No jail for honking or smoking in metro: How Jan Vishwas Bill 2026 ends imprisonment for everyday violationsThe Jan Vishwas Bill has been passed by the Lok Sabha. This legislation aims to decriminalize minor offenses across many central laws. It r...
04 Apr, 2026, 02.41 PM IST
Action will be taken against e-commerce entities using dark patterns: Consumer Affairs SecyThe Central Government is taking strict action against e-commerce companies using deceptive tactics. Consumer Affairs Secretary Nidhi Khare...
16 Sep, 2025, 06.14 PM IST
Medicines, medical devices to get cheaper from Sept 22 under new GST regimeThe government has mandated pharma companies to revise the Maximum Retail Price (MRP) of medicines, formulations, and medical devices by Se...
13 Sep, 2025, 05.33 PM IST
Govt introduces Jan Vishwas Bill 2.0 in LS, proposes to decriminalise 288 provisionsThe government introduced the Jan Vishwas (Amendment of Provisions) Bill 2025 in Lok Sabha, aiming to decriminalize 288 minor offences acro...
18 Aug, 2025, 05.14 PM IST
Govt works on plan to deregulate licensing requirements to transform Delhi into an 'investment destination'The central government wants to improve business in Delhi. It has asked Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena to simplify licensing rules. The goal...
27 Jul, 2025, 04.21 PM IST
From land to environment, govt identifies 10 major areas for deregulation across statesIndia is focusing on deregulation across ten major areas from environment to law, land and building to counter the deglobalisation era's im...
27 Feb, 2025, 10.30 AM IST
CII backs easing of rules, NSWS portal expansionThe Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) has suggested various measures to ease doing business in India. These include simplifying regula...
12 Jan, 2025, 11.39 PM IST
India should remove provisions of jail term for labelling offences: EAC-PM working paperThe paper also suggested that the government may consider putting in place a system to assimilate all the statutory/regulatory mandates fro...
21 Sep, 2023, 08.02 PM IST
Legal Metrology Act: What is it and how does it workIndia's Legal Metrology Act (LMA) 2009, a law governing weights, measures, and product labeling, has become a deterrent to business due to ...
15 May, 2023, 11.14 PM IST
Govt to revamp patenting process: Sanjeev SanyalSanyal said he is personally looking at drafting the urgently needed legislative changes as what is of critical importance is reforming the...
28 Apr, 2023, 05.32 PM IST
Grievance redressal mechanism of e-commerce players not up to mark: Consumer Affairs SecyAddressing an event organised by the Public Affairs Forum of India (PAFI), Singh said the number of complaints registered on the National C...
22 Dec, 2022, 05.57 PM IST
DPIIT to seek cabinet nod for bill to decriminalise minor offences to ensure ease of doing businessThe department is in the final stages to approach the Cabinet for The Ease of Doing Business and Ease of Living (Amendment of Provisions) B...
02 Oct, 2022, 02.24 PM IST
Piyush Goyal calls for single identification number for businesses, individualsAddressing the ‘National Workshop on the next phase of reforms to reduce Compliance Burden’, he said that more than 25,000 compliances have...
23 Dec, 2021, 08.15 PM IST
FDI up 21% in Apr-Oct, single window by Apr 2021, industrial park rating planned: DPIITThe department said an Investment Clearance Cell (ICC) to provide facilitation and support to businesses through a one-stop digital platfor...
31 Dec, 2020, 06.22 PM IST
No proposal to make India the export hub of Apple products: Piyush GoyalIn a separate reply, he said that in the last six financial years (2014-20), India has received foreign direct investment (FDI) inflow wort...
16 Sep, 2020, 08.19 PM IST
Bureaucratic reshuffle in Arunachal PradeshThe Arunachal Pradesh government affected a major bureaucratic reshuffle following retirement and transfer to other states of IAS officers.
07 Aug, 2015, 12.29 PM IST
- New Act to give breather to industries on weights & measures
Soon industries and exporters will be free from hassles of weights and measures inspectors visiting their units as the Centre proposes to e...
31 Oct, 2008, 05.14 PM IST