Rajya Sabha passes the Births and Deaths (Amendment) Bill, 2026 by a voice vote. 

The Bill was passed in the Lok Sabha recently. 

MoS for Home Affairs Nityanand Rai speaks on the Births and Deaths (Amendment) Bill, 2026.

Mr. Rai explains the Bill.

The proposed legislation seeks to make delayed registration of births and deaths more stringent by requiring an order from a judicial magistrate (first class) for registrations done after two years. 

The Bill, which was cleared for introduction by the Union Cabinet on July 20, seeks to further amend Section 13(3) of the Registration of Births and Deaths Act, 1969 (as amended in 2023), “in order to make provisions of delayed registration more stringent”. 

Under the current provisions of the Act, registrations delayed by more than one year require an order from the District Magistrate (DM), Sub-Divisional Magistrate (SDM), or an Executive magistrate before they can be recorded. 

According to the Bill, the system will largely remain unchanged for births or deaths reported between one and two years after the event. Applicants will continue to require approval from the DM, SDM or an executive magistrate having jurisdiction over the place where the birth or death occurred.

However, registrations delayed beyond two years will face significantly stricter scrutiny. In such cases, approval will be granted only on the orders of a first-class judicial magistrate, shifting the authority for very late registrations from the executive to the judiciary.

With constant sloganeering in the background, the Upper House debates on the Registration of Births and Deaths (Amendment) Bill 2026.

The Bill has been passed in the Lok Sabha.

The proposed legislation seeks to make delayed registration of births and deaths more stringent by requiring an order from a judicial magistrate (first class) for registrations done after two years.

Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha, Mallikarjun Kharge, said, “We want the Speaker (Lok Sabha) and Chairperson (Rajya Sabha) grant permission for a discussion in both houses. Once the debate begins, all the facts will come out. That is all we are asking for a discussion, whether it is on the Ram Janmabhoomi Trust or the injustice and atrocities against students.”- PTI

Congress MP Pawan Khera on Tuesday (August 4) demanded that the Union Home Minister make a statement in Parliament over the recent developments involving students, alleging that the government was avoiding discussion on the issue.

“...The Home Minister considers it a very big deal to come to the House and give a statement on what has happened or is happening to the coming generations of this country... Whether it’s stealing donations or stealing the future of the youth, both are important issues. If you want to run the House, then come and address this,” Mr. Khera said.- ANI

“There are serious allegations of donation theft in the Ram temple and the Prime Minister must answer,” said Rajya Sabha LoP Mallikarjun Kharge in the House earlier on Tuesday (August 4).

Rajya Sabha resumes amid protests from the Opposition. 

House starts with the Question Hour. 

The NDA Parliamentary Party’s ‘Mangal Milan’ meeting began in Parliament on Tuesday, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Home Minister Amit Shah, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and other NDA leaders in attendance.

BJP National President Nitin Nabin was also in attendance at the meeting being held at the GMC Balayogi Auditorium in the Parliament Library Building.

Earlier, Nationalist Citizens Party of India (NCPI) MP Sudip Bandyopadhyay also arrived at the Parliament Library Building to attend the NDA Parliamentary Party’s weekly ‘Mangal Milan’ meeting.

- ANI

Congress MP Manish Tewari on Tuesday submitted an adjournment motion notice in the Lok Sabha, seeking the suspension of Question Hour, Zero Hour, and all other listed business of the day to discuss the need for a new anti-defection law to curb what he termed “mass political defections” driven by opportunism.

In his notice addressed to the Secretary-General of the Lok Sabha, Tewari stated that he intended to move a motion for the adjournment of the House’s business to discuss “a definite matter of urgent public importance.”

“I move that this House do suspend Question Hour, Zero Hour, and all other listed business of the day to discuss the contours of a new Anti-Defection Law that proscribes Mass Political Defections driven by opportunism and bereft of any genuine ideological or policy differences while simultaneously providing space for honest and critical dissent both inside and outside Parliament and the legislatures,” the notice read.

- ANI