State/UT Level Environment Impact Assessment Authority and Expert Appraisal Committee Constituted for Puducherry
The Environment Impact Assessment Authority will play a crucial role in assessing the potential environmental impacts of various projects and activities in the Puducherry region. An Expert Appraisal Committee has also been constituted to assist in the decision-making process.
Draft Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Rules, 2023
The rules are designed to establish a comprehensive framework for the effective functioning of Societies for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCAs) and to promote the welfare of animals in every district.
Central Government issues Quality Control Order for 10 Chemicals
The Central Government has introduced amendments to several Quality Control Orders for various chemicals such as Morpholine, Acetic Acid, Methanol, Aniline, Pyridine, Gamma Picoline, Beta Picoline, Potassium Carbonate, Acetone and Sodium Tripolyphosphate.
E-Waste (Management) Second Amendment Rules, 2023
Incorporating crucial amendments to the existing E-Waste (Management) Rules, 2022, the newly introduced provisions highlight the importance of adopting approved destruction technologies for managing refrigerants. The Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) will issue guidelines to oversee the proper implementation of these technologies.
Bihar Goods and Services Tax (Amendment) Act, 2023
The amendment has empowered the government to provide relaxation to the bar against filing due returns including annual return and return of outward supplies after a period of three years from due date.
Draft Telecommunication Consumers Education and Protection Fund (Sixth Amendment) Regulation, 2023
As the Consumer Protection Act, 1986 has been repealed by the Consumer Protection Act, 2019, amendments have been made to change the relevant provisions in the principal regulations.
Guarantee Scheme for Corporate Debt
This innovative scheme aims to provide a safety net for the Corporate Debt Market Development Fund (CDMDF), an Alternative Investment Fund (AIF) established under SEBI Regulations, and facilitate investments in corporate debt securities. The scheme, managed by the Guarantee Fund for Corporate Debt (GFCD), seeks to stabilize markets and foster investor confidence.
Regulatory Framework for the development of responsible Artificial Intelligence
The broad tenets of the suggested regulatory framework should comprise of an independent statutory authority, a Multi Stakeholder Body (MSB) that will act as an advisory body to the proposed statutory authority, and categorizations of the AI use cases based on their risk and regulating them according to broad principles of Responsible AI.
General Insurance (Employees’) Pension (Amendment) Scheme, 2023
If any pensioner takes up any commercial employment at any time before the expiry of one year from the date of his retirement without the prior permission of competent authority, or commits a breach of any condition subject to which permission to take up any commercial employment has been granted to him under this paragraph, it shall be competent for competent authority to declare by order in writing and for reasons to be recorded therein that he shall not be entitled to the whole or such part of the pension.
