New Delhi, June 29 (IANS) The Department of Consumer Affairs has introduced an ‘Improvement Notice’ mechanism under the Legal Metrology Act, 2009, allowing businesses to rectify specified first-time procedural or regulatory non-compliances before penal proceedings are initiated, according to an official statement on Monday.The reform has been brought into effect through the Jan Vishwas (Amendment of Provisions) Act, 2026 to promote ease of doing business (EoDB), encouraging voluntary compliance …
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New Delhi, June 26 (IANS) The Centre has operationalised key reforms under the Jan Vishwas Act, 2026 relating to the Drugs and Cosmetics Act, 1940 and the Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006, with the objective of enhancing trust-based governance, reducing compliance burden for businesses, and ensuring proportionate regulatory enforcement without compromising public health safeguards, according to a statement issued by the Health Ministry on Friday.The amendments seek to decriminalise certain mi…
New Delhi