Registration Bill 2025: Breaking Colonial Legacy, Embracing Digital Governance

As India marches toward its 100th year of independence in the year 2047, we have seen in the recent past that India is making attempts to shed off its colonial legacy. Be it replacing the Macaulay's Indian Penal Code, 1860 and Sir James Fitzjames Stephen's Indian Evidence Act, 1872 with Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam respectively; or highlighting our countries ancient name "Bharat" along with modern name i.e. "India" in the G20 Summit held in New Delhi in September 2023; or moving into the new "Sansad Bhawan" from the Parliament building of the British era.

In furtherance to ditching of its colonial heritage, India have made tremendous development in the infrastructure space post the liberalisation of the economy, which is further propelled by the recent government schemes such as Smart City Initiative and Bharatmala Pariyojana. This has not only improved the infrastructure of the Metropolitan cities, Tier 2 and Tier 3 cities but also