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Suspension of insolvency filings for defaults after March 25, 2020
This Bill temporarily suspends the initiation of corporate insolvency resolution proceedings for financial defaults arising on or after March 25…
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Bill establishes Board of Governors to replace Central Council of Indian Medicine
This Bill replaces the Indian Medicine Central Council (Amendment) Ordinance, 2020, to formally supersede the Central Council of Indian Medicine and…
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Ministers' sumptuary allowance cut 30% for one year
This Bill amends the Salaries and Allowances of Ministers Act, 1952, to reduce the sumptuary allowance payable to Ministers by 30% for one year…
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Epidemic Diseases Act amended to protect healthcare workers from violence
This law amends the Epidemic Diseases Act, 1897 to protect healthcare workers from violence and harassment during epidemics and grants the Central…
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Bill replaces 2020 Ordinance extending homoeopathy council reconstitution deadline
This Bill extends the deadline for reconstituting the Central Council of Homoeopathy from two years to three years.
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Pesticide Bill mandates Central Pesticides Board within six months
This Bill aims to regulate the entire lifecycle of pesticides, including their manufacture, import, sale, and disposal, to ensure they are safe and…
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Bill defines Homoeopathy to include biochemic remedies
The Bill aims to establish a medical education system for Homoeopathy that improves access to quality and affordable education, ensures a sufficient…
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Bill defines 'Indian System of Medicine' to include Ashtang Ayurveda, Unani, Siddha, Sowa-Rigpa
The Bill establishes the National Commission for Indian System of Medicine to regulate medical education and practice in Ayurveda, Unani, Siddha, and…
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Karnataka adds Parivara, Talawara to Scheduled Tribes list in constitutional amendment
This Bill amends the Constitution (Scheduled Tribes) Order, 1950 to add specific communities to the list of Scheduled Tribes in the State of…
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Bill adds Parivara, Talawara to Scheduled Tribes list in Karnataka
This Bill amends the Constitution (Scheduled Tribes) Order, 1950 to add specific communities to the list of Scheduled Tribes in the State of…
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Bill declares four new design institutes as institutions of national importance
This Bill amends the National Institute of Design Act, 2014 to declare four new National Institutes of Design (in Madhya Pradesh, Assam, Haryana, and…
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24 seats kept vacant in Jammu and Kashmir Assembly due to Pakistani occupation
This Bill reorganizes the existing State of Jammu and Kashmir into two new Union Territories: Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh.
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Insolvency Bill sets 330-day deadline for corporate resolution
This Bill amends the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 to set a strict 330-day deadline for completing corporate insolvency resolution processes…
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Bill introduces death penalty for aggravated child sexual assault
This Bill amends the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 to increase penalties for sexual offences against children, introduce the…
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Arbitration Council of India established as statutory body with legal, academic, government members
This Bill amends the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 to establish the Arbitration Council of India (ACI) and designate arbitral institutions…
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Bill raises major airport threshold to 3.5 million passengers annually
This Bill amends the Airports Economic Regulatory Authority of India Act, 2008 to increase the passenger threshold for an airport to be classified as…
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Cinematograph Bill would not cost Consolidated Fund, adds anti-piracy penalties
This Bill amends the Cinematograph Act, 1952, to prohibit the unauthorized recording or transmission of films in public places without the author's…
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IFSCA Bill grants central government power to supersede authority
This Bill establishes the International Financial Services Centres Authority (IFSCA) to develop and regulate financial products, services, and…
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Bill excludes Jammu and Kashmir from NRI marriage registration
This Bill mandates that Non-Resident Indians (NRIs) register their marriages with Indian citizens or other NRIs within 30 days of the wedding.
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Constitution (Scheduled Tribes) Order (Third Amendment) Bill substitutes 15 Arunachal Pradesh entries
This Bill amends the Constitution (Scheduled Tribes) Order, 1950 to update the list of Scheduled Tribes in Arunachal Pradesh by correcting names…
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Constitution Bill adds defection disqualification for tribal council members
This Bill amends the Constitution of India to restructure and expand the powers of Autonomous District Councils in tribal areas.
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Bill adds 41 communities to Assam's Scheduled Tribes list
This Bill amends the Constitution (Scheduled Tribes) Order, 1950 to add 41 specific communities to the list of Scheduled Tribes in the State of Assam.
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Bill fixes National Trust members' tenure at three years
This Bill amends the 1999 Act to fix the tenure of the Chairperson and Members of the National Trust to three years, preventing them from staying in…
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Prevention of Corruption Bill omits Section 11, amends others
This Bill amends the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 to redefine corruption offences involving public servants and commercial organizations, and…
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Bill defines 'person with disability' as having long-term impairments
This Bill aims to give effect to the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities by establishing a legal framework for the…
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Maternity Benefit Bill raises leave to 26 weeks for women with fewer than two children
This Bill amends the Maternity Benefit Act, 1961 to increase the maximum maternity leave from twelve to twenty-six weeks for women with fewer than…
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Mental health bill creates central and state mental health authorities
This Bill aims to provide mental health care and services for persons with mental illness while protecting, promoting, and fulfilling their rights…
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Bill bans child labor under 14 in all occupations, except for family work
This Bill amends the Child Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) Act, 1986, to completely ban the employment of children (under 14) in all occupations…
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Bill designates President as Visitor of new Rajendra Central Agricultural University
This Bill converts the existing Rajendra Agricultural University in Pusa, Bihar, into the Rajendra Central Agricultural University and declares it an…
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Anti-Hijacking Bill extends to offences outside India under specific conditions
This Bill aims to give effect to the 1970 Hague Convention and the 2010 Beijing Protocol by updating India's laws on aircraft hijacking.