As the Lok Sabha took up for discussion the Health Security Se National Security Cess Bill, 2025 opposition members raised questions about the nomenclature of the legislation and said it attempted to “inject a certain linguistic flavour into what should be a neutral statutory title” asked why the it sought to merge health and national security into a single cess, and deepen the fiscal imbalance between the Centre and states.
During the debate in the Lok Sabha, Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) MP T. Sumathy raised questions about the “linguistic hybrid” name of the bill. https://thewire.in/government/linguistic-hybrid-oppn-questions-health-security-se-national-security-cess-bill-nam
“Why this linguistic hybrid? Why this attempt to inject a certain cultural or linguistic flavour into what should be a neutral statutory title. This is not mere pedantry,” she said.
05/12/2025