Union Minister for Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying inaugurates Mobile Veterinary Units (MVUs) to provide veterinary services at the farmer’s doorstep.
The overall aim of the ‘Livestock Health & Disease Control programme’ of Government of India is to improve the animal health by way of implementation of prophylactic vaccination programmes against various diseases of livestock and poultry, capacity building, disease surveillance and strengthening of veterinary infrastructure.
Extended deadline for registration of MSMEs in Udyam Registration portal
An MSME registered prior to 30th June, 2020 that haven’t obtained Udyam registration shall continue to be valid only for a period up to the 30th day of June, 2022.
Government of Andhra Pradesh constitutes District Consumer Protection Council.
There shall be ten non-official members to be nominated in each district. Till the non-official members are nominated for each District, the Chairman may invite active Consumer Voluntary Organizations and Non-Governmental Organizations as Special invitees to participate in the meetings.
Ministry of Civil Aviation invites applications for Production Linked Incentive (PLI) scheme for drones and drone components.
The eligibility criteria for the PLI scheme for drones and drone components includes an annual sales turnover of INR 2 crore for drone companies and INR 50 lacs for drone components manufacturers; and value addition of over 40% of sales turnover.
UIDAI notifies multiple ways to establish veracity of aadhar.
UIDAI recommends verifying ‘Aadhaar’ as an additional check for residents, for instance, at the time of hiring an employee, domestic worker, driver or renting out to a tenant. The general public can also verify another person’s Aadhaar as a part of the background check at any point of time.
Ministry of Consumer Affairs notifies second phase of mandatory hallmarking which shall come into force from June 01, 2022.
The test report issued to the consumer will assure the consumer about the purity of their jewellery and will also be useful if the consumer wishes to sell the jewellery lying with him. The charges for testing of gold jewellery up to 4 articles is Rs 200. For 5 or more articles, the charges are Rs 45 per article.
Central Consumer Protection Authority issues Advisory to e-commerce entities against illegal sale and facilitation of wireless jammers.
To safeguard consumer rights while shopping online, CCPA has also issued an Advisory to all marketplace e-commerce entities to ensure that details of sellers as mandated under sub-rule (5) of rule 6 of the Consumer Protection (E-commerce) Rules, 2020 including name and contact number of the grievance officer are provided in a clear and accessible manner, displayed prominently to users on the platform.
Department of Posts starts providing NPS services through online mode.
NPS is voluntary for subscription by an individual to make contributions to his/her Individual Pension Account during the working life for creating a pension corpus from which regular income will be generated after retirement / working age.
Cabinet approves continuation of Prime Minister Street Vendor’s AtmaNirbhar Nidhi (PM SVANidhi) till December 2024.
Through the Scheme, affordable collateral-free loans are being facilitated to the Street Vendors.The proposed extension of the Scheme has been necessitated as the circumstances that led to the launch of the Scheme in June 2020 i.e. the pandemic and related stress on the small businesses, have not fully retracted.
Government of Goa notifies the Retirement Benefit Scheme for Anganwadi Workers (AWW)/Anganwadi Helpers (AWH).
The main objective of the scheme is to determine retirement age and to provide lump sum financial assistance on such retirement in order to help and enable the AWW/AWH to take care of their requirements after their retirement.
