posted on 12 February, 2021

What is Article 370?

Soon after the new PM came to power, a debate sparked off on Article 370 that saw heated exchanges among political heads in India. Here's an attempt to simply Article 370. What does Article 370 signify? Article 370 grants special auto...

posted on 15 March, 2021

The Impact of GST (Goods and Services Tax) in India

After a lot of deliberation, our GST council has finalised the rates for all the goods and major service categories under various tax slabs, and the GST is expected to fill the loopholes in the current system and boost the Indian economy. This is being done by unifying the indirect tax...

posted on 15 March, 2021

How does the Trafficking of Persons Bill propose to #FightHumanTrafficking?

India is a part of the most active region when it comes to human trafficking. According to NCRB data, India saw a sharp increase in 2014, and women and children make up around 76% of the total human trafficking cases. Statistics related to Human Trafficking in India show that the situa...

posted on 15 March, 2021

Seven things you need to know about the RTI Act

In a revolutionary move, the Central Information Commission (CIC) announced citizens who file appeal/cases filed under the RTI (Right to Information) Act will now receive real time updates about the status of their cases. The updates will be delivered via emails and SMSs. While this is...

posted on 15 March, 2021

How India is empowering its youth

August 12th is celebrated as the International Youth Day, world over. On this day in 1985, the United Nations recognized the youth as an integral part of the society. The UN also acknowledged that the energies of the youth need to be harnessed effectively in a productive manner. In...

posted on 15 March, 2021

10 things you need to know about the Transgender Bill 2016

The Union Cabinet approved the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Bill 2016 for introduction in Parliament, and this Bill is expected to bring social, educational and economic empowerment to the transgender community. To a community that has been ostracised and discriminated ag...

posted on 15 March, 2021

What does the ‘Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Act’ say?

Are we a society that needs the law to tell us that we need to take care of our elderly? On account of Parents’ Day, we had shared some statistics concerning the condition of the elderly in our country. Given the plight of senior citizens in our society, the Government of Ind...

posted on 15 March, 2021

Freedom of Speech VS. Criminal Defamation

On 13th May 2016, the Supreme Court of India dismissed petitions that sought decriminalising defamation. The petitions claimed that criminal defamation went against the constitutional right of a person’s freedom of expression. In response to this, the Supreme Court pointed out th...

posted on 15 March, 2021

5 points to understand the Compensatory Afforestation Fund Bill, 2015

The Lok Sabha passed the Compensatory Afforestation Fund Bill (2015) on 29th April, 2016 to establish funds for nationwide afforestation programmes. The Bill received support from people across different parties, and is expected to be instrumental in increasing the green cover in the c...

posted on 15 March, 2021

Declaring and submitting proofs for Investments

The end of financial year is approaching, and employed people must have received communication from their employers to submit their investment proofs for the year 2015-16. Let us understand this process and how you can save taxes with the help of investment declaration to your employer...