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Exports and imports come under the purview of Ministry of Commerce. The Ministry of Commerce is the nodal agency for the formulation of policies for increasing the export of the country in various commodities.

Lok Adalats offer a legal but alternative way of settling disputes. There are no lawyers or court fee involved in this kind of settlement of disputes. The main condition is that both parties in dispute should agree to settlement through Lok Adalat. Lok Adalats were started in 1985.

The Legal Services Authorities Act, 1987 provides legal aid to people with the annual income less than rupees one lakh per annum. It also provides legal help to senior citizens with the annual income less than rupees two lakh per annum.

Lok Adalat literally means people’s court. Lok Adalat is a special type of court in which disputes are settled by the mutual consent. Disputes are solved by direct talks between litigants. Main condition of the Lok Adalat is that both parties in dispute should agree for settlement. It is a court designed to shorten the time taken for settling disputes.

Pallavi Durua, who belongs to Odisha’s Koraput district, has been crowned as the India’s first “Tribal Queen” at the Adi Rani Kalinga Tribal Queen competition held at Utkal Mandap on June 26, 2018. Panchami Majhi of Titlagarh and Rashmirekha Hansdah of Mayurbhanj were declared as the first and second runners-up of the beauty pageant respectively. The trio will now feature in a short movie on tribal culture, to be produced by a Mumbai-based producer. Besides that, special awards were also given in seven different categories including tribal attire, photogenic face, best skin, best personality, the best presentation of ornaments, the best presentation of own culture and best in talent. The jury included a pool of guests from national and state-level, headed by Padma Shri Tulasi Munda, who is also the ambassador of the event. The prime objective of the event was to promote tribal art and culture.

Public Interest Litigation is litigation for the protection of the public interest. A PIL can be filed in any High Court or directly in the Supreme Court. It is not necessary that the petitioner has suffered same injury of his own or has had personal grievance to litigate. Public Interest Litigation applies to any case of public injury arising from:-

• The violation of a constitutional provision
• The violation of the law
• The breach of any public duty

Type of family that is prevalent in India from historical times is joint family. It is an extended and undivided family. It consists of many generations living in the same household, all from the same relation.

In India though people live in different places, their duties towards the parents is obliged. In spite of the busy and costly way of living in present day word, social duties towards parents in their old age is fulfilled by the children.

A divorce is an act of legally ending marriage and relation among the married people. In present days there is an increase in the number of divorces. Some of the reasons behind increased divorces include urbanization, the impact of western culture and western education.

Type of family that is prevalent in India from historical times is Joint family. It is an extended and undivided family. It consists of many generations living in the same household, all from the same relation. Joint families help in increasing the bond due to presence of many people in the house and the people learn to share and live together.