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ਮਾਫ਼ ਕਰਨਾ, ਇਹ ਖਬਰ ਤੁਹਾਡੀ ਬੇਨਤੀ ਭਾਸ਼ਾ ਵਿੱਚ ਉਪਲਬਧ ਨਹੀਂ ਹੈ। ਕਿਰਪਾ ਕਰਕੇ ਇੱਥੇ ਦੇਖੋ।
Chandigarh August 26: During the one-day session of Haryana Vidhan Sabha, which commenced here today, as many as 12 bills were passed. The bills which have been passed include, The Haryana Rural Development (Amendment) Bill, 2020, The Haryana Management of Civic Amenities and Infrastructure Deficient Municipal Areas (Special Provisions) Amendment Bill, 2020, The Haryana Lifts and Escalators (Amendment) Bill, 2020, The Haryana Municipal Corporation (Amendment) Bill, 2020, The Haryana Municipal (Amendment) Bill, 2020, The Haryana Fire Service (Amendment) Bill, 2020, The Haryana Municipal Entertainment Duty (Amendment) Bill, 2020, The Haryana Development and Regulation of Urban Areas (Second Amendment and Validation) Bill, 2020, The Haryana Fiscal Responsibility and Budget Management (Amendment) Bill, 2020, Haryana Appropriation (No. 3) Bill, 2020, The Haryana Goods and Services Tax (Amendment) Bill, 2020, The Haryana Value Added Tax (Amendment) Bill, 2020. Besides this, The Punjab Village Common Lands (Regulation) Haryana Amendment Bill, 2020 was tabled, while it was decided that the discussion on the same will be held in the next phase of this session.
The Haryana Rural Development (Amendment) Bill, 2020:
To amend the Haryana Rural Development Act, 1986, The Haryana Rural Development (Amendment) Bill, 2020 has been passed. With a view to give a push to the economy, which has slumped due to lockdown amid COVID-19, it is proposed to impose the Rural Development Fee on ad-valorem basis, at the rate of one percent of the sale-proceeds of fruits and vegetables bought or sold or brought for processing in the notified market area, therefore this bill has been passed.
The Haryana Management of Civic Amenities and Infrastructure Deficient Municipal Areas (Special Provisions) Amendment Bill, 2020:
To further amend the Haryana Management of Civic Amenities and Infrastructure Deficient Municipal Areas (Special Provisions) Act, 2016, Haryana Management of Civic Amenities and Infrastructure Deficient Municipal Areas (Special Provisions) Amendment Bill, 2020 has been passed. The Haryana Management of Civic Amenities and Infrastructure Deficient Municipal Areas (Special Provision) Act 2016 was enacted to identify those areas falling within Municipal Limits where construction has taken place on more than fifty percent plots prior to March 31, 2015 to declare such areas as the Civic Amenities and Infrastructure Deficient Municipal Areas to provide Civic Amenities and Infrastructure in such Areas. In this Act under section 4 “Enforcement to be kept in Abeyance” was for a period of one year which was upto April 20, 2017. The department took following action within the validity period of one year.
On July 10, 2015, guidelines were issued to seek proposal from municipalities. The same procedure was circulated vide memo dated September 16, 2016, November 18, 2016 and December 26, 2016. Developments Charges were issued on October 4, 2016. Since, action regarding declaration of unauthorized colonies could not be completed within a period of one year, therefore further an amendment in the Act was brought extending the time limits from “one year” to “two years” on November 23, 2017 and the said Act was valid till April 20, 2018.
Thereafter proposals received from various municipalities were examined. Out of the proposal of total 982 colonies of 80 municipalities, 528 colonies were found eligible. 15 colonies of MC, Gurugram and 9 colonies of MC Faridabad were notified on December 6, 2017 under the Act.
In the meanwhile action regarding declaration of unauthorized colonies could not be completed within a period of two years, therefore another amendment in the Act was brought extending the time limits from “two year” to “three years” on April 19, 2018. As per the said amendment, the Act is valid till April 20, 2019.
