-The Times of India NEW DELHI: Only five states — Gujarat, Uttarakhand, Kerala, Karnataka and Assam — have implemented the amended Motor Vehicles Act nearly five weeks after the Centre notified the new Law. Sources said some state transport departments have forwarded the proposal with revised fines to the respective governments for early notification. “The proposed notification specifying the fines and penalties needs approval of the government. We have suggested fixing the...
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India's generous maternity leave policy fails to cover 99% of women who need it -Manavi Kapur
-Scroll.in/ qz.com Adapted from the West, the Law applies only to women working in companies with at least 10 employees. A mere 1.3% working women fit that criterion. Working mothers-to-be in India have it better than most of their developed-world peers, but the country’s maternity Laws may be just token gestures. In 2017, the country passed the Maternity (Amendment) Bill that increased the right to paid maternity leave for working women from 12 weeks...
More »Exorcising third-degree -Maja Daruwala
-The Indian Express Torture is an endemic characteristic of Indian policing. A commitment to eradicating it requires the police force as a whole to have zero tolerance for the practice besides a specific anti-torture Law The home minister’s recent pronouncement that the days of third-degree torture are gone is extraordinarily welcome. His announcement is as much a signal to the security forces to lay off this practice as it is an acknowledgment...
More »SC wants rules for social media, gives govt 3 weeks to file affidavit -Amit Anand Choudhary
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Tuesday waded into uncharted territory, asking the Centre to frame guidelines to regulate social media and put in place a mechanism to track origin of fake news, rumours and objectionable material like pornography on social media platforms, including Facebook, WhatsApp, Twitter and YouTube. Pointing to social media being rampantly misused for fake news and rumours leading to mob violence and Law &...
More »Govt proposes to hand over EPFO corpus of Rs 10 lakh crore to a central body
-The Economic Times Labour ministry proposes to hand over reins; dedicated funds for provident fund, pension & insurance schemes to be administered by a Central Board. NEW DELHI: The labour ministry has proposed to hand over control of the over Rs 10 lakh crore corpus of provident fund, pension and insurance schemes under the Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) to a central body, which will have a central government-appointed chairman. Unlike the...
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