Education Ministry to recognize in-service training received by Agniveers as credits for graduation.
The Union Cabinet on 14th June, 2022 approved an attractive recruitment scheme for Indian youth to serve in the Armed Forces called AGNIPATH and the youth selected under this scheme will be known as Agniveers. AGNIPATH allows patriotic and motivated youth to serve in the Armed Forces for a period of four years. The AGNIPATH scheme has been designed to enable a youthful profile of the Armed Forces.
The Labour Ministry extends the public utility service status of uranium industry for another 6 months.
The Ministry has earlier granted an extension to the uranium industry for a period of six months, starting from 19th December 2021. This has now been extended for another six months with effect from 19th June 2022.
Draft Drugs (Amendment) Rules, 2022
Objections and suggestions, if any, may be emailed at drugsdiv-mohfw@gov.in. within 30 days of publication of this notification. The rules shall come into force on the First day of May, 2023.
The Food Safety and Standards (Vegan Foods) Regulations, 2022.
The food products to be called vegan, shall not have involved animal testing for any purpose including safety evaluation, unless provided by any Regulatory Authority.
FSSAI publishes Food Safety and Standards (Alcoholic Beverages) First Amendment Regulations, 2022.
Non-alcoholic counterpart of alcoholic beverage” means non-alcoholic beverage having alcohol content less than or equal to 0.5% alcohol by volume, which shall meet all the requirements of respective alcoholic beverage of origin except the ethyl alcohol content. Additionally, the alcoholic beverage of the origin must undergo the process of fermentation and the produced alcohol is removed thereafter.’
UGC directs universities and affiliated colleges to implement the guidelines for gender champions in educational institutions.
As per the guidelines, the Gender Champions must mainstream gender equality through group discussions poster competitions, and debates, identify and address gender gaps in the classrooms, organise awareness programs such as workshops and films.
The Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India (Grievance and Complaint Handling Procedure) (Amendment) Regulations, 2022.
The mechanism of complaint/ grievance redressal and subsequent enforcement action has been amended to have expeditious redressal and also to avoid placing undue burden on the service providers.
Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India (Information Utilities) (Amendment) Regulations, 2022
The amendment provides that before filing an application to initiate corporate insolvency resolution process, the creditor shall file the information of default, with the information utility and the information utility shall process the information for the purpose of issuing record of default.
IRDAI clarification regarding Accounting of Premium, claims and related expenses on estimation basis
It is clarified that for the fourth quarter ending on 31st March, where the statement of accounts has not been received in time, the premium, losses and related expenses may be accounted on estimation basis.
FSSAI notifies compliance with respect to provisions for Display of information for food service establishment’s FSS (Labelling and Display) Regulations 2020 for E-Commerce Food Business operators.
As per sub-regulation 9 of FSS (labelling and display) regulations 2020, the food service establishments having central license or outlets at 10 or more locations shall mention the calorific value against the food items displayed on the menu cards or boards or booklets and shall also provide information such as nutritional information, allergen information, ingredient information etc.
