Union Parliamentary Affairs minister Kiren Rijiju has given a statement on a new Income Tax Bill. The Union minister said that Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman will introduce a new Income Tax Bill in the lok sabha on monday (August 11, 2025). This bill is being introduced in the lok sabha after the suggestion of the Parliamentary Select Committee. This statement of Parliamentary Affairs minister Kiren Rijiju has come amid apprehensions raised over the withdrawal of the Income Tax Bill from the Lok Sabha. The number of amendments in the first bill was more, so it was taken back - Rijiju
Union minister Rijiju said, "It is assumed that a completely new bill will be brought, in which the earlier bill will be completely ignored. A lot of work has been done on that bill and now with the introduction of this new bill, all the work and time spent on it will go waste."
Rijiju clarified that the speculations being made are completely baseless, because the new bill that will be introduced in the lok sabha on monday (August 11) will include all the changes suggested by the Parliamentary Select Committee and accepted by the Central Government. He said, "This is a normal parliamentary process, when the number of amendments to be made in any bill already introduced in the lok sabha is very high."
The Parliamentary Select Committee had given 285 suggestions in the bill - Rijiju
The Parliamentary Select Committee of the lok sabha, headed by bjp mp Baijayant Panda, gave 285 suggestions in the Income Tax Bill, which were accepted by the government.
Rijiju said, "There was a need to bring a new income tax bill because presenting each amendment separately and getting it passed by the house would have been a long and difficult process. In such a situation, it is a normal parliamentary process that when the select committee submits its report and many amendments are suggested in it and the government accepts them, then the earlier bill is withdrawn and a new bill is introduced incorporating all the accepted amendments, so that it becomes easier for the parliament to discuss and pass it."
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