Monsoon Session of Parliament Adjourns Sine Die; 12 Bills Passed - 13th August 2026 - Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs - Gazette Notification PDF
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Executive Summary & Key Takeaways
Executive Summary The Monsoon Session 2026 of Parliament, held from July 20 to August 13, 2026, concluded after 19 sittings with 12 Bills passed by both Houses. Key legislative actions included the passage of the Public Examinations (Prevention of Unfair Means) Amendment Bill, 2026, and the referral of the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Amendment Bill to a Joint Committee. The session also addressed financial matters through the Appropriation Bill and replaced two existing ordinances related to the Supreme Court and Income Tax.
Key Points / Main Content
Session Productivity and Legislative Statistics
- Duration: The session lasted 25 days with 19 sittings, resulting in a productivity rate of approximately 19% for Lok Sabha and 39% for Rajya Sabha.
- Bill Volume: 11 Bills were introduced in Lok Sabha and 2 in Rajya Sabha; ultimately, 12 Bills were passed by both Houses.
- Ordinance Replacements: Two Bills were passed to replace the Supreme Court (Number of Judges) Amendment Ordinance and the Income-Tax (Amendment) Ordinance.
Education and Public Examinations
- Public Examinations (Prevention of Unfair Means) Amendment Bill, 2026: This Act, already assented to by the President, aims to protect the integrity of public exams.
- Timelines: It mandates the completion of investigations within two months and trials within three months.
- Judicial Measures: It empowers State/UT administrations to designate Special Fast Track Courts and appoint Special Public Prosecutors.
National Identity and Civil Matters
- National Honour: The Prevention of Insults to National Honour (Amendment) Bill, 2026, makes it an offence to intentionally prevent the singing of or cause disturbance to the National Song, Vande Mataram.
- Vital Statistics: The Registration of Births and Deaths (Amendment) Bill, 2026, introduces stricter verification for delayed registrations, requiring approval from an Executive Magistrate after one year and a Judicial Magistrate after two years.
- State Renaming: The Kerala (Alteration of Name) Bill, 2026, amends the Constitution to change the state's name to "Keralam."
Economic and Corporate Reforms
- MSME Development: A new national digital platform for voluntary registration is established, and certain offences are decriminalized, replacing fines with graded penalties and warnings.
- Banking Evidence: The Bankers’ Books Evidence Bill, 2026, expands the definition of "bankers' books" to include digital, cloud-based, and virtual records, standardizing electronic authentication.
- Co-operatives: The National Co-operative Development Corporation (Amendment) Bill expands the definition of "foodstuffs" and removes geographical restrictions on industrial goods.
- Minerals: Amendments to the Mines and Minerals Act aim to provide a stable fiscal regime to encourage national economic growth and "Atmanirbhar Bharat."
Administrative and Judicial Reforms
- Tribunals: The Tribunals Reforms Bill, 2026, seeks to establish a National Tribunals Commission to ensure uniformity and independence in the qualifications and service conditions of tribunal members.
Impact Analysis
Students and Examinees Impact: Benefitted by a more transparent and credible examination system with stricter penalties for unfair means. Action Required: Must adhere to updated examination protocols; be aware of the faster legal recourse for offences.
Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) Impact: Gain access to a free digital registration platform and benefit from the decriminalization of minor procedural contraventions. Action Required: Opt for voluntary registration on the national digital platform to improve access to finance and dispute adjudication.
Banking and Financial Institutions Impact: Legal recognition is now extended to all forms of electronic and cloud-based records, simplifying the production of evidence. Action Required: Standardize digital certificates and record-keeping systems to comply with the new legal framework for judicial production.
State and Union Territory Administrations Impact: Charged with greater responsibility in judicial administration regarding public examinations and co-operative development. Action Required: Designate Special Fast Track Courts and appoint Special Public Prosecutors as mandated by the Public Examinations Amendment Bill.
General Public Impact: Face more stringent requirements for the delayed registration of vital events (births/deaths) and legal protections for the National Song. Action Required: Ensure births and deaths are registered within one year to avoid the more rigorous Magistrate-led verification process.
Key Entities Referenced
Public Examinations (Prevention of Unfair Means) Amendment Bill, 2026: Legislation introduced to strengthen the integrity of public examinations by ensuring speedy investigations and time-bound trials for offences.
Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Development (Amendment) Bill, 2026: Proposed law to create a national digital platform for MSME registration and decriminalize certain offences to promote ease of doing business.
Tribunals Reforms Bill, 2026: Aims to establish a National Tribunals Commission and standardize the functioning, qualifications, and appointment processes for various tribunals.
Prevention of Insults to National Honour (Amendment) Bill, 2026: Seeks to provide legal protection to Vande Mataram by making the intentional disruption of its singing a punishable offence under the 1971 Act.
