{
  "id": 5311196,
  "title": "Bill to amend Tamil Nadu Fire and Rescue Services Act, 2025, introduced in Assembly",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/03/bill-to-amend-tamil-nadu-fire-and-rescue-services-act-2025-introduced",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-03T11:07:21.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Hindu",
    "slug": "the-hindu",
    "url": "https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/bill-to-amend-tamil-nadu-fire-and-rescue-services-act-2025-introduced-in-assembly/article71423253.ece"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "On September 3, 2026, Tamil Nadu's Minister for Energy Resources and Law, C.T.R. Nirmal Kumar, introduced a Bill in the state assembly aimed at amending the Tamil Nadu Fire and Rescue Services Act, 2025. The purpose of this amendment is to remove references to the National Building Code of India, 2016, as per the Business Reforms Action Plan (BRAP), 2026. The Bill was presented by Kumar on behalf of the Chief Minister, C. Joseph Vijay, who oversees the Fire and Rescue Services portfolio. According to the Bill's Statement of Objects and Reasons, the Bureau of Indian Standards withdrew the National Building Code of India, 2016, through a Gazette notification on April 30, 2026. The Business Reforms Action Plan has also recommended modernizing fire and building norms by eliminating references to the National Building Code in building laws and replacing them with more flexible and contemporary standards. Consequently, the Tamil Nadu government has decided to amend the original Act accordingly.",
  "summary": null,
  "key_points": [
    "Tamil Nadu Minister introduced Bill on September 3, 2026.",
    "Bill aims to amend Tamil Nadu Fire and Rescue Services Act, 2025.",
    "References to National Building Code of India, 2016 to be removed."
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "The Hindu",
        "title": "The never-ending talk of shifting Tamil Nadu’s Assembly-Secretariat complex",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/03/the-never-ending-talk-of-shifting-tamil-nadus-assembly-secretariat",
        "published": "2026-09-03T10:04:01.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}