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GOVERNMENT POLICIES AND SCHEMES - August 2019

Aug 2019

Aug 06, 2019

House Clears Bill to Ban Commercial Surrogacy

The Lok Sabha passed the Surrogacy (Regulation) Bill, 2019 that seeks to ban commercial surrogacy but allows altruistic surrogacy. On July 15, 2019, Union health minister Harsh Vardhan introduced the bill in the Lok Sabha to regulate commercial surrogacy. According to the bill, only infertile Indian couples (between the ages of 23 and 50 years for woman and 26-55 years for man), who have been legally married for at least five years can now opt for altruistic surrogacy. For altruistic surrogacy, the surrogate mother has to be a close relative, who has been married and has had a child of her own, and there is no monetary exchange except for necessary medical expenses.

Transgender Persons Protection of Rights Bill

The Lok Sabha passed a bill which provides a mechanism for social, economic and educational empowerment of transgenders.
The Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Bill 2019 was passed by a voice vote.
The bill was introduced on July 19, 2019.
According to the 2011 census there are more than 4.80 lakh transgenders in the country.

Aug 05, 2019

Delhi MLAs to get tablets as Assembly plans to go paperless

The Delhi Assembly is likely to go "paperless" over the next four months under a project in which all MLAs will be provided with tablets to stay updated about proceedings even if they are not present in the House on a given day.
When present in the House,MLAs will be able to see the list of business, read questions and access documents pertaining to proceedings on screens which will be attached to their seats.
In another two months workshops will be organised to make Vidhan Sabha staff familiar with the paperless process.With this, Delhi will join Himachal Pradesh and Kerala in the e-Vidhan Sabha league.
The Delhi government has sanctioned Rs. 20 crore in the 2019-20 budget to fund the project after the Assembly Secretariat opted out of the Centre's NeVA (National e-Vidhan Application), for all legislatures.

Aug 03, 2019

Lok Sabha Passes Dam Safety Bill

The Dam Safety Bill, 2019 was passed by a voice vote in the Lok Sabha.
The Bill seeks to provide for institutional mechanism for surveillance, inspection, operation and maintenance of specified dams across the country.
According to Jal Shakti Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat, the Centre had no intention of taking over the powers of States through the draft law.

RS Clears UAPA Bill

The Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Amendment Bill that allows the Centre and states to designate individuals as terrorists and seize their properties was approved by the Rajya Sabha.
The Rajya Sabha passed the Bill with 147 votes in favour and 42 voting against it. The Congress and Bahujan Samaj Party supported the Bill.
The Bill was opposed by the Trinamool Congress and the Left parties, along with some others.

Aug 02, 2019

Bill for Death for Rape of Minors

The Lok Sabha passed a bill providing for the death penalty for aggravated sexual assault on children.
The landmark legislation for child rights, the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (Amendment) Bill, 2019, was passed by voice vote.
The Rajya Sabha had passed the bill last week and the bill would now require the President's assent to turn it into law.

Aug 01, 2019

Rajya Sabha Clears Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Bill

The Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Bill, 2019 that aims to improve road safety and other transport related matters was cleared by the Rajya Sabha. In the area of road safety, the Bill proposes to increase penalties to act as deterrent against traffic violations. Stricter provisions are being proposed in respect of offences. There would be an increase by 10 per cent every year in penalty regarding motor vehicles.
The Group of Transport Ministers (GoM) of States, which the the Ministry of Road Transport & Highways has constituted recommended the changes to the Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Bill, 2019.

Goa Plans Law to Reserve 80% pvt. Jobs for Locals

A policy to ensure 80% of jobs reservation in private industries for Goans would be formulated by the Goa government.
The Goa government took this decision after Andhra Pradesh passed a bill reserving 75% of jobs in the private sector for locals.
According to Sawant, without a policy it would be difficult to implement the undertakings companies give to employ 80% locals.

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