Considering the change in employment pattern from a long term employment to fixed short term engagement in the form of contract and temping, the ESI Corporation has approved a Scheme named “Atal Bimit Vyakti Kalyan Yojna”.
Labour is a subject in the Concurrent List
Prime Minister Narendra Modi laid the foundation stone of India International Convention and Expo Centre (IICC) in New Delhi. It is planned to be the biggest indoor exhibition space in India. The project is being implemented by IICC Ltd.
IICC is 100% government-funded company set up by DIPP
India and Morocco signed the revised Air Services Agreement enabling greater connectivity. This Agreement will enable the airlines of each side to enter into code-sharing with airlines of other party and provide greater freedom in mounting direct flights
Rabat is the capital of Morocco
The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs has approved equity investment in Rashtriya Chemicals and Fertilizers (RCF) Rs.1033.54 crore for setting up a Coal Gasification based fertilizer project in Talcher Fertilizer Ltd. (TFL).
Rashtriya Chemicals & Fertilizers Limited is a Miniratna company
Union Cabinet approved an allocation of funds to J&K State under Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana – National Rural Livelihoods Mission (DAY-NRLM) on a need basis for the implementation of the Special Package without linking it to poverty ratio.
Satya Pal Malik is Governor of J&K
Varun Dhawan and Anushka Sharma, have been signed on to promote and endorse the Skill India Mission. The duo, through their film ‘Sui Dhaaga - Made in India’, is saluting India’s entrepreneurs and skilled workforce.
Dharmendra Pradhan is Minister of Skill Development
Exercise Avia Indra is an Air Force level exercise between India and the Russian Federation. First Avia Indra was conducted in 2014 and has been planned as a bi-annual exercise. Exercise Avia Indra 18 is being conducted in Lipetsk, Russia.
Chief of the Air Staff (India) is Birender Singh Dhanoa.
The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has approved new KYC norms for foreign portfolio investors. SEBI to allow foreign portfolio investors to trade in commodity derivatives market, except for sensitive commodities.
SEBI Chairman is Ajay Tyagi.
The new constitution of Nepal was promulgated in 2015. A number of programmes are being organised to mark the occasion. Nepal’s President Bidya Devi Bhandari addressed the nation
K.P. Sharma Oli is Prime Minister of Nepal
Union cabinet approved an ordinance making instant triple talaq a punishable offence with a three-year jail term. Crime will be recognised only when the woman herself or her blood relative files a complaint against the husband.
Goa is the only Indian state to have a uniform civil code