Bankers’ Books Evidence Bill, 2026: Expands the definition of 'bankers' books' to include digital and cloud-based records, providing a technology-neutral legal framework for evidence.
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Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs
Monsoon Session of Parliament Adjourns Sine
Die; 12 Bills Passed by both Houses of
Parliament
प्रव तथ: 13 AUG 2026 3:58PM by PIB Delhi
The Monsoon Session, 2026 of Parliament which commenced on Monday, the 20th of July, 2026 has been
adjourned sine die on Thursday the 13th of August, 2026. The Session provided 19 sittings spread over a
period of 25 days.
During the Session 11 Bills were introduced in Lok Sabha and 2 Bills were introduced in Rajya Sabha. 12
Bills were passed by Lok Sabha and 12 Bills were passed by Rajya Sabha. Total number of Bills passed by
both Houses of Parliament during the Session is 12.
Two Bills replacing and encompassing the provisions of the Ordinances, namely, The Supreme Court
(Number of Judges) Amendment Ordinance, 2026 and the Income-Tax (Amendment) Ordinance, 2026
which were promulgated by the President before Monsoon Session, were considered and passed by both
the Houses.
Demands for Excess Grants for the year 2022-23 were taken up and the related Appropriation Bill was
introduced, considered and passed by Lok Sabha on 04.08.2026 and returned by the Rajya Sabha on
06.08.2026.
The Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Amendment Bill, 2026 was referred to the Joint Committee of the
Houses for examination and report.
In order to address, with immediacy, the concerns of students relating to public examinations, the Public
Examinations (Prevention of Unfair Means) Amendment Bill, 2026 was introduced to amend the
parent Act of 2024 as a major initiative to strengthen the integrity and credibility of the public examination
system. The Bill seeks to ensure speedy investigation and time-bound trial of offences under the Act;
empower State Governments and Union Territory Administrations to designate Special Fast Track Courts
and appoint Special Public Prosecutors; mandate completion of investigations within two months andtrials within three months; enable the Central Government to constitute Special Task Forces for
investigation, wherever necessary; enhance penalties for offences; and provide for a time-bound appellate
mechanism before a Division Bench of the High Court. The Bill was passed by both Houses of Parliament
and has been assented to by the President.
Some other major Bills passed by both Houses during the Session are as under:
The Prevention of Insults to National Honour (Amendment) Bill, 2026 seeks to amend the Act
of 1971 to bring Vande Mataram, honoured as the National Song, within the ambit of Section 3 of
The Prevention of Insults to National Honour Act, 1971 and proposes to make it an offence to
intentionally prevent the singing of Vande Mataram or cause disturbance to any assembly engaged
in its singing, thereby extending legal protection to the National Song and making such acts
punishable under the Act.
The Registration of Births and Deaths (Amendment) Bill, 2026 seeks to amend the parent Act of
1969 to make provisions for delayed registration of births and deaths more stringent by prescribing
a streamlined verification mechanism. The Bill provides for registration after one year and up to two
years only with the approval of the competent Executive Magistrate, and after two years only with
the approval of a Judicial Magistrate of the First Class.
Ø The Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Development (Amendment) Bill, 2026 seeks to amend
the Act of 2006 to provide for a national digital platform for free and voluntary registration of MSMEs
and strengthen the MSME sector by improving access to finance, ensuring faster adjudication of delayed
payment disputes of micro and small enterprises, promoting ease of doing business, and decriminalizing
offences regarding contravention of certain provisions, replacing conviction-based fines with graded
penalties by including warning at the first instance.
Ø The Bankers’ Books Evidence Bill, 2026 seeks to expand the scope of the definition of “bankers’
books” to include all forms of records maintained by banks, whether in physical, electronic, digital,
virtual, cloud-based or in any other form, thereby providing a comprehensive, technology-neutral and
future-ready legal framework. It standardises certificates and recognises manual, digital and electronic
authentication, while enabling electronic records to be produced physically or electronically. It further
empowers the Central Government to extend coverage across the financial sector and defines “special
cause” for judicial production.
Ø The Kerala (Alteration of Name) Bill, 2026 seeks to amend the First Schedule to the Constitution by
altering the name of State of “Kerala” as “Keralam” in accordance with article 3 of the Constitution.Ø The National Co-operative Development Corporation (Amendment) Bill, 2026 seeks to amend the
National Co-operative Development Corporation Act, 1962 to expand the definition of “foodstuffs” to
include any other food items as may be notified by the Central Government, remove the geographical
restriction applicable to industrial goods, strengthen the co-operative sector by updating statutory
references, removing obsolete provisions, and empowering the Corporation with necessary incidental
powers. These measures will facilitate the collection and sharing of credit and other relevant information
with authorized institutions, while providing greater flexibility, legal clarity and operational efficiency and
enable timely, direct and responsive financial assistance for co-operative development.
