Ease of doing business: DPIIT to seek cabinet nod for bill to decriminalise minor offences
The Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) will soon seek Cabinet approval for a bill to decriminalise minor offences by rationalising related provisions under different Ministries to ensure ease of doing business. The Department is in the final stages to approach the Cabinet for The Ease of Doing Business and Ease of Living (Amendment of Provisions) Bill, 2022 as it is targeting to introduce the bill in the forthcoming winter session of parliament. The bill proposes to rationalise about 110 provisions across 35 Acts administered by 16 Ministries/Departments. The government is focussing on reducing the overall compliance burden for businesses and citizens. For this, a four-pronged strategy -- simplifications, digitisation, decriminalisation of provisions for minor offences and elimination of redundant laws/rules -- has been adopted to deliver the desired objectives of this initiative.
