The Parliament has passed the Central Armed Police Forces (General Administration) Bill, 2026, after Lok Sabha approved it today with Voice Vote. Rajya Sabha has already passed the bill. The Bill provides for 50 per cent of posts in the CAPFs to be filled by deputation in the rank of Inspector General and a minimum of 67 per cent of the posts to be filled by deputation in the rank of Additional Director General, and all posts in the ranks of Special Director General and Director General shall be filled by deputation only. After the passage of the Bill, Speaker Om Birla informed the House that the Lok Sabha will meet on the 16th of April to discuss some important legislation. Parliament has passed the Jan Vishwas (Amendment of Provisions) Bill, 2026, with the Rajya Sabha approving it today. The Lok Sabha had passed the Bill yesterday. The legislation amends certain enactments for decriminalising and rationalising offences to further enhance trust-based governance for ease of living and doing business. Replying to the discussion on the Bill, Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal said that the Bill will help in the ease of doing business and ease of living by decriminalising minor offences.

Earlier, initiating the discussion, Shaktisinh Gohil of Congress said the government had brought the Bill in haste. Manoj Kumar Jha of RJD, Masthan Rao Yadav Beedha of TDP, Golla Baburao of YSRCP, Nirnajan Bishi of BJD, P Wilson of DMK, and Ashok Kumar Mittal of AAP also participated in the discussion, among others. After this, the Upper House was adjourned till 16th April. The Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation (Amendment) Bill, 2026, has been passed in the Parliament after the Rajya Sabha approved it with a voice vote today. The Lok Sabha had already passed the Bill. It accords statutory status to Amaravati as the sole capital of Andhra Pradesh.