Background The Parliament recently passed three labour law codes that complete the government’s consolidation of 29 labour laws into four codes. The three Bills are the Industrial Relations Code, 2020, the Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code, 2020 and …
About OPEC arrangement The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) is a group consisting of 13 of the world’s major oil-exporting nations. Countries that belong to OPEC include Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, and Venezuela (the five founders), plus …
NEWS The Wistron incident (recently its workers rioted at its iPhone factory outside Bengaluru) is an example of how exploitative labour practices could accompany businesses moving to India. BACKGROUND Apple has decided to place its Taiwanese supplier- Wistron Corp., on …
ISSUE There have been farmers’ protests going on in Punjab, Haryana and around the region of Delhi. Opinion of the general public on the support to the movement is divided. BACKGROUND Government brought three agriculture farm bills which are aimed …
About Great Indian Bustard It is CRITICALLY ENDANGERED bird, only 150 of them are left in the wild in India. Only two districts in Rajasthan — Jaisalmer and Barmer — have a breeding GIB population in the wild. The bird …
Features of the Act : Definition of consumer: A consumer is defined as a person who buys any good or avails a service for a consideration. It does not include a person who obtains a good for resale or a …
Need for Electricity Rights of Consumers The Rules emanate from the conviction that the power systems exist to serve the consumers and the consumers have rights to get the reliable services and quality electricity. The Distribution Companies across the country …
NEWS Recently, countries marked the five year anniversary of the Paris Agreement. The international community, including the European Union (EU) and India, gathered at the Climate Ambition Summit 2020 to celebrate and recognise our resolve in working towards a safer, …
NEWS The Maharashtra Shakti Criminal Law (Maharashtra Amendment) Bill, 2020, recently tabled in the state’s assembly, takes a myopic view of the problem of sexual violence. ISSUES WITH THE BILL Most governments, when faced with the question of improving women’s …