{"id":60616,"date":"2025-08-25T11:23:53","date_gmt":"2025-08-25T05:53:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=60616"},"modified":"2025-08-25T11:27:57","modified_gmt":"2025-08-25T05:57:57","slug":"jan-vishwas-2-0-towards-trust-based-governance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/jan-vishwas-2-0-towards-trust-based-governance\/","title":{"rendered":"Jan Vishwas 2.0 &#8211; Towards Trust-Based Governance"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Jan Vishwas 2.0 Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>The Jan Vishwas (Amendment of Provisions) Bill, 2025<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, also dubbed as <\/span><b>Jan Vishwas 2.0<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, was recently introduced in the Lok Sabha.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The new Bill is an extension of the Jan Vishwas (Amendment of Provisions) Act, 2023 (decriminalised 183 provisions in 42 Acts), and aims to amend 16 Central Acts (administered by 10 ministries\/departments) to <\/span><b>decriminalise and rationalise some offences and penalties.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This means the Bill\u00a0 further enhances<\/span><b> trust-based governance for ease of living and doing business.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Background &#8211; Need for Jan Vishwas 2.0<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><b>Overcriminalisation in Indian laws:<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">According to the Vidhi Centre for Legal Policy, <\/span><b>370 of the 882 central laws<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> have criminal provisions for 7,305 crimes.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><b>Over 75%<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of all crimes are defined under laws that <\/span><b>regulate areas beyond core criminal justice<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, such as shipping, taxation, financial institutions, and municipal governance.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Disproportionate punishments: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For example, arrest is possible for trivial acts like <\/span><b>milking a cow<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> on the street or not exercising a pet dog, <\/span><b>violating the principle of proportionality<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in crime and punishment.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><b>Hindrance to business:\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">According to an Observer Research Foundation&#8217;s (ORF) 2022 report &#8211;<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"3\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Of 1,536 business laws, over 50% carry imprisonment clauses.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"3\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Of 69,233 compliances, 37.8% entail jail terms.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Imprisonment clauses <\/span><b>deter entrepreneurship, job creation, GDP growth<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><b>Burden on judiciary:<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">According to the National Judicial Data Grid, currently there are <\/span><b>over 3.6 crore pending criminal cases in India\u2019s district courts<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, over 2.3 crore of which are more than 1 year old.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Minor procedural lapses clog courts, delaying justice for serious offences.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Provisions of the Jan Vishwas Bill 2025<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Scope of amendments: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The 2025 Bill proposes amending 355 provisions &#8211; 288 provisions decriminalised to foster ease of doing business, and 67 provisions proposed to be amended to facilitate ease of living.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Covers 16 Acts including: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">RBI Act 1934, Drugs and Cosmetics Act 1940, Motor Vehicles Act 1988, Electricity Act 2003, Legal Metrology Act 2009, MSME Act 2006, etc.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Key Features of the Bill<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>First-time offenders:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Warning and improvement notice introduced for 76 offences under 10 Acts.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><b>For example<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, non-standard weights and measures, earlier drew a penalty of \u20b91 lakh, but now provides for improvement notice with rectification timeline.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><b>Removal of imprisonment clauses:<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Minor procedural or technical defaults no longer attract jail terms.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><b>For instance<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, it proposes a fine (between Rs 10,000 and Rs 10 lakh) instead of the existing three-month imprisonment for non-compliance with orders under the Electricity Act 2023.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><b>Rationalisation of penalties:<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For example, <\/span><b>an automatic 10% increase in penalty every 3 years<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> ensures deterrence without fresh amendments.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><b>Focus <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is on financial penalties rather than incarceration.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Government\u2019s Rationale for Jan Vishwas 2.0<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To build on \u201c<\/span><b>minimum government, maximum governance<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201d philosophy.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To support <\/span><b>Make in India, Ease of Doing Business<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and judicial reforms.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To reiterate the government&#8217;s commitment to remove \u201cunnecessary and outdated laws\u201d that criminalise trivial acts.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Conclusion<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Bill is under review by a <\/span><b>Select Committee<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of Lok Sabha, and report is expected in the next parliamentary session.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If enacted, the Jan Vishwas 2.0 could reduce pendency in courts, enhance trust between state and citizens, and <\/span><b>strengthen India\u2019s image as a business-friendly destination<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Source: <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/explained\/jan-vishwas-centre-bill-decriminalise-10208238\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><b>IE<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Jan Vishwas (Amendment of Provisions) Bill, 2025, 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