Model Welfare Scheme for Building and Other Construction Workers

Pursuant to the directions of the Hon’ble Supreme Court dated 4th July, 2018, Model Scheme for Building and Other Construction Workers and Action Plan (for Strengthening Implementation Machinery) has been drafted by Ministry of Labour. State Governments and Union Territory Administrations are requested to comply with the Scheme. The Scheme provides following additional benefits: 1. Life and disability […]

Import of Speciality Food allowed by FSSAI for further 6 months

FSSAI has allowed import of Food for Special Medical Purposes i.e. Food for 15 inborn errors of metabolism and 2 hypoallergenic conditions(as given in Annexure A of notification dated 1st November, 2018) for a further period of six months starting from 2nd November, 2018 or till the standards of such Specialty Food are notified, whichever […]

Medical legal reports in bad handwriting must be typed

TOI | Nov 4, 2018 LUCKNOW: After repeatedly summoning doctors to decipher unreadable medico legal reports in many cases, a Lucknow bench of Allahabad high court has directed the principal secretaries of home and medical and health services departments and the director general, medical and health services, to ensure that doctors submit computerised reports along […]

Graded Response Action Plan to combat air pollution in NCR Delhi region

The Union Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC) has notified the Graded Response Action Plan to combat air pollution in NCR Delhi. The environment pollution (prevention and control) authority has now directed all the agencies to enforce the following actions as listed in the “very poor” category of the GRAP, the activities to […]