The issue of Abandoned Brides in NRI marriages gained so much prominence in last few years that it pressurized Government of India to create an Inter-Ministerial Sub-Committee to look into the matter.
On 4th May, 2007 a sub-committee was constituted under the chairmanship of the Secretary, Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs and with representatives from the Ministry of [...]
“Rights that do not flow from duty well performed
are not worth having.”
~ Mahatma Gandhi
Andhra Pradesh State Human Rights Commission
Gruhakalpa Complex, M.J. Road
Nampally
Hyderabad – 500001
Phone : +91-40-24601571, 24601572, 24601574
Fax: +91-40-24601573
Email : aphumanrights@ap.nic.in
Chairperson: Justice Shri B. Subhashan Reddy
Website: http://www.shrc.ap.gov.in/
Assam State Human Rights Commission
STATFED H.O. Building, GMC Road
Bhangagarh
Guwahati – 781005
Phone : +91-361-2529450, 2527076, 2452387, 2457369
Fax : +91-361-2529450, 2527076
Email: [...]
“There is a higher court than the court of justice and that is the
court of conscience. It supercedes all other courts.”
~ Mahatma Gandhi
Andhra Pradesh State Commission for Women
2nd Floor, Budha Bhavan (Near Boats Club)
Secunderabad – 500003
Phone : +91-40-7542071, 7660196
Chairperson : Ms. Susheela Devi
Website: http://wcdsc.ap.nic.in/apwomendept.html
Assam State Commission for Women
Bal Bhavan, Uzan Bazar,
Guwahati – 781001
Phone : +91-361-2524875
Chairperson [...]
Government of India gives financial assistance (grants / funds) to NGOs who run Homes for the Elderly (Old Age Homes) in India. This grant-in-aid is to provide food, shelter, care, recreation facilities, etc. to the inmates of these Homes.
To become eligible for receiving grant-in-aid there should be a minimum of 25 destitute older persons in [...]
After a Draft Bill is passed by both Houses of Parliament (Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha), it goes to the President of India for assent. Only after receiving President’s assent the Bill becomes an Act.
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Thereafter, the last step in Law making procedure is publication of the Act in Gazette of India. This is also termed as notification. In [...]
