Government Policy
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Franchise India Bureau Mar 22 2018 - 3 min readIn an endeavour to liberalize the higher education, the government has made a landmark announcement to grant graded autonomy to 62 institutions. Prakash Javadekar, Minister of Human Resource Development in an event of FICCI announced the full autonomy given to the institutions which no longer require permissions of the University Grants Commission (UGC) ...
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Franchise India Bureau Dec 15 2017 - 1 min readSikkim government approved a proposal to ban supply of non-organic agriculture, horticulture and livestock producers in the state in a phased manner with effect from March 31 next year. A cabinet meeting presided by Chief Minister Pawan Kumar Chamling approved a proposal by Horticulture and Cash Crops department to ban supply of non-organic food items ...
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Franchise India Bureau Dec 05 2017 - 2 min readIn recent past, the government has laid a lot of emphasis on consumers to link their Aadhaar with all important documents like PAN, bank account, mobile number, insurance policies and so on. A majority of residents are still uncomfortable in using their Aadhaar accounts to access e-commerce accounts or digital wallets. A survey was conducted ...
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Franchise India Bureau Sep 29 2017 - 1 min readOriflame, a leading direct selling Swedish beauty brand is looking forward to the Consumer Affairs Ministry’s proposal to regulate the Rs 8000 crore direct selling sector which will protect the interest of consumers and direct sellers on direct selling platforms.Lack of clear guidelines has upset the direct selling industry due to various Pyramid/Ponzi schemes in ...
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Franchise India Bureau Sep 29 2017 - 1 min readIGNOU, Mumbai University and ICMR are among 4,842 institutes and organisations which have been given a final chance by the Union Home Ministry to retain their licences to receive foreign funding.In a notification yesterday, the Home Ministry said these institutes can retain their registration under the Foreign Contribution Regulation Act if they disclose to the ...