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Cabinet approves amendments to four key bills
Friday August 17, 2012 08:46:48 PM,
IANS
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New Delhi: The union
cabinet Friday approved amendments to four key bills for the
current parliament session, official sources said.
The four amendment bills are Prohibition of Unfair Practices in
Technical Educational Institutions, Medical Educational
Institutions and Universities Bill; Indian Institute of
Information Technology (IIIT) Bill; Street Vendors (Protection of
Livelihood and Regulation of Street Vending) Bill; and Prevention
of Bribery of Foreign Public Officials and Public International
Organisations Bill.
The Prohibition of Unfair Practices in Technical Educational
Institutions Bill aims to check malpractices in technical and
medical educational institutions, while the IIIT Bill seeks to
give the IIITs administrative autonomy and uniformity.
The Street Vendors (Protection of Livelihood and Regulation of
Street Vending) Bill, 2012, has been drafted by the housing and
urban poverty alleviation ministry after United Progressive
Alliance chairperson Sonia Gandhi-led National Advisory Council
recommended the government to enact a law for their protection.
The bill aims to ensure compulsory registration for every street
vendor aged over 18 years of age by the respective town vending
committees (TVCs), which will specify the vending zone, the time
limit and terms and conditions of use.
The Prevention of Bribery of Foreign Public Officials and
Officials of Public International Organisations Bill, 2011
empowers the government to enter into agreements with other
countries for enforcing this law and for exchange of investigative
information.
The bill criminalises acceptance or solicitation of bribes by any
official of these two categories for acts or omissions in their
official capacity; offering or promising to offer a bribe to any
such official for obtaining or retaining business and abetment or
attempting either of the above acts.
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