The Scheme of One Nation One Standard has been launched to harmonize the standard formulation work of various organizations

The Director General of Bureau of Indian Standards has stated that the Factory and Market Surveillance are critical to creating Quality Consciousness in the country. He further informed that the Scheme of One Nation One Standard has been launched to harmonize the standard formulation work happening in various organizations. Process of consultation is on with SDOs like RDSO, Indian Road Congress, and Directorate of Standardization under Ministry of Defense.

Advisory for activation of Government and Private Covid facilities

The Government and Private Covid facilities which were functionalized during the 1st phase of Covid-19 pandemic shall be activated in a phase wise manner with an increment of 50 beds at a time when needed. The number of ICU shall be 20o/o of general beds and availability of ventilators shall be at least 50% of all lCUs.

Ministry of Commerce notifies Copyright (Amendment) Rules, 2021.

The compliance requirements for registration of software works have been largely reduced, as now the applicant has the liberty to file the first 10 and last 10 pages of source code, or the entire source code if less than 20 pages, with no blocked out or redacted portions.