The Indian Express (Delhi Edition)
The Bills returned by Centre:
Since it came to power, the AAP government has passed 25 Bills in the Delhi Assembly. The Centre has now returned 14 over “procedural lapses”.
■ The Delhi Janlokpal Bill. Passed on December 4, 2015.
■ The Members of Legislative Assembly of GNCTD (salaries, allowances, pension etc) Amendment Bill. Passed on December 3, 2015. Seeks to hike salaries of MLAS.
■ The Ministers of Legislative Assembly of GNCTD (salaries, allowances, pension etc) Amendment Bill. Passed on December 3, 2015. Seeks to hike salaries of ministers.
■ The Speaker and Deputy Speaker in the Legislative Assembly (salaries, allowances, pension etc) Amendment Bill. Passed on December 3, 2015. Seeks to hike salaries of Speaker and Deputy Speaker.
■ The Leader of Opposition in the Legislative Assembly (salaries, allowances, pension etc) Amendment Bill. Passed on December 3, 2015. Seeks to hike salary of the LOP.
■ The Salary Allowances of Chief Whip in National Capital Territory of Delhi. Passed on December 3, 2015. Seeks to hike salary of Chief Whip.
■ The Delhi Netaji Subhas University of Technology Bill, 2015. Passed on June 24, 2015. Seeks to reconstitute and upgrade NSIT.
■ Delhi School (Verification of Accounts and Refund of Excess Fee) Bill 2015. Passed
on December 1, 2015. Seeks to verify accounts of schools.
■ The Delhi School Education (Amendment Bill) 2015. Passed on December 1, 2015.
■ The Right of Citizen to Time-bound Delivery of Services Amendment Bill, 2015. Passed on November 26, 2015. Seeks to provide time-bound delivery of services to citizens.
■ Minimum Wages (Delhi) Amendment bill. Passed on December 3, 2015. Seeks to revise minimum wages.
■ The Code of Criminal Procedure Amendment Bill. Passed on November 23, 2015. Seeks to increase magisterial powers in cases of suspicious disappearances, rapes in police custody, suspicious deaths etc.
■ The Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education, Delhi Amendment Bill . Passed on December 1, 2015. Seeks to do away with the no-detention policy which is in place till class VIII.
■ Delhi Urban Shelter Improvement Board Amendment Act 2015. Passed on June 24, 2015.
■ Delhi Members of Legislative Assembly (Removal of Disqualification) Bill. Passed on June 24, 2015. The President had withheld assent to this Bill last week.