Thereafter 17 colonies of Municipal Corporation Gurugram and Faridabad, 343 colonies of other Municipal Corporations, 106 colonies of Municipal Councils and 181 colonies of Municipal Committees have been notified till date. Development Charges have been issued on September 27, 2018.
The amendment to extend validity of the said Act for four years i.e. from April 21, 2016 to April 20, 2020 was submitted by the Department to the Government and the same was also got approved by Vidhan Sabha, but the same could not get notified.
During the period of April 21, 2019 to April 20, 2020 the Department notified 15 colonies on June 18, 2019, September 10, 2019 and January 17, 2020 and also issued various instructions. Since, the amendment could not get notified, therefore it is required to extend the validity of the Act.
Further, at present there are about 15 of colonies for which revised proposal from MCs have been received, which are yet to be notified under the said Act, for which the validity of the said Act is required to be extended.
All actions pertaining to declaration of colonies is to be completed within the validity period, but considering that some colonies are yet to be notified which is likely to take time more than the valid period specified in the Act, hence, it is required to extend the period stated in the section 4 of the Act for completion of the process. Therefore, in section 4 (1) and (2) of the Act the words “three years” will be substituted by the words “five years” so that two more years may be made available to declare areas as the Civic Amenities and Infrastructure Deficient Municipal Areas and for this the said bill has been passed.
The Haryana Lifts and Escalators (Amendment) Bill, 2020:
To further amend the Haryana Lifts and Escalators Act, 2008, The Haryana Lifts and Escalators (Amendment) Bill, 2020 has been passed. The amendment in section 2 and 5 of the Haryana Lifts and Escalators Act, 2008 is required in view of safety of general public from getting stuck in lifts, when the power supply goes off suddenly. As per existing provision in the section 5 of the said Act, use of Automatic Rescue Device is mandatory in the lifts to rescue the travelling passengers trapped in the lift in the event of breakdown of power supply. The matter has been examined and it has been ascertained that whenever there is power outage, the lift stops in between two floors immediately with a jerk and then after 10-15 seconds, Automatic Rescue Device operates and brings the lift cage to the nearest floor and opens the doors. But, Emergency Rescue Device will give sufficient backup to the lift to land, stop and open the landing and lift cage doors at the desired floor and keep the lift in operation up to the extended time, which would be at least 15 minutes. Therefore, the use of Emergency Rescue Device in place of Automatic Rescue Device would be a better option, especially in the high rise buildings having height more than 15 meters to deal with the problem for the safety of men and material, so this bill has been passed.
The Haryana Municipal Corporation (Amendment) Bill, 2020:
The Haryana Municipal Corporation (Amendment) Bill, 2020 has been passed to further amend the Haryana Municipal Corporation Act, 1994. As provided under Section 4(4) of the Haryana Municipal Corporation Act, 1994 the first election of the newly constituted Corporation is to be held within a period of five years from its constitution. According to said provision, the election of the Municipal Corporation, Sonipat was required to be held till July 5, 2020, but due to COVID-19 Pandemic, the elections of this Corporation could not be held on the said date. An amendment in the proviso to Section 4(4) of the Haryana Municipal Corporation Act, 1994 may be made to enable the Government to conduct the election of newly constituted corporation within five years and six months from the date of its constitution.
Besides this, there is no provision under this Act to allot the Municipal Corporation land to the Social, Religious, Charitable, Institutions, Trust and Social entities for Social, Religious and Charitable purposes. In addition to that, a provision to allot the land upto 5 acre to the Nandishalas/Gaushalas and Stray Cattle yard has also been made in the policy of the Urban Local Bodies Department. The amendment in this regard under the “Haryana Management of Municipal Properties and State Properties Rules, 2007” Rules with addition of Rule 4(A), 4(B), 4(C) and 4(D) are under process which are applicable only in Municipal Councils and Committees. Hence, similar provisions are required to be made for the Municipal Corporation land for allotment to Social, Religious, Charitable, Institutions, Trust and Social entities.
