March 05, 2020.

 

Topic: Punjab Budget

 

 What is the news?

 

• Punjab Vidhan Sabha passes a few bills.

 

 Five bills were passed by the Vidhan Sabha:-

First:-

• Punjab Slum Dwellers ( Proprietory rights) bill was passed so that ownership rights could be given to the slum dwellers occupying the government land.
• A slum area redevelopment and rehabilitation Committee would be formed for each urban area so that the rights to beneficiaries for owning a house could be given.
• They would be allotted land, varying between 30 sq m and 60 sq m.

 

Second:-

• Punjab Management and Transfer of Municipal Properties bill were passed.
• Under this, illegal squatters on commercial and residential properties of municipal bodies and improvement trusts would be given ownership rights on the payment of a certain amount.
• It would give ownership rights to tenants, who have been occupying properties for more than 12 years.
• The transfer of Commercial Properties would take place through auction.
• Whereas residential ones through allotment or draw of lots.
• In the residential properties, the Economically Weaker sections would be offered the property rights at 12.5% of the collector rate. ( Income less than ₹3 lakh).
• For income group ( ₹ 8 lakh to ₹ 15 lakh) – at 50% rate.
• For income group ( more than₹15 lakh) – at the prices prevailing at the collector rate.

 

Third:-

• Punjab Prison Development Board Bill was also passed.
• This aims at reducing the financial liability of the jails department by identifying new means of revenue generation
• Through – educational, vocational and industrial training, etc.
• Also reforming the conditions of the prisoners and efficient management of prisons would also be done.

 

Fourth:-

• Punjab Private Health Sciences Educational Institutions ( Regulation of Fee and making of reservation ) amendment bill was passed as well.

 

Fifth:-

• Punjab Fiscal Responsibility and Budget Management ( Amendment ) Bill was also passed by the Punjab Vidhan sabha.

(Source:- The Tribune)

 

 

Topic: Health and Health workers.

 

What is the news?

 

• Remuneration to mid-day meal workers increased.

• The honorarium for the mid-day meal workers has been raised from ₹1700 to ₹3000.
• The government is also thinking of increasing the pension amount under old age, widow and handicapped pension schemes from ₹ 750 to ₹ 1500 per month.

(Source:-The Tribune)

 

 

Topic: Conservation of wetlands.

 

What is the news?

 

•  Sukhna Lake gets the legal status.

 

• The Punjab and Haryana High court has accorded the legal status to Sukhna Lake.
• The honourable High court has also ordered the demolition of legal/unauthorised constructions in its catchment area within 3 months.
• ₹200 crores have also been imposed on the states of Punjab and Haryana for encroachments on the lake.
• The chief secretaries and The UT advisor have been directed to constitute high power Committees to fix accountability for such large scale unauthorised construction.
• Besides, the High court has also ordered:
• To provide alternative sites nearby Chandigarh to owners of buildings in the catchment area with approved building maps.
• ₹25 lakh compensation should also be paid to them.
• Ministry of environment, forest and climate change to notify at least 1 km area from Sukhna’s boundary as an eco-sensitive zone within 3 months.
• All citizens have been declared as Loco parents as a human face to save Sukhna Lake from extinction.
• New construction banned in its catchment areas in the delineated map.

(Source:- The Tribune)

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