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1.         Enhancing the Pecuniary Jurisdiction of Delhi Courts

The Delhi High Court Amendment Bill, 2014 seeks to amend section 5 of the Delhi High Court Act, 1966 and section 25 of the Punjab Courts Act, 1918 for the purpose of enhancing the pecuniary jurisdiction of the Delhi High Court and eleven District Courts in NCR from Rupees Twenty Lakhs to Rupees Two Crores. Pecuniary jurisdiction of Delhi is provided in Punjab Courts Act, 1918. Enhancement of pecuniary jurisdiction would provide the justice at the doorstep of the litigant. Out of the 24 High Courts in India, 20 High Courts do not have original civil jurisdiction in India. This would also minimize the cost of litigation as well for litigant.

2.         Shram Suvidha Portal     

Ministry of Labour & Employment, Government of India and the State Governments enforce more than 44 labour laws in their respective spheres. There have been requests from various stakeholders for ensuring simplification of formats, ease of compliance, transparency in inspections and speedy redressal of grievances. In order to address these concerns Ministry of Labour & Employment has developed a single unified Web Portal for:

·        Online registration of units

·        Reporting of inspections

·        Submissions of Annual Returns; and

·        Redressal of Grievances

This portal will facilitate ease of reporting at one place of various labour laws consolidated information of Labour Inspection and its enforcement. It will enhance convenience of reporting, transparency in Labour Inspection and monitoring of Labour Inspections based on key performance indices and provide an effective Grievance Redressal System.

As an initiative on pilot basis, the Ministry has selected the Chief Labour Commissioner (Central) organization, the Employees State Insurance Corporation (ESIC), Employees Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) and Directorate General of Mines Safety (DGMS) covering 16 Labour Laws. State Governments would join this Unified Single Web Portal subsequently.

About the Web Portal

• The web portal is being developed and maintained by the National Informatics Centre (NIC).

• This integrated portal will operate through common Unique Labour Identification Number (Shram Pehchan Sankhya) for each Establishment.

•  The employers will be allotted Labour Identification Number (LIN) after registration on web portal.

• The enforcement agency will upload the data of inspection on the web portal which will be updated periodically.

•  This web portal will provide for filing of single harmonized annual return by the employers.

 

• This web portal will provide for online reporting of harmonized inspection report by inspecting officials.

• The web portal will contribute proactively to achieve the objective of simplifying business regulations and bringing in transparency and accountability in labour inspections. 

[Source of Information: http://efilelabourreturn.gov.in/home#]