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Government Sets Reform-Heavy Winter Session Agenda With 10 Bills, Including Atomic Energy and Securities Markets Code

The plan signals a push for simpler rules to draw private investment.

Overview

  • The winter session runs from December 1 to 19 with 15 sittings, with supplementary demands for grants also scheduled.
  • The Atomic Energy Bill, 2025 is slated for introduction and is reported to propose private participation in civil nuclear power generation.
  • The Securities Markets Code Bill, 2025 would merge the SEBI Act, Depositories Act, and Securities Contracts (Regulation) Act into a single framework.
  • The agenda includes the Insurance Laws amendment, a National Highways amendment to speed land acquisition, Corporate Laws tweaks, and a Repealing and Amending Bill to remove more than 120 obsolete laws.
  • Planned changes to the Arbitration and Conciliation Act are under committee review, while the HECI Bill and a Constitution (131st Amendment) to place Chandigarh under Article 240 are listed, with two carryover bills potentially taken up pending committee reports.