Our Correspondent
Kohima | March 28
The 15th session of 12th Nagaland Legislative Assembly (NLA) today adopted the government’s resolution on border fencing.
The House, through the resolution, requested the Government of India to impress upon the Government of Myanmar to permanently drop the project of constructing fencing on the Indo-Myanmar border in Nagaland with a view to continue the cordial and fraternal relations amongst the Nagas living on both sides of the border.
Further, the house also passed two Government Bills – Nagaland Cooperative Societies Bill 2017 and Nagaland Appropriation Acts (Repeal) Bill 2017.
Nagaland Cooperative Societies Bill 2017 is to consolidate and amend the law relating to cooperative societies within the territorial limit of the state of Nagaland, to facilitate the voluntary formation and democratic functioning of cooperative societies as people’s institution based on Self- Help, Mutual Aid and Sound Business principles and, to enable its members to promote their economic needs so as to bring about higher standard of living for social betterment.
The bill is also to repeal the Assam Co-operative Societies Act, 1949, which has been operative in the state from its inception till date.
Nagaland Appropriation Acts (Repeal) Bill, 2017 is to repeal obsolete and redundant laws that were enacted by Parliament during President’s Rule in states, and which have become irrelevant or dysfunctional, which the State Legislature has the competent power to amend or repeal those Acts.
