Three Bills Passed During Haryana Vidhan Sabha Session

Chandigarh, Aug 2025 – During the monsoon session of the Haryana Vidhan Sabha, 3 bills were passed today after discussion. These include the Haryana Vidhan Sabha (Members’ Salaries, Allowances and Pension) Amendment Bill, 2025, the Haryana Backward Classes Commission (Amendment) Bill, 2025, and the Haryana Management of Deficient Civic Amenities and Infrastructure in the Peripheral Areas of Municipal Areas (Special Provisions) Amendment Bill, 2025.

*Haryana Vidhan Sabha (Members’ Salaries, Allowances and Pension) Amendment Bill, 2025*

The Haryana Vidhan Sabha (Members’ Salaries, Allowances and Pension) Amendment Bill, 2025 was passed to amend the Haryana Vidhan Sabha (Members’ Salaries, Allowances and Pension) Act, 1975.

Under Section 7-G, clause (g) of the Haryana Vidhan Sabha (Members’ Salaries, Allowances and Pension) Act, 1975, every member of the Haryana Vidhan Sabha is entitled to a maximum special travel allowance of ₹10,000 per month, ensuring that the total monthly pension, dearness relief, and the said amount together equal ₹1,00,000 for travel by themselves or their family members.

In recent days, various members, both individually and collectively, approached the Speaker, stating that the existing provision, wherein the total amount of monthly pension and dearness relief together with the special travel allowance is capped at ₹1,00,000, and a maximum of ₹10,000 per month is allowed for travel anywhere in India by themselves or their family members, does not sufficiently reflect the current inflationary trends. It was suggested that the limit of ₹1,00,000 on the combined amount of monthly pension and dearness relief under special travel allowance be abolished, and that the provision of a maximum of ₹10,000 per month as special travel allowance for travel anywhere in India by themselves or their family members be continued.

The purpose of this Bill is to substitute clause (g) of Section 7-G of the Haryana Vidhan Sabha (Members’ Salaries, Allowances and Pension) Act, 1975.

*Haryana Backward Classes Commission (Amendment) Bill, 2025*

The Haryana Backward Classes Commission (Amendment) Bill, 2025 was passed to amend the Haryana Backward Classes Commission Act, 2016.

In order to comprehensively address the needs and demands of backward classes, the Commission felt the need to expand the scope of its functions, requiring adequate amendments to empower the Commission to protect the interests of the backward classes in the discharge of its functions. Therefore, the Commission proposed an amendment to Section 9 of the Haryana Backward Classes Commission Act, 2016 (Haryana Act No. 9 of 2016).

Under the Haryana Backward Classes Commission Act, 2016, there is no provision for protecting the Chairperson, members, officers/employees of the Commission from any suit, harassment, or other legal proceedings for actions done in good faith. Therefore, after Section 17 of the parent Act, a new Section 18 can be inserted. A similar provision already exists under Section 18 of the Haryana State Scheduled Castes Commission Act, 2018 (Haryana Act No. 34 of 2018).

Keeping in view the above requirements, in its meeting held on 04.08.2023, the Haryana Backward Classes Commission proposed to amend Section 9 of the Haryana Backward Classes Commission Act, 2016 (Haryana Act No. 9 of 2016) and to insert Section 18 in the said Act No. 9 of 2016 for protection of actions done in good faith.

*Haryana Management of Deficient Civic Amenities and Infrastructure in the Peripheral Areas of Municipal Areas (Special Provisions) Amendment Bill, 2025*

The Haryana Management of Deficient Civic Amenities and Infrastructure in the Peripheral Areas of Municipal Areas (Special Provisions) Amendment Bill, 2025 was passed to amend the Haryana Management of Deficient Civic Amenities and Infrastructure in the Peripheral Areas of Municipal Areas (Special Provisions) Act, 2021.

The Haryana Management of Deficient Civic Amenities and Infrastructure in the Peripheral Areas of Municipal Areas (Special Provisions) Act, 2021 was enacted with the objective of providing necessary services in areas outside municipal limits that lacked civic amenities and infrastructure. The purpose of this Act was to improve the standard of living of residents of the state. A total of 684 residential colonies (unauthorized) were considered for regularization.

The Chief Minister of Haryana, in his budget speech, had announced the regularization of unauthorized industrial colonies. He said, “In the last 10 years, about 2145 unauthorized residential colonies have also been regularized. Now we must also pay similar attention to unauthorized industrial colonies. Therefore, it has been decided that if at least 50 industrialists, whose units are located on a minimum of 10 acres of contiguous land, collectively apply on a portal, then all such industrial units will be deemed valid industrial units by all departments until the government takes a final decision on the group’s application.”

Accordingly, in compliance with the above budget announcement, the Government also wishes to focus on unauthorized industrial establishments developed in the state so that these establishments can be provided with basic civic amenities and infrastructure. The primary objective of the state government is to ensure minimum basic infrastructure in such areas to create a healthy environment. Therefore, in view of the above, to ensure a healthy working environment and provide infrastructural facilities, it has been proposed to enact a Bill named the Haryana Management of Deficient Civic Amenities and Infrastructure in the Peripheral Areas of Municipal Areas (Special Provisions) Amendment Bill, 2025.