In Haryana Municipal (Second Amendment) Act, 2019 it was provided that all the seats in the municipality including the President shall be filled in by person chosen by direct election. Section 21 of the Act which provided for No Confidence Motion against President or Vice President, was also amended and the President now cannot be removed by No Confidence Motion by other Members of the municipalities.
However, the Amendment Act, 2019 was silent about transitional provisions about persons elected as President by Members of the municipalities as per provisions existing prior to this Amendment Act. Nothing is indicated in this Amendment Act about repeal and saving of provisions existing prior to amendment and how the persons who have been elected prior to amendment are to be governed about their suspension, removal or filling up vacancies vacated by such indirectly elected persons.
Number of cases are now coming up in Court, where process for No Confidence Motion was started prior or after amendment with respect to the President of municipalities elected indirectly by other Members of the municipalities from amongst themselves.
In the CWP No. 9434 of 2020 titled Seema Rani, President, Municipal Committee, Jakhal Mandi Versus State of Haryana and others and decided on July 13, 2020, the Court has taken the view that there is no saving clause in the Haryana Municipal (Second Amendment) Act, 2019 which would have dealt with status of persons elected as President under the pre amended provisions. The Court has accordingly quashed the order of the Deputy Commissioner calling meeting of the Municipal Committee to consider No Confidence Motion against President.
Similar provisions were made by way of Haryana Municipal Corporation (Second Amendment) Act, 2018 in case of Mayors of Municipal Corporations. To be on the safer side, an Ordinance has been promulgated by Law and Legislative Department has been issued which Repeal and Saving provisions contained in Section 421 of the Haryana Municipal Corporation Act, 1994, sub section (3) has been added to the effect that notwithstanding anything contained in the Haryana Municipal Corporation (Second Amendment) Act, 2018, appointment, election, removal or suspension of persons appointed as Mayor before coming into force of the Amendment Act shall continue to be governed by the provisions of the un-amended Act existing prior to coming into force of the Haryana Municipal Corporation (Second Amendment) Act, 2018. Therefore the amendment in this Act was necessary.
The Haryana Municipal (Amendment) Bill, 2020:
To further amend the Haryana Municipal Act, 1973, The Haryana Municipal (Amendment) Bill, 2020 has been passed. At present, 22 districts are established in Haryana and at their district headquarter either the Municipal Corporation or the Municipal Council is in existence in 21 districts, whereas at the district headquarter of Nuh a Municipal Committee is inexistence. As provided under the Haryana Municipal Act, 1973, minimum population of 50,000 is required to declare a Municipality as Municipal Council.
Municipal Committee, Nuh has the population of 16,260 as per Census-2011 and its existing population is reached upto 24,390. To accelerate the development works to be carried out at district headquarter, Nuh and to provide better civic amenities to the inhabitants, it is necessary to have a Municipal Council at this district headquarter also.
After constitution of Municipal Council automatically senior level officers with large fleet will be available for the said purpose. Therefore, appropriate amendment is to be carried out in Section 2A of the Haryana Municipal Act, 1973 facilitating the declaration of Municipal Committee, Nuh as Municipal Council.
The main income source of the Municipalities is generated from the Taxes, Fees, Charges or Cess. Section 130 of the Haryana Municipal Corporation Act, 1994 prescribes the mode of recovery of Taxes or Fees leviable from property holders. Whereas the Haryana Municipal Act, 1973 does not have the provisions of mode of recovery as provided under clause (ii) & (iii) of Section 130 of Haryana Municipal Corporation Act, 1994. On account of non-availability of such provisions in the Haryana Municipal Act, 1973, the pending huge amount against the tax payers cannot be recovered effectively and efficiently. These provisions will certainly help the Municipal Councils/Committees to recover the due amount on account of taxes or fees or charges or cess. Therefore, aforesaid modes of recovery available in the Haryana Municipal Corporation Act, 1994 are required to be incorporated under the Haryana Municipal Act, 1973 by way of insertion of Section 98A immediately after Section 98 and immediately before Section 99 of the Haryana Municipal Act, 1973.
