Category: CA Social Sector

Supreme Court altered the existing guidelines for ‘living wills’, as laid down in Common Cause vs. Union of India & Anr (2018), which allowed passive euthanasia.

Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution has named its new integrated food security scheme under National Food Security Act (NFSA), 2013 as ‘Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana (PMGKAY)’.

Recently, the National Commission for Indian System of Medicine (NCISM) and the Central Council for Research in Ayurvedic Sciences (CCRAS), the two prominent institutions under the Ministry of AYUSH, have launched ‘SMART’ program.

The Department of Chemicals and Petrochemicals with the Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers issued a gazette notification titled Ethylene Glycol (Quality Control) Order, 2022 on December 29, a day after Uzbekistan alleged 18 child deaths in Samarkand from consumption of a medicinal syrup manufactured by an Indian drugmaker.

3 medicinal plant species found in the Himalayashave made it to IUCN Red List of Threatened Species following a recent assessment.

Prime Minister recently addressed valedictory function of 9th World Ayurveda Congress (WAC) in Goa.

Department of School Education and Literacy (DoSEL) under Ministry of Education released Performance Grading Index (PGI) 2020-21 recently.

Ministry of Education released Unified District Information System for Education Plus (UDISE+) 2021-22 report on school education recently.

Recently, the Global TB report was released by the World Health Organization (WHO).

Recently, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) announced a “pay equity policy”, saying that its centrally-contracted men and women players would get the same match fees.

Recently, the Union Education ministry launched the National Curriculum Framework (NCF) for foundational stage education of children in the 3 to 8 years age group.

Amid shortage of cholera vaccines ICG decided to temporarily suspend standard two-dose vaccination regimen, using instead a single-dose approach.