The Karnataka Cabinet finally gave its approval to the proposed amendments to the Greater Bengaluru Governance Act on Thursday. The amendments propose the inclusion of three senior IAS officers as members of the Greater Bengaluru Authority (GBA). The chief secretary and two additional chief secretaries of Urban Development and Finance departments will be inducted as its members.
The additional chief secretary of the Urban Development Department (UDD) will be the member of the high-powered executive committee headed by the Bengaluru development minister or a minister of the Chief Minister’s choice.
The GBA is meant to decide the issues related to the city and meets once in three months.
Further, in order to provide clarity on the issue related to the appointment of MPs, MLAs and MLCs, an amendment including a sub clause to the rulebook is also proposed.
The bill containing the amendments will be tabled in the next session of the assembly for its final approval.
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