Haryana Municipal (Second Amendment) Act, 2019 has been enacted by the State Legislature which has been published and came into force with effect from September 4, 2019. By this Amendment Act, it has been provided that all the seats in the municipality including the President shall be filled in by person chosen by direct election. Section 21 of the Act which provided for No Confidence Motion against President or Vice President, has also been amended and the President now cannot be removed by No Confidence Motion by other Members of the municipalities. Consequential, amendments have also been made with respect to the Office of the President of municipalities by way of this Amendment Act.
However, the Amendment Act, 2019 is silent about transitional provisions about persons elected as President by Members of the municipalities as per provisions existing prior to this Amendment Act. Nothing is indicated in this Amendment Act about repeal and saving of provisions existing prior to amendment and how the persons who have been elected prior to amendment are to be governed about their suspension, removal or filling up vacancies vacated by such indirectly elected persons. Number of case are now coming up in Court, where process for No Confidence Motion was started prior or after amendment with respect to the President of municipalities elected indirectly by other Members of the municipalities from amongst themselves. In CWP No. 9434 of 2020 titled Seema Rani, President, Municipal Committee, Jakhal Mandi Versus State of Haryana and others and decided on July 13, 2020, the Court has taken the view that there is no saving clause in the Haryana Municipal (Second Amendment) Act, 2019 which would have dealt with status of persons elected as President under the pre amended provisions. The Court has accordingly quashed the order of the Deputy Commissioner calling meeting of the Municipal Committee to consider No Confidence Motion against President.
Similar pleas are now being raised with respect to No Confidence Motion proceedings initiated by the Members of the municipalities against Presidents elected by them prior to coming into force of the Haryana Municipal (Second Amendment) Act, 2019. The Act is also lacking as to how the office/post of President are to be filled, if such persons are removed from his post.
Such a consequence was neither the object nor the intention behind carrying out the said amendment through the Haryana Municipal (Second Amendment) Act, 2019. The intention always was to apply the amended provisions only on the Presidents of Municipalities who were to be elected in future by way of direct elections. The existing Presidents (elected indirectly prior to coming of Haryana Municipal (Second Amendment) Act, 2019 into force were to be governed in these matters by the un-amended provisions of the Haryana Municipal Act 1973 that existed immediately prior to coming the Haryana Municipal (Second Amendment) Act, 2019 into force.
To rectify the error that seem to have crept in, an Ordinance has been promulgated by Law and Legislative Department on August 17, 2020 which Repeal and Saving provisions contained in Section 279 of the Haryana Municipal Act, 1973, sub section (3) has been added to the effect that notwithstanding anything contained in the Haryana Municipal (Second Amendment) Act, 2019, appointment, election, removal or suspension of persons appointed before coming into force of the Amendment Act shall continue to be governed by the provisions of the un-amended Act existing prior to coming into force of the Haryana Municipal(Second Amendment) Act, 2019. Now, therefore, the provisions of Ordinance are required to be converted into Bill for seeking approval of the Haryana Legislative Assembly.
The Haryana Fire Service (Amendment) Bill, 2020:
The Haryana Fire Service (Amendment) Bill, 2020 has been passed to further amend the Haryana Fire Service Act, 2009.
