Guwahati: Assam cabinet on Saturday proposed a law to provide relief to victims of magical healing in the name of treatment. According to the cabinet briefing, the cabinet approved Assam Healing (Prevention of Evil) Practices Bill, 2024 by which any person found guilty of committing the illegal act in the name of treatment, magic healing shall be punished with imprisonment and a fine.
The proposed bill will prohibit and eliminate practices of magical healing in the name of treatment of some congenital diseases like deafness, dumbness, blindness, physical deformities, autism, etc.
It will propose strong punitive action against ‘healers’ extorting the poor and downtrodden people in the name of treatment. The cabinet, however, has not taken any decision on the anti-polygamy law or the UCC yet.
The cabinet also aproved reforms to the state municipal cadres, gave its nod to the creation of 352 new posts in the Assam Secretariat Service and decided to strengthen the Assam Village Defence Organisation. tnn
The proposed bill will prohibit and eliminate practices of magical healing in the name of treatment of some congenital diseases like deafness, dumbness, blindness, physical deformities, autism, etc.
It will propose strong punitive action against ‘healers’ extorting the poor and downtrodden people in the name of treatment. The cabinet, however, has not taken any decision on the anti-polygamy law or the UCC yet.
The cabinet also aproved reforms to the state municipal cadres, gave its nod to the creation of 352 new posts in the Assam Secretariat Service and decided to strengthen the Assam Village Defence Organisation. tnn