Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Jan 4: CPI (M) leader and MLA Kulgam, Mohammad Yousuf Tarigami has submitted three resolutions in State Assembly to urge upon the State Government to ban the use of pellet guns, fix minimum wages of workers not less than Rs.18000 per month and take effective measures for eradication of corruption.
The CPI(M) leader also submitted Jammu and Kashmir Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Bill, 2017, Artisans’ Social Security Bill, 2018 and Constitution of Jammu and Kashmir (Amendment) Bill, 2018.
The Jammu and Kashmir Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Bill, 2017, provides that every child of the age of 6-14 years shall have right to free and compulsory education till completion of Elementary Education.
The Jammu and Kashmir Artisans’ Social Security Bill, 2018 aims to provide for social security and welfare of the artisans’ and for matters connected there with and incidental thereto.”
The third bill state: “Section 53 of the Constitution of Jammu and Kashmir provides that six months shall not intervene between its last sitting in one session and the date appointed for its first sitting in the next session. The said section does not provide for the number of sittings of the State Legislature. To strengthen the democratic process in the State, the Legislators have to be armed with sufficient opportunities to discuss the issues of public importance and for that adequate time has to be allotted to raise the issues of public concern. The present number of sessions and sittings are quite inadequate to carry on debate over the issues. There has been a persistent demand from Legislators across the country to fix the minimum sittings of the State Legislature in a year. The matter was discussed and agreed by the Presiding Officers of the State Legislatures of the Country on a number of occasions. As such, the sittings of the Legislature need to be increased to atleast 100 in a calendar year.”
Besides, three bills submitted by Mohammad Yousuf Tarigami are under consideration in the Legislative Assembly. They include: Jammu and Kashmir Public Safety (Amendment) Bill, 2016, Jammu and Kashmir Ecology Fund and Environment Cess Bill ,2016 and Constitution of Jammu and Kashmir (Amendment) Bill, 2016.
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