The Bill requires universities, medical colleges and nursing homes to inform the government about admission of foreigners and provides for fines in case of non-compliance. The Bill seeks to replace the Passport (Entry into India) Act, 1920; Registration of Foreigners Act, 1939; the Foreigners. Act, 1946 and Immigration Act, 2000. The government is looking to add a provision related to compounding of crimes and ensure better compliance involving different agencies that deal with immigration, passports and registration of foreigners, says Nityanand Rai, Union Minister of State for Home, in the Lok Sabha. The Trinamool Congress described the Bill as “superfluous” and said the provision requiring universities and medical colleges to tell the government before admitting foreigners would “restrict the flow of talent into the country’s fields of academics and medical science” The Bill has been opposed by Congress member Manish Tewari and said it should either be withdrawn or referred to a parliamentary committee as its provisions violate multiple constitutional rights and international agreements.