BUDGET: Jan Vishwas Bill 2.0 to decriminalise more than 100 legal provisions
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Jan Vishwas Bill 2.0 to decriminalise more than 100 legal provisions

The government will bring out the Jan Vishwas Bill 2.0 Bill to decriminalise more than 100 provisions under various laws, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharama said in the Union Budget for 2025-26 (Apr-Mar) speech on Saturday. Earlier, the government had come up with the Jan Vishwas (Amendment of Provisions) Act, 2023, to decriminalise and rationalise certain minor offences across 42 central acts and improve the ease of doing business. The 2023 Act had eliminated 183 criminal provisions across 19 ministries.

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