The State Government was able to pass nine Bills in the House on Thursday, some of them related to reforms in Bazar Samiti and promotion of tourism in the State. Nevertheless, entire Opposition bench remained vacant as the members of the JMM, Congress and JVM walked out on CSAT row.
Important piece of legislation that got the nod of the House was abolishing one per cent levy charged on farm produces coming in 27 Bazar Samitis across the State. “Jharkhand Agriculture Produce Marketing (amendment) Bill, 2015 would allow removal of the marketing board tax by 27 samitis for the benefit of the farmers,” said Revenue Minister Amar Kumar Bauri.
This apart, Jharkhand SSC (amendment) Bill, 2015 was also passed which would empower the Staff Selection Commission to fill several vacancies which was not under its purview earlier. Also, JPSC Additional Work Extension Bill was approved which would allow the Commission to conduct exams for university teachers, engineers and some other posts as well, apart from civil services.
Jharkhand Tourist Place Conservation and Maintenance Bill, 2015 set up a competent authority to penalise those who are caught in destroying such sites. On Saryu Roy’s intervention, a correction in the proposed draft Bill got accepted which would allow the charged person to challenge the Authority’s ruling.
The House also okayed Jharkhand Municipal (amendment) Bill to keep afloat MADA, functional in mining areas for providing civic amities as well as rehabilitation exercise for land subsidence affected residents.
Bills related to Bihar and Orissa Public Demand Recovery (amendment), cooperative societies and tourist agency registration also got passed without any detailed discussion.