Understanding the Jan Vishwas Bill 2025

Jan Vishwas Bill 2025: Simplifying Compliance

1. What is the Jan Vishwas Bill 2025?

It is the latest reform aimed at reducing compliance burdens by decriminalising minor offences, rationalising penalties, and simplifying registration across 16 ministries and departments.

Example: A 30-day grace period is now allowed for delayed renewal of a driver’s licence.

2. What did earlier Jan Vishwas laws focus on?

• Jan Vishwas Act 2023: Decriminalised 183 provisions in 42 laws, replacing imprisonment with monetary penalties in areas like environment, agriculture, and trade.
• Jan Vishwas Reforms 2024: Extended relief to MSMEs, introduced warnings for first-time offences, and rationalised fines under transport and corporate laws.

Example: Instead of immediate fines, MSMEs received warnings for first-time compliance lapses.

3. How does the 2025 Bill expand earlier efforts?

• Provides grace periods for licence renewal and vehicle registration.
• Simplifies tax assessments under the NDMC Act.
• Amends the Road Transport Corporations Act with fixed penalties.

Example: Property tax under the Unit Area Method ensures transparent valuation, unlike earlier arbitrary estimates.

4. Why is the sequence of these reforms significant?

Together, the 2023, 2024, and 2025 measures create a continuous process of trust-building, reducing red tape, and promoting a citizen-friendly business environment.

Example: Over three years, reforms shifted from reducing punishments (2023), to easing compliance for businesses (2024), to giving individuals more time and flexibility (2025).

Quotation for Civil Services Aspirants:
“Reforms succeed not by sudden change, but by steady steps that make governance simple and fair.”