India, Aug. 18 -- Union Minister for Commerce and Industry Piyush Goyal on Monday introduced the Jan Vishwas (Amendment of Provisions) Bill in Lok Sabha.

The Bill was earlier approved by the Union Cabinet. The members of the Committee will be chosen by the Speaker and the Committee shall make a report by the first day of the next Session.

This exercise builds on the success of the Jan Vishwas (Amendment of Provisions) Act, 2023 - the first consolidated legislation to systematically decriminalise minor offences across multiple Acts. The 2023 Act, notified on 11th August 2023, decriminalised 183 provisions in 42 Central Acts administered by 19 Ministries/Departments.

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