The Madhya Pradesh Assembly on Wednesday passed the BR Ambedkar Social Sciences University Bill and four amendment Bills following brief discussions.
Replying to the discussion on the BR Ambedkar Social Sciences University Bill, Higher Education Minister Umashankar Gupta said the legislation envisages developing Mhow-based Dr BR Ambedkar University of Social Sciences into a university. He said the objective is to spread the thoughts of the Father of the Constitution, BR Ambedkar, across various levels of society.
Several courses would be run by the university, which would be unique in itself. The Bill was passed unanimously. The House also passed by voice vote the Madhya Pradesh VAT (Second Amendment) Act, 2015, the Madhya Pradesh Professional Tax (Amendment) Act, 2015, the Indian Stamps (Madhya Pradesh Amendment) Act, 2015 and the Madhya Pradesh Fiscal Responsibility and Budget Management Act, 2015, following brief discussion and Finance Minister Jayant Malaiyas reply.
Earlier, during call attention notice, Madhya Pradesh Minister of State for Urban Development lal Singh Arya announced in the Assembly that water being supplied by civic bodies would be analysed at the Public Health Engineering Departments laboratory within a month.
The issue was raised through the medium of a calling attention notice by Independent member Dinesh Rai who said inferior-quality bleaching powder and alum employed for water purification by the Seoni municipality were causing illness. The Member desired that recovery be done from the contractor and a first information report be registered against the Chief Municipal Officer, the Executive Engineer and the Sub-Engineer.
In his reply, the Minister said, an amount has been recovered from the contractor. Another investigation will
follow.