Right to Services Bill to be introduced today

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Follow us:WhatsappFacebookTwitterTelegram.cls-1{fill:#4d4d4d;}.cls-2{fill:#fff;}Google NewsThe Right to Services Bill 2012 will be introduced in the Assembly on Monday. The Bill is intended to ensure prompt delivery of government services to the public and imposing penalties on officials who err in this duty. In the first phase, 13 government services and nine services connected with the Police department will come under the ambit of the Bill. The Cabinet had approved the pathbreaking bill last September. The Bill sets time limits for providing services to the public. Failure could entail fines between Rs 500 and Rs 5000. Some of the services that fall under its ambit are; birth, death, caste and income certificates, electricity connections to homes and shops, water supply connection, ration cards, complaints filed in police stations, passport verifications and licences for weapons and explosives. The Assembly will discuss a resolution for transferring the Bill to the subject committee.first published:January 01, 1970, 05:30 ISTlast updated:January 01, 1970, 05:30 IST
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The Right to Services Bill 2012 will be introduced in the Assembly on Monday. The Bill is intended to ensure prompt delivery of government services to the public and imposing penalties on officials who err in this duty.

In the first phase, 13 government services and nine services connected with the Police department will come under the ambit of the Bill. The Cabinet had approved the pathbreaking bill last September. The Bill sets time limits for providing services to the public. Failure could entail fines between Rs 500 and Rs 5000. Some of the services that fall under its ambit are; birth, death, caste and income certificates, electricity connections to homes and shops, water supply connection, ration cards, complaints filed in police stations, passport verifications and licences for weapons and explosives. The Assembly will discuss a resolution for transferring the Bill to the subject committee.