Jan Vishwas, Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) among 3 Bills listed for passage in Rajya Sabha today

Published on: 02 Aug 2023 at 10:09 AM

Published by: thefactnews

The Fact News Service

New Delhi, August 2

Jan Vishwas (Amendment of Provisions) Bill, 2023 and Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Amendment Bill, 2023 are among three Bills listed for the legislative business in the Rajya Sabha for consideration and passage on Wednesday.

Besides the two Bills, Forest (Conservation) Amendment Bill, 2023 is also listed in the Upper House for its passage. Union Minister of Textiles, Minister of Commerce and Industry and Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution Piyush Goyal is to move the Jan Vishwas (Amendment of Provisions) Bill, 2023 for its consideration and passage to amend certain enactments for decriminalising and rationalising offences to further enhance trust-based governance for ease of living and doing business. The Bill was passed by the Lok Sabha on July 27.

The Bill was first introduced in Lok Sabha on December 22 last year. Subsequently, it was referred to the Joint Committee of the Parliament. The Joint Committee on the Jan Vishwas (Amendment of Provisions) Bill, 2022 held detailed discussions with all the 19 ministries and departments along with the Legislative Department and the Department of Legal Affairs. The Committee conducted a clause-by-clause examination of the Bill through a series of nine sittings between January 9 and February 17 this year. The Committee finally adopted its Report in its sitting held on March 13 this year.

The Report of the Committee has been laid before Rajya Sabha and Lok Sabha on 17th March 17 and March 20 respectively.

The Committee recommended a few more amendments to the Bill while also making 7 general recommendations of which, 6 have been accepted by all the ministries and departments concerned.

Through The Jan Vishwas (Amendment of Provisions) Bill, 2023, a total of 183 provisions are being proposed to be decriminalised in 42 Central Acts administered by 19 ministries and departments.