Punjab Vidhan Sabha on Friday passed four important bills paving way for providing 50 percent reservation to women in panchayati raj institutions, enhancing parole period for prisoners with good conduct, improving cattle feed quality, among others.
After an hour long discussion, the House passed Punjab Panchayati Raj (Amendment Bill), 2018, to provide 50 percent reservation of seats in panchayat elections to women.
With the aim to regulate quality of feed to the dairy farmers engaged in animal husbandry sector to protest and improve health, production and reproduction potential of the livestock, the House also gave its nod to the Punjab Regulation of Cattle Feed, Concentrates and Mineral Mixtures Act, 2018.
The Vidhan Sabha also give its nod to increase the regular parole given to prisoners with good conduct from 12 to 16 weeks during a calendar year, as the Jails Minister Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa moved the Punjab Good Conduct Prisoners (Temporary Release) Amendment Bill, 2018.
An amendment was made in Section 3 Sub-Section 2 of the Punjab Good Conduct Prisoners (Temporary Release) Act, 1962, to increase the regular parole given to the prisoners with good conduct from existing three to four weeks, and total parole from 12 to 16 weeks during a calendar year.
The House also approved Punjab Goods and Services Tax (Amendment) Bill, 2018, replacing ordinance to implement the new return filing system by making it quarterly in place of monthly, and minimising the paperwork.