New Delhi, March 25 -- Lok Sabha on Tuesday took up for consideration and passing the Boilers Bill, 2024 which emphasises Ease of Doing Business (EoDB) and seeks to benefit boiler users, including those in the MSME sector.

The Bill, which had earlier been passed in Rajya Sabha, was moved for passing by Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal.

The Boilers Act, 1923 was comprehensively amended in 2007 by the Indian Boilers (Amendment) Act, 2007 wherein inspection and certification by independent third party inspecting authorities was introduced.

However, on further examination of the existing Act, a need was felt for review of the Act and also to incorporate the decriminalised provisions in consonance with the Jan Vishwas (Amendment ...