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The Assam government introduced the Assam Healing (Prevention of Evil) Practices Bill, 2024 in the state assembly, aiming to combat illegal healing practices. Under the bill, individuals found guilty of engaging in such practices will face imprisonment and fines. The legislation seeks to eradicate non-scientific healing practices exploiting people s ignorance and ill-health.
Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma announced the introduction of a new law to ban the practice of magical healing in the name of treatment by faith healers to convert tribal people. The legislation aims to prohibit this practice among all religions.
Assam seeks to maintain the religious status quo and achieve a proper balance by approving a legislation that prohibits magical healing. This milestone legislation aims to protect tribal people and ensure a harmonious coexistence of different religious communities in the state.
The proposed bill seeks to "prohibit and eliminate practices of magical healing in the name of treatment of some congenital diseases such as deafness, dumbness, blindness, physical deformity and autism".