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GOVERNMENT POLICIES AND SCHEMES - December 2019

Dec 2019

Mar 30, 2022

Home Ministry Issues Notification for Implementation of Central Service Rules in Chandigarh

The Ministry of Home Affairs issued a notification for implementation of the Central Service Rules for Chandigarh employees. According to the notification, these rules may be called the Union Territory of Chandigarh Employees (Conditions of Service) Rules, 2022, and will come into force from April 1.
With this announcement, not only all employees will get the pay scale under the Central service rules but also this will enhance the retirement age from 58 to 60 years. Also, as per the new rules, now all women employees will get child care leave of two years instead of one year.

Mar 29, 2022

New Bill to Collect Prisoners' Physical, Biological Samples

Minister of State for Home Ajay Mishra Teni introduced the Criminal Procedure (Identification) Bill in the Lok Sabha amid vehement protests from Opposition leaders who called it "illegal" and "unconstitutional" and also forced a vote on its introduction.
The Bill aims at authorising the police to take measurements of convicts and other persons for the purposes of identifications and investigations in criminal matters to preserve records. Broadly, it aims at providing legal sanction to the police to take physical and biological samples of convicts as well as persons accused of crimes.

Mar 28, 2022

India Crosses Milestone of 50,000 ODF Plus Villages

The country crossed a milestone of 50 thousand open defecation-free(ODF) Plus villages. Among the top performing States are Telangana with 13,960 ODF Plus villages followed by Tamil Nadu & Madhya Pradesh.
Swachh Bharat Mission Grameen Phase-II was launched in February 2020 with the aim to ensure that all villages in the country can declare themselves as ODF Plus by 2024.

Mar 26, 2022

Jal Shakti Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat Launches Sujalam 2.0 campaign

Jal Shakti Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat has launched the Sujalam 2.0 campaign for greywater management. Speaking at a function in New Delhi, Mr. Shekhawat said, under the Campaign government will mobilize Communities, Panchayats, Schools, Anganwadis to undertake greywater management. Over six lakh villages will see intense activity on Solid and Liquid Waste Management.
The theme for this year's campaign is Groundwater: making the invisible visible. The Minister said, greywater can be best managed where it is generated and turns into a major management and infrastructure challenge if it is allowed to accumulate and stagnate.

Lok Sabha Passes Demands for Grants and Appropriation Bill 2022

The Lok Sabha passed the Demands for Grants and Appropriation Bill 2022, authorising the government to withdraw Rs. 122.43 lakh crore from the Consolidated Fund of India for its working as well as implementation of programmes and schemes for the fiscal beginning April 1.
This completes two-thirds of the budgetary exercise by the Lok Sabha.
The Appropriation Bill authorising payment and appropriation of Rs. 122.43 lakh crore from the Consolidated Fund of India for 2022-23 was introduced by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman.

Mar 25, 2022

Maharashtra Assembly Passes Bill to Make Marathi Mandatory in Official Works

A bill was passed in the Maharashtra legislative assembly making Marathi language mandatory for officials working under civic bodies, corporations, and local authorities. The Marathi language department minister Subhash Desai said that the introduction of the bill was necessitated as the Maharashtra Official Language Act, 1964 did not make it mandatory for the local authorities to use Marathi in their official works.
'In the Maharashtra Official Languages Act, 1964, there was no mention of making Marathi language mandatory in local bodies and state-run corporations and societies, and therefore this bill was introduced," Desai said.

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