Author: LexQuest Foundation
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Intolerance in India: An unending saga
By Anusmita Mazumder, Department of Law, University of Calcutta. We open the newspaper everyday to find several instances of social injustice and criminal offences. However, this sudden uprising of a “new social evil” in the guise of religious intolerance in the country has shaken its secular pillars.
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Accessible India Campaign: Building an Inclusive Society
By Shalvi Singh, WBNUJS, Kolkata. Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities (DEPwD), Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, formulated the Accessible India Campaign as a nation-wide campaign for achieving universal accessibility for People with Disabilities (PwDs). Consequently, the government on 3rd December 2015 (which is also celebrated as the International Day of Persons with Disabilities) launched…
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Heart of Asia: An Initiative to Heal the Heart of Afghanistan
By Sonal Srivastava, Amity Law School, Lucknow. The “Heart of Asia” provides a platform to discuss regional issues, particularly with a view to encourage security, and political and economic co-operation among Afghanistan and its neighbours. This region led dialogue was initiated on 2nd November, 2011, in the city of Istanbul of Turkey, to expand practical coordination between…
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Resolve for Resilience: The Paris Pact on Water and Climate Change Adaptation
By Tanya Chandra, Executive Director, LQF While the tussle between the developed and the developing world continues to impede any concrete resolutions on the issue of climate change, the 21st Conference of Parties (COP) at Paris, witnessed the adoption of The Pact on Water and Climate Change Adaptation.
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National Judicial Reference System: An Overview
By Sonal Srivastava, Amity Law School, Lucknow. National Judicial Reference System is a pioneering project of the Income Tax Department to streamline its tax litigation system. The project aims at being the comprehensive repository to all Appeals and Judgements related to Direct Taxes in India. It envisages in bringing automation in the working of the judicial wings…
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India-Belgium MoU on Energy: Joining Hands for a Greener Environment
By Shalvi Singh, WBNUJS, Kolkata. The diplomatic relations between India and Belgium were established in 1948. Of late, Belgium has acknowledged the importance of India’s global role in economic spheres. In the past, both the countries had co-operated in the field of trade, investment and education. The Union Cabinet on 5th November 2015, approved a Memorandum of…
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Networking the Networks: Disencumbering Money Laundering?
By Sonal Srivastava, Amity Law School, Lucknow. Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley inaugurated the three day conference on “Networking the Networks” on November 2, 2015 in the capital city of India- New Delhi. Among the key participants were the representatives of top international groups including Interpol, the Egmont Group of Financial Intelligence Units, Financial Action Task Force,…
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Analysing the viability of Net Zero Imports under the Digital India Programme
By Archishman Chakraborty, Symbiosis Law School, Pune. It has been oft repeated with a sigh of cynicism in recurring debates, as to what impedes development in India, as that the heart of the problem lies in the fact that there is no heart at all – a lethargic absence of political will. The current Indian Govt. has…
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Pradhan Mantri Mudra Yojana: An Analysis
By Vershika Sharma, National Law University, Jodhpur. Pradhan Mantri MUDRA Yojana is an institution set up by the Government of India (GoI) to provide funding to the non-cooperate/non-farm sector income generating activities of Micro and Small Enterprises or Unorganised Business Enterprises whose credit needs are below 10 lack provided through various Last Mile financial institutions like Banks,…
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Right to Information: An Analysis
By Shalvi Singh, WBNUJS, Kolkata. The Right to Information Act (RTI) came into force on 12th October, 2005. It replaced the erstwhile Freedom of Information Act, 2002. The Act was passed to “set out the practical regime of right to information for citizens in order to promote transparency and accountability in the working of every public authority.”…