Gujarat's Amendment to Industrial Disputes Act Gets Presidential Nod
Gujarat's amendment to the Industrial Disputes Act that seeks to increase ease of business by reducing the compliance burden on industries in terms of lay-offs, retrenchment and compensation has received the assent of President Ram Nath Kovind.
The Industrial Disputes (Gujarat Amendment) Bill, 2020, which was passed in the state Assembly in September 2020.
Vipul Mittra, Additional Chief Secretary, state Labour and Employment department, said the amendment aims at reforms to increase ease of doing business, and was carried out on the instructions of Chief Minister Vijay Rupani as per the vision of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Jan 10, 2021
Refer Pesticide Bill to Select House Panel
Pesticide manufacturers want the government to refer the Pesticide Management Bill, 2020, pending in the Rajya Sabha, to a select committee of Parliament for wider consultations.
They are of the view that the Bill is fraught with infirmities and will impact farm and pesticide manufacturing sectors.
Introduced in the Rajya Sabha on March 23 last year, it is likely to be taken up for consideration during the upcoming session of Parliament for enactment into a law.
It seeks to replac the present Insecticide Act, which currently governs the registration, manufacturing, exports and use of pesticides in India.
Jan 09, 2021
NHAI Readies Launch of First Government-Sponsored InvIT
India's first government-sponsored Infrastructure Investment Trust (InvIT) could be operationalised by March this year.
Around six road assets worth Rs 5,000 crore have been given in-principle approval for transfer to the InvIT.
The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI), which received approval from the Union cabinet to float the InvIT in December 2019, is in the process of legal vetting of the financing instrument.
NHAI has been actively working on setting up an InvIT to monetise its completed and operational national highways projects with the objective of mobilising additional resources through capital markets.
Jan 08, 2021
Government Approves Central Sector Scheme For Industrial Development Of Jammu & Kashmir
The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs chaired by Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi in its meeting considered and approved the proposal of Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade for Central Sector Scheme for Industrial Development of Jammu & Kashmir.
The scheme is approved with a total outlay of Rs. 28,400 crore up to the year 2037.
Government of India has formulated New Industrial Development Scheme for Jammu & Kashmir (J&K IDS, 2021) as Central Sector Scheme for the development of Industries in the UT of Jammu & Kashmir.
The main purpose of the scheme is to generate employment which directly leads to the socio-economic development of the area.
Considering the historic development of reorganization of Jammu & Kashmir with effect from 31.10.2019 into UT of Jammu & Kashmir under the J&K Reorganisation Act, 2019, the present scheme is being implemented with the vision that industry and service led development of J&K needs to be given a fresh thrust with emphasis on job creation, skill development and sustainable development by attracting new investment and nurturing the existing ones.
Jan 07, 2021
MP Launches 'Launch Pad Scheme' to Make Youth Self-reliant
The government of Madhya Pradesh has launched a 'Launch Pad Scheme' for the boys and girls coming out of child care institutions and having completed 18 years of age. This scheme has been launched by the Women and Child Development Department of the state with the objective to provide a platform to these youths, through which they will be able to become self-reliant by continuing their education and training.
Under the scheme:
The District Administration will provide space to these youths for the opening of coffee shops, stationery, photocopying, computer typing and DTP work.
All the 52 districts of the state have been divided into 5 clusters with headquarters at Indore, Sagar, Gwalior, Jabalpur and Bhopal.
An amount of Rs. 6 lakh will be provided by the Women and Child Development Department for the installation of each launch pad.
These launch pads will be operated through non-governmental organisations.
UJALA and SLNP Schemes Complete Six Years
The UJALA (Unnat Jyoti by Affordable LEDs for All) and SLNP (Street Lighting National Programme) completed six years of successful implementation. The two programmes revamped the household and public lighting system across the country.
Under UJALA, the EESL distributed 6.69 crores of LED bulbs. It has installed more than 1.14 crores of LED street lights. This has helped to save more than 55.33-billion-kilowatt hour of energy per year.
The scheme helped to reduce Greenhouse gas emissions by 38.59 million tonnes of carbon dioxide per year.
The scheme distributed 72 lakhs of LED tube lights and 23 lakhs of energy efficient fans at affordable prices.
Under SLNP the EESL installed more than 1.1 crores of LED street lights under SLNP. This helped to save 7.67-billion-kilowatt hour of energy per year.
The scheme helped to reduce the greenhouse gas emission by 5.29 million tonnes of carbon dioxide per year.
With the help of the scheme the municipalities were able to save 5,210 crores of Rupees in their electricity bills.
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