<p>Bengaluru: The Legislative Assembly on Tuesday passed an amendment to the <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/kpsc">Karnataka Public Service Commission (KPSC)</a> Bill aimed at reforming the commission, which has been drawing flak for failing, twice, to conduct examinations in an error-free manner. </p>.<p>The KPSC (Conduct of Business and Additional Functions) (Amendment) Bill, comes on the back of extensive discussions in the Legislature on the rampancy of corruption and malpractice in the commission. Piloting the bill, Law and Parliamentary Affairs Minister H K Patil said: “In light of recent events, we are treating these issues in the KPSC. This amendment defines controller and joint controller of examinations.”</p>.Bill to declare private roads as ‘public streets’ in Bengaluru tabled in Karnataka Assembly.<p>Patil highlighted the inefficiency in the circulation system, wherein he said some officers took weeks together to send their decisions. He noted that the current bill would cancel such provisions.</p>.<p>The bill also prescribes a fifty percent quorum of serving members including Chairman for the meeting of the Commission. Thus, for the 17-member KPSC (including the chairman), at least nine members should be present at a meeting to pass any decision.</p>.<p>Another provision seeks to ensure that candidates be interviewed by a member authorised by the commission. </p>.<p>Opposition leaders welcomed the bill, while emphasising that more stringent measures were needed to set things right in the KPSC.</p>.<p>Dubbing the commission a “fountain of corruption,” Rajajinagar MLA and former minister S Suresh Kumar recalled that KPSC exams had been conducted only thrice in the last 11 years. “If we don’t purify KPSC, it will lead to a worrisome state of affairs,” he added. </p>.<p>The Assembly also passed the Karnataka Tax on Profession, Trades, Callings and Employments (Amendment) Bill, which seeks to increase the professional tax from Rs 2,400 per annum to Rs 2,500 per annum.</p>
<p>Bengaluru: The Legislative Assembly on Tuesday passed an amendment to the <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/kpsc">Karnataka Public Service Commission (KPSC)</a> Bill aimed at reforming the commission, which has been drawing flak for failing, twice, to conduct examinations in an error-free manner. </p>.<p>The KPSC (Conduct of Business and Additional Functions) (Amendment) Bill, comes on the back of extensive discussions in the Legislature on the rampancy of corruption and malpractice in the commission. Piloting the bill, Law and Parliamentary Affairs Minister H K Patil said: “In light of recent events, we are treating these issues in the KPSC. This amendment defines controller and joint controller of examinations.”</p>.Bill to declare private roads as ‘public streets’ in Bengaluru tabled in Karnataka Assembly.<p>Patil highlighted the inefficiency in the circulation system, wherein he said some officers took weeks together to send their decisions. He noted that the current bill would cancel such provisions.</p>.<p>The bill also prescribes a fifty percent quorum of serving members including Chairman for the meeting of the Commission. Thus, for the 17-member KPSC (including the chairman), at least nine members should be present at a meeting to pass any decision.</p>.<p>Another provision seeks to ensure that candidates be interviewed by a member authorised by the commission. </p>.<p>Opposition leaders welcomed the bill, while emphasising that more stringent measures were needed to set things right in the KPSC.</p>.<p>Dubbing the commission a “fountain of corruption,” Rajajinagar MLA and former minister S Suresh Kumar recalled that KPSC exams had been conducted only thrice in the last 11 years. “If we don’t purify KPSC, it will lead to a worrisome state of affairs,” he added. </p>.<p>The Assembly also passed the Karnataka Tax on Profession, Trades, Callings and Employments (Amendment) Bill, which seeks to increase the professional tax from Rs 2,400 per annum to Rs 2,500 per annum.</p>