The Employment of Manual Scavengers and Construction of Dry Latrines (Prohibition), Act, 1993 was repealed, with the enactment of the Prohibition of Employment as Manual Scavengers and their Rehabilitation Act 2013.
Nagaland chief minister Neiphiu Rio laid the Annual Administrative Reports 2022-2023 of the following departments on the fourth day of the first session of the 14th Nagaland Legislative Assembly Personnel and Administrative Reforms, Fisheries & Aquatic Resources, Transport, Soil & Water Conservation, Nagaland Public Works department, Sericulture, Information & Public Relations and Information Technology & Communication. AAR of Tourism; Environment, Forest & Climate Change and Horticulture department were also laid by the respective ministers.
On the third day of the ongoing 14 Nagaland Legislative Assembly session, chief minister Neiphiu Rio introduced two bills the Nagaland Goods and Services Tax (Sixth Amendment) Bill, 2022 and the Nagaland Fire & Emergency Services Bill (NF&ESB), 2021.
Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio stated that the absence of legislation to oversee life and fire safety measures in high-rise buildings in the state led to the introduction of the Nagaland Fire & Emergency.