There has been a lot of political scuffle in the Karnataka Assembly. The Karnataka cabinet on Thursday decided to re-promulgate three controversial ordinances after the bills proposed to replace them could not get passed in the state legislative council during the recently concluded session of the Legislature, sources said. While the Industrial Disputes and Certain Other Laws (Karnataka Amendment) Bill 2020 that tweaks labor laws, was passed in the legislative assembly, it got defeated in the council by the united opposition of Congress and JD(S), as they enjoy a majority in the Upper House.
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The Karnataka Land Reforms (Second) Amendment Bill, 2020 and the Karnataka Agriculture Produce Marketing (Regulation and Development) (Amendment) Bill, 2020, also approved by the assembly, were not adopted by the Upper House as it was postponed sine die on the intermediary night of September 26 and 27. Official sources said as the ordinance published earlier will lapse in six weeks after the legislative session, if a replacement bill to it is not passed by both the Houses, it has now been decided to re-promulgate the ordinances.
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While the amendments to Land Reform Act liberalizes farmland ownership, the APMC amendment bill diminishes the powers of local Agricultural Produce Marketing Committees (APMC) and permits private individuals to start agricultural trading, if they hold a permanent account number (PAN). The bill that tweaks labour laws is directed at making only those establishments that employ 300 or more people to seek the government's permission for closure, retrenchment or layoff. It also proposed to increase the overtime work of employees in any quarter from 75 to 125 hours.
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