For ease of doing biz, the century-old Boilers Act is to be decriminalized. The two-year jail provision is to be dropped; govt likely to ease 60 more compliances.
Contents News/Article Date: 26rd August 2022
Relating to which Act: The Factories Act 1948, The Boilers Act, 1923
Type: Commerce Ministry Official’s announcement
Pertains to Employers and employees in factories using boilers
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The Indian Boilers Act-1923 was enacted with the objective to provide mainly for the safety of life and Property of persons from the danger of explosions of steam boilers and for achieving uniformity in registration and inspection during the operation and maintenance of boilers in India.
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- Automotive Manufacturing.
- Pharmaceutical Manufacturing
Manufacturing activities are covered under the factories act and boilers act. In this instance, Karma Management does a lot of for clients covered under the factories act, and in this respect, it carries out the due diligence process by way of entity or factory audits where there is a section on boilers which is also taken up for audit as it an important part of the audit process. The Factories Act, 1948, in India, is one such legislation concerned, primarily, in providing for the health, safety, and welfare in factories. Yet another legislation enacted for the protection of life and property is the Indian Boilers Act, 1923, which regulates the working of boilers and ensures the safety of the plant and workers from the danger of explosions of these vessels. Both these acts are the key takeaways in Karma Management’s auditing evaluation. The latest on this front is that the Ministry of Commerce is likely to decriminalize the boilers act.
Subject: For ease of doing biz, century-old Boilers Act to be decriminalized. The two-year jail provision to be dropped; govt likely to ease 60 more compliances.
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For ease of doing biz, the century-old Boilers Act is to be decriminalized. The two-year jail provision is
to be dropped; govt likely to ease 60 more compliances.
The two-year jail provision to be dropped; govt likely to ease 60 more compliances
The government is set to decriminalize the archaic Boilers Act, 1923, which lays down rules for the operation of steam boilers, to improve the ease of doing business in India.
The Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) is also likely to ease 60 compliances related to the legislation besides decriminalizing three provisions of the Act, removing the provision for a two-year jail time for violation of the rules.
The proposed changes will affect several industries, including power, automobiles, textiles, breweries, and distilleries.
It is part of the government’s reform initiative to improve the ease of doing business in the country and reduce litigation.
A boiler is an essential tool for a number of industries including power plants, government factories, sugar, textile, feed, auto rice mills, and the pharmaceutical industry. “We will soon be decriminalizing Boilers Act, 1923. The jail provision will be dropped for three sections of the Act. Around 30 compliances have already been reduced under the boiler regulation,” a commerce ministry official said.
“Boiler inspectors almost never give us certificates without a bribe. If you self-certify, there will be targeted harassment. There are fixed prices for it in Jharkhand. The current rate to get a boiler inspector to approve a 6-tonne boiler is ₹15,000. The bribe goes up according to the boiler capacity,” said a chemical factory in charge who did not want to be named.
In an earlier interview, DPIIT secretary Anurag Jain said that the department was examining some business-related offenses under ease of doing business 2.0 besides extending the duration of licenses and cutting the frequency of inspections.
Queries emailed to the ministry of commerce and industry spokesperson remained unanswered till press time.
States and the Centre have done away with more than 25,000 compliances, and an additional 3,000 compliances are under review for reduction this year.
Over the last few years, the government has decriminalized as many as 103 offenses and removed 327 redundant provisions and laws to reduce the industry’s compliance burden.