Govt approves 3 Bills, including minimum wage hike Bill

Delhi | Sunday | 6th August, 2017

Summary:

The Delhi government on Saturday approved three Bills, including one related to hike in minimum wages, to be reintroduced in the Monsoon Session. The Minimum Wages (Delhi) Amendment Bill, 2015, The Delhi (Right of Citizen to Time Bound Delivery of Services) Amendment Bill, 2015 and NSIT Bill (amendment) were among the 14 bills passed by the House, but the Centre had sent back most of the proposed legislations with some objections. "The Cabinet approved three Bills which will be reintroduced in the upcoming Assembly session," said a senior government official. The four-day Monsoon Session of the Delhi Assembly will begin from August 8. In January, then President Pranab Mukherjee had returned Netaji Subhash Institute of Technology Bill (NSIT), seeking university status for the institute, to Delhi Assembly asking the House to reconsider and amend the Bill..