After the Centre issued an order to repeal all redundant laws and decriminalise many for ,Karnatakahas identified 323 laws which need to be simplified or done away with.
While the Covid-19 pandemic gave states, including Karnataka, ample opportunity to withdraw or modify controversial laws, it also left governments with no voice from industries to suggest which laws were creating hurdles.
According to industries department officials, no Industry body has given suggestions on which laws were hindering fresh factories and units being set up.