Amid din, Lok Sabha passes bill to decriminalise minor offences to boost ease of doing business | India News – Times of India
The bill was passed by a voice vote after a brief discussion that could barely be heard as opposition members protested and raised slogans on the Manipur issue. For the few minutes that House proceedings were on, the opposition kept pressing for Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s statement in Parliament on the violence.
The bill converts several fines to penalties, meaning that court prosecution is not necessary to administer punishments. It also removes imprisonment as a punishment for many offences. All offences under the Post Office Act, 1898, are being removed.
Moving the bill, commerce and industry minister Piyush Goyal said around 40,000 provisions and procedures which had the possibility of creating problems for people have either been simplified or removed by the Modi government over the last nine years.
The Jan Vishwas (Amendment of Provisions) Bill, 2022 was introduced in Lok Sabha on December 22, 2022. It was sent to a joint committee, which presented its report to the Lok Sabha in March this year.
