Overview

• The Assembly approved the Fisheries Amendment Bill, lifting fines for illegal fishing from Rs 500 to Rs 25,000 for a first offence and from Rs 1,000 to Rs 50,000 for repeat violations.
• The RIMS, Jaipur Bill passed by voice vote to create an autonomous institute modeled on AIIMS by reorganizing RUHS and a Cancer Institute with a governing council led by the Chief Secretary and a dedicated fund with annual grants.
• Speaker Vasudev Devnani adjourned proceedings three times after Congress MLAs entered the Well with banners and demanded a law-and-order debate.
• Independent MLA Ravindra Singh Bhati cautioned that the steep penalties could burden poor fishermen, and only he and BSP legislator Manoj Nyangli took part in the debate.
• Agriculture Minister Dr Kirori Lal Meena said two company warehouses were sealed, assured adequate urea supplies, and attributed a minor DAP shortfall to global factors including the Ukraine war.