8 bills incl. varsities common recruitment board passed in 2 hours in Assembly

The Legislative Assembly passed eight bills with brief discussion on them in two hours on Tuesday. Among the Bills passed were on GST amendment following the GST Council’s recent decision on including more items in the tax purview, regularisation of land lease in Azamabad industrial area for the units who lease period is expired, private universities establishment and regulation bill giving nod to five more universities and municipal laws amendment bill for increasing the period for moving no-confidence motion and increasing co-option members in municipal corporation. Further, a bill on public employment and regulation of age of superannuation for administrative posts in health institutions, on establishment of a common recruitment board for 15 universities, on establishment of forestry university and motor vehicle taxation amendment for defining the cost of vehicle to prevent leakage of revenue. On the common recruitment board for 15 universities under higher education, agriculture and animal husbandry and dairy development, Minister for Education P. Sabitha Indra Reddy said the importance and autonomy of the institutions would not be affected but the bill was aimed at improving transparency in appointments and preventing legal issues. The public service common would prepare a merit list with 1:3 proportion based on weightage given for academic performance and written test for conduct of interviews by the selection committee.