 bill no  187 of  2017 the indian veterinary council (amendment) bill, 2017 by shrimati meenakashi lekhi, mp a billto amend the indian veterinary council act, 1984be it enacted by parliament in the sixty-eighthyear of the republic of india as follows:—1 (1) this act may be called the indian veterinary council (amendment) act, 2017short title and commencement(2) it shall come into force on such date, as the central government  may, by notificationin the official gazette, appoint(i) for clause (e), the following clause shall be substituted, namely:—'(e) "recognised veterinary qualification" means any of the veterinary qualifications granted by a veterinary institution and included in the first schedule or the second schedule'; and5(ii) in clause (j), after the words "animal husbandry", the words, "and included in the first schedule or the second schedule" shall be addedamendment of section 153 in section 15 of the principal act, the following explanations shall be added at the end, namely:—10"explanation i— for the purpose of recognition of veterinary qualifications, the names of only those veterinary institutions, which grant degrees, diplomas or licenses in veterinary science and animal husbandry, shall be included in the first schedule and the names of colleges affiliated to a veterinary institution shall not be included in that schedule for the purpose of recognition under sub-section (1)15explanation ii— for the purpose of sub-section (2), only those veterinary institutions, which grants degrees, diplomas or licenses in veterinary science and animal husbandry, shall be eligible to apply for inclusion in the first schedule for recognition of veterinary qualification and the colleges affiliated to a veterinary institution shall not be eligible to apply for inclusion in the first schedule" statement of objects and reasonsa combined reading of clauses (e) and (j) of section 2, section 15 and entries made in the first schedule creates confusion and contradiction as the said provisions are contradictory, it has resulted in inclusion of the names of various veterinary colleges affiliated to veterinary institutions in the first schedule however, under the power granted to the central government under sub-section (2) of section 15, veterinary colleges affiliated to veterinary institutions cannot be included in the first schedule as these affiliated colleges are not "veterinary institutions" as defined under the indian veterinary council act, 1984 these affiliated colleges are not universities or veterinary institutions and hence they are not authorities competent to grant degrees, diplomas or certificates under the university grants commission act, 1956 due to confusion created while reading the aforesaid provisions, the central government has included affiliated colleges in the first schedule with a view to remove the ambiguity in the schedule, the explanations are being proposed to be included in section 15 of the indian veterinary council act, 1984hence this billnew delhi;meenakashi lekhinovember 23, 2016 annexure extract from the indian veterinary council act, 1984     definitions2 in this act, unless the context otherwise requires,—(a)      (b)      (c)      (d)      (e) "recognized veterinary qualification" means any of the veterinary qualifications included in the first schedule or the second schedule     (f)      (g)      (h)      (i)      (j) "veterinary institution" means any university or other institution within or without india which grants degrees, diplomas or licences in veterinary science and animal husbandry;     15 (1) the veterinary qualifications granted by any veterinary institution in india which are included in the first schedule shall be recognized veterinary qualifications for the purposes of this actrecognition of veterinary qualifications granted by veterinary institutions in india(2) any veterinary institution in india which grants a veterinary qualification not included in the first schedule may apply to the central government, to have such qualification recognised and the central government, after consulting the council, may, by notification in the official gazette, amend the first schedule so as to include such qualification therein and any such notification may also direct that an entry shall be made in the last column of the first schedule against such veterinary qualification declaring that it shall be a recognized veterinary qualification only when granted after a specified date       lok sabha———— a billto amend the indian veterinary council act, 1984————(shrimati meenakashi lekhi, mp)gmgipmrnd—4118ls(s3)—27102017