<p>New Delhi: President Droupadi Murmu has given her assent to a bill that seeks to put in place a mechanism for the appointment of Chief Election Commissioner and other Election Commissioners, according to a government notification issued Friday.</p><p>The Chief Election Commissioner and Other Election Commissioners (Appointment, Conditions of Service and Term of Office) Bill, 2023, has provisions to set up a search committee chaired by the law minister and two other persons not below the rank of secretary, to prepare a panel of five persons for consideration of the selection committee for appointment as CEC or ECs.</p><p>The bill also has provisions for a Selection Committee, chaired by the prime minister, Leader of Opposition and a Union minister, to make recommendations to the President for appointment of CEC and other ECs.</p>.Bill to regulate appointments, service terms of CEC & ECs passed by RS amid Oppn walkout.<p>The President also granted assent to the Press and Registration of Periodicals Bill, to replace a British-era law governing the publishing industry and simplify the process of registration of periodicals.</p><p>The Bill replaces the Press and Registration of Books Act of 1867. Rajya Sabha passed the Bill on August 3.</p><p>"This bill is simple, smart and has a simultaneous process for registration of newspapers and periodicals. Earlier newspapers or magazines had to pass through an eight-step registration process. This can now be done at the click of a button," Union Information and Broadcasting Minister Anurag Thakur said responding to the discussion on the bill in the Lok Sabha on December 21.</p><p>He said newspapers and periodicals will now be able to get registered within two months as against the two to three years required earlier.</p><p>The President also granted assent to the Central Goods and Services Tax (Second Amendment) Bill, 2023, and the Provisional Collection of Taxes Bill, 2023.</p>
<p>New Delhi: President Droupadi Murmu has given her assent to a bill that seeks to put in place a mechanism for the appointment of Chief Election Commissioner and other Election Commissioners, according to a government notification issued Friday.</p><p>The Chief Election Commissioner and Other Election Commissioners (Appointment, Conditions of Service and Term of Office) Bill, 2023, has provisions to set up a search committee chaired by the law minister and two other persons not below the rank of secretary, to prepare a panel of five persons for consideration of the selection committee for appointment as CEC or ECs.</p><p>The bill also has provisions for a Selection Committee, chaired by the prime minister, Leader of Opposition and a Union minister, to make recommendations to the President for appointment of CEC and other ECs.</p>.Bill to regulate appointments, service terms of CEC & ECs passed by RS amid Oppn walkout.<p>The President also granted assent to the Press and Registration of Periodicals Bill, to replace a British-era law governing the publishing industry and simplify the process of registration of periodicals.</p><p>The Bill replaces the Press and Registration of Books Act of 1867. Rajya Sabha passed the Bill on August 3.</p><p>"This bill is simple, smart and has a simultaneous process for registration of newspapers and periodicals. Earlier newspapers or magazines had to pass through an eight-step registration process. This can now be done at the click of a button," Union Information and Broadcasting Minister Anurag Thakur said responding to the discussion on the bill in the Lok Sabha on December 21.</p><p>He said newspapers and periodicals will now be able to get registered within two months as against the two to three years required earlier.</p><p>The President also granted assent to the Central Goods and Services Tax (Second Amendment) Bill, 2023, and the Provisional Collection of Taxes Bill, 2023.</p>