All-India Institute of Medical Sciences (Amendment) Bill, 2012

March 8, 2013

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An ordinance was promulgated by the President of India using the

power of Ordinances via article 123 of the Constitution.
The ordinance allowed the six AIIMSlike institutes to become
operational from September 2012. Accordingly, the All-India
Institute of Medical Sciences (Amendment) Bill, 2012,was
introduced in the Lok Sabha on August 27,2012. Lok Sabha has
passed the AIIMS (Amendment) Bill, 2012 on August 30, 2012.
The proposed measure will help the Centre change the status of the
six new AIIMS registered under the Indian Societies Registration Act
to be autonomous body corporate on the lines of the existing AIIMS
in Delhi. AIIMS(Amendment) Bill,2012 was introduced in Rajya
Sabha on September 3,2012.
Rajya Sabha has also passed the AIIMS (Amendment) Bill, 2012 on
September 4, 2012. The Bill will confer powers upon the Centre to
establish AIIMS-like institutions by notification in the official
gazette.
With this enactment, 6 new AIIMS like institutes will start under the
Pradhan
Mantri
Swastha
Suraksha
Yojana
at
Bhopal,
Bhubaneshwar, Jodhpur, Patna, Raipur and Rishikesh.
Ordinance Making Power of President
Article 123 mentions that when both Houses of Parliament are NOT
in session, and the President is satisfied that -circumstances exist
which render it necessary for him to take immediate action; he may
promulgate such Ordinances as the circumstances appear to him to
require. Such ordinance should be laid before both Houses of

Parliament and shall cease to operate at the expiration of six weeks

from the reassembly of Parliament.