MARINE AIDS TO NAVIGATION BILL Subject : Legislations Context :Lok Sabha on Monday passed the Marine Aids to Navigation Bill, 2021 by voice vote. Concept : It aims to regulate state-of-the-art technologies of marine navigation which was earlier used to tangle in statutory provisions of Lighthouse Act, 1927. A navigational aid is any […]
MMDR AMENDMENT BILL Subject : Legislations Context : Recently, the Lok Sabha has passed a Bill to amend the Mines and Mineral (Development and Regulation) Act (MMDR Act) through a voice vote. Concept : Key Changes under MMDR (Amendment) Bill 2021 It removes the distinction between captive and non-captive mines and seeks to […]
INSURANCE AMENDMENT BILL Subject : Legislations Context : The Rajya Sabha passed the Insurance Amendment Bill, 2021 which increases the maximum foreign investment allowed in an insurance company from 49% to 74%. Concept : The Bill amends the Insurance Act, 1938 to increase the maximum foreign investment allowed in an Indian insurance company. […]
MEDICAL TERMINATION OF PREGNANCY (AMENDMENT) BILL 2020 Subject : Legislations Context : The Rajya Sabha passed the Medical Termination of Pregnancy (Amendment) Bill, 2020 that increases the time period within which an abortion may be carried out. The Bill was passed in March last year in the Lok Sabha. Concept : Currently, abortion […]
PLACES OF WORSHIP ACT Subject: Legislations Context: The Supreme Court on Friday sought the Centre sought the Centre’s response on a PIL challenging the constitutional validity of the Places of worship act, 1991. Concept: Objective of the Act: To freeze the status of any place of worship as it existed on August 15, […]
ARBITRATION AND CONCILIATION (AMENDMENT) BILL 2021 Subject: Legislations Context: The Parliament gave its nod to the Arbitration and Conciliation (Amendment) Bill, 2021 with Rajya Sabha passing it. The Lok Sabha has already passed the bill last month. Concept: The legislation seeks to amend the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996. The Act contains provisions […]
NCT BILL Subject: Legislations Context : The Parliament has passed the National Capital Territory of Delhi Laws (Special Provisions) Second (Amendment) Bill, 2021 with Lok Sabha approving it. Rajya Sabha had already passed the bill last month. Concept: The legislation aims to amend the National Capital Territory of Delhi Laws (Special Provisions) Second […]
NCT OF DELHI ACT Subject: Legislations Context: Manish Sisodia accused the Centre of trying to govern the national capital through the “backdoor”, claiming the Union cabinet has cleared a proposal to give more powers to the Lieutenant Governor. Concept: It is an Act to supplement the provisions of the Constitution relating to the […]
DISTURBED AREA ACT Subject: Legislations Context: The Gujarat High Court directed the state government to not issue any fresh notification in operation of the amended sections of the Disturbed Areas Act, which deals with “improper clustering”, until further hearing. Concept: About the Act: The Act was first introduced in Ahmedabad in 1986. It […]
Subject : Legislations Concept : The Act seeks to regulate the employment of inter-State migrants and their conditions of service. It envisages a system of registration of such establishments. The principal employer is prohibited from employing inter-State workmen without a certificate of registration from the relevant authority. The law also lays down that every contractor […]