Centre decided to remove all obsolete, archaic laws: Law Minister Kiren Rijiju

Union Law Minister Kiren Rijiju on Saturday announced that the Central government has decided to remove all obsolete and archaic laws of the Indian judiciary from the statute box stating that they have no relevance in todays timeThe Law Minister said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi desires to reduce the compliance burden of the people and wants a lesser government role in peoples livesWhile speaking to media persons here the Law Minister said Some old laws work as impediments in the normal life of common people and we have to reduce the compliance burden on people It is the Prime Ministers desire to reduce the compliance burden of the people to ensure that they can live as peacefully as possible and there should be a minimum presence of government in their livesRijiju said that laws are designed to simplify justice for ordinary people rather than cause them troubleAlso read Extortion case Jacqueline deleted evidence from phone says EDWe have decided to remove all obsolete and archaic laws from the statute as unnecessary laws are a burden to the common man Laws are meant to bring something good about the common people and not to trouble them Laws are meant to facilitate justice or to prescribe certain mechanisms to ensure the life of the common people as normal as possible So the burden of the common people must be reduced he saidHe further said that over 1500 laws have been removed and in the coming Winter Session of Parliament many more repealment acts will be introducedAll those unnecessary laws which were enacted a long time back which do not have any relevance in todays time do not deserve to be in the statute books So we have already removed more than 1500 laws In the coming Winter Session I am also getting ready to introduce many more repealment acts in Parliament the Union Minister addedThe Law Minister was in Shillong to participate in the Rozgar Mela programmePrime Minister Narendra Modi launched Rozgar Mela the recruitment drive for 10 lakh personnel via video conferencing on SaturdayDuring the ceremony appointment letters were handed over to 75000 newly inducted appointeesThe Prime Minister said that the central government is working simultaneously on many fronts to create more and more jobs in the countryAs per the directions of the Prime Minister all Ministries and Departments are working towards filling up existing vacancies against sanctioned posts in Mission Mode the PMO said in a statementThe new recruits from across the country will join 38 MinistriesDepartments of the Government of IndiaThe PMO statement said this will be a significant step forward towards fulfilling the continuous commitment of the Prime Minister to providing job opportunities for the youth and ensuring the welfare of citizensThe appointees will join the government at various levels viz Group A Group B Gazetted Group B NonGazetted and Group C The posts on which appointments are being made include Central Armed Force Personnel Sub Inspector Constable LDC Steno PA Income Tax Inspectors MTS among others the PMO statement saidThese recruitments are being done in mission mode by Ministries and Departments either by themselves or through recruiting agencies such as UPSC SSC and Railway Recruitment BoardFor expeditious recruitment selection processes have been simplified and made techenabled the statement concludedThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever