About NHRC The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) is a statutory organisation established in 1993 under the Protection of Human Rights Act (PHRA), 1993. The Act also created Human Rights Commissions at the levels of the various States. NHRC was …
About PNGRB Petroleum and Natural Gas Regulatory Board (PNGRB) is the only statutory body for the Petroleum and Natural Gas Sector which has been constituted under the PNGRB Act, 2006 on 1st October, 2007. The objective of PNGRB is to …
About NCW The National Commission for Women (NCW) is a statutory body formed in 1992 under the National Commission Act 1990. It is the apex national level organisation of India with the mandate of protecting and promoting the interests of …
About KVIC The Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC) is a statutory body established by the Khadi and Village Industries Commission Act of 1956. It functions under the Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises. KVIC plans, promotes, organizes and …
About NGT It is a statutory body established in 2010 under the National Green Tribunal Act 2010. It is a specialized body equipped with the necessary expertise to handle environmental disputes involving multi-disciplinary issues. The Tribunal shall not be bound …
Context The 105th Constitution Amendment was notified recently after it received the assent of President Ramnath Kovind. It is aimed at restoring to the States their power to identify socially and educationally backward classes. The Amendment became necessary to undo …
Competition Act, 2002 The Competition Act, 2002, as amended by the Competition (Amendment) Act, 2007, prohibits anti-competitive agreements, abuse of dominant position by enterprises and regulates combinations (acquisition, acquiring of control and Mergers and acquisitions), which causes or likely to …
About Lok Adalat Lok Adalat (people’s courts) is a body established by the government to settle disputes through conciliation and compromise. Lok Adalat is an alternative method of dispute resolution. It is a forum where disputes or cases pending in …
What is the Bill about? The Tribunals Reforms Bill, 2021 replaces the Tribunals Reforms (Rationalisation and Conditions of Service) Ordinance, 2021 that sought to dissolve eight tribunals that functioned as appellate bodies to hear disputes under various statutes, and transferred …