Rajya Sabha passes Boilers Bill for industrial safety, uniformity in regulations, despite opposition concerns on environmental impact.

The bill also provisions to ensure the safety of persons working inside a boiler, it said, adding, it also talked about repair of boilers to be undertaken by qualified and competent persons.

The Rajya Sabha has approved the Boilers Bill, 2024, replacing the century-old Boilers Act, 1923. The new bill aims to improve boiler safety, decriminalize certain offenses, and promote ease of doing business.

Amendment Bill, which seeks to create an enabling environment for investors by promoting "ease of doing business" and delinks petroleum operations from mining, was passed by a voice vote in RS Tuesday.

The Rajya Sabha on Tuesday passed a landmark bill with sweeping measures aimed at making it easier to do business in the oil and gas exploration and production (E&P) sector and attract greater investments.

The Rajya Sabha on Tuesday passed a bill that aims to delink petroleum operations from mining, clarify the grant and extension of petroleum leases and create a new dispute resolution mechanism for the exploration and production sector.