Clarifications on UGC (Minimum Qualifications for Appointment of Teachers and other Academic Staff in Universities and Colleges and Other Measures for the Maintenance of Standards in Higher Education) (3rd Amendment) Regulations 2023
To avoid hardship to those faculty members who have already qualified or are likely to qualify till 31st December 2024 as per the UGC Regulations on Minimum Qualifications for Appointment of Teachers and other Academic staff in Universities and Colleges and other Measures for the Maintenance of Standards in Higher Education, 2010, a choice may be given to them either for being considered for promotions under the 2010 or 2018 Regulations.
Guidelines for Diploma Qualifications in Vocational Education & Training and Skilling
These Guidelines have been formulated for enabling NSQF alignment & approval of Diploma & Diploma (Advanced) Qualifications pertaining to the Vocational Education & Skills sphere. These shall apply only to NCVET recognized Awarding Bodies.
EPFO measures for speedy settlement of claims
A dashboard for Pension as well as EDLI & PF (death cases), on due basis, has been provided so that ROS may take these cases up with the employers and the employees for getting the claims.
EPFO digital initiatives to ensure timely service delivery
Webinars will be conducted with the EPS, 1995 members due to retire at the age of 58 years / 60 years and their employers for guiding them to submit pension claim in advance.
Central government operationalizes Digital Bharat Nidhi
Central Government on 21th June, 2024 has declared the 26th Day of June 2024, as the date on which the provisions governing Digital Bharat Nidhi from the Telecommunications Act, 2023 shall come into force.
TRAI mandates Access Providers to enhance their Mobile Apps and Web portals
TRAI has mandated Access Providers to ensure that options for UCC complaint registration and preference management are easily accessible on Access Providers’ mobile applications and websites. Also, essential details for the registration of complaints should be automatically populated, if users grant permission to access their call logs and other relevant data.
TRAI clarification regarding submission of Performance Monitoring Report to the Authority under the Telecom Commercial Communications Customer Preference Regulations, 2018
TRAI has instructed all Access Providers to submit, along with the compliance reports as per the Performance Monitoring Report formats specified, compliance reports, separately for each calendar month as per the Performance Monitoring Report formats, as a part of Standard Code of Practice for periodic reporting (CoP-Reports), within ten days from the end of each calendar month starting from report for the month of July 2024.
Consultation Paper on ‘The Issues Related to Critical Services in the M2M Sector, and Transfer of Ownership of M2M SIMs’
The comments! counter-comments may be sent, preferably in electronic form to Shri Akhilesh Kumar Trivedi, Advisor (Networks, Spectrum & Licensing), TRAI, at advmn@trai.gov.in.
National level video-conference to assess preparedness of States/UTs in finalization of draft Rules under the four Labour Codes
It was noted that majority of States/UTs have pre-published the rules under the Codes and only few States/UTs are still in the process of framing their draft Rules. The States and UTs were requested to (i) review the draft Rules with respect to framework established by Labour Codes; and (ii) seek support if needed to expedite pre-publication of Rules for the few States/UTs yet to do so.
Employees’ Deposit Linked Insurance (Amendment) Scheme, 2024
The amendment provides that where an employer makes default in the payment of any contribution to the Insurance Fund, or in the payment of any charges payable under any other provisions of the Act or the Scheme, the Central Provident Fund Commissioner or such officer as may be authorized by the Central Government by notification in the Official Gazette in this behalf, may recover damages from the employer at the rate of one percentage of the arrear of contribution per month or part thereof.
