The Centre has imposed a ban on the Popular Front of India (PFI) and several of its associates for their alleged terror activities.
The organisations which were also declared banned under the stringent anti-terror law UAPA include Rehab India Foundation (RIF), Campus Front of India (CF), All India Imams Council (AIIC), National Confederation of Human Rights Organisation (NCHRO), National Women’s Front, Junior Front, Empower India Foundation and Rehab Foundation, Kerala.
In the notification, the Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) said, “In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 3 of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967 (37 of 1967), the Central Government hereby declares the Popular Front of India (PFI) and its associates or affiliates or fronts including Rehab India Foundation (RIF), Campus Front of India (CFI), All India Imams Council (AIIC), National Confederation of Human Rights Organisation (NCHRO), National Women’s Front, Junior Front, Empower India Foundation and Rehab Foundation, Kerala as an “unlawful association.”
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Sept 16,2022:The government has revised the definition of small companies by increasing their threshold for paid up capital and turnover.
The definition of small companies was earlier revised under the Companies Act, 2013 by increasing their limit for paid-up capital from Rs 50 lakh to Rs 2 crore and turnover from Rs 2 crore to Rs 4 crore.
Similarly, the turnover threshold has been revised to “not exceeding Rs 40 crore” from “not exceeding Rs 20 crore”, the ministry said in a release on Friday.
The revisions will allow more entities to come under the category of small companies.
According to the ministry, small companies are exempted from the requirement to prepare cash flow statement as part of financial statement and can file an abridged annual return.
They will not be required to have the mandatory rotation of auditors.
An auditor of a small company is not required to report on the adequacy of the internal financial controls and its operating effectiveness in the auditor’s report, and such companies need to hold only two board meetings in a year, the release said.
Other advantages are that there are lesser penalties for small companies and annual returns of such entities can be signed by the company secretary, or where there is no company secretary, by a director of the company.
“Small companies represent the entrepreneurial aspirations and innovation capabilities of lakhs of citizens and contribute to growth and employment in a significant manner.
“The government has always been committed to taking measures which create a more conducive business environment for law-abiding companies, including reduction of compliance burden on such companies,” the release said.
In recent times, the government has taken various measures, including decriminalisation of various provisions under the companies law, to further improve the ease of doing business in the country.
New Delhi , September 3,2022: Coastal security, sharing of river water and inter-state crime management are among key issues to be discussed in the 30th Southern Zonal Council meeting which will be chaired by Union Home Minister Amit Shah in Kerala’s capital Thiruvananthapuram on Saturday morning.
The Southern Zonal Council meeting will be held at around 11 am in Kovalam, 16 km south of Thiruvananthapuram.
The Home Minister is the chairman of the council, which comprises Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Telangana and the Union territory of Puducherry.
Besides Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Puducherry Chief Ministers are likely to attend the meeting while Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh and Telangana CMs are learnt to depute their representatives for the meeting.
The meeting will be attended by chief secretaries, principal secretaries and senior officers of the member states and senior officers of the central government, a Mome Ministry official said.
Issues of common interest in areas of sharing of river water, coastal security, connectivity, power and other issues will be discussed in the meeting, said the Official.
The central government has been regularly holding meetings of the zonal councils every year as part of its strategy to strengthen competitive federalism in the country.
The forum provides a platform for discussion in a structured manner on issues affecting one or more states, or issues between the Centre and the States. In the last eight years, the number of meetings of the zonal councils increased by three times, officials said.
Regional councils help in developing a coordinated approach through discussion and exchange of views between states on important issues of social and economic development, they said.
There are five zonal councils in India that were set up in 1957 under Section 15-22 of the States Reorganisation Act, 1956.
Sept 03,2022:In a major development in Manipur politics, five of six Janata Dal (United) MLAs “merged” themselves with the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party on Friday. The development comes as a major setback to the JD(U) and Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar, who has been fostering national ambition for the 2024 election.
In a bulletin issued last night, Manipur Assembly Secretary K Meghajit Singh said Speaker Thokchom Satyabrata Singh has accepted the merger of the five JDU MLAs under the 10th Schedule of the Constitution of India.
Sept 02,2022:Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K.Stalin has said that the one-man commission of inquiry headed by retired Justice A.Arumughasamy, which probed the death of former Chief Minister J.Jayalalithaa, will be made public.
He said the probe panel report would be tabled in the State Assembly along with the action taken report based on its recommendations.
The Jayalalithaa death probe panel report along with the report of the Justice Aruna Jagadeesan commission, which probed the May 18, 2018 police firing incident on anti- sterlite protestors in which 13 people were killed, were discussed in detail in the recent State Cabinet meeting and it was decided to table it in the State Assembly.
The Arumughasamy Commission has recommended action against Jayalalithaa’s confidante, VK Sasikala, among others, and the matter will be discussed with legal experts. According to an official release, the report went into various aspects including her hospitalisation on September 22, 2016, and the treatment provided to her, till her death on December 5.
Justice A Arumughasamy presented the report to Stalin a few days back. “The cabinet has decided to take the opinion of legal experts on the (Commission) report recommending ordering government enquiry against VK Sasikala, doctor Sivakumar, then health minister C Vijayabaskar and former Chief Secretary Rama Mohana Rao and take due action, and after doing so, place it before the Tamil Nadu Assembly with a report,” he said.