Daily Archives: July 25, 2016

sexual harassment -Fine to Employer for failure to constitute Complaint Committee

By | July 25, 2016

Employers can be fined upto Rs 50,000 for failure to constitute an Internal Complaint Committee for receiving complaints of sexual harassment The National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) has started collecting data under the category of insult to the modesty of women (section 509 of IPC) at office premises since 2014. A total of No. of… Read More »

Policy for Taxi and other Transport Operators

By | July 25, 2016

Policy Framework for Taxi and other Transport Operators The Government has constituted a Committee under the chairmanship of Secretary, Ministry of Road Transport & Highways to examine the issues related to taxis, aggregators and radio taxies etc. The members of the Committee are Joint Secretary (Transport), MoRTH, Transport Commissioner of Govt. of NCT of Delhi,… Read More »

Mining Lease Fee/Royalty

By | July 25, 2016

Mining Lease Fee/Royalty The Minerals (Transfer of Mining Lease Granted Otherwise than through Auction for Captive Purpose) Rules, 2016 have been published in the Official Gazette vide notification No. GSR 560(E) dated 30.05.2016. The transfer charges payable by the transferee shall be an amount equal to eighty per cent. of the royalty paid in terms… Read More »

Minerals -Transfer of Mining Lease Granted Otherwise than through Auction for Captive Purpose Rules 2016

By | July 25, 2016

MINISTRY OF MINES NOTIFICATION New Delhi, the 30th May, 2016 G.S.R. 560(E).—In exercise of the powers conferred by clause (qqja) of sub-section (2) of section 13 read with the proviso to sub-section (6) of section 12A of the Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Act, 1957 (67 of 1957), the Central Government hereby makes the… Read More »

Startup India Programme

By | July 25, 2016

Startup India Programme  Startup India is a flagship initiative launched by the Government of India on 16th January, 2016 to build a strong eco-system for nurturing innovation and startups in the country which will drive economic growth and generate large scale employment opportunities.  The Government through this initiative aims to empower startups to grow through… Read More »

Amendment to Patent Rules

By | July 25, 2016

Amendment to Patent Rules The Patent Rules have been amended to include provisions for expedited examination of patent applications on any of the following grounds, namely:- i) That India has been indicated as the competent International Searching Authority or elected as an International Preliminary Examining Authority in the corresponding international application ii) That the applicant… Read More »

CBDT prescribe method to determine Share consideration for buy back tax; Draft Rules released

By | July 25, 2016

F No 370133/30/2016-TPL F No 370133/30/2016-TPL Government of India Ministry of Finance Department of Revenue Central Board of Direct Taxes ******* New Delhi, Dated 25thJuly, 2016 Subject: Draft Rules for prescribing the manner of determination of amount received by the company in respect of share – section 115QA of the Income-tax Act, 1961-reg. Under section… Read More »