The Government of India has recently notified the final rules to implement the Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Act, 2016 (RERA) that aims to bring transparency and set accountability in the sector and help in completion of stalled projects. This Act of the Parliament that came into force from 1 May, 2016, touted as a key reform measure in the vast real estate sector, will help regulate ...
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Taxation Laws (second) Amendment, 2016 Gives one More Chance to Come Clean
The Taxation Laws (Second) Amendment Bill, 2016, passed by Lok Sabha on 29 November, 2016, will provide certainty to taxation for voluntary compliance and avoiding litigation of deposits in bank accounts post-demonetisation of high denomination notes. The government did this following “concerns that some existing provisions of the Income-tax Act, 1961 could possibly be used for concealing black money.” One more ...
Smart Tips for Passing the UPSC Civil Services Exams
You are planning to join the Indian Administrative Services (IAS) and for that you need to pass the UPSC Civil Services Examinations. IAS is known to provide quite a competitive and challenging work environment along with job security, opportunities for social service as well as a fair set of monetary and non-monetary benefits.
With all these benefits, it is not surprising th...
Should mobile phones be allowed in classroom?
The presence of mobile phones is ubiquitous. They have become integral to our day today life. Who does not own mobile in today’s age? And who does not want to possess the one? From teens to adolescents to adult to youth and to elders all have developed deep fondness for mobile phones. Not just that toddlers and children in the age group of 10-14 has a cherish the desire to be a part of the world of mobile telep...
Role of Media in Democracy
Media has emerged as a powerful tool in our democratic societies, not only as a medium to disseminate information and shape public opinion on issues that confront our society, but also as a giant force, which influences policy making of the government. There are two important components of our media world: one is the print media or the newspapers, tabloids or magazines; and the other that in effect is ruling the...
Role of Technology in Development of India
The advancement of technology has come to us as God send opportunity to utilize and exploit the same to the best of welfare and progress of humanity in social and economic spheres at large. The innovative developments which are springing up in the age of technological globalization have provided vast space for the governments and multinational agencies, otherwise grappling to find a credible way out to deal with...
Pharma Jan Samadhan
The Pharma Jan Samadhan (PJS) is part of Digital India initiative, which aims at empowering the citizens through a transparent, accountable and responsive governance system. It is a web enabled system for redressal of consumers’ grievances relating to pricing and availability of medicines, and refusal of supply for sale of any medicine without good, sufficient reason and sale of new medicines without prior appr...
Swachh Bharat Mission
Swachh Bharat Mission was launched by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi on October 2, 2014 to realize the goal of universal sanitation coverage through coordinated and collective efforts. It is a national level campaign by the Government of India covering 4041 statutory towns to clean the streets, roads and infrastructure across the length and breadth of the country. The Mission has two major submissions viz...
Skill India
Skill India campaign of the Government of India, launched on July 15, 2015; aims to train over 500 million youth in various skills in the country by 2020. Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship through this Skill India campaign envisions meeting the challenge of paucity of highly trained workforce and un-employability of large sections of conventionally educated youth, who possess li...
Namami Gange
Namami Gange is an Integrated Ganga Conservation Mission for development and rejuvenation of river Ganga with an aim to clean Ganga and its tributaries in a comprehensive manner.It also aims to set up various biodiversity centres, crematoria and modernize of Ghats along the banks of river Ganga, that include developments of Ghats and beautification of River Fronts at Kedarnath, Haridwar, Kanpur, Varanasi, Allaha...