Ordinance soon to amend doctors registration Act

Amaravati: The state Cabinet which met here on Thursday approved the proposal to bring forth an ordinance to amend the AP Medical Practitioners Registration Act, 1968. 

According to sources, the amendment will be for the deletion of Proviso under Section 15B of the Act, which made it mandatory for medical students to work for the government for one year before becoming a licensed medical practitioner. This ordinance was approved in view of the demand from the Junior Doctors' Association to remove the condition of one-year government service. 

In view of changed global scenario, there are many doctors from Andhra Pradesh who are coming back to the state with recognised foreign Post Graduate medical qualifications. The condition of rendering compulsory government service had become a hurdle for such people to extend their specialist services in their native state.

The Cabinet by another decision approved amendment to AP (Rights in Land) and Pattadar Pass Books Act, 1971 The Cabinet approved the amendment to Act which will ensure transparency and reduce pendency in disbursement of revenue of services. 

The proposed Auto-Mutation Process will be digitised, and claimants will be mutated provisionally in the electronic data maintained by the revenue department on real-time basis. 

The Cabinet in another decision cleared a proposal to extend the time limit to receive Form X Claims for the regularisation of un-registered sale deeds (Sada Bainamas). If the extent of land is below five acres, registrations will be duly exempted from Stamp Duty and Registration fee. The Cabinet also approved establishment AP Cold Chain Promotion Limited Company under the Companies Act.

The Board of Directors will include the Governor of Andhra Pradesh to be represented by Secretary / Principal Secretary to the Government, Commissioners of Horticulture, Agriculture, Animal Husbandry, Fisheries, Marketing, Industries, the Vice-Chancellor of Horticultural University, three representatives from the communities of Horticulture, Agriculture and Aquaculture and representatives from Cold Chain Industries. 

This move was to resolve the issue that 25 per cent of the produce is wasted due to inadequate cold chain infrastructure and that one-third of losses are incurred during storage and transit. This special purpose vehicle will enable farmers to extend the life cycle of perishable products, traverse long distances, reach wider market segments and a larger consumer base.

The Cabinet also approved the proposal to allot land to an extent of 56.63 acre in Chittoor in favour of Apollo Tyres Ltd for the establishment of a tyre manufacturing plant. The plant would be set up at an investment of Rs  4,500 crores across three phases and would provide employment to 1,400 people. This project would be one of the most important projects with regards to the government’s aim to develop an auto ancillary ecosystem in the state.

The Cabinet approved the alienation of Government land to an extent 30.45 acres in Vemulapalli village of Mandapeta Mandal, East Godavari District in favour of Zonal Manager, APIIC, Kakinada for the establishment of Industrial park at free of cost.

An area of 336.84 acres of Government land in Prakasam will be alienated in favour of Deputy Chief Project Manager, World Class Station Project, Secunderabad for the formation new broad guage railway line from Nadikudi to Sri Kalahasthi free of cost. 

Besides the Visakhapatnam Port Trust, MADA Mangrove Forest Lands and Notified Reserve Forests, the Indian Ports Act, 1908, will be extended to the entire coastline of Andhra Pradesh and. The Director of Ports, AP, Kakinada will be invested with the power of Coastline Conservator, and the authority to give licenses to boats on rivers. 

A schedule of charges will also be levied in the land mentioned above, which will include pipeline charges, charges for the drawl of sea water for industries and power projects, pilot licence fees, lighterage charges, fisheries projects developed by private companies, tourism projects and other charges. 

A three-member committee appointed after the boat accident in the Krishna river has submitted its interim report, and will submit the final report in the next Cabinet meeting with clear recommendations.