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Parliament Session Alert Winter Session: December 4, 2023 – December 22, 2023 |
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Highlights
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Bills listed for consideration and passing
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Short Title |
Key Objectives |
Introduced On |
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Home Affairs / Law and Justice |
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Replaces the Indian Penal Code, 1860. |
11 August 2023 |
Standing Committee report presented on 10 November 2023 |
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Replaces the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973. |
11 August 2023 |
Standing Committee report presented on 10 November 2023 |
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Replaces the Indian Evidence Act, 1872. |
11 August 2023 |
Standing Committee report presented on 10 November 2023 |
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Provides for a selection committee to appoint the Chief Election Commissioner and Election Commissioners, and specifies qualifications and conditions of service for such persons. |
10 August 2023 Rajya Sabha |
Pending in Rajya Sabha |
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Repeals certain sections related to touts under the Legal Practitioners Act, 1879, and brings them under the ambit of the Advocates Act, 1961. |
1 August 2023 Rajya Sabha |
Passed by Rajya Sabha on 3 August 2023 |
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Changes the nomenclature of ‘weak and underprivileged classes’ to ‘Other Backward Classes’. |
26 July 2023 Lok Sabha |
Pending in Lok Sabha |
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Increases the number of seats in the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly from 83 to 90, reserves seven seats for SCs and nine seats for STs, and provides for nominated seats for Kashmiri migrants and displaced persons. |
26 July 2023 Lok Sabha |
Pending in Lok Sabha |
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Repeals 65 laws that are obsolete or redundant, and corrects a minor drafting error in the Factoring Regulation Act, 2011. |
19 December 2022 Lok Sabha |
Passed by Lok Sabha on 27 July 2023 |
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Social Justice |
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The Constitution (Jammu and Kashmir) Scheduled Castes Order (Amendment) Bill, 2023 |
Includes Valmiki as a synonym of Chura, Bhangi, Balmiki, and Mehtar in the list of SCs of Jammu and Kashmir. |
26 July 2023 Lok Sabha |
Pending in Lok Sabha |
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The Constitution (Jammu and Kashmir) Scheduled Tribes Order (Amendment) Bill, 2023 |
Separates the lists of STs for the Union Territories of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh, adds Gadda Brahmin, Koli, Paddari Tribe, and Pahari Ethnic Group to the list of STs in Jammu and Kashmir. |
26 July 2023 Lok Sabha |
Pending in Lok Sabha |
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Communications / Information and Broadcasting |
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Repeals the India Post Office Act, 1898, provides for matters related to the functioning of the Post Office, specifies grounds for interception of shipments and the procedure for examination of shipments. |
10 August 2023 |
Pending in Rajya Sabha |
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Repeals the Press and Registration of Books Act, 1867, provides for registration of newspapers, periodicals and books including foreign periodicals, and appointment of the Press Registrar General. |
1 August 2023 |
Passed by Rajya Sabha on 3 August 2023 |
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Bills listed for introduction, consideration and passing
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Short Title |
Key Objectives |
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Finance |
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The Provisional Collection of Taxes Bill, 2023 |
Re-enacts the Provisional Collection of Taxes Bill, 1931. |
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The Central Goods and Services Tax (Second Amendment) Bill, 2023 |
Incorporates the recommendations of the GST Council made in its 52nd meeting on October 7, 2023. |
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Home Affairs / Law and Justice |
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The Jammu and Kashmir Reorganization (Amendment) Bill, 2023 |
Reserves one-third of the total number of seats in the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly for women. |
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The Government of Union Territories (Amendment) Bill, 2023 |
Adds provisions to reserve seats for women in the Puducherry Legislative Assembly. |
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The National Capital Territory of Delhi Laws (Special Provisions) Second (Amendment) Bill, 2023 |
Extends the validity of the National Capital Territory of Delhi Laws (Special Provisions) Second Act, 2011, which protects certain forms of unauthorised developments in Delhi from punitive action, for three years, till 31 December, 2026. |
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Labour / Education |
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The Boilers Bill, 2023 |
Replaces the Boilers Act, 1923, which regulates steam-boilers. |
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The Central University (Amendment) Bill, 2023 |
Establishes a Central Tribal University in Telangana. |
Sources: Bulletins of Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha dated November 10, 2023 and November 29, 2023; PRS.
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