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New I-T Bill with Parl panel's suggestions to be tabled on Monday: Rijiju
Rijiju's statement came in the wake of apprehensions voiced in a section of the media on the withdrawal of the Income Tax Bill from the Lok Sabha on Friday.
"It is being presumed that there will be an absolutely new bill, ignoring the earlier bill for which a lot of work was done, and all the work done and time spent will go down," Rijiju said.
The minister made it clear that the apprehensions were ill founded as the new bill to be introduced will incorporate all the changes which have been suggested by the Select Committee and which have been accepted by the government.
Rijiju said it was a normal parliamentary procedure when the amendments to a bill already introduced in the Lok Sabha are too many.
The Select Committee of the Lok Sabha, chaired by BJP member Baijayant Panda, made 285 suggestions to the Income Tax Bill, which were accepted by the government.
Rijiju said the need for a new bill arose as it would have been a tedious process to introduce each of the amendments and seek approval of the House separately.
"It is a normal convention that when a Select Committee submits a report and there are a number of amendments which are suggested and accepted by the government, the earlier bill is withdrawn and a new bill with all the amendments as accepted is introduced, so that it becomes easier for the Parliament to consider and pass the bill," Rijiju said.
The minister said there should be no apprehension that the new Income Tax Bill, which is going to be introduced on Monday, will be different.
"It will be the same bill incorporating all the amendments accepted by the government," Rijiju said.
Stating that all the hard work done in the last six months will not go waste, the minister said, "On the contrary, the hard work done by each one and the suggestions will get reflected in the new Income Tax Bill, which the finance minister will introduce in the Lok Sabha on Monday.
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