First Step towards Coastal Hazard Line Mapping: The Stereo Digital Aerial Photography(SDAP) started as the first step towards Coastal Hazard Line Mapping to help in management of country’s coastal zone. For the purpose of SDAP, the mainland coastline has been divided into eight blocks. They are, from the Indo-Pakistan Border to Somnath in Gujarat; Somnath to Ulhas River in Maharashtra; Ulhas River to Sharawati River in Karnataka; Sharawati River to Cape Comorine in Tamil Nadu; Ponniyur River to Krishna River in Andhra Pradesh; Krishna River to Chhattapur in Orissa; and Chhattapur to Indo-Bangla Desh border in West Bengal.

Amendment of the Inter-State Migrant Workmen (Regulation of Employment and Conditions of Service) Act, 1979: The system of employment of inter-state migrant labour is an exploitative one. To safeguard the interests of migrant workers, the Government enacted the Inter-State Migrant Workmen (Regulation of Employment and Conditions of Service) Act, 1979. The Task Force constituted for amendment of labour laws concerning women and children, recommended that the title of the Act may be changed in order to make it gender neutral. This recommendation of the Task Force has been accepted and amendment in the title of the Act changing it as ‘the Inter-State Migrant Worker (Regulation of Employment and Conditions of Service) Act, 1979 has been proposed. The Act provides for regulating the employment of inter-state migrant workmen and their conditions of service. The Act will become gender neutral by amending its title and replacing the word ‘workman and workmen’ by the words ‘worker and workers’ respectively.