Government has repealed 1486 obsolete and redundant Central Acts from May, 2014 till date: Law Minister Kiren Rijiju

The government has repealed 1486 obsolete and redundant Central Acts from May, 2014 till date. Law Minister Kiren Rijiju informed the Rajya Sabha today that obsolete and archaic laws lay down unnecessary compliance burden on the citizens.
He said, reducing compliance burden and reforms in the legal system to make it accessible to the common man has been a resolve of the Government.
He also said, 76 Central Acts relating to State subjects have also been repealed by the concerned State legislature.