guidelines for law officers’ posting
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday framed guidelines for appointment of law officers in Punjab and Haryana, saying there was neither a criteria nor a policy for the selections of such officials. A bench comprising Chief Justice TS Thakur and Justices R Banumathi and UU lalit said a selection committee headed by Secretary, law Commission will look into the appointments of law officers in both the States.
Agreement on compost marketing
New Delhi: In a first-of-its-kind agreement, Il&FS Environmental Infrastructure & Services limited, National Fertilizers limited and South Delhi Municipal Corporation have entered an arrangement for the marketing of city compost produced in the capital. The agreement facilitated by the Ministry of Urban Development (MoUD) comes on the back of the Union Cabinet decision early January on the promotion of city compost, wherein a market development assistance of `1500 per metric tonne of city compost would be paid to the fertilizer marketing companies.