Tamil Nadu Government Gazette Extraordinary Number 378A, 15 September 2020
The Government of Tamil Nadu published Tamil Nadu Government Gazette Extraordinary Number 378A on 15 September 2020 to place five Legislative Assembly bills before the public for information. The supplied text details a proposed preference for eligible government school students in undergraduate medical admissions and a proposed public health offence concerning obstruction of burial or cremation, while also listing three further tax and public health bills.
What the gazette contains
Tamil Nadu Government Gazette Extraordinary Number 378A, published by the Government of Tamil Nadu on 15 September 2020, contains bills introduced in the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly and published for public information. The detailed bills in the supplied text are attributed to the Minister for Health and Family Welfare.
The contents list these five bills:
- Legislative Assembly Bill Number 24 of 2020, concerning preferential admission of government school students to undergraduate medicine, dentistry, Indian medicine and homeopathy courses.
- Legislative Assembly Bill Number 25 of 2020, amending the Tamil Nadu Public Health Act, 1939.
- Legislative Assembly Bill Number 26 of 2020, a second amendment to the Tamil Nadu Public Health Act.
- Legislative Assembly Bill Number 27 of 2020, concerning relaxation of certain provisions in Tamil Nadu taxation laws.
- Legislative Assembly Bill Number 28 of 2020, a second amendment concerning Tamil Nadu goods and services tax.
The supplied pages give substantive provisions only for Legislative Assembly Bill Numbers 24 and 25.
Government school medical admission proposal
Legislative Assembly Bill Number 24 of 2020 proposes that:
- Seven and a half per cent of government seats be allocated on a preferential basis to eligible government school students.
- Eligibility generally requires study in a government school from Class 6 through higher secondary school and qualification in the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test.
- Covered courses include undergraduate medicine, dentistry, Siddha, Ayurveda, Unani and homeopathy.
- Existing reservation requirements continue to apply within the preferential allocation.
- Eligible government school students may also compete for other government seats, unless admitted through the preferential allocation.
- Any unfilled preferential seats may be filled by students who studied in private schools.
The proposed law would begin on a date notified by the State Government.
Public health amendment proposal
Legislative Assembly Bill Number 25 of 2020 proposes an offence for preventing, obstructing or attempting to obstruct the burial or cremation of a person who died while affected by a notified disease. The proposed punishment is imprisonment for at least one year and up to three years, together with a fine.
The bill also proposes replacing the Tamil Nadu Public Health Amendment Ordinance Number 1 of 2020 while preserving actions already taken under it.
Relevance to property readers
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Common questions
Does Tamil Nadu Government Gazette Extraordinary Number 378A change any land or property rules?
No land ownership, registration, planning permission, building approval or property tax change appears in the supplied text.
Does the medical admission proposal reserve seats for government school students?
Legislative Assembly Bill Number 24 of 2020 proposes a seven and a half per cent preferential allocation of government seats for eligible government school students who qualify in the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test.
Which medical courses are covered by the proposed preference?
The proposal covers undergraduate medicine, dentistry, Siddha, Ayurveda, Unani and homeopathy courses.
What does the public health amendment say about obstructing a burial or cremation?
Legislative Assembly Bill Number 25 of 2020 proposes imprisonment for at least one year and up to three years, together with a fine, for preventing, obstructing or attempting to obstruct the burial or cremation of a person who died while affected by a notified disease.
