Overview

• The Union Cabinet approved the Jan Vishwas (Amendment of Provisions) Bill, 2025, and Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal will introduce it in the Lok Sabha on August 18, 2025.
• The bill establishes a formal improvement notice mechanism, replacing penalties for first-time infractions with opportunities to rectify noncompliance within a stipulated period.
• Under the proposed framework, penalties apply only from the second offence onward, maintaining existing fine levels initially and allowing structured increases for subsequent violations.
• It proposes amendments to more than 350 provisions across central laws—including the Motor Vehicles Act, Electricity Act, Drugs and Cosmetics Act and serve Bank of InIndia Act—to decriminalise and rationalise minor offences.
• The government says the reforms will ease compliance burdens, unclog judicial caseloads and foster trust-based governance to improve ease of living and doing business.