New Delhi: Minister of Commerce and Industry Piyush Goyal on Monday presented Jan Vishwas (amendment provisions) 2025 in Lok Sabha and expanded the government reform agenda with easy business and easy life. The bill, which was previously approved by the Cabinet, seeks to change 355 provisions across 16 central acts including 10 ministries and departments, including proposals for decriminalization 288 provisions and rationalization of sanctions in the next 67.
Goyal also asked the bill to be transferred to a selected committee to submit its report until the day of the start of the next parliament. According to a statement on the Ministry of the Ministry of Commerce, Lok Sabha will select the committee members and submit its report to the first day of the next meeting.
“This is another step in the government’s obligation to reduce the stress of compliance and ensure the environment more suitable for business,” said the higher official, noting that the legislation builds on the law Jan Vishwas, 2023, which decriminated 183 provisions in 42 central acts.
The draft Act 2025 extends this framework by introducing measures such as advice or warning for the first failures in 76 cases, replacing imprisonment for minor, technical or procedural failure with monetary penalties, and authorization of designated officials to impose sentences through administrative mechanisms.
The proposed law also introduces the provisions on automatic 10% of the increase in fines and sanctions every three years to maintain discouraging without required new legislative changes, according to the Ministry’s statement.
In addition to the provisions related to enterprises, the bill also includes consumer -oriented aspects, with 67 changes under the 1994 City Council and the 1988 Motor Vehicles Act, focusing on improving the ease of life.
Among 16 covered acts, four – tea law, 1953, law on legal metrology, 2009, motor vehicles, 1988, and the 1940 drug and cosmetics Act – has already been part of exercise 2023 and are designed for further decriminalization.
According to a statement, the new bill reflects the political move of “minimum government, maximum public administration”, which seeks to create a balance between regulatory supervision and comfort of business.
On March 31, more than 100 crimes were being prepared for decriminalizing more than 100 crimes by the end of this year to make more than 100 crimes to decriminalize investors’ confidence and unlock potential for faster economic growth.
Decriminalization drive, announced by the Minister of Finance and Nirmala Sitharaman on February 1, which means removing crime from minor violations and procedural laps, elimination of outdated provisions by law and make regulatory regime more suitable for current economic reality.
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