Karnali State: three bills sent to committees for clause-wise discussion

KARNALI: MARCH. 3 – The 11th meeting of the ninth session of Karnali State Assembly has sent three bills to the parliamentary committees for clause-wise discussion.

Karnali State Speaker Raj Bahadur Shahi on last February 10 had granted a 72-hour timeline for amendment proposal, if any, on five bills tabled for deliberations in the 9th meeting.

Sharing that amendment proposals were registered on the bills within the given timeline, Speaker Shahi said the concerned ministers have been granted time to register the proposal for further discussion today.

The bill to make first amendment to the ‘Karnali State Cooperative Act, 2075 (First Amendment), presented by State Minister for Land Management, Agriculture and Cooperative Chandra Bahadur Shahi for clause-wise discussion, has been sent to the Social Development Committee.

Likewise, the ‘Bill to Establish Peace and Rehabilitation Center, 2077’, presented by Minister for internal Affairs and Law Him Bahadur Shahi, has been sent to the State Affairs and Legislation Committee.

Similarly, a non-government bill ‘Sinja Civilization Protection and Development Bill’, presented by State Assembly member Naresh Bhandari, has been sent to the Social Development Committee for clause-wise discussion.

As informed, Minister for Economic Affairs and Planning Bindaman Bista tabled the ‘Karnali State Appropriation Bill, 2078’ as the replacement bill when the Assembly had already passed the same Appropriation Bill, 2078.