Assam: Himanta Cabinet gives nod to bill to ban magical healing
11 months ago

Assam: Himanta Cabinet gives nod to bill to ban magical healing

India TV News  

Himanta Cabinet on Saturday gave its nod to 'Assam Healing Practices Bill, 2024'. The bill will prohibit and eliminate practices of "magical healing" in the name of treatment, proposing strong punitive action against the "healers". The proposed bill seeks to "prohibit and eliminate practices of magical healing in the name of treatment of some congenital diseases such as deafness, dumbness, blindness, physical deformity and autism". Sharing the decisions taken at the meeting on X, Sarma said the cabinet also selected 10 cities/towns for a dedicated sustainable development programme, and proposed to bring in reforms in the state municipal cadres. "It will prohibit such healing sessions completely and provide strong punitive action against 'healers' extorting the poor and downtrodden people in the name of treatment," the CM wrote on X.

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