Bills on protecting stray cows and establishing two time zones in the country were among the 98 private members’ bills introduced in Lok Sabha on Friday, PTI reported.
Bharatiya Janata Party legislator Kunwar Pushpendra Singh Chandel, who represents the Hamirpur constituency in Uttar Pradesh, introduced the Stray Cows (Protection and Control Board) Bill, 2017. He introduced another bill urging the House to adopt a law to create a Bundelkhand Regiment in the Indian Army.
Gaurav Gogoi, the Congress MP from Kaliabor in Assam, introduced the Reorganisation of Time Zones Bill, 2017, which proposes establishing two time zones in India to help make administration more systematic, inclusive and progressive. The Department of Science and Technology in June said it was conducting a study to assess the feasibility of having different time zones. Advocates of this theory say it will increase daylight savings and efficiency.
Shiv Sena’s Shrikant Eknath Shinde introduced a bill for prohibition on the distribution, sale and advertisement of online games with violent story lines. The Nationalist Congress Party’s Supriya Sule introduced a bill that calls for free medical treatment of woman suffering from breast cancer. She also put forward the Families of Farmers (Financial Assistance and Rehabilitation) Bill, seeking to help the wives of farmers who killed themselves and other dependent family members.
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