Five New Bills Listed for Monsoon Session; Delimitation Bill Absent

The government has listed five new Bills for introduction during the upcoming Monsoon Session of Parliament, according to the legislative agenda circulated among parliamentarians. Notably, the list does not include the 131st Constitutional Amendment Bill, which proposed the delimitation of Lok Sabha seats to facilitate women's reservation, or the 130th Constitutional Amendment Bill, which sought automatic removal from public office for those jailed for 30 days.

The five new Bills are: the Prevention of Insults to National Honour (Amendment) Bill, 2026; the Registration of Births and Deaths (Amendment) Bill; the Income Tax (Amendment) Bill, 2026; the Supreme Court (Number of Judges) Amendment Bill, 2026; and the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Development (Amendment) Bill, 2026.

The Prevention of Insults to National Honour (Amendment) Bill, 2026 seeks to amend the 1971 law to make intentional insult of, or disruption during, the singing of the national song 'Vande Mataram' a punishable offence. The Registration of Births and Deaths (Amendment) Bill proposes stricter provisions for delayed registration.

The 130th Constitutional Amendment Bill, which would have allowed automatic removal from public office of any person—including the Prime Minister and Chief Ministers—jailed for 30 days, is currently in the final stages of deliberation before a Joint Parliamentary Committee headed by BJP MP Aparajita Sarangi. The 131st Constitutional Amendment Bill, concerning delimitation, was defeated in the previous session by a united Opposition. The government has not formally confirmed or denied reports of introducing a revised version.

Apart from these new Bills, the government has also listed the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Amendment Bill, introduced during the Budget Session, and the Viksit Bharat Shiksha Adhisthan Bill, 2025, which is under consideration of a Joint Committee of both Houses.