National The Coconut Development Board (Amendment) Bill, 2021 ⇒ Recently, Parliament passed the Coconut Development Board (Amendment) Bill, 2021. The Bill seeks to amend a Section of the Coconut Development Board Act, 1979. About Bill: The bill seeks to create the post of ”non-executive chairman” for the board. The bill provides for the appointment of

National Marine Aids to Navigation Bill 2021 ⇒ Recently, Parliament passed the Marine Aids to Navigation Bill 2021. The bill seeks to replace over 90-year-old Lighthouse Act 1927, to incorporate the global best practices, technological developments and India’s International obligations in the field of Marine Aids to Navigation. The bill provides: For the development, maintenance

National The General Insurance Business (Nationalisation) Amendment Bill, 2021 ⇒ Recently, parliament passed The General Insurance Business (Nationalisation) Amendment Bill, 2021. The General Insurance bill seeks to amend the General Insurance Business (Nationalisation) Act, 1972. The bill seeks to remove the requirement that the Centre should hold not less than 51 per cent of the

National Factoring Regulation (Amendment) Bill, 2021 ⇒ Recently, Parliament passed the Factoring Regulation (Amendment) Bill, 2021, to bring changes in the legislation aimed at helping the micro, small and medium enterprises (MSME) sector in the availability of working capital. The bill seeks to amend the Factoring Regulation Act, 2011 to widen the scope of entities

National ‘Yuktdhara’ GIS-based planning Portal ⇒ Recently, a new Geospatial Planning portal under Bhuvan “Yuktdhara” has been released to facilitate planning of new MGNREGA assets using Remote Sensing and GIS based information. The Union Minister of Rural Development & Panchayati Raj, Shri Giriraj Singh launched the Yuktdhara GIS-based planning Portal. Speaking at the launch of