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CLR Snippets :: Visa on Arrival

The third Inter-Ministerial Coordination Committee on Tourism Sector has decided to extend facility of Tourist Visa on Arrival at Goa, Trivandrum, Bangalore, Hyderabad and Kochi airports. The Government of India has permitted Tourist Visa on Arrival (TVoA) facility for the citizens of 11 countries viz. Japan, Singapore, Finland, Luxembourg, New Zealand, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam, Philippines… Read More

CLR Snippets :: Heavy Industries Ministry on the Issue of Additional 3% Excise Duty on SUVs

Ministry of Heavy Industries & Public Enterprises Writes to the Ministry of Finance on the Issue of Additional 3% Excise Duty on SUVs The Minister of Heavy Industries & Public Enterprises, Shri Praful Patel, has said that his Ministry has requested the Ministry of Finance either to withdraw the additional 3% Excise Duty imposed on… Read More

CLR Snippets :: Reviewing the Procedure of Appointment of Judges

The appointment of Judges to High Courts and Supreme Court is based on a Memorandum of Procedure for Appointment of Judges of Supreme Court and High Courts prepared in 1998 pursuant to the Supreme Court Judgement of October 6, 1993 read with their Advisory Opinion of October 28, 1998. Giving this information in written reply… Read More

Highlights of the PM Economic Advisory Council Review of the Economy 2012-13

Dr. C. Rangarajan, Chairman, Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister released the document ˜Review of the Economy 2012-13™ at a Press Conference in New Delhi today. Following are the highlights of the document: Ã˜ Economy to grow at 6.4% in 2013-14 The Advance Estimates of CSO have pegged the growth of Agriculture at 1.8% in 2012-13. In expectation of… Read More

CLR Snippets :: National Judicial Data Grid

The National Judicial Data Grid (NJDG) is a part of the on-going e-Courts Integrated Mission Mode Project. NJDG will work as a monitoring tool to identify, manage & reduce pendency of cases. Giving this information in written reply to a question in the Rajya Sabha, Dr. Ashwani Kumar, Minister of Law & Justice, said that… Read More

CLR Snippets :: Restructuring of CIL to be Undertaken Soon

The Expert Committee headed by T.L Shankar recommended that the issue of major restructuring of CIL should be considered during the 12th Plan Period. This information was given by the Minister of State for Coal, Shri Pratik Prakash Bapu Patil in a written reply in Lok Sabha today. The Minister said that the Government has floated… Read More

CLR Snippets :: Law Commission to give Recommendations on Electoral Reforms

The issue of electoral reforms in its entirety, which inter alia includes the funding of elections, has been referred to the Law Commission of India for its recommendations. Giving this information in written reply to a question in the Rajya Sabha, Dr. Ashwani Kumar, Minister of Law & Justice, said that the Law Commission had… Read More

Anand Sharma Launches 21 New Textiles Parks

The Union Minister for Commerce, Industry and Textiles, Shri Anand Sharma launched 21 New Textile Parks approved under Scheme for Integrated Textile Parks (SITP) here today. These new parks take the total number to 61 parks as 40 Parks were sanctioned earlier. The Scheme for Integrated Textiles Parks (SITP) has been instrumental in development of… Read More

CCI provides clearances for exploration and production activities in Gas blocks

The Cabinet Committee on Investment (CCI), at its meeting held today, cleared 25 E&P blocks for continued exploration of Oil and Gas, out of 31 E&P blocks where work had been stopped on account of security restrictions imposed by Ministry of Defence. Out of 31 blocks, 9 blocks have been fully cleared and 16 blocks… Read More

CCI is Monitoring Critical and High Investment projects

The Cabinet Committee on Investment today reviewed the status of twenty projects with investment of Rs.1000 crore or more which were pending for different types of approvals and clearances with a view to expediting decisions on approvals and clearances. The projects were identified in transmission, hydro and thermal sector where various clearances are pending mostly… Read More

PDS Consumers to Get Sugar at Existing Rate

The Central Government has considered the recommendations of Dr. C. Rangarajan Committee on deregulation of sugar sector and has, inter-alia, decided to do away with the levy obligation on sugar mills for sugar produced after September 2012. However, to make sugar available in the Targeted Public Distribution System (TPDS) at the existing retail issue price… Read More

FAQ on “Electronics and Information Technology Goods (Requirements for Compulsory Registration) Order, 2012”

1. The Compulsory Registration order will be effective based on manufacturing date or import date? The order will come into forces on 03 July 2013 and would apply equally to goods manufactured locally or imported from foreign. 2. What would be the status of goods already in stock and in the market? The products… Read More

Extension of effective date of “Electronics and IT Goods (Requirement of Compulsory Registration) Order, 2012”

GAZETTE OF THE INDIA, EXTRAORDINARY [Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (ii) J MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATON TECHNOLOGY (DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY) New Delhi, the 20th March 2013 NOTIFICATION Concerning Implementation of "Electronics and IT Goods (Requirement of Compulsory Registration) Order, 2012". SUBJECT: Extension in date of coming into effect of the "Electronics… Read More