KOHIMA, March 13 � Expressing concern over delay in introduction of the proposed bill on HIV/AIDS in Parliament, Nagaland-based NGOs working in this field have demanded tabling of the bill during the current session of the House.
They demanded that the HIV/AIDS Bill 2010, finalised by Solicitor General of India, should be tabled immediately in Parliament without any change by the law ministry.
In a joint letter to Union Law minister Veerappa Moily, NGOs mentioned that the bill was submitted to the law ministry in 2007 and is yet to be tabled.
�The insensitivity on the part of the law ministry for the past three years is unacceptable,� the letter said.
In November last year, law ministry sent the bill to the solicitor general and the solicitor general�s draft reinstated �several important provisions� and it was resent to the law ministry in February, the letter said.
�It has now come to our knowledge that law ministry is making changes to the draft, thus going beyond its mandate once again,� the NGOs said.
The letter to the law minister was signed by Network of Nagaland Drugs and AIDS Organisation (NNaga-DAO0), Kekhrie Foundation, Kripa Foundation, Turning Point, Grace Society, Walo Organisation, Eureka
Life Foundation, Guardian Angel, Yingli Mission Society, Rukizumi Welfare Society and Kohima Users� Network. � PTI