During the current
financial year, the Legislative Department drafted 106 Bills,
out of which 93 Bills have already been passed by the Houses of
Parliament. The number of Bills enacted is the highest for any
year during the last 25 years and the third highest since 1947.
The total number of legislations enacted during the last over
three years of the Government would, thus, come to 210.
The important
Bills include the Constitution (Amendment) Bill making education
as a Fundamental Fright for children in the age group of 6-14
years, the economic and corporate laws relating to the Securities
and Exchange Board of India, the Unit Trust of India, the Securitization
and Reconstruction of Financial Assets and Enforcement of Security
Interest Bill, the Competition Bill, the Prevention of Money Laundering
Bill and so on.
In the category
of welfare legislations, the Consumer Protection (Amendment) Bill,
the Wild Life Protection (Amendment) Bill and the Biological Diversity
Bill are the important ones.
As for the health
legislations, the Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques (Regulation
and Prevention of Misuse) Amendment Bill and some other Bills
were drafted and passed by the Houses of Parliament.
Some other important
Bills include the Freedom of Information Bill and the two Code
of Civil Procedure (Amendment) Bills.
