The Jan Vishwas (Amendment of Provisions) Bill, 2026, builds upon the Jan Vishwas Act, 2023, by promoting which major shift in India’s regulatory enforcement framework?
Decriminalising minor offences to improve ease of doing business
The Jan Vishwas (Amendment of Provisions) Act, 2023 decriminalised a large number of minor, technical and procedural offences spread across central Acts, converting punishments of imprisonment into monetary penalties handled by adjudicating officers.
The 2026 Bill carries the same idea into more Acts, so the shift it promotes is from criminal prosecution for small compliance lapses towards civil or administrative penalties, the trust-based governance approach meant to reduce litigation and improve the ease of doing business.
That is the opposite of expanding detention or making imprisonment mandatory, and the legislation deals with penalties rather than transferring regulatory powers to the Union.
Hence, the answer is Decriminalising minor offences to improve ease of doing business.
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