Senior government officials say that barring the National Housing Bank Amendment Bill, no major Bill -- not even the Banking Bill which the Cabinet has cleared -- will make it to Parliament by May 22, the last day of this Budget session.
As for the Insurance bill, it has already been "deferred" much to everyone's surprise, while the Pension Reforms Bill has fallen victim to politics (as ruling NDA ally Trinamool Congress is staunchly opposed to it).
The Banking Bill has already become a much-watered-down version of its original draft in the process of clearance by the Cabinet last month-end, but it, too, will not be tabled in this session.
Significantly, last week, the Cabinet took up the much-awaited Insurance Laws (Amendment) Bill, but -- to everyone's surprise --
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