Monsoon Session: Lok Sabha Passes Appropriation Bill, RS Clears Births And Deaths Registration Amendment Bill
The Rajya Sabha on Tuesday passed the Registration of Births and Deaths (Amendment) Bill, 2026 by a voice vote amid continuous sloganeering and protests by Opposition members. The Bill had already been approved by the Lok Sabha on July 31.
The House passed the legislation after it reassembled at 2 p.m., when Deputy Chairman Harivansh Narayan Singh called upon Minister of State for Home Affairs Nityanand Rai to move the motion for consideration of the Bill. Following its passage, the Rajya Sabha was adjourned till Wednesday.
The amendment introduces a stricter two-tier mechanism for delayed registration of births and deaths under the Registration of Births and Deaths Act, 1969.
Under the proposed changes, registrations delayed between one and two years will continue to require approval from the District Magistrate, Sub-Divisional Magistrate or an authorised Executive Magistrate. However, in cases where registration is delayed by more than two years, approval will now be granted only by a Judicial Magistrate of the First Class.
The government has said the change shifts the authority for very late registrations from the executive to the judiciary to curb fraudulent records and improve the accuracy and reliability of the country’s civil registration and population database.
Meanwhile, the Lok Sabha passed the Appropriation (No. 3) Bill, 2026 by a voice vote amid protests from Opposition members. The Bill authorises expenditure from the Consolidated Fund of India towards excess spending on certain services during the financial year ending March 31, 2023, in excess of the amounts originally authorized for those services.
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman also introduced the Taxation and Other Laws (Amendment) Bill for consideration. The proposed legislation seeks to amend the Payment and Settlement Systems Act, 2007, the Income-tax Act, 2025, and the Finance Act, 2026.
The Lok Sabha was later adjourned for the day amid persistent disruptions and will reconvene on Wednesday at 11 a.m.
Both Houses of Parliament witnessed repeated adjournments during the day as Opposition members staged protests over several issues, including alleged irregularities in Ram Mandir donations, police action against protesters during the Parliament March on July 20, and the Cauvery water dispute.
Earlier on Monday, the Lok Sabha had passed a Bill increasing the sanctioned strength of judges in the Supreme Court without discussion amid Opposition protests.
