3 bills introduced on first day of Nagaland Legislative Assembly session

DIMAPUR — The second session of the 14th Nagaland Legislative Assembly (NLA) saw three bills being introduced on the floor of the House on Monday.

Minister for Health and Family Welfare, P Paiwang Konyak, introduced the Nagaland Motor Vehicles Taxation (Amendment) Bill, 2023, and the Nagaland Passengers and Goods Taxation (Amendment) Bill, 2023, while Minister for Higher Education, Temjen Imna Along, introduced the North East Christian University (Second Amendment) Bill, 2023.

Speaker Sharingain Longkumer told the house that the three bills would be taken up for consideration and passage on Tuesday.

Earlier, assembly secretary-in-charge Khruohituonuo Rio reported that the governor had given assent to the Nagaland Municipal Act 2001 (Repeal Bill, 2023), Nagaland Fire and Emergency Services Bill, 2021, Nagaland Goods and Services Tax (Sixth Amendment) Bill, 2022, Nagaland Appropriation Bill (No.1), 2023 and Nagaland Appropriation Bill (No.2), 2023, which were passed in the March session of the House.

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