Monsoon Session of Parliament | Here’s a quick recap of all the bills that received Presidential Assent

Bhumika Indulia

4 years ago

Here’s the list of all the Bills that received Presidential Assent for the Monsson Session of 2020:

Act	Presidential Assent
The Banking Regulation (Amendment) Act, 2020	20-09-2020
The Taxation and Other Laws (Relaxation and Amendment of Certain Provisions) Act, 2020	29-09-2020
The Industrial Relations Code, 2020	28-09-2020
The Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code, 2020	28-09-2020
The Code on Social Security, 2020	28-09-2020
The Bilateral Netting of Qualified Financial Contracts Act, 2020	28-09-2020
The Companies (Amendment) Act, 2020	28-09-2020
The Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Amendment Act, 2020	28-09-2020
The Jammu and Kashmir Official Languages Act, 2020	26-09-2020
Farmers’ Produce Trade and Commerce (Promotion and Facilitation) Act, 2020	24-09-2020
The Farmers (Empowerment and Protection) Agreement on Price Assurance and Farm Services Act, 2020	24-09-2020
The Essential Commodities (Amendment) Act, 2020	26-09-2020
The Institute of Teaching and Research in Ayurveda Act, 2020	21-09-2020
Salary, Allowances and Pension of Members of Parliament (Amendment) Act, 2020	24-09-2020
The National Commission for Indian System of Medicine Act, 2020	20-09-2020
The Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (Second Amendment) Act, 2020	23-09-2020
The Aircraft (Amendment) Act, 2020	19-09-2020
The Epidemic Diseases (Amendment) Act, 2020	28-09-2020
The National Forensic Sciences University Act, 2020	28-09-2020
The Rashtriya Raksha University Act, 2020	28-09-2020
The Indian Institutes of Information Technology Laws (Amendment) Act, 2020	28-09-2020
The Indian Medicine Central Council (Amendment) Act, 2020	25-09-2020
The Homoeopathy Central Council (Amendment) Act, 2020	25-09-2020

For Additional Reading:

Banking Regulation (Amendment) Act, 2020 | Co-operative banks brought under RBI supervision

Taxation & Other Laws (Relaxation and Amendment of Certain Provisions) Act, 2020 | Faceless jurisdiction of income-tax authorities [Key Features]

Industrial Relations Code, 2020 | Recognition of Negotiating Union, Prohibition on strikes & lock-outs without prior notice of 14 days [Key Highlights]

Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code, 2020 | Women shall be entitled to be employed in all establishments for all types of work [Key Features]

Code on Social Security, 2020 | Schemes for unorganised workers, gig workers & platform workers, Gratuity period for journalists reduced from 5 to 3 years, Scope of Social Security widened [Read More]

Bilateral Netting of Qualified Financial Contracts Act, 2020: Enforcement of netting of a qualified financial contract

[Presidential Assent] Companies (Amendment) Act, 2020: Decriminalisation of offences which lack element of fraud or involve larger public interest

Presidential Assent | Does the amended Foreign Contribution Act, 2020 places restriction on use of foreign contribution? Explainer

[Presidential Assent] Jammu and Kashmir Official Languages Act, 2020 | 5 languages to be the official languages

[SPOTLIGHT] Farmers’ Produce Trade and Commerce (Promotion and Facilitation) Act, 2020 | Is this a step towards direct marketing of farmers’ produce?

Farmers (Empowerment and Protection) Agreement on Price Assurance and Farm Services Act, 2020 | Will farming agreement help in eliminating intermediaries? Decoded

[Presidential Assent] Essential Commodities (Amendment) Act, 2020: Under what circumstances can government impose stock limits? Explainer

[Presidential Assent] Institute of Teaching and Research in Ayurveda Act, 2020 [Key Features]

[Presidential Assent] Salary, Allowances and Pension of Members of Parliament (Amendment) Bill, 2020: Bill to cut salaries of MPs by 30%

[Presidential Assent] National Commission for Indian System of Medicine Act, 2020 | National Exit Test to be conducted for granting license as a medical practitioner [Key Highlights]

Presidential Assent | Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (Second Amendment) Act, 2020; Temporary Suspension of Initiation of Corporate Insolvency Resolution Process

Parliament Session | The Aircraft (Amendment) Act, 2020; Maximum quantum of fine enhanced from 10 lakhs to 1 crore rupees