CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -Be it enacted by the Karnataka State Legislature in the Seventy Second year of the Republic of India, as follows:-1. . Short title and commencement.-(1) This Act may be called the Karnataka Religious Structures (Protection) Act, 2021.

Detailed explanation-2: -Karnataka Upper House Passes ‘Right To Freedom of Religion’ Bill Piloted By BJP government In A Bid To Address Fraudulent Religious Conversions. Karnataka Assembly has passed the Religious Structures Protection Bill, 2021.

Detailed explanation-3: -Recently, the Karnataka Protection of Right to Freedom of Religion Bill, 2021 was introduced in the state assembly of Karnataka. The Bill prohibits conversion from one religion to another by misrepresentation, force, fraud, allurement or marriage.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Karnataka Protection of Right to Freedom of Religion Bill, 2021 was introduced in the Karnataka Assembly on December 21, 2021. The Bill prohibits forced religious conversion by direct or indirect means. It also specifies the procedure for undertaking a religious conversion.

Detailed explanation-5: -The long title describes it as “An Act to prohibit conversion of any place of worship and to provide for the maintenance of the religious character of any place of worship as it existed on the 15th day of August, 1947, and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.”