Telangana: KTR Tables GHMC Amendment Bill In Assembly

Telangana Assembly session has begun at 11:30 AM today. Thus, the Government has decided to pass the 4 bills in this session. KTR, Minister of MA&UD, Industries and IT&C of Telangana has introduced 4 bills to amend the GHMC Law Amendment Bill along with three other laws. The Government has presented these bills to the assembly after the approval of the Telangana cabinet.

Here are the 4 bills which are approved by the Government:

• GHMC Amendment Bill - 2020

• Indian Stamp Bill (Telangana) 2020

• Criminal Procedure Code Amendment Bill - 2020

• Telangana Agriculture Land Amendment Bill (Conversion Non-Agricultural Land) - 2020.

KTR spoke on behalf of the Government after introducing these bills in the assembly. He doled out, the towns in Telangana will be turned into green towns instead of concrete jungles. A total of 5 amendments have been made to the GHMC act. According to the amendments made, now 50% of seats will be allocated to women. Along with it, a women's committee, a youth committee and a senior citizens' committee will also be formed. He also said, 4 types of ward committees will be formed in each division of Hyderabad and have 25 members from each division.

There was also a small debate in the assembly after KTR introduced these bills. A few opposition party MLA's didn't attend the special meetings held today. Only CLP leader Bhatti Vikramarka and MLA Sitakka from the Congress were present and there was no one present from BJP party.