60 Bills Pending in Rajya Sabha as NDA Govt Takes Charge in May 2014

NDA inherits pending bills from UPA-2

Of the 128 pending bills, 60 proposed legislations pending in Rajya Sabha are the ones that would be carried forward, on which the NDA government will have to take a call.

Rest 68 bills pending in Lok Sabha or the lower house have lapsed — or lost validity — with the house being dissolved.

Key bills that have expired include includes 

• The Women’s Reservation Bill, 
• The Marriage Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2010 and 
• The Judicial Standards and Accountability Bill, 2010.
• The Direct Taxes Code Bill, 2010
•  The Benami Transactions (Prohibition) Bill, 2011
• The Public Procurement Bill, 2012 and 
• The Micro Finance Institutions (Development and Regulation) Bill, 2012.

As per data compiled by the PRS Legislative Research, 18 of these 60 Bills were introduced before 2009.

With 11 Bills pending, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare tops with the highest number of Bills pending. These include The Mental Health Care Bill, 2013, The Indian Medical Council (Amendment) Bill, 2013, The Drugs and Cosmetics (Amendment) Bill, 2013, The Human Immunodeficiency Virus and Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (Prevention And Control) Bill, 2014.

With 8 Bills pending, the Ministry of Law and Justice is the next with most Bills pending. These includes Bills like the Judicial Appointments Commission Bill, 2013 and the Readjustment of Representation of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes in Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies (3rd) Bill, 2013.

With 7 Bills pending,, the Ministry of Labour and Employment has the third-highest number of Bills pending. Some of these pending Bills are the Child Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) Amendment Act, 2012, the Building and Other Construction Workers Related Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2013 and the Mines (Amendment) Bill, 2011.