The Rajya Sabha on Tuesday passed the Delhi Municipal Corporation (Amendment) Bill, 2022, with voice vote.
The Bill seeks amendment to the Delhi Municipal Corporation Act, 1957, to unify three municipal corporations of Delhi into a single entity. It was passed by Lok Sabha on March 30. Meanwhile, alleging that the Delhi government’s step-motherly attitude has been hindering the efficient functioning of the three MCDs, Union Home Minister Amit Shah Tuesday pointed out that if states or union territories deal with civic bodies in such a manner, it would stop Panchayati Raj and urban local bodies from gaining their targets. The Home Minister passed these remarks while addressing the Upper House after introducing the Delhi municipal bill.
The Congress, TMC, DMK and YSRCP on Tuesday opposed the bill to amend laws governing chartered accountancy, cost accountancy and company secretaries, citing infirmities in the bill and alleging that it was a blatant attack on professional autonomy. After Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman moved the Chartered Accountants, the Cost and Works Accountants and the Company Secretaries (Amendment) Bill, 2022 for consideration and passage in the Rajya Sabha, the discussion started in the Upper House. Initiating the debate on the bill in the Upper House, L Hanumanthaiah (Congress) pointed out “loopholes” in the bill and suggested corrections before its passage.
The opposition’s protest over the increasing fuel prices stalled the proceedings of the Lok Sabha on Tuesday. While members belonging to the Congress, DMK, TMC, NCP and Left staged the protests over the fuel prices, TRS MPs were agitated over the issue of paddy procurement.
Stating that the Central government has not reduced even a single paisa in the Budgetary allocation for Delhi, Union Home Minister Amit Shah Tuesday said: “In fact, we doubled the allocation for Delhi.”He made this statement while addressing the Rajya Sabha during the discussion on the Delhi Municipal Corporation (Amendment) Bill, 2022.
