New Delhi, Nov 30: The Winter Session of Parliament beginning Monday is expected to see the government push a broad reforms agenda, including a landmark bill allowing private sector participation in the civil nuclear space, even as the opposition prepares to corner the government over the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls across 12 states and Union territories.
The three-week session, comprising 15 sittings, comes after the BJP-led NDA’s sweeping victory in the Bihar Assembly elections an outcome widely seen as boosting the government’s confidence in advancing pending reforms after the largely disrupted Monsoon Session.
A major highlight on the legislative agenda is The Atomic Energy Bill, 2025, which seeks to regulate the use of atomic energy in India and open up the civil nuclear sector to private players. Alongside it, the government aims to introduce the Higher Education Commission of India Bill and eight other draft legislations.
The government had earlier backed down from a proposal to empower the President to frame regulations directly for the Union Territory of Chandigarh following strong opposition across party lines.
To ensure coordination during the session, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju has convened a meeting of floor leaders on Sunday.
Meanwhile, the opposition is likely to raise the issue of SIR, along with air pollution levels in the national capital, as key points of contention.
Among the other proposed legislations, the Higher Education Commission of India Bill aims to establish a Commission to help universities become autonomous and self-governing through transparent accreditation and enhanced freedom. The National Highways (Amendment) Bill is intended to streamline and speed up land acquisition for highway projects.
The Corporate Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2025 proposes changes to the Companies Act, 2013 and LLP Act, 2008 to further ease doing business. The government is also set to introduce the Securities Markets Code Bill (SMC), 2025, which seeks to merge the SEBI Act, Depositories Act and Securities Contracts (Regulation) Act into a unified Securities Markets Code.
Changes to the Arbitration and Conciliation Act are also on the cards, following a Supreme Court observation on company directors and a review by a designated committee.
Two bills pending from the previous session are listed for consideration and passage, while the first supplementary Budget of the year is also slated for presentation.
The Winter Session will conclude on December 19.