Centre to Repeal Over 1,500 Obsolete & Archaic Laws: Law Minister Rijiju

GG News Bureau

Shillong, 23rd Oct. During the winter session of Parliament, the Centre will repeal more than 1,500 obsolete and archaic laws, according to Union Law Minister Kiren Rijiju.

Obsolete laws impede ordinary people’s daily lives and have no relevance in the modern era, nor do they deserve to remain on the statute books, Rijiju told reporters here on Saturday.

“It is the prime minister’s desire to reduce people’s compliance burdens in order for them to live as peacefully as possible.”

We (NDA government at the Centre) have decided to remove all obsolete, archaic laws from the statute, as unnecessary laws are a burden to the common man. We have decided to revoke more than 1,500 laws in the winter session of Parliament. I am ready to introduce many more repealment acts,” the law minister said.

Rijiju also stated that the Centre places a special emphasis on the northeast and that there is no reason for the region to lag behind in any sector.

“It is the desire of the BJP to make the northeast prosperous and India a powerful nation,” he added.