Lok Sabha passes Repealing and Amending Bill, 2022 with amendments

New Delhi: Lok Sabha yesterday passed the Repealing and Amending Bill, 2022 with amendments. The legislation seeks to repeal  76  laws that are obsolete or that have been made redundant by other laws. 

It also corrects a minor drafting error in the Factoring Regulation Act, of 2011. In his reply to the Bill in the House, Union Minister for Law and Justice Arjun Ram Meghwal said that the bill is based on the concept of ease of living and



ease of doing. He said, the Narendra Modi government has so far repealed one thousand 486 laws which are redundant and not relevant at present. 

Mr Meghwal informed that with the passage of this Bill, 76 more outdated laws will be repealed. He said, earlier, there was a provision for repealing 65 laws through the Bill and the government came up with amendments of repealing 11 more laws.