Implementation of new Consumer Protection Act

06/08/2020
The Consumer Protection Act, 2019 came into force from July 20, replacing the earlier Consumer Protection Act, 1986. The Consumer Protection Bill, 2019 received the President's approval in August 2019. According to the new law, those who sell inferior goods, those who give misleading advertisements, will have to breathe in the air of jail. Under the new consumer law, if a consumer dies, then there is a possibility of 10 lakh and 7 years or life imprisonment as compensation. E-commerce companies...

Ensure voluntary compliance

05/08/2020
The vital aspects of the transparency law receive due attention of the Public Information Officers only after the Central Information Commission (CIC) either passes strictures against them or issue explicit orders for compliance.Most of the Public Information Officers (PIOs) in the departments of the Jammu and Kashmir Union Territory are not showing seriousness in ensuring voluntary compliance to the provisions of Right to Information Act vis-à-vis facilitating inspection of record and renderin...

The muchneeded monitoring

03/08/2020
The dilly-dallying approach on the part of the Concurrent Audit Teams is notwithstanding the fact that several languishing projects in different sectors have failed to meet the time-lines for their completion mainly for want of supervision and constant monitoring. The necessity of getting the physical and financial audit of the languishing projects conducted through the Concurrent Audit Teams was felt during the 4th and 5th Board of Directors meetings of the Jammu and Kashmir Infrastructure Dev...

Transforming into a digital economy

02/08/2020
The Government leads India towards technological capability and transformation by joining MyGov, Government e-Market, DigiLocker, Bharat Net, Startup India, Skill India, and Smart Cities as part of the Digital India program to transform the country into a digital economy. All these steps towards the digital economy have been taken vigorously to help trigger a new wave of economic growth, attract more investment, and generate new jobs in many sectors. However, we also face a major cybersecurity ...

Invoking special provisions

01/08/2020
Article 311 of the Constitution of India confers powers on the Government for dismissal, removal or reduction in rank of persons employed in civil capacities under the Union or a State or Union Territory. Moreover, Section 2(C) of the Article 311 states: "The clause regarding holding of inquiry before dismissal, removal or reduction in the rank of public servants shall not apply where the President of the Governor, as the case may be, is satisfied that in the interest of the security of the Sta...

Changes in education sector

31/07/2020
India has a very rich tradition of imparting knowledge. 'Gurukul' was a type of education system in ancient India in which there were disciples (students) living in the same house with the Guru. Nalanda was the oldest university system of education in this world. Students from all over the world were fascinated and taken aback by Indian knowledge systems. Many branches of the modern knowledge system originated in India. In ancient India, our ancient knowledge has been paramount behind the idea ...