An Ordinance dated August 17, 2020 has been issued by the Law and Legislative Department for making an amendment in Section 15 of the Fire Service Act, 2009 to exempt a height of 16.5 meters for Four Floors for residential purposes on residential plot for obtaining approval of Fire Fighting Schemes and Fire NOCs. The substituted Sub Section (1) of Section-15 of the Haryana Fire Service Act, 2009 include , any person proposing to construct a building to be used for any purpose other than residential purpose or a residential building of more than 16.5 meters in height proposed on residential plot or proposed for other residential purposes of more than 15 meters in height, such as group housing, multi-storeyed flats, walk-up apartments, etc., before the commencement of the construction, shall apply for the approval of Fire Fighting Scheme conforming to National Building Code of India, the Disaster management Act, 2005 (Central Act 53 of 2005), the Factories Act, 1948 (Central Act 63 of 1948) and Punjab Factory Rules, 1952, and issue of no objection certificate on such form, along with such fee, as may be prescribed.
The above said provision has already been made by the Town and Country Planning Department, Haryana in the Haryana Building Code, 2017 and it was requested to the department of Urban Local Bodies-cum-Fire Service, Haryana, Panchkula to make the said provision in the relevant Act and Rules of Fire Department.
Therefore, to convert the Ordinance dated August 17, 2020 issued by Law and Legislative Department into the Bill for substituting the Sub Section (1) of Section-15 of the Haryana Fire Service Act, 2009 this bill has been passed.
The Haryana Municipal Entertainment Duty (Amendment) Bill, 2020:
To further amend the Haryana Municipal Entertainment Duty Act, 2019, The Haryana Municipal Entertainment Duty (Amendment) Bill, 2020 has been passed. The Haryana Government repealed the Punjab Entertainment Duty Act, 1955 (Punjab Act 16 of 1955) from the Haryana Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 notified on June 8, 2017. However, there was exception i.e., except to the extent levied and collected by a Panchayat or a Municipality or a Regional Council or a District Council.
In view of the above and considering huge revenue potential through entertainment activities to municipalities, the Government notified the Haryana Municipal Entertainment Duty Act, 2019, on August 27, 2019. The Act majorly included entertainment activities through “admission to an entertainment” which are cinema halls, exhibitions, performance, amusement, game, sport or race to which persons are ordinarily admitted on payment.
The Government observed that scope of this Act required to be broadened considering various available means of entertainment via digital networking in present times i.e. Cable Operators, Direct to Home Operators, Video Parlours, Pool Parlours and IPTV services.
Accordingly, the Government has decided to include various digital entertainment activities along with other, which shall be included in the Act through an amendment. Therefore, the said bill has been passed.
The Haryana Development and Regulation of Urban Areas (Second Amendment and Validation) Bill, 2020:
The Haryana Development and Regulation of Urban Areas (Second Amendment and Validation) Bill, 2020 has been passed to further amend the Haryana Development and Regulation of Urban Areas Act, 1975.
This Bill has been proposed primarily to make express statutory provisions to clarify certain provisions of the Haryana Development and Regulation of Urban Areas Act, 1975 by drawing upon the laid down law in provisions of Section-21 of the General Clauses Act, 1897 and Section-20 of the Punjab General Clauses Act, 1956 and to validate various actions taken and being taken by the Department as a consequence which would have the effect of reconciling the conflicting judicial pronouncements on the issue. Therefore, a new Sub-Section (3a) in conformity with the provisions in above said enactments is proposed to be inserted in the Haryana Development and Regulation of Urban Areas Act, 1975. The proposals to delete clause (e) of Sub-Section(2) of Section(3) and Substitution of clause(d) of Sub-Section(2) of Section(3) seek to remove the twin redundant requirements at the time of enquiry by the Director under Section 3 in case of all colonies and non-plotted colonies respectively.
The existing provisions of two Kanals’ and ‘agriculture land’ requiring NOC before registration of land in the areas notified under Section -7A are proposed to be replaced by ‘one acre’ and ‘vacant land’ respectively in order to provide for an effective deterrence against unauthorized colonization. Requirement of NOC for transfer through gift deed has also been included with the same objective.
