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The Government of Union Territories (Amendment) Bill, 2025
Requires ministers in the Puducherry government, including the Chief Minister, to vacate office automatically if detained in custody for 30 consecutive days on charges carrying a maximum sentence of five years or more.
Read Full AnalysisThe Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Amendment Bill, 2026
This bill tightens how the government manages money and assets held by NGOs and organisations that receive foreign donations. When an organisation loses or gives up its foreign funding licence, a government-appointed authority will now take over and manage its assets. It also reduces the maximum jail term for violations from five years to one year.
Read Full AnalysisThe Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation (Amendment) Bill, 2025
Requires ministers in the J&K government, including the Chief Minister, to vacate office automatically if detained in custody for 30 consecutive days on charges carrying a maximum sentence of five years or more.
Read Full AnalysisThe Corporate Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2026
Amends the Companies Act, 2013 and the LLP Act, 2008 to decriminalise procedural offences, raise compliance thresholds for small companies, reduce shareholder approval requirements for mergers, and designate IBBI as the national Valuation Authority.
Read Full AnalysisThe Pesticide Management Bill, 2020
This bill replaces a 50-year-old law to overhaul how pesticides are registered, sold, and used across India. It sets up new bodies to evaluate pesticide safety and creates stricter rules for manufacturers, distributors, and pest control operators. The goal is to reduce harm to farmers, consumers, and the environment from unsafe or misused pesticides.
Read Full AnalysisThe Securities Markets Code, 2025
Repeals and replaces three securities market laws — the Securities Contracts Act 1956, SEBI Act 1992, and Depositories Act 1996 — consolidating them into a single Code, while expanding SEBI's board, tightening conflict of interest rules, adding an eight-year limit on investigations, and replacing criminal penalties with monetary ones for most violations.
Read Full AnalysisThe Viksit Bharat Shiksha Adhishthan Bill, 2025
Abolishes UGC, AICTE, and NCTE and replaces them with a single apex regulatory body — the Viksit Bharat Shiksha Adhishthan — with three specialised Councils for regulation, accreditation, and academic standards, while removing grant-allocation powers from the new body entirely.
Read Full AnalysisThe Constitution (129th Amendment) Bill, 2024
Amends the Constitution to require Lok Sabha and all State Assembly elections to be held simultaneously, with any legislature dissolved before its full term holding elections only for the remainder of the five-year cycle rather than a fresh full term.
Read Full AnalysisThe Indian Statistical Institute Bill, 2026
The Indian Statistical Institute Bill, 2026, introduced in Lok Sabha, aims to replace the 1959 Act. It establishes the Indian Statistical Institute (ISI) as a not-for-profit body corporate, outlining its objectives in statistical sciences, research, and collaboration. The Bill defines ISI's governance structure, including the President as Visitor, a Board of Governors, and various councils, while also revising the Central Government's oversight powers.
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