legislative Bills approved by the House and sent back by the Centre with some “objections’’ would be re-introduced in the upcoming Monsoon Session of the Delhi Assembly, approved by the Delhi Government. The three Bills include the Bill on hike in minimum wages.
In a Cabinet meeting on Saturday, the decision was taken by Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal. “The Cabinet approved three Bills which would be re-introduced in the upcoming Assembly session starting from August 8,” a senior Government official said.
The Minimum Wages (Delhi) Amendment Bill, 2015, The Delhi (Right of Citizen to Time Bound Delivery of Services) Amendment Bill, 2015 and NSIT Bill (amendment) were among the 14 Bills passed by the House, but the Centre had sent back most of the proposed legislations with some objections.
The four-day Monsoon Session of the Delhi Assembly will begin from August 8.
last month, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal had directed the law department to submit a “way forward” roadmap on the legislative Bills which are awaiting clearance from the Centre.
Earlier this year, then President Pranab Mukherjee had returned Netaji Subhas Institute of Technology Bill (NSIT), which sought university status for the institute, to the Delhi Assembly asking the House to reconsider and amend the Bill.
The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Government has been at loggerheads with the Centre and has repeatedly accused it of blocking key Bills to stall the functioning of the Delhi Government.
Nine crucial legislations passed by the Delhi Assembly since the AAP came to power in 2015 have been pending with the Union Ministry of Home Affairs. These include Delhi Jan lokpal Bill, 2015, Delhi Urban Shelter Improvement Board (Amendment) Act 2015 and the Working Journalists and Other Newspaper Employees (Condition of Service).