Govt. lists five Bills for Monsoon Session, no mention of delimitation legislation

📌 Summary:

• The government has listed five new Bills for the upcoming Monsoon Session of Parliament
• These include the Prevention of Insults to National Honour (Amendment) Bill, 2026, which seeks to make intentional insult of, or disruption during, the singing of the national song ‘Vande Mataram’ a punishable offence (amending the 1971 law)
• Also listed is the Registration of Births and Deaths (Amendment) Bill, proposing stricter provisions for delayed registration
• Notably absent from the circulated legislative agenda: the 130th Constitutional Amendment Bill (automatic removal from public office — including PM/CMs — of anyone jailed for 30 days) and the 131st Constitutional Amendment Bill (delimitation of Lok Sabha seats to facilitate women’s reservation)

🎯 UPSC Relevance: GS2 Polity — legislative business of Parliament, constitutional amendment process, delimitation and women’s reservation linkage.

📝 Prelims Facts:

• The Prevention of Insults to National Honour Act dates to 1971
• The 131st Constitutional Amendment Bill relates to delimitation of Lok Sabha seats (linked to women’s reservation)
• The 130th Constitutional Amendment Bill proposes automatic removal from office upon 30 days’ jail

🔑 Key Term: Delimitation — the redrawing of boundaries and allocation of seats in legislative bodies based on the latest census population figures.