Ahead of the monsoon session of Parliament from next week, Union Cabinet Secretary Rajiv Gauba has asked all the ministries to look into the respective subordinate legislations (rules) notified within the next two months to ensure that all bills passed during the session that for what purpose these laws are made are not defeated.
Center has listed 23 Bills to be introduced in Lok Sabha during the upcoming monsoon session As per a Moneycontrol report, of Parliament. According to the tentative list of government legislative and financial business, six of these bills have already been introduced, while 17 will be new ones. Laws to be introduced in Lok Sabha include three bills to replace existing ordinances. The 17 new bills include the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (Amendment) Bill, 2021 and the Electricity (Amendment) Bill, 2021 and the Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority (Amendment) Bill, 2021.
Gauba has also asked for a complete review of the laws passed earlier, which have not notified the relevant rules/regulations so far. Gauba has written to all the secretaries on 6 July, “I request you to immediately review all the matters of subordinate laws pending in your ministry/department and take necessary action for their notification at the earliest.”
News18 has reviewed the letter. Gauba further wrote, “Further in the context of the proposed new laws to be introduced in the upcoming monsoon session of Parliament on July 19, the process of action may be followed faithfully,” the personal attention of all secretaries to this has requested. .
Among the major Acts passed by Parliament that are still awaiting notification of their rules (and hence the law is yet to be implemented) is the controversial Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) which was enacted in December, 2019. The Home Ministry made another demand. Extending last month from the parliamentary committee to implement rules regarding the CAA, the ministry was first given a deadline of April 9, 2021 and later till July 9.
The cabinet secretary said that in some cases, ministries start the process of drafting rules after the relevant law comes into force, taking too long to notify them finally. “Needless to say, the delay in notifying the subordinate rules/regulations adversely affects the timely implementation of the Acts and defeats the purpose for which these were made,” the letter said. Gauba said that the process of notifying such rules/regulations should be completed at the earliest, within two months from the commencement of the law.
The letter advises the Ministries and Departments to prepare action plans with clear timelines to complete the exercise of notification and monitoring of pending rules for full implementation of the Acts.
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