About the Act Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016 fulfills the obligations to the United National Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD), to which India is a signatory and subsequently ratified the same on 1st October, …
About the Act The real estate (regulation and development) Act 2016 was enacted with the main purpose to establish the state level regulatory authorities called Real Estate Regulatory Authority for regulation and promotion of the real estate sector. The Act …
About AFSPA Passed in 1958 for the North-East and in 1990 for Jammu & Kashmir, the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) gives armed forces special powers to control “disturbed areas”, which are designated by the government when it is …
About Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 Insolvency is a situation where individuals or companies are unable to repay their outstanding debt. The Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC) provides a time-bound process for resolving the insolvency of corporate debtors called the …
What are Electoral Bonds? An electoral bond is designed to be an interest-free bearer instrument like a Promissory Note — in effect, it will be similar to a bank note that is payable to the bearer on demand. It can …
About PM CARES Fund The Prime Minister’s Citizen Assistance and Relief in Emergency Situations (PM CARES) Fund was set up in the aftermath of the Covid-19 pandemic to mobilize resources. The Fund was established in 2020. PM CARES Fund is …
Context: The government of Maharashtra recently launched an initiative targeting urban governance reforms- Aspirational cities Programme. State of urbanization in Maharashtra Maharashtra reported the largest share of the urban population of India (13.5 per cent) as per Census 2011. The …
Enforcement Directorate (ED) The Directorate of Enforcement is a multi-disciplinary organization mandated with investigation of offence of money laundering and violations of foreign exchange laws. The statutory functions of the Directorate include enforcement of following Acts: The Foreign Exchange Management …
About the programme Launched in 2020, Mission Karmayogi is a nationwide programme to lay the foundation for capacity building of civil servants. It will help the officers to learn about the best practices across the world. Officially called the “National …
About The National SC-ST Hub has been set up to provide professional support to Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe Entrepreneurs. The Hub was launched by the Government of India in 2016 The Hub is being implemented by the National Small …