Budget 2025: High-level committee to review laws affecting businesses
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Budget 2025: High-level committee to review laws affecting businesses

Deccan Chronicle  

Chennai: A day after the Economic Survey, which emphasised on deregulation and improving ease of doing business, the Budget proposed to set a high-level committee to review all non-financial sector regulations. The government will bring in the Jan Vishwas Bill 2.0 to decriminalize more than 100 provisions in various laws affecting businesses. A High-Level Committee for Regulatory Reforms will be set up for a review of all non-financial sector regulations, certifications, licenses, and permissions. After decriminalizing 180 legal provisions in the Jan Vishwas Act 2023, the government will now bring up the Jan Vishwas Bill 2.0 to decriminalize more than 100 provisions in various laws, she said.

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Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday said that the government plans to reduce regulatory burdens and is actively taking steps to make India an export-friendly economy. Speaking at the post-budget webinar on ‘MSMEs as engine of growth, manufacturing, exports, regulatory, investment, and EoDB Reforms’, the Union Minister said that the authorities are working to enhance trust-based governance and improve the …

Union Budget 2025: Ease of compliance, decriminalisation of laws among measures proposed to reform financial sector
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Union Budget 2025: Ease of compliance, decriminalisation of laws among measures proposed to reform financial sector

The Hindu  

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday proposed several financial sector reforms to ease compliance, expand services, build robust regulatory environment, promote international and domestic investment, and effect decriminalisation of archaic legal provisions. For technological advancement in the Banking, Financial Services and Insurance sector, the Minister proposed measures, including allocation of ₹500 crore for a AI centre of excellence and …

Union Budget 2025: Government to introduce Jan Vishwas 2.0 for greater ease of doing business
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Union Budget 2025: Government to introduce Jan Vishwas 2.0 for greater ease of doing business

The Hindu  

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced in the Union Budget 2025-26 speech that the government would introduce the Jan Vishwas Bill 2.0 to decriminalise over 100 outdated legal provisions to achieve greater ease of doing business in the country. The key objective of the Jan Vishwas Act 2023 was to remove archaic provisions that did not serve the evolving technological and …

Budget 2025: Jan Vishwas Bill 2.0 to decriminalize over 100 provisions to promote ease of doing business
1 month, 2 weeks ago

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Live Mint  

The government will introduce the Jan Vishwas Bill 2.0 to decriminalize over 100 more outdated legal provisions to promote the ease of doing business in the country, said Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman while presenting the Union Budget 2025-26 on Saturday. The Jan Vishwas Act 2023 decriminalized sections in the copyright, trademarks, patents, and geographical indications of goods act, replacing …

Madhya Pradesh passes Jan Vishwas Bill-2024 to boost governance and ease of business
3 months ago

Madhya Pradesh passes Jan Vishwas Bill-2024 to boost governance and ease of business

India TV News  

The Madhya Pradesh Assembly stood in history by passing the Jan Vishwas Amendment of Provisions Bill-2024, thus becoming the first state to adopt such legislation inspired by the central government's Jan Vishwas Act of 2023. The MP Jan Vishwas Bill-2024 amends 64 sections of eight acts of the state in five significant key departments: Industrial Policy, Energy, Co-operation, Labour, and …

Budget 2024: Govt may decriminalise over 100 provisions for ease of doing business: Report
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Budget 2024: Govt may decriminalise over 100 provisions for ease of doing business: Report

Hindustan Times  

The 2024 union budget is likely to make doing business easier by decriminalising over 100 provisions, Moneycontrol reported, citing anonymous officials, who told that out of a total of 580 provisions analysed, 310 provisions have been retained as they are, and the remaining are under review for decriminalisation. Around 130-180 provisions may become part of the Jan Vishwas Bill II …

Parliament Passes Jan Vishwas (Amendment of Provisions) Bill To Decriminalise Minor Offences In Various Statutes
1 year, 7 months ago

Parliament Passes Jan Vishwas (Amendment of Provisions) Bill To Decriminalise Minor Offences In Various Statutes

Live Law  

Rajya Sabha passes the Jan Vishwas Bill, 2023 on Wednesday, it was already approved by Lok Sabha last week. According to the Bill, It intends to decriminalise and rationalise minor offences to further “enhance trust- based governance for ease of living and doing business.” The Acts which are proposed to be amended by the Bill includes The Press and Registration …

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India TV News  

Following the passage of the Jan Vishwas Bill, 2023 in the parliament, the Central government has decided to help states in simplification, rationalisation or decriminalisation of provisions with a view to promoting ease of doing business and living in the country. Secretary in the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade Rajesh Kumar Singh said that Parliament passed a …

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India TV News  

Amid the ongoing monsoon session, the Parliament on Wednesday passed the Jan Vishwas Bill, 2023 in order to promote ease of doing business. The bill seeks to promote ease of doing business by decriminalising minor offences through amendments in 183 provisions of 42 Acts. Through The Jan Vishwas bill, a total of 183 provisions have been proposed to be decriminalized …

Lok Sabha Passes Jan Vishwas (Amendment of Provisions) Bill To Decriminalise Minor Offences In Various Statutes
1 year, 7 months ago

Lok Sabha Passes Jan Vishwas (Amendment of Provisions) Bill To Decriminalise Minor Offences In Various Statutes

Live Law  

Today, Lok Sabha passed the Jan Vishwas Bill, 2023. It aims to amend 42 laws administered by 19 ministries.According to the Bill, It intends to decriminalise and rationalise minor offences to further “enhance trust- based governance for ease of living and doing business.”The Acts which are proposed to be amended by the Bill includes The Press and Registration. According to …

Explained | The Jan Vishwas (Amendment of Provisions) Bill, 2023
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Explained | The Jan Vishwas (Amendment of Provisions) Bill, 2023

The Hindu  

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Could The ‘Jan Vishwas Bill’ Decriminalise Business Compliance? - News18
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Could The ‘Jan Vishwas Bill’ Decriminalise Business Compliance? - News18

News 18  

Trust is a prerequisite and fundamental for democratic governance, still, the colonial rules and regulations cause a trust deficit among entrepreneurs. In 75 years of Independence, can an entrepreneur hope that in Amrit Kaal, the ‘Jan Vishwas Bill 2022’, which is likely to be presented in the coming monsoon session of Parliament, could envisage redefining the regulatory landscape of the …

Jan Vishwas Bill: No Jail for Reading Someone Else's Letter, But Concerns Linger
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Jan Vishwas Bill: No Jail for Reading Someone Else's Letter, But Concerns Linger

The Quint  

The bill, as stated in its objectives, does take a step in the direction of shedding ‘the baggage of antiquated laws affecting India’s developmental trajectory.’ 'Decriminalising of minor offences will certainly reduce the burden on judiciary and prisons while easing the doing of business and easing the living of the individuals at the same time,” a 31-member parliamentary committee report, …

39,000 Compliances Reduced, Over 3,400 Legal Provisions Decriminalized To Enhance Ease Of Doing Business In India: Finance Minister
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39,000 Compliances Reduced, Over 3,400 Legal Provisions Decriminalized To Enhance Ease Of Doing Business In India: Finance Minister

Live Law  

In her Budget 2023-24 speech, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said that for enhancing ease of doing business in India, more than 39,000 compliances have been reduced and more than 3,400 legal provisions have been decriminalized. She has also proposed to decriminalise section 276A of the Income Tax Act. Section 276A makes provision for prosecution with rigorous imprisonment up to two …

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