BILLS PASSED BY BOTH THE HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT DURING 2024
1. The Constitution (Scheduled Tribes) Order (Amendment) Bill, 2024
2. The Constitution (Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes) Order (Amendment) Bill, 2024
3. The Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Amendment Bill, 2024
4. The Appropriation (Vote on Account) Bill, 2024
5. The Appropriation Bill, 2024
6. The Jammu and Kashmir Appropriation Bill, 2024
7. The Jammu and Kashmir Appropriation (No.2) Bill, 2024
8. The Finance Bill, 2024
9. The Jammu and Kashmir Local Bodies Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2024
10. The Public Examinations (Prevention of Unfair Means) Bill, 2024
11. The Constitution (Jammu and Kashmir) Scheduled Castes Order (Amendment) Bill, 2024
12. The Constitution (Jammu and Kashmir) Scheduled Tribes Order (Amendment) Bill, 2024
13. The Jammu and Kashmir Appropriation (No.3) Bill, 2024
14. The Appropriation (No. 2) Bill, 2024, as passed by Lok Sabha
15. The Finance (No.2) Bill, 2024
16. The Bharatiya Vayuyan Vidheyak, 2024
DETAILS OF IMPORTANT LEGISLATIONS ENACTED DURING 2024
During this period, both houses of Parliament passed sixteen bills. Consequently, the President assented these bills. The objectives and purposes of some of the important enactments are as follows:
1. The Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Amendment Act, 2024 to amend the Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1974 to decriminalize various provisions in the Act for minor violations and to support Ease of Doing Business.
2. The Public Examination (Prevention of Unfair Means) Act, 2024 to bring greater transparency, fairness, and credibility to the public examination systems and to reassure the youth that their sincere and genuine efforts will be fairly rewarded and their future is safe.
3. The Jammu and Kashmir Local Bodies Laws (Amendment) Act, 2024 to make appropriate amendments to the Jammu and Kashmir Panchayati Raj Act, 1989, the Jammu and Kashmir Municipal Act, 2000 and the Jammu and Kashmir Municipal Corporation Act, 2000 to provide reservations to the Other Backward Classes and also align certain provisions of these Acts with the Constitution of India.
4. The Constitution (Jammu and Kashmir) Scheduled Castes Order (Amendment) Act, 2024 to include the Valmiki community as a synonym of Chura, Bhangi, Balmiki, Mehtar at Sl. No. 5 in the list of Scheduled Castes of Jammu and Kashmir.
5. The Constitution (Jammu and Kashmir) Scheduled Tribes Order (Amendment) Act, 2024 for revision of list of Scheduled Tribes of Jammu and Kashmir.
6. The Bharatiya Vayuyan Vidheyak, 2024 to re-enact the Aircraft Act to address the ambiguity owing to insertions/omissions/deletions affected by amendments to the Aircraft Act, 1934 from time to time.
Additional Bills
Apart from these important legislations, the following landmark Bills were also introduced and referred to JPC:
- The Waqf (Amendment) Bill, 2024 which seeks to amend the Waqf Act, 1995 was referred to the Joint Parliamentary Committee on 09.08.2024.
- The Constitution (One Hundred and Twenty-Ninth Amendment) Bill, 2024 which seeks to amend the Constitution of India; and
- The Union Territories Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2024 which seeks to amend the Government of Union Territories Act, 1963, the Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi Act, 1991, and the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Act, 2019 were referred to the Joint Parliamentary Committee on 20.12.2024. These Bills were introduced to give effect to the Prime Minister’s vision of a “One Nation One Election”.
References
Press Information Bureau: Year End Review 2024
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