Lok Sabha on Tuesday voted to replace India’s 56-year-old omnibus Companies Act with the Companies Bill, 2011, that brings the management of the corporate sector in line with global norms

US aims to launch an online portal to held Indian Americans safely donate funds to NGOs back home.

 India, the world’s largest producer of milk and edible oils, and the second largest producer of wheat and sugar is also home to some of the hungriest people in the world. 

Child Rights week (14th – 20th Nov) celebrations in Tamil Nadu this year takes on special significance in the wake of the abduction and killing of two school children in Coimbatore and the kidnapping of a school boy in Chennai. 

 The Narmada Bachao Andolan is 25 years old. This historic struggle, which started in the Narmada Valley, has now spread to other parts of the country where people have come together to protect their homes, lands, forests and rivers-Niyamgiri in Orissa, Plachimada in Kerala, Singur and Nandigram in West Bengal, Khanjaulla in Delhi, Sompeta in Andhra Pradesh and others. 

 The ministry of urban development has decided to appoint independent quality monitors for projects sanctioned under Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM). 

 The government is planning to amend the Special Marriage Act and relevant laws to curb the menace of honour killings of young couples, which have seen a spurt in recent months.

The Gujarat government plans to supply pre-mix foods with micronutrients through 44,000 anganwadis in the state, with the aim of improving the health of malnourished children. The pre-mix will be a mixture of soybean, cereals and pulses, containing 18-20% protein.

The Government of India is planning to implement four more schemes for the welfare of minorities this financial year after an allocation of Rs 11 crore was made in the budget of 2010-11 for this purpose.

The Union rural development ministry has drafted a model law to bring in a system of conclusive property titles, with title guarantees through registration of immovable property.

The Maharashtra government has decided to appoint 39 protection officers who will assist women in distress, after a recent survey showed that the number of cases of domestic violence had gone up significantly.

The Union Cabinet on May 26 decided to set up a group of ministers (GoM) on the issue of caste enumeration in Census 2011.

The Bill for regulating clinical establishments to ensure safer health practices will be passed by Parliament in the coming monsoon session, Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad has said. The Bill was passed in the Lok Sabha on May 3, 2010.

For the first time in Independent India, enumeration of  OBCs  will be included in the census exercise. The Congress-led UPA, under pressure from various political parties representing  OBC interests, gave in to their demand for census enumeration on May 7.

The National Green Tribunal (NGT) Bill was passed in Lok Sabha on May 3, 2010 after Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh accepted some key amendments were suggested in Parliament.