Budget Session: Immigration and Foreigners Bill 2025 to be introduced in Lok Sabha

The Immigration and Foreigners Bill 2025 is likely to be introduced in Lok Sabha today. The bill aims to modernize and consolidate India's immigration laws.

Union Home Minister Amit Shah to move for leave to introduce a Bill to confer upon the Central Government certain powers to provide for the requirement of passports or other travel documents in respect of persons entering into and exiting from India and for regulating matters related to foreigners, including the requirement of visa and registration and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.



Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP and Standing Committee on Communications and Information Technology Chairman Nishikant Dubey and BJP MP Anil Baluni will table the sixth Report on action taken by the government on the observations/Recommendations of the Committee contained in their Fifty-sixth Report (Seventeenth Lok Sabha) on 'Regulation of Cable Television in India' relating to the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting.

Additionally, they will present the seventh Report on action taken by the Government on the Observations/Recommendations of the Committee contained in their Fifty-fourth Report (Seventeenth Lok Sabha) on 'Digital Payment and Online Security Measures for Data Protection' relating to the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology.

They will also lay the Statements showing further action taken by the Government on the following reports of the Standing Committee on Communications and Information Technology (2024-25) in Lok Sabha.

They will also present the fifty-third report on action taken by the government on the Observations/Recommendations of the Committee contained in their Forty-seventh Report (Seventeenth Lok Sabha) on 'Review of functioning of Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC)' relating to the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting

They will also present the fifty-fifth report on action taken by the government on the Observations/Recommendations of the Committee contained in their Forty-eighth Report (Seventeenth Lok Sabha) on 'Citizens Data Security and Privacy' of the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology

On Monday, Parliament passed the Railways (Amendment) Bill and the Lok Sabha passed the Bills of Lading Bill, 2024.

The Railways (Amendment) Bill is aimed at streamlining and modernizing railway operations in India while the Bills of Lading Bill, 2024 aims to bring various provisions in line with modern legislations in order to facilitate simplification and ease of understanding while retaining substantive aspects of the existing law.

Meanwhile, the Opposition MPs walked out of the Rajya Sabha during the second part of the Budget session over the issues of delimitation and the New Education Policy (NEP).

In the Lok Sabha as well, the MPs entered the well of the House and protested as Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan, in his address to the lower house of Parliament, accused the DMK of being "dishonest" and engaging in "politics" at the expense of Tamil Nadu students' future.

The second part of budget session of Parliament began on Monday and will continue till April 4.