CHANDIGARH, Nov. 1 -- The Nayab Singh Saini-led BJP government in Haryana on Friday brought into force the Haryana Jan Vishwas (Amendment of Provisions) Ordinance-2025, amending 42 state acts and decriminalising a slew of provisions by replacing criminal penalties for minor offences with civil penalties and administrative actions.

This move marks the state's biggest decriminalisation drive yet that is aimed at enhancing both ease of living and ease of doing business, government officials said.

The Ordinance promulgated on October 18 after Cabinet nod was published in the official Gazette on October 30. It amends a wide range of state laws beginning with the 153 year old Haryana Laws Act, 1872 to the Haryana Registration and Regulation o...