Opinion: The Amendment Republic—are we legislating through constant repairs? Amendment Bills have become a recurring feature of India’s legislative calendar, cutting across governments, ministries, and policy areas. Legislative amendments that merely fine-tune institutions without confronting underlying systemic issues risk becoming temporary repairs rather than lasting solutions. India’s legislative landscape increasingly resembles a continuous cycle of enactment, amendment, clarification, and further amendment. From Quantity to QualityUltimately, the quality of legislation cannot be measured by the number of laws Parliament enacts or amends.