Haryana Development and Regulation of Urban Areas Bill passed in House

BILL SEEKS TO PROVIDE FLEXIBILITY TO STATE GOVT TO IDENTIFY AND PRIORITISE EXTERNAL DEVELOPMENT WORKS AS PER RESOURCES

CHANDIGARH: The Haryana Vidhan Sabha on Wednesday passed five Bills, including the Haryana Legislative Assembly (salary, allowances and pension of members) amendment Bill, 2016.

Among the other four bills, the Haryana Development and Regulationof UrbanAreas(second amendment) Bill, 2016 was passed to provide flexibility to the state to identify and prioritise the external development works in view of the available financial resources.

The Haryana Motor Vehicles Taxation Bill, 2016 was passed to consolidate and regulate the law relating to levy of tax on motor vehicles in the State. This bill aims to improve tax compliance by simplifying and rationalising the procedure of collection of tax. The bill was necessitated as in view of the extensive changes made in the Haryana Motor Vehicles Taxation Act, 2013 and Punjab Passenger Goods Tax Act, 1952, it has been considered necessary to repeal these Acts.

The University of Health Sciences, Karnal Bill, 2016 was passed to establish and incorporate a university of health sciences at Karnal for the purposes of teaching and affiliating, ensuring proper and systematic instruction, training and research in modern systems of medicine and Indian systems of medicine and administration of Kalpana Chawla Government Medical College, Karnal. All health and medical institutions, including those of ayurveda, dental, nursing, physiotherapy and pharmacy, and institutions located or running in the northern districts of Haryana would be affiliated with this university. This would reduce the burden on Pandit Bhagwat Dayal Sharma University of Health Sciences, Rohtak.

The Haryana Tax on Luxuries (amendment) Bill, 2016 was passed to enable the excise and taxation department to implement the decisions made by the committee on subordinate legislation for amendment of the rules framed under the Haryana tax on luxuries Act, 2007 and will facilitate implementation of electronic governance.