


Economic Integration: Custom Unions and Free Trade Areas
A Customs Union occurs when a group of countries agree to have free trade amongst themselves and agree on a common external tariff to countries outside the zone. It is […]

How Digital Marketing is Adding Value to Business
Technology is now an essential component of our social and business worlds. Everything appears to be growing at a digital speed. The competition in each domain has come to be […]

Competition Act 2002: Regulation of Combinations
The Competition Act, 2002 uses the word combinations to cover acquisition of control, shares, voting rights and assets, and mergers and amalgamations. Section 6 of the Competition Act, 2002 prohibits […]

The Maternity Benefit Act 1961
The maternity benefit Act 1961 protects the employment of women during the time of her maternity and entitles her of a ‘maternity benefit’ – i.e. full paid absence from work […]

The Employee Provident fund and Miscellaneous Provision Act 1952
The Employees’ Provident Funds & Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1952 has been enacted with the main objective of protecting the interest of the employees after their retirement and their dependents after […]

The ESI Act 1948
The employees State insurance act (ESI) extends to the whole of India, including the state of Jammu and Kashmir. the insurance scheme contained in the act has up till date, […]

The Minimum Wages Act 1948
In a labour surplus economy like India wages couldn’t be left to be determined entirely by forces of demand and supply as it would lead to the fixation of wages […]

The Payment of Bonus Act 1965
The Payment of Bonus Act, 1965 provides for the payment of bonus to persons employed in certain establishments, employing 20 or more persons, on the basis of profits or on […]

The Contract Labor Act 1970
The Contract Labour (Regulation and Abolition) Act 1970 was enacted as a Central law aimed at regulating the conditions under which contract labourers work and also provide for the gradual […]