Shillong, Sept 12: The State Cabinet on Tuesday approved the amendments of the Meghalaya Goods and Services Tax, 2017, Meghalaya Medical Council and National Law University.
3 ordinances passed by the Govt. were brought to the Cabinet today as Bills and will be put up in the Autumn Session of the State Assembly namely—
1. Proposal to repeal Rajitlal University Act 2011
2. Amendment of the Meghalaya GST Act 2017
3. Meghalaya Medical Council… pic.twitter.com/TFhN5OMszU— Conrad K Sangma (@SangmaConrad) September 12, 2023
Cabinet approved the amendment to the National Law University of Meghalaya (Amendment) Bill, 2023. The amendment proposes a change in the structure of the Finance Committee of the University was proposed and nomenclatures that has to be changed in line with the Act. The same will… pic.twitter.com/e1p1JcAnRC
— Conrad K Sangma (@SangmaConrad) September 12, 2023
Addressing the media, Chief Minister Conrad K Sangma said these are amendments that are mandated in terms of the decisions taken by the GST Council which are then implemented by the state governments.
He said every state government has to amend the GST Act as per the amendments made by the GST Council.
“These are just regularising the decisions made by the Council by amending them and this was done by an ordinance and now we will be regularising it by bringing it to the Assembly,” he said.
Regarding the Meghalaya Medical Council (Amendment) Bill, 2023, Sangma said, “This was again an ordinance. If you recall nomenclature changes were there and those have been made and ordinance was passed few weeks back and now that again has been regularised.”
He said the amendment to the National Law University of Meghalaya Bill, 2023 were related to the finance committee in the University. Besides, the government had also repealed the Rajit Lal University Act, 2011 through an ordinance.
According to him, all these will be presented in the upcoming Assembly session which will be held from September 15 to 22, for regularization.
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