Public Input Sought on Guidelines for PM-Surya Ghar Yojana’s Payment and Financial Assistance
The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) is seeking comments and suggestions from stakeholders on the draft guidelines for two key components of the PM-Surya Ghar: Muft Bijli Yojana: Payment Security Mechanism and Central Financial Assistance. Stakeholders are encouraged to submit their comments and suggestions on the draft guidelines by September 17, 2024
NBEMS Announces DNB Seats Under Joint Accreditation Program
The Joint Accreditation Program is a flagship initiative of NBEMS, designed to ensure quality education and training for medical professionals. NBEMS has allocated a specific number of DNB/Diploma seats to accredited hospitals for the 2024 admission session.
NBEMS Revises Its Stipend Guidelines for Trainee Doctors
Hospitals and institutions are required to adjust stipend rates periodically to reflect revisions made by State or Central Governments for their respective trainee programs. Hospitals cannot reduce the stipend amount in exchange for providing housing.
Dental Council of India Issues Strict Deadline for Uploading Student Admission Data
All student admissions for MDS/ PG Diploma programs must be uploaded to the DCI website by 12:00 midnight on September 14, 2024. Admissions not uploaded by the deadline will not be recognized by the DCI.
Important Notice for Aspiring Foreign Medical Graduates
The National Medical Commission (NMC) is urging all aspiring Foreign Medical Graduates (FMGs) to apply online for their Eligibility Certificate. The NMC has provided this final opportunity to apply for the Eligibility Certificate. Applications will not be accepted after November 4, 2024.
Investor Education and Protection Fund Authority (Accounting, Audit, Transfer and Refund) Second Amendment Rules, 2024
The amendment provides that a foreign national or non-resident Indian shall be permitted to provide self-declaration of securities lost or misplaced or stolen which shall be duly notarised or apostilled or consularised in their country of residence, along with self-attested copies of valid passport and overseas address proof.
Companies (Indian Accounting Standards) Second Amendment Rules, 2024
A seller-lessee shall apply Lease Liability in a Sale and Leaseback retrospectively in accordance with Ind AS 8 to sale and leaseback transactions entered into after the date of initial application.
Competition Commission of India (Combinations) Regulations, 2024
Where the CCI is of the prima facie opinion that a proposed combination of enterprises has caused or is likely to cause appreciable adverse effect on competition within the relevant market in India, the Secretary shall convey the direction of the Commission to the person who has given notice, to publish the details of the combination within seven days of such direction.
Companies (Compromises, Arrangements and Amalgamations) Amendment Rules, 2024
The amendment provides that where the transferor foreign company incorporated outside India being a holding company and the transferee Indian company being a wholly owned subsidiary company incorporated in India, enter into merger or amalgamation, both the companies shall obtain the prior approval of the Reserve Bank of India and application shall be made by the transferee Indian company to the Central Government along with a declaration.
DoT and TRAI are taking collaborative steps to enhance the user experience of users of telecom services
In parallel, with an objective of improving the network performance, benchmarks are to be gradually tightened for key network parameters like network availability, call drop rates, packet drop rates, etc. In this regard, TRAI has released its revised regulations, “The Standards of Quality of Service of Access (Wirelines and Wireless) and Broadband (Wireline and Wireless) Service Regulations, 2024. These regulations will come into effect from October 01, 2024 and from 1st April 2025 monthly monitoring of QoS performance of mobile service will be started instead of quarterly basis.
