awaits EVM papertrail funds -Ritika Chopra
-The Indian Express VVPAT machines produce a printout of the vote cast using an EVM, which can be shown to the voter to dispel any doubts IN A letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi four months ago, the Election Commission sought urgent release of funds to procure enough Voter Verified Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) machines to cover all polling stations ahead of the next Lok Sabha elections in 2019. The EC has...
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