The ruling for this decision was decided in a meeting held by the Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Badal for the Council of Ministers on December 21, 2014.
The introduction of the bill was aimed to ensure that the cess amount was also levied on those properties which were earmarked (at present it was paid only when a property was sold or auctioned) and paid by the bidder, and not by the collecting agency. (Punjab Housing & Urban Development Department etc.) The amount collected would be fully credited in the Cancer Fund of Health & Family Welfare department.