{"id":384791,"date":"2026-05-21T13:30:48","date_gmt":"2026-05-21T08:00:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/?p=384791"},"modified":"2026-05-21T14:01:37","modified_gmt":"2026-05-21T08:31:37","slug":"damodar-valley-corporation-act-vide-jan-vishwas-amendment-act-notified","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2026\/05\/21\/damodar-valley-corporation-act-vide-jan-vishwas-amendment-act-notified\/","title":{"rendered":"Jan Vishwas (Amendment of Provisions) Act, 2026: Amendments to Damodar Valley Corporation Act, 1948 notified"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align: justify; line-height: 150%;\">\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\">On 18 May 2026, the <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Ministry of Power<\/span> appointed the date 1 June 2026 on which the various amendments made in the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink\/c7u0w6wC\" target=\"_blank\"><span class=\"Hyperlink\" style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Damodar Valley Corporation Act, 1948<\/span><\/a> vide the <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink\/amhV9ne2\" target=\"_blank\">Jan Vishwas (Amendment of Provisions) Act, 2026<\/a><\/span> will come into force.<\/p>\n<h3>Revised provision relating to &#8220;Penalty&#8221; under Section 53 of the Damodar Valley Corporation Act, 1948 that will be enforced starting from 1 June 2026 says:<\/h3>\n<ol style=\"list-style-type: decimal;\">\n<li>\n<p>If someone breaks Section 17 or its rules:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"list-style-type: disc;\">\n<li>\n<p>They will be fined up to Rs. 10 lakh for each offence.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>If the violation continues even after conviction, they will have to pay an extra daily fine between Rs. 1,000 and Rs. 50,000 for each day the failure continues.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>A court can allow the person to pay Rs. 10 lakh to settle the offence instead of continuing the case.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p> Once this amount is paid, no criminal case will be started or continued against that person.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Paying this amount will be treated the same as an acquittal.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\">A person can use this option of compounding only once.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Note:<\/span> <span style=\"font-style: italic;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">&#8220;Section <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/Members\/BrowseResult.aspx#BS25\" target=\"_blank\"><span class=\"Hyperlink\"><span style=\"text-decoration: none; text-underline-style: none; text-underline-mode: continuous; text-underline-color: #0000ff; color: #0000ff;\">17. Construction of dam, etc., prohibited except with the approval of the Corporation<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span>.&#8212;Save as otherwise prescribed, no person shall construct, operate or maintain in the Damodar Valley any dam or other work or any installation for the extraction of water without the consent of the Corporation.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\">[Jan Vishwas (Amendment of Provisions) Act, 2026: Amendments to Damodar Valley Corporation Act, 1948 notified, dt. 18 May 2026]<\/p>\n<h3>Read more:<\/h3>\n<p style=\"font-weight: bold;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2026\/04\/21\/jan-vishwas-amendment-of-provisions-act-2026\/\" target=\"_blank\">Jan Vishwas (Amendment of Provisions) Act, 2026: Decriminalization &amp; Penalty Reforms<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: bold;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2026\/05\/05\/jan-vishwas-amendment-act-2026-provisions-effective-15-may\/#%3A%7E%3Atext%3D15%2520May%25202026-%2CJan%2520Vishwas%2520%28Amendment%2520of%2520Provisions%29%2520Act%252C%25202026%2520Provisions%2520Effective%2Cof%2520Provisions%29%2520Act%252C%25202026.\" target=\"_blank\">Jan Vishwas (Amendment of Provisions) Act, 2026 Provisions Effective from 15 May 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 3%;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2026\/05\/20\/electricity-act-amendments-2026-vide-jan-vishwas-amendment-act-notified\/\" target=\"_blank\">Jan Vishwas (Amendment of Provisions) Act, 2026: Amendments to Electricity Act, 2003 notified<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-style: italic;\">The Jan Vishwas (Amendment of Provisions) Act, 2026 introduces key changes to the Damodar Valley Corporation Act, 1948, effective from 1 June 2026 revising Section 53 to introduce stricter penalties for violations of Section 17, including fines up to Rs. 10 lakh per offence and additional daily fines for continuing non-compliance.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":67515,"featured_media":384796,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,1193],"tags":[34155,104885,104890,104886,104880,104884,104888,103678,104887,104782,104883,104882,104881,75752,104889],"class_list":["post-384791","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-legislationupdates","category-notifications","tag-compounding-of-offences","tag-continuing-offence-penalty","tag-corporate-liability-law","tag-daily-fine-provisions","tag-damodar-valley-corporation-act-1948","tag-fine-up-to-10-lakh","tag-infrastructure-regulation-india","tag-jan-vishwas-act-2026","tag-legal-amendment-2026","tag-ministry-of-power-notification","tag-penalty-provisions-india","tag-section-17-violation","tag-section-53-penalty","tag-statutory-compliance","tag-water-extraction-approval"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.4 (Yoast SEO v27.4) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Damodar Valley Corporation Act, 1948 amendments notified | SCC Times<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Ministry of Power has notified 1 June 2026 as the enforcement date for amended penalty provisions under Section 53 of the Damodar Valley Corporation Act, 1948. 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