MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT ISSUES ORDER ON BHAGWAN PRASAD SONKESARIA V/S THE STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH AND OTHERS

JABALPUR, India, July 28 -- Madhya Pradesh High Court issued the following judgment/order on June 27: 1. In all these writ petitions, a common question of fact and law is involved and therefore, they are heard analogously and disposed of by this common order. 2. A common grievance of the petitioners in this batch of writ petitions is with regard to grant of annual increment which became due on completion of one year's service before attaining the age of superannuation. In some of the cases, t...


MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT ISSUES ORDER ON KUNWAR BAHADUR SINGH CHOUHAN V/S THE STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH AND OTHERS

JABALPUR, India, July 28 -- Madhya Pradesh High Court issued the following judgment/order on June 27: 1. In all these writ petitions, a common question of fact and law is involved and therefore, they are heard analogously and disposed of by this common order. 2. A common grievance of the petitioners in this batch of writ petitions is with regard to grant of annual increment which became due on completion of one year's service before attaining the age of superannuation. In some of the cases, t...


MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT ISSUES ORDER ON RAM KUMAR DIXIT V/S THE STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH AND OTHERS

JABALPUR, India, July 28 -- Madhya Pradesh High Court issued the following judgment/order on June 27: 1. In all these writ petitions, a common question of fact and law is involved and therefore, they are heard analogously and disposed of by this common order. 2. A common grievance of the petitioners in this batch of writ petitions is with regard to grant of annual increment which became due on completion of one year's service before attaining the age of superannuation. In some of the cases, t...


EXPORT COMPETITIVENESS OF MSMES

India, July 28 -- The Government of India issued the following news release: The Government implements several schemes and initiatives to boost competitiveness of MSMEs to increase exports. Some of which are: The Rebate of State and Central Levies and Taxes (RoSCTL) Scheme to promote labour- oriented certain items of textiles sector export has been implemented since March 07, 2019. Remission of Duties and Taxes on Exported Products (RoDTEP) scheme has been implemented since April 01, 2021. Di...


CENTRE'S NEW INITIATIVE TO CONNECT MSMES WITH GLOBAL MARKET

India, July 28 -- The Government of India issued the following news release: The Department of Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT), Ministry of Commerce and Industry Initiative "One District, One Product" (ODOP) aims at fostering balanced regional development across all districts of the country by selection, branding, and promoting one product from each district of the country. The ODOP Initiative aims at attracting investment in the district and boosting manufacturing and exports,...


ESI HOSPITALS

India, July 28 -- The Government of India issued the following news release: Employees State Insurance Corporation (ESIC) provides social security to the employees working in factories/ establishments with 10 or more employees in the districts notified by the Central Government. The employees and family members of those employees as defined in ESI Act, 1948 of these factories / establishments drawing wages up to rs 21000/- per month (rs 25,000/- for persons with disability) are covered under th...


REHABILITATION OF BONDED LABOURERS

India, July 28 -- The Government of India issued the following news release: (The Bonded Labour System has been abolished by law throughout the country with effect from 25th October, 1975. This was later replaced by the Bonded Labour System (Abolition) Act, 1976. As and when existence of bonded labour is detected, such persons are identified for rehabilitation. Under the Bonded Labour System (Abolition) Act, 1976 identification, release and rehabilitation of freed bonded labour is the direct re...


OVER 30.95 CRORE UNORGANISED WORKERS REGISTERED ON E-SHRAM PORTAL

India, July 28 -- The Government of India issued the following news release: The Ministry of Labour and Employment launched eShram portal (eshram.gov.in) on 26th August 2021 for the creation of a comprehensive National Database of Unorganised Workers (NDUW) seeded with Aadhaar. The eShram portal is meant to register and support the unorganised workers by providing them with a Universal Account Number (UAN) on a self-declaration basis. As of 22nd July 2025, over 30.95 crore unorganised workers...


EXTENSION OF JAL JEEVAN MISSION TILL 2028

India, July 28 -- The Government of India issued the following news release: Government of India had launched Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM), a centrally sponsored scheme in August 2019, aiming at providing Functional Household Tap Connection (FHTC) to every rural household by 2024. At the start the Mission, only 3.23 Crore (16.7%) rural households were reported to have tap water connections. So far, as reported by States/ UTs as on 23.07.2025, under Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM) - Har Ghar Jal around 12...


FLUORIDE IN DRINKING WATER

India, July 28 -- The Government of India issued the following news release: The Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM) - Har Ghar Jal, was launched in August, 2019, in partnership with States/ UTs to make provision of potable tap water supply in adequate quantity, of prescribed quality and on regular & long-term basis to rural households. Under the Jal Jeevan Mission, as per existing guidelines, Bureau of Indian Standards' BIS:10500 standards are adopted as benchmark for quality of water being supplied thro...