GUWAHATI, Feb. 21 -- The Assam Healing (Prevention of Evil) Practices Bill 2024, was presented in the state assembly on Wednesday (February 21).

Introduced by Assam parliamentary affairs minister Pijush Hazarika, the bill aims to prohibit magical healing practices, primarily to curb evangelism.

The legislation aims to foster a socially aware and scientifically grounded environment to safeguard public health from harmful practices rooted in ignorance and exploitation.

It targets the elimination of "non-scientific healing practices used with malicious intent to exploit innocent individuals" in Assam.

Section 3 of the bill empowers the government to ban evil or magical healing practices for specific diseases and health disorders, while S...