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Jan Vishwas (Amendment of Provisions) Bill, 2025
August 23 , 2025
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- The Government introduced the Jan Vishwas (Amendment of Provisions) Bill, 2025, in the Lok Sabha.
- The Bill seeks to amend 355 provisions across 16 Central Acts to ease their applicability.
- It proposes to decriminalise 288 provisions and amend 67 provisions to promote ‘Ease of Living’.
- The Government asked the Speaker to refer the Bill to a Select Committee for review.
- This Bill builds on the Jan Vishwas Act, 2023, which decriminalised 183 provisions in 42 Central Acts.
- For first-time contraventions, the Bill proposes advisory or warning penalties for 76 offences under 10 Acts.
- Imprisonment for minor defaults will be replaced by monetary penalties or warnings, with penalties increasing for repeated offences.
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