Punjab Cabinet gave its approval to establish and incorporate a state university for the development and advancement of legal education in Tarn Taran.
The Punjab cabinet has given its approval to set up a law university in Tarn Taran to commemorate the 400th birth anniversary of Guru Teg Bahadur. The cabinet, which was headed by the Chief Minister of Punjab Amarinder Singh approved the 'Sri Guru Teg Bahadur State University of Law Bill – 2020' for presentation in the forthcoming session of the state Assembly on August 28, officials said. The draft bill, prepared by the Higher Education Department, seeks "to establish and incorporate a state university for the development and advancement of legal education and for the purposes of imparting specialised and systematic instruction, training and research in the field of law and for the matters connected therewith or incidental thereto", an official statement said.
The cabinet has also given its nod to a proposal to introduce the Punjab Goods and Services Tax (Amendment) Bill, 2020, thus paving the way for simplification of provisions and processes to levy and collect taxes under PGST, it said.
As per the officials of the Chief Minister's office, the introduction of the bill will not only help in simplification of provisions and processes but will also make it more user-friendly. The Punjab Goods and Services Tax (Amendment) Bill, 2020 envisioned to provide changes so as to make the levy and collection of taxes under the GST effective and easier. Five ordinances, including that of regulation of private clinical establishments, will also be presented during the one-day Assembly session for enactment, the officials said. These are related to the regulation of private clinical establishments, temporary release of some prisoners amid the COVID-19 pandemic, control of drug dispensation by private de-addiction centres, industrial disputes and child labour, according to the statement.
The cabinet also approved the release of Rs 75.75 crore recurring grant for 11 more constituent colleges at Rs 1.5 crore per college per annum from the year 2016-17 to 2020-21. With this, the number of colleges to which the state government is paying recurring grants has gone up to 30, the official statement added. This grant will help in ensuring that the teachers are given the salaries on time, hence motivating them to continue imparting better quality education to the students. The cabinet also gave nod to filling up of 428 regular medical officers (specialists) vacancies on a priority basis. It also gave ex-post facto approval to 107 posts already filled up for six specialties, as per the statement. The chief minister said the staff needed to be onboard urgently to tackle the crisis as the state was projected to be headed for a peak in the pandemic.
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