Hefty fines for traffic offenders: RS clears Motor Vehicles Amendment Bill
Hefty fines for traffic offenders: RS clears Motor Vehicles Amendment Bill The Bill has been passed with three government amendments and will need to go back to the Lok Sabha (LS). The LS had already passed the Bill on July 23 Current Affairs :- The Rajya Sabha on Wednesday cleared, with certain riders, the Motor Vehicles Amendment Bill, which proposes to force powerful fines on guilty parties and get rid of defilement by getting innovation. The entry of the Bill can be named as a triumph for Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari, who was instrumental behind getting another enactment on street security. He had first guaranteed alterations to the MV Act, 1988, in May 2014, when he assumed responsibility as the Union street transport and parkways serve in the principal National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government. After the section of the Bill in the Upper House of Parliament, he stated: “The truly necessary alterations will improve street security, encourag...