Major Telangana Acts to be amended to provide trust based governance and improve EoDB
The Telangana government has passed the 'Telangana Praja Viswasam (Amendment of Provisions) Bill, 2026' to decriminalize minor regulatory offenses and improve the ease of doing business. The legislation replaces imprisonment with monetary penalties across several state acts to reduce litigation and encourage investment.
Why it matters
This represents a significant shift in state regulatory policy aimed at reducing the burden on the judicial system and fostering a more business-friendly environment.
As part of efforts to promote trust based governance and improve ease of doing business (EoDB), Telangana Government has decided to amend certain major acts and repeal obsolete and redundant Acts.
The Telangana Praja Viswasam (Amendment of Provisions) Bill, 2026, was passed in the Legislative Assembly on Friday (September 11, 2026) , aims at striking a balance between effective regulatory enforcement and promotion of a facilitative, non-adversarial regulatory framework that would strengthen investor confidence and citizen trust in governance. Modelled on the lines of the Central Act, Jan Vishwas (amendment of provisions) Act, 2023 to decriminalise and rationalise minor offences, the legislation seeks to substitute provisions of imprisonment with monetary penalties, enhance fines commensurate with present day economic realities and provide for compounding of specified offences.
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