Gujarat Assembly passes 3 bills on last day of two days session

Gandhinagar, 11 November 2014

On the last day of two days long Gujarat assembly session, the government moved three bills and passed them unopposed in absence of Congress MLAs who had walked out.

One of the bills passed today is ‘Gujarat Nyay Sahayak Vigyan University Sudhara Vidheyak 2014’. This bill proposes extension of retirement age of Director General of Forensic Science University from existing 65 years to 70 years. As per the bill which has been passed today, suitable person below 65 years of age can be appointed as university’s director general, and a person appointed as director general can be renominated for only one more term.

One more bill passed today is ‘Gujarat Pani Puravtha Gutter Vyavastha Board Sudhara Vidheyak 2014’. As per the provisions in this bill, Gujarat Water Supply and Gutter Management Board will now also cover Municipal Corporation areas. In recent years, many Municipalities and Panchayats have been merged to Municipal Corporation areas, but Water Supply and Gutter Management Board is not able to function in such limits. As the new bill has passed, now the board will be able to offer its services in Municipal Corporation areas too.

In another development, state government PSU Gujarat State Fertilizers Corporation(GSFC) Education Society, Vadodara run GSFC University has been granted the status of private university. GSFC university is going to set up a private university in Gaspur village of Padra taluka near Vadodara. GSFC university will offer technical, management, information and communication related courses and will function as per the conditions applied by state government.

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