Assam State Level Environment Impact Assessment Authority & State Level Expert Appraisal Committee
This State Level Environment Impact Assessment Authority consists of a Chairman, Member and Member-Secretary. The State Level Expert Appraisal Committee consists of a Chairman, 6 Members and a Member-Secretary.
Plant Quarantine (Regulation of Import into India) (Tenth Amendment) Order, 2023
The Amendment Order is now permitting the import of specified plant species from Nigeria, Netherlands, Spain and Hungary However, such import shall comply with the additional declarations that are required to be incorporated into Phytosanitary Certificate and shall also comply with special conditions as may be applicable.
BIS introduces Standards for several Plant Products used in Traditional Medicine
The Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) has introduced 33 standards for plant products used in traditional medicine. Additionally, BIS has also introduced a new standard, for smart transportation, i.e. IS 18311 : 2023 Smart Community Infrastructures — Smart Transportation for Rapid Transit in and Between Large City Zones and their Surrounding Areas — Guidelines.
New Applications to generate Digital Life Certificate
The Pensioners drawing Pension from any of the ESIC Accounting Units can submit their Digital Life Certificate from anywhere by Using Mobile Phone/PC and they need not visit ESIC Offices for submitting the Life Certificate using Aadhaar Face RD App and Jeevan Pramaan App.
NMC to Implement Seat Allocation Ratio in UG Seats
By implementing this seat allocation ratio, there remains ample room for an approximate addition of 40,000 MBBS seats across the country, provided that medical colleges are distributed evenly. This potential expansion stands to benefit aspiring medical students and the healthcare sector as a whole.
Regional Review Meeting on National Ayush Mission unites States and UTs
The National Ayush Mission (NAM) stands as the flagship program of the Ministry of Ayush, and is being implemented with the vision and objectives to provide Ayush health care services throughout the country by strengthening and improving Ayush health care facilities, to provide informed choice to the needy public.
Clarification regarding Aadhar seeding in respect of Insured persons and their family members
In view of the above, the matter has been examined at Headquarters and it has been decided that in addition to OTP based authentication, biometric authentication should also be introduced to speed up Aadhar seeding in respect of insured persons and their dependents. The ICT Division has developed an application for the same which will be made available shortly.
Union Commerce & Industry Minister unveils system based automatic ‘Status Holder’ certificates under Foreign Trade Policy 2023
The exporter will no longer be required to apply to the office of Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) for a Status Certificate and the export recognition will be provided by the IT system based on available Directorate General of Commercial Intelligence and Statistics (DGCIS) merchandise export electronic data and other risk parameters.
EPFO SOP for exempted from EPF Act, 1952
The Standard Operating Procedure lays down the compliance terms of the Exempted establishments managing their own PF Trust and further describes EPFO’s methodology to monitor and regulate the compliance of the Exempted/Relaxed Establishments.
