EHS Gazette Notifications

Haryana

Haryana Third Party Certification/Audit Scheme

As per notification published in the Haryana Government Gazette dated 15th May 2018, the Haryana Government has released Third Party Certification / Audit Scheme to simplify the business regulations (Ease of Doing Business), to facilitate entrepreneurs for making the compliance of the provisions of various labour laws easy. The scheme is optional. Under The Factories Act, 1948 the factory audit will be conducted by Safety Auditors recognized as per approval by the Chief Inspector of Factories. The scheme is also applicable to other labour laws viz. The Minimum Wages Act, 1948, Payment of Wages Act, 1936, Contract Labour (R&A) Act, 1970, Payment of Bonus Act, 1965, Payment of Gratuity Act, 1972, Maternity Benefit Act, 1961, Child Labour (Prohibition & Regulation) Act, Punjab Shops & Commercial Establishments Act, 1958, Equal Remuneration Act 1976, Motor Transport Workers’ Act, 1961, Punjab Industrial Establishments (National & Festival Holidays & Casual and Sick Leave) Act, 1965 and The Inter-State Migrant Workmen (RECS) Act, 1979. Under labour laws mentioned the compliance audit will be conducted by Compliance Auditors recognized as per approval of the Labour Commissioner. The scheme can be referred for further details.

Central

The Water (Prevention And Control Of Pollution) Cess Act, 1977 Repealed As Per The Taxation Laws (Amendment) Act, 2017

As per The Taxation Laws (Amendment) Act, 2017 published in the official gazette dated 5th May 2017, Section 18 of the Act provides for repeal of laws and the extent of repeal in the Third Schedule of the Act. The Third Schedule of the Act clearly states that The Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Cess Act, 1977 has been wholly repealed. The water cess was earlier being collected by the SPCBs (State Pollution Control Boards) / PCC (Pollution Control Committee), as per the GST guidelines the cess will now be subsumed in the Goods and Services Tax (GST). Thus, collection of water cess from certain industries under The Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Cess Act, 1977 shall be withdrawn and instead will be covered under GST with effect from 1st July 2017