The Cabinet on Wednesday gave approval to repeal another set of archaic laws. This is the fifth time the Modi Government is repealing old redundant Acts with the Cabinet now identifying 105 old legislations for repealing. Four Acts have so far been enacted to repeal 1175 Central Acts between May, 2014 and August, 2016 by Parliament.
After the meeting of the Cabinet, law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad told reporters that the two-member committee constituted by the PMO, the law Commission and the legislative Department had identified 1824 redundant and obsolete Central Acts for repeal.
He said out of the 1824 Acts, 227 (including Appropriation Acts enacted by Parliament for the states under President’s Rule have been identified for repeal by the respective state governments.
Various ministries have also “disagreed” to repeal about 139 Acts due to different reasons, a statement issued by the Government said.