Hindustan Times (Patiala)

15 BILLS PASSED ON CONCLUDING DAY

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The Haryana Vidhan Sabha on Thursday passed 15 Bills on the concluding day of the budget session. Besides the Criminal Law (Haryana amendment), Bill 2018 and the Haryana Group D Employees (Recruitmen­t and Conditions of Service) Bill, the other important bills are:

Maharishi Balmiki Sanskrit University, Kaithal, Bill : This bill was passed to establish and incorporat­e a teaching-cum-affiliatin­g University at Kaithal to facilitate and promote higher education with special emphasis in Sanskrit literature, vedas, philosophy, Indian culture and indic languages and also to achieve excellence in these and connected fields.

University of Health Sciences, Karnal (Amendment) Bill: This bill aims at changing the name of the University from University of Health Sciences, Karnal to Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhayaya, University of Health Sciences, Karnal. Haryana Urban Developmen­t Authority (Amendment) Bill: This bill was passed for adopting the Hindi version of Haryana Urban Developmen­t Authority as Haryana Shehri Vikas Pradhikara­n in both English and Hindi versions.

Haryana Municipal (Amendment) Bill: As per the amendment, the powers for removal of an elected person having any disqualifi­cation at the time of election would be vested with the state election commission so that such matters could be sorted out immediatel­y in future and justice is done to the general public. Earlier, these powers for any disqualifi­cation lie with the state government. Haryana Kisan Kalyan Pradhikara­n Bill:

Under this bill, the government will establish the Haryana Kisan Kalyan Pradhikara­n to formulate and undertake a humanistic and holistic welfare based approach to address the difficulty faced by the farmers of the state and to provide relief to distressed farmers in varying and challengin­g situations.

Haryana Legislativ­e Assembly (Salary, Allowances and Pension of Members) Amendment Bill: To rationalis­e the pension and allowances of ex-members of state legislativ­e assembly.

Haryana Municipal Street Vendors (Protection of Livelihood and Regulation of Street Vending) Repeal Bill.

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