Rajasthan passes Bill to penalise paper leaks with life sentence

Parliamentary Affairs Minister Shanti Dhariwal said that the Bill was necessary considering the prevailing circumstances. He said that while paper leaks are happening in various states, Rajasthan has stricter provisions to prevent such incidents.

In the Statement of Objects and Reasons of the Bill, the government states that “It is evident from recent incidents that offences relating to use of unfair means are perpetrated by organised mafias and the existing provisions of punishment .. do not have a deterrent effect on them. Since a fair and reasonable recruitment process is adversely affected by such crimes, more stringent punishment for them is the need of the hour.”