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Parliament Session Alert Monsoon Session: July 21, 2025 – August 21, 2025 |
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Highlights
Bills listed for introduction, consideration and passing |
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Short Title |
Key Objectives |
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Finance / Commerce |
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The Manipur Goods and Services Tax (Amendment) Bill, 2025 |
To amend the Manipur Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 |
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The Taxation Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2025 |
To amend certain tax laws |
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The Jan Vishwas (Amendment of Provisions) Bill, 2025 |
Seeks to foster ease of doing business |
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Education |
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The Indian Institutes of Management (Amendment) Bill, 2025 |
To add IIM Guwahati to the schedule of the Indian Institutes of Management Act, 2017 |
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Culture |
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The Geoheritage Sites and Geo-relics (Preservation and Maintenance) Bill, 2025 |
To provide for the declaration, preservation, and maintenance of geoheritage sites and geo-relics of national importance for research, education, awareness generation, and tourism |
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Mines |
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The Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Amendment Bill, 2025 |
To provide for the recovery of critical minerals, inclusion of contiguous area in a mining lease for mining of deep-seated minerals, and widening the scope of the National Mineral Exploration Trust |
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Sports |
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The National Sports Governance Bill, 2025 |
To provide for the promotion of sports, sportspersons’ welfare, and ethical practices in sports; to establish standards for the governance of sports federations; and to institute measures for the resolution of sports grievances and disputes |
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The National Anti-Doping (Amendment) Bill, 2025 |
To align the definitions and provisions of the National Anti-Doping Act, 2022 with the World Anti-Doping Agency Code and international best practices, and to ensure the independence of the National Anti-Doping Appeal Panel |
Bills listed for consideration and passing
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Short Title |
Key Objectives |
Introduced on |
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Finance |
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Replaces the Income Tax Act, 1961. Retains most of its provisions, including tax rates and offences. Primarily seeks to simplify the language and remove redundant provisions |
13 Feb 2025 |
Referred to Select Committee of |
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Home Affairs |
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Reserves seats in the Goa Legislative Assembly for Scheduled Tribes |
5 Aug 2024 |
Pending in Lok Sabha |
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Shipping |
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Repeals the Indian Ports Act, 1908. Provides for regulation of the ports sector by creating Maritime State Development Council, State Maritime Boards, and Dispute Resolution Committee |
28 Mar 2025 |
Pending in Lok Sabha |
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Replaces the Merchant Shipping Act, 1958, modifies provisions related to the registration and ownership of ships, regulation of maritime training, seafarer welfare, and pollution control |
10 Dec 2024 |
Pending in Lok Sabha |
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Seeks to regulate vessels engaged in trade within Indian coastal waters |
2 Dec 2024 |
Passed by Lok Sabha on 3 Apr 2025 |
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Replaces the Indian Carriage of Goods by Sea Act, 1925, which provides for the rights and liabilities attached to goods transported by sea from Indian ports. Retains most provisions of the Act |
9 Aug 2024 |
Passed by Lok Sabha on 28 Mar 2025 |
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Replaces the Indian Bills of Lading Act, 1856, which provides for a legal framework for issuing bills of lading, which provide conclusive evidence of goods on board. Retains most of the provisions of the Act |
9 Aug 2024 |
Passed by Lok Sabha on 10 Mar 2025 |
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Sources: Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha Bulletins dated July 3 and July 14, 2025; PRS.
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