In this episode of Consti-tuition, Meghnad explains how bills become laws and why we need to pay attention to the laws being made. Every single line in a law affects 1.3 billion people.
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Homework for Episode 2
1) Pick a Bill to analyse.
Check out PRS Legislative bill track section: http://www.prsindia.org/billtrack/
Tell us what you find, tweet using #ReadThisBill
2) Google the title of the Bill and see why it was in the news for recently. Share news articles and analysis pieces you like & why you liked them using #ReadThisBill.
3) Visit www.nyaaya.in and check out their law explainers.
Join us for a Homework Review on Tuesday, September 12, 2017, at 7 pm on Newslaundry’s Facebook page where we go live to read out your responses, discuss a few bills, the implication it would have on you and analyse them with a panel of guests.
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