New Delhi, Feb. 1 -- The government will introduce the Jan Vishwas Bill 2.0 to decriminalize over 100 more outdated legal provisions to promote the ease of doing business in the country, said Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman while presenting the Union Budget 2025-26 on Saturday.

The announcement follows the success of the Jan Vishwas (Amendment of Provisions) Act, 2023, which decriminalized over 180 legal provisions.

The Jan Vishwas Act 2023 decriminalized sections in the copyright, trademarks, patents, and geographical indications of goods act, replacing penalties for minor offences with monetary fines.

For example, it amended the Trade Marks Act of 1999, eliminating imprisonment for minor violations. Section 108 no longer pu...