Ø The Tribunals Reforms Bill, 2026 seeks to improve the efficiency, ensure independence, transparency,
and uniformity in the qualifications, appointment, terms and conditions of service of Chairpersons and
Members of various Tribunals, the administration and functioning of the Tribunals, to establish a National
Tribunals Commission and to make consequential amendments in related enactments and for matters
connected therewith or incidental thereto.
Ø The Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Amendment Bill, 2026 seeks to amend the
Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Act, 1957 to provide certainty, stability and
predictability in the fiscal regime in the mineral sector, thereby giving impetus to national economic
growth which would facilitate the aims of Atmanirbhar Bharat and ultimately attaining the vision of Viksit
Bharat 2047.
Lists of Bills introduced in Lok Sabha, Bill referred to the Joint Committee, Bills passed by Lok Sabha,
Bills introduced in Rajya Sabha, Bills passed by Rajya Sabha and Bills passed by both the Houses are
attached in Annex.
The productivity of Lok Sabha was approximately 19% and that of Rajya Sabha was approximately 39%.
Annex
LEGISLATIVE BUSINESS TRANSACTED DURING THE 8th SESSION OF 18th LOK
SABHA AND 271st SESSION OF RAJYA SABHA
I. BILLS INTRODUCED IN LOK SABHA
1. The Supreme Court (Number of Judges) Amendment Bill, 2026
2. The Public Examinations (Prevention of Unfair Means) Amendment Bill, 2026
3. The Registration of Births and Deaths (Amendment) Bill, 2026
4. The Indian Statistical Institute Bill, 2026
5. The Bankers’ Books Evidence Bill, 2026
6. The Taxation and Other Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2026
7. The Appropriation (No.3) Bill,2026
8. The Tribunals Reforms Bill, 2026
9. The Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Amendment Bill, 2026
10. The Kerala (Alteration of Name) Bill, 2026
11. The National Co-operative Development Corporation (Amendment) Bill, 2026
II. BILL INTRODUCED IN RAJYA SABHA
1. The Prevention of Insults to National Honour (Amendment) Bill, 2026
2. The Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Development (Amendment) Bill, 2026III. BILL REFERRED TO THE JOINT COMMITTEE OF BOTH THE HOUSES
1. The Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Amendment Bill, 2026
IV. BILLS PASSED BY LOK SABHA
1. The Public Examinations (Prevention of Unfair Means) Amendment Bill, 2026
2. The Prevention of Insults to National Honour (Amendment) Bill, 2026
3. The Registration of Births and Deaths (Amendment) Bill, 2026
4. The Supreme Court (Number of Judges) Amendment Bill, 2026
5. The Appropriation (No.3) Bill,2026
6. The Bankers’ Books Evidence Bill, 2026
7. The Taxation and Other Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2026
8. The Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Development (Amendment) Bill, 2026
9. The Tribunals Reforms Bill, 2026
10. The Kerala (Alteration of Name) Bill, 2026
11. The National Co-operative Development Corporation (Amendment) Bill, 2026
12. The Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Amendment Bill, 2026
V. BILLS PASSED BY RAJYA SABHA
1. The Prevention of Insults to National Honour (Amendment) Bill, 2026
2. The Public Examinations (Prevention of Unfair Means) Amendment Bill, 2026
3. The Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Development (Amendment) Bill, 2026
4. The Registration of Births and Deaths (Amendment) Bill, 2026
5. The Supreme Court (Number of Judges) Amendment Bill, 2026
6. The Appropriation (No.3) Bill,2026
7. The Bankers’ Books Evidence Bill, 2026
8. The Taxation and Other Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2026
9. The Kerala (Alteration of Name) Bill, 2026
10. The National Co-operative Development Corporation (Amendment) Bill, 2026
11. The Tribunals Reforms Bill, 2026
12. The Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Amendment Bill, 2026
VI. BILLS PASSED BY BOTH THE HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT
1. The Prevention of Insults to National Honour (Amendment) Bill, 2026
2. The Public Examinations (Prevention of Unfair Means) Amendment Bill, 20263. The Registration of Births and Deaths (Amendment) Bill, 2026
4. The Supreme Court (Number of Judges) Amendment Bill, 2026
5. The Appropriation (No.3) Bill,2026
6. The Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Development (Amendment) Bill, 2026
7. The Bankers’ Books Evidence Bill, 2026
8. The Taxation and Other Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2026
9. The Kerala (Alteration of Name) Bill, 2026
10. The National Co-operative Development Corporation (Amendment) Bill, 2026
11. The Tribunals Reforms Bill, 2026
12. The Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Amendment Bill, 2026
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