The Haryana Fiscal Responsibility and Budget Management (Amendment) Bill, 2020:
The Haryana Fiscal Responsibility and Budget Management (Amendment) Bill, 2020 to further amend The Haryana Fiscal Responsibility and Budget Management Act, 2005.
As per Ministry of Finance, Government of India letter issued on May 17, 2020, amendment in the Haryana Fiscal Responsibility and Budget Management Act, 2005 is to be made.
As per recommendations of 12th Finance Commission, the State Government had enacted Haryana Fiscal Responsibility and Budget Management Act, 2005 vide notification dated July 6, 2005 with an objective to eliminate revenue deficit and to reduce the fiscal deficit within the prescribed limit. As per this Act, the revenue deficit was to be brought to zero by the year 2008-09 and the limit of fiscal deficit was kept at maximum of 3 percent of Gross State Domestic Product (GSDP). The condition for bringing Revenue Deficit to zero was relaxed for the year 2008-09 and 2009-10. With regard to Fiscal Deficit, in view of Ministry of Finance, Government of India guidelines for Debt Consolidation and Relief Facility (DCRF) the target was relaxed from 3percent to 3.5 percent of GSDP for the year 2008-09 and from 3.5 percent to 4 percent of GSDP for the year 2009-10. As per Haryana Fiscal Responsibility and Budget Management Act, 2005 the limit of outstanding total debt including contingent liability was 28 percent of the estimated Gross State Domestic Product (GSDP) from the year 2005-06 to 2009-10.
As per recommendations of the 13th Finance Commission and Ministry of Finance, Government of India Guidelines, the State was to attain target of zero revenue deficit from the year 2011-12 to 2014-15 and fiscal deficit at 3 percent of GSDP during the year 2010-11 to 2014-15. The outstanding debt as percentage of GSDP were required as 22.4 percent in the year 2010- 11, 22.6 percent in 2011-12, 22.7 percent in 2012-13, 22.8 percent in 2013-14 and 22.9 percent in 2014-15. As per 14th Finance Commission, the State was to attain Zero revenue deficit target, fiscal deficit at 3 percent of the GSDP and to maintain the debt liability at 25 percent of the GSDP and Interest Payment at 10 percent of the Total Revenue Receipts.
The unprecedented COVID-19 Pandemic in the current year has had a serious negative impact on the resources of both Central and State Governments. The States require additional resources to fight the Pandemic and maintain the standards of service delivery to the public. To strengthen resources in the hands of State Governments, the Central Government has decided to provide additional borrowing limit of up to 2 percent of Gross State Domestic Product (GSDP) to the State for the year 2020-21.
The additional debt, while justifiable in the current situation, will need to be balanced against the need for long term debt sustainability, so that the excess borrowing undertaken now does not reduce lead to adverse impacts in the future. In order to ensure sustainability, there is a need to increase future GSDP growth and future revenues and or reduce unproductive future expenditures.
As per Ministry of Finance, Government of India letter dated May 17, 2020, the State Government may avail 2 percent additional borrowing of the GSDP over and above the target of 3 percent of the GSDP during current financial year 2020-21, subject to implementation of State Specific Reforms. Accordingly, the amendment in the Haryana Fiscal Responsibility and Budget Management Act, 2005 is to be made.
The objective of making further amendment in the Haryana Fiscal Responsibility and Budget Management Act, 2005 is to enable State to avail 2 percent additional borrowing of the Gross State Domestic Product amounting to Rs.17,172.64 crore over and above the prescribed limit of 3 percent of the GSDP during the current financial year 2020-21.
The relaxation in borrowing limits will be partly unconditional and partly condition to Implementation of One Nation One Ration Card System, Ease of doing business reform, Urban Local Body/utility reforms and Power Sector reforms.
Weightage of each reform is 0.25 percent of GSDP totaling to 1 percent. The remaining borrowing limit of 1 percent will be released in two installments of 0.50 percent each first immediately to all the States as untied, and the second on undertaking at least 3 out of the above named reforms.
The Haryana Goods and Services Tax (Amendment) Bill, 2020:
To provide relaxation in and amend certain provisions of the Haryana Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017, The Haryana Goods and Services Tax (Amendment) Bill, 2020 has been passed.
The Haryana Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 (the Act) was enacted with a view to make a provision for levy and collection of tax on intra state supply of goods or services or both by the State Government.
The Haryana Goods and Services Tax (Amendment) Ordinance, 2020 (Haryana Ordinance No. 1) was promulgated by of Haryana Governor on April 28, 2020. The Ordinance was issued for the State Legislature of Haryana not being in session. It was imperative upon the State to address the grievances and hardships being faced by the taxpayers on account of outbreak of COVID-19 Pandemic expeditiously. So, the Ordinance was issued to relax certain provisions, including extension of time limit, in the HGST Act, 2017.
Goods and Services Tax in India is a dual system of taxation wherein tax is levied simultaneously by the Central Government and the States/UTs. It necessitates that the provisions of the GST should be brought into force uniformly and simultaneously by the Centre as well as all the States/UTs. The Centre Government had already effected certain amendments in the Central Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 on the recommendations of the GST Council vide Finance Act, 2020. So, it was necessary and expedient for the State of Haryana to carry out these amendments in order to remain prepared for bringing the amendments in force as and when required. Therefore, the Haryana Goods and Services Tax (Second Amendment) Ordinance, 2020 (Haryana Ordinance No.3 of 2020) was promulgated by Haryana Governor of vide notification no.Leg.19/2020 published on August 13, 2020. The amendments incorporated by the Ordinance, inter alia included amendment in section 140 for prescribing the time limit and the manner for availing input tax credit against certain un-availed credit under the existing law. The amendments also included an amendment in Section 172 whereby the time period for passing an order for removal of difficulty (ROD) by the Government was extended from 3 years to 5 years. It would enable the Government to issue an order for the purpose of removing difficulties which may arise while giving effect to the provisions of Haryana Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 up to June 30, 2022.
The current Bill is passed to regularize the Haryana Goods and Services Tax (Amendment) Ordinance, 2020 (Haryana Ordinance No.1 of 2020) and Haryana Goods and Services Tax (Second Amendment) Ordinance, 2020 (Haryana Ordinance No.3 of 2020).
The Haryana Value Added Tax (Amendment) Bill, 2020:
The Haryana Value Added Tax (Amendment) Bill, 2020 has been passed to amend the Haryana Value Added Tax Act, 2003.
In view of the spread of COVID-19 Pandemic across many countries of the world including India and the restriction due to countrywide Lockdown, the assessments for the year 2016-17 or other proceedings that had to be finalized by the due dates falling between the lockdown period, could not be completed. Therefore, it had become imperative to extend the time limits provided or prescribed in the Haryana Value Added Tax Act, 2003 so that pending proceedings could be completed and any proceeding require to be initiated could be finalised. To achieve this object, an amendment by way of insertion of a new section 18A in the Haryana Value Added Tax Act 2003 was promulgated by the Haryana Governor of vide notifications published on August 5, 2020 as the State Legislature of Haryana was not in session. In order to give effect to the above decision it was necessary to regularize the Haryana Value Added Tax (Amendment) Ordinance, 2020 (Haryana Ordinance No.2 of 2020).
Haryana Appropriation (No. 3) Bill, 2020:
This bill has been passed to authorize payment and appropriation of certain further sums from and out of the Consolidated Fund of the State of Haryana for the services during the financial year ending on the thirty-first day of March, 2021. The Bill is introduced in pursuance of articles 204 (1) and 205 of the Constitution of India to provide for the appropriation out of the Consolidated Fund of the State of Haryana of the sums required to meet the supplementary grants made by the Legislative Assembly for expenditure for the financial year 2020-21.
