Assam government introduces Assam Healing (Prevention of Evil) Practices Bill, 2024

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Prevention of Evil) Practices Bill, 2024 whereby any person found guilty of committing the illegal act in the name of treatment/magic healing shall be punished with imprisonment and a fine.

The state cabinet has approved the proposed Bill which seeks to seeks to prohibit and eliminate practices of magical healing in the name of treatment of some congenital diseases like deafness, dumbness, blindness, physical deformities, autism, etc.

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 cabinet has also decided for Sustainable Urban Development. Ten Cities Development Concept (Doh Shaher — Ek Rupayan) to be introduced for ensuring sustainable urban development.
Ten cities — Tinsukia, Dibrugarh, Sivasagar, Jorhat, Golaghat, Nagaon, Tezpur, North-Lakhimpur, Bongaigaon, Silchar, Karimganj, Dhubri and Haflong/Diphu — will be the Lighthouse' for other urban local bodies (ULBS) of the State.

The cabinet has approved the Assam Village Defence Organisation (Amendment) Bill, 2024 for improving the Village Defence Organisation.

The Bill seeks to amend the Assam Village Defence Organisation Act, 1966 pertaining to certain definitions, duties, power and functions of the different stakeholders of the Assam Village Defence Organisation.
Approval for the Bill for amendment of the Assam Municipal Act 1956 for efficient urban administration is provided by the cabinet. The proposed Bill seeks to define roles