Kishan Reddy introduces bill to replace Jammu and Kashmir Reorganization Ordinance
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New Delhi, February 05: In a major development, the minister of State for Home Affairs G Kishan Reddy introduced the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation (Amendment) Bill, 2021 in the Rajya Sabha today.
The bill will replace the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation (Amendment) Ordinance of 2021 that merged the J & K cadre of the Indian Administrative Service, Indian Police Service, and Indian Forest Service with the Arunachal Pradesh, Goa, Mizoram, and Union Territory cadre, also known as AGMUT cadre.
The amendment bill is aimed to merge the Jammu and Kashmir cadre Indian Administrative Service (IAS), Indian Police Service (IPS), and Indian Foreign Service (IFS) officers with that of the Arunachal Pradesh, Goa, Mizoram, and Union Territory (AGMUT).
The ordinance amended Section 13 [Applicability of Article 239A] and Section 88 [Provisions relating to All India Services] of the Act. As the Upper House proceedings resumed, farmers' issues dominated the agenda of opposition parties.