India's Parliament on Wednesday April 27,2016 passed two bills to repeal outdated 1053 old laws which had become redundant legislations.
The Appropriation Acts (Repeal) Bill 2015 that seeks to repeal 758 old appropriation acts which have lost relevance and The Repealing and Amending (Third) Bill, 2015 to repeal 295 enactments and to amend certain other enactments were passed by the Rajya Sabha on Wednesday by voice vote.
The two bills were earlier passed by Lok Sabha in May 2015
Moving the Bills for passage, Law Minister D V Sadananda Gowda said "government has identified 1,741 absolete laws for repealing. This is the fourth bill, as two bills have earlier been passed by Parliament."
He said, "As many as 1,159 laws have been repealed so far which have become redundant. This is a record in the history of legislative activity of Parliament."
Earlier members from opposition parties also supported the Bills and sought their passage.
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