Overview

• Gujarat’s three-day Monsoon session runs September 8–10, with the Gujarat Jan Vishwas (Amendment of Provisions) Bill on the agenda alongside four other measures.
• The draft frames the shift as trust-based governance that simplifies rules, cuts court burdens, and eases compliance for businesses and residents.
• Targeted amendments span the Co-operative Societies, APMC, Town Planning, Municipalities, Provincial Municipal Corporations, Industrial Development, Shops and Establishments, Labour Welfare Fund, Industrial Relations, Domestic Water Supply (Protection), and Electricity Duty Acts.
• At the Union level, Piyush Goyal has introduced the Jan Vishwas (Amendment of Provisions) Bill, 2025 in the Lok Sabha to amend 355 provisions across 16 Acts, decriminalising 288 and revising 67 for ease of living.
• Central proposals include administrative adjudication by designated officers, an appellate mechanism, use of improvement notices, and automatic 10% increases in fines every three years, with 22 imprisonment clauses slated for replacement.