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Relief for employers: New labour codes slash jail provisions to 22New labour codes significantly reduce imprisonment provisions for employers, from 87 to 22, with most offenses now compoundable. This aims ...28 Nov, 2025, 07.17 AM 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
- Rajya Sabha passes Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Amendment Bill 2024The Rajya Sabha passed the Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Amendment Bill 2024, which decriminalises minor water pollution offe...06 Feb, 2024, 05.57 PM IST
- DPIIT notifies credit guarantee scheme for startups, seeks ease of doing business suggestionsThe government will setup a trust or fund to guarantee payment against default in loans or debt extended to eligible borrowers, managed by ...08 Oct, 2022, 06.00 AM IST
- Law to 'decriminalise' provisions across ministries for ease of businessDecriminalising of provisions under the Indian Telegraph Act, Indian Wireless Telegraphy Act, Air (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act...11 Aug, 2022, 12.32 AM IST
- Cabinet clears amendment to LLP Act to decriminalise various provisionsWith the proposed amendments, the total number of penal provisions under the LLP Act will be reduced to 22, compoundable offences will be 7...28 Jul, 2021, 11.55 PM IST
- Lok Sabha passes companies law bill to decriminalise various offences, promote ease of doing business"There are 48 sections we have amended to decriminalise them and 17 sections have been amended to improve the ease of living," finance mini...19 Sep, 2020, 10.45 PM IST
- GST laws review: Focus on decriminalising offences and wider use of compounding provisionsThe government is evaluating removal of clauses in the law that provide officers powers to arrest taxpayers suspected of evasion.07 Sep, 2020, 07.35 AM IST
- View: India needs to maintain a balance between protecting its debtors and creditorsBy discharging companies from liability for all defaults — which have occurred during the lockdown, without ascertaining the nature or caus...21 Jul, 2020, 07.16 PM IST
- Decriminalising bounced cheques will nullify their sanctity, says CAIT to Fin MinIn a letter to Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, the Confederation of All India Traders (CAIT) said the country's business community has...20 Jul, 2020, 09.21 PM IST
- Finmin proposes to decriminalize host of minor offences under 19 legislationsThe Finance Ministry has proposed to decriminalise a host of minor offences, including those relating to cheque bounce and repayment of loa...10 Jun, 2020, 05.11 PM IST
- Startups have reasons to cheer with less punishing Companies ActStartup investors and industry experts said the criminality of minor offences and non-compliances under the Act was hurting valuations duri...18 May, 2020, 10.11 AM IST
- Government to exempt coronavirus-related debt of companies from insolvency law ambitProcedural violations under the Companies Act, such as shortcomings in corporate social responsibility reporting, inadequacies in board rep...17 May, 2020, 08.17 PM IST
- Govt to bring Ordinance to amend companies law to decriminalise various provisionsSitharaman, who is also the corporate affairs minister, said violations involving minor technical and procedural defaults, including shortc...17 May, 2020, 04.24 PM IST
- Stimulus Tranche V: More sectors opened up; IBC rules suspended for 1 year; listings in foreign jurisdictions okayed, leeways given for corporate governance lapses, NCDs made more versatileMinimum threshold to initiate insolvency proceedings raised to Rs 1 crore.17 May, 2020, 12.53 PM IST
- Companies Amendment Bill 2020 introduced in Lok SabhaThe government Tuesday introduced a bill in Lok Sabha to amend the Companies Act proposing 72 changes to removing criminality from host of ...18 Mar, 2020, 06.31 AM IST
- Government has proposed amendments to companies law, says Finance Minister in Budget speechThe corporate affairs ministry, which is also helmed by Sitharaman, would be seeking amendments to the Companies Act, 2013, to decriminalis...01 Feb, 2020, 08.20 PM IST
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