IMS Act: Regulating and maintaining the quality of foods undertaken by infants

  • Post author By Ayush Jha
  • Post date August 18, 2022
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The low rates of exclusive breastfeeding practice among Indian mothers resulted in the infant formula companies introducing food and milk substitutes for infants and children. The food and milk substitutes need to be made by upholding the health standards. So, the manufacturing of these food and milk substitutes must be operational by keeping the health concerns in mind and leaving no loopholes for the infant formula companies; thus, the government of India enacted the IMS Act in 1992. IMS act An international code for marketing breast milk substitute...

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FCRA: Regulating Foreign donations and curbing illegal channelising of foreign funds

  • Post author By Ayush Jha
  • Post date August 17, 2022
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Every country wants to be rich in foreign exchange to keep a check on the declining price of its currency. The FCRA was enacted during the State of Emergency in 1976, fearing that foreign powers would interfere with the situation in India by investing money in India through independent organisations. The law sought to regulate foreign donations to individuals and groups to function "consistently with the values ​​of the sovereign democratic republic." The revised FCRA was enacted in 2010 to "integrate the law" on the use of foreign funds and prohib...

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Special economic zones (SEZ): Protecting resources and enhancing economic activities at the same time

  • Post author By Ayush Jha
  • Post date August 17, 2022

Every country wants to increase its trading activity to boost their economies as it encourages foreign investment. So, it is the reason for ​​India's Special Economic Zone (SEZ) program, devised by Minister of Trade and Industry Murosori Malang during his visit to China's Special Economic Zone in 1999. SEZ program was announced during the annual review of the EXIM Directive, which came into effect on April 1, 2000. The basic idea behind establishing such a program is to establish a zone as an area where export production can be carried out free from...

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DPCO: Ensuring Ease of Access to Pharmaceutical Drugs

  • Post author By Ayush Jha
  • Post date August 4, 2022
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India has a significant revenue generation pharmaceutical market with a variety of drugs available in the market. Pharmaceutical drugs are available in various forms, i.e. expensive ones and cheaper substitutes. The drugs should be reasonable in price as it is considered a basic need of a person in the event of illness. An unregulated price of pharmaceutical drugs in the market would lead to a violation of the fundamental right of people, i.e. "Right to health", which comes under the fundamental right to life and liberty as per Article 21 of the Constit...

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Guide to MahaRERA Registration

  • Post author By Ayush Jha
  • Post date July 27, 2022

The real estate regulatory authority, also knowns as RERA, is fully responsible for regulating and governing the real estate sectors and their activities. The real estate regulatory authority of respective states and union territories is established by introducing the Real estate (regulation and development) Act, 2016. Real estate regulatory authority works in buyers' interest and protects them from getting exploited by the unfair practices prevalent in the market. RERA legislation regulates the conduct of builders and their agents by getting them reg...

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Advisory jurisdiction of Supreme Court – Article 143 of the Indian Constitution

  • Post author By Ayush Jha
  • Post date July 26, 2022
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The Supreme Court of India is the country's apex court, with extensive judicial powers and jurisdiction over all types of cases. It functions as a superior bench of the high courts and tribunals in the country. A person aggrieved by order of a lower court (i.e. high courts) can file an appeal against such an order to the Supreme Court of India. The Supreme Court functions under its various jurisdictional powers. Here we will discuss specifically the advisory jurisdiction of the Supreme Court. A person is entitled to seek redressal or remedy in the even...

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Integration in Money Laundering

  • Post author By Ayush Jha
  • Post date July 26, 2022
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Money laundering involves converting illegal money into legal by diverting it through different channels, making it difficult to track its origin. Money laundering has potentially devastating economic, security, and social consequences. Criminals retrieve their illicit proceeds after entering them into a lawful financial channel to use them further for any purpose. After going through multiple laundering routes, the funds are integrated into the legitimate financial system as 'legal' tender. The money placed and layered is further integrated into the ...

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RTI Amendment Bill

  • Post author By Ayush Jha
  • Post date July 25, 2022
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The right to information is a fundamental right of the citizens of India under Article 19(1)(a) of the Indian constitution. It is considered an implied fundamental right under as an aspect of freedom of speech and expression. Citizens of the country are entitled to enforce this right by filing an application with the State Chief Information Commission to obtain any information concerning the administrative acts or decisions undertaken by the state. This right is not absolute and is subjected to reasonable restrictions. The RTI Amendment bill was intro...

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Human Rights

States Reorganisation Act: Drawing Linguistic Lines

  • Post author By Ayush Jha
  • Post date July 25, 2022
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India is a union of states; the term states here also includes union territories. The States Reorganisation Act was enacted in 1956 to divide the states within India on a linguistic and cultural basis. The act came into force with the introduction of the Constitution (seventh amendment) Act 1956. It restructures the constitutional framework for India's existing states and the reorganisation act as per the provision under Article 3 of the constitution of India. Short title The States Reorganisation Act resulted from recommendations of the states reorga...

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BOCW Act 1996: Ensuring Social Security of Workers

  • Post author By Ayush Jha
  • Post date July 25, 2022
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Ensuring the labour class's safety and welfare is the government's utmost priority. To provide such health and safety for workers in the real estate sector, the government of India came up with BOCW Act (Building and Other Construction Workers (Regulation of employment and conditions of service) Act of 1996 (BOCW Act). BOCW Act got enacted to govern and regulate the working conditions of labourers in the real estate sector. It played a crucial role in keeping a check on exploitative activities of the builders or real estate employers. But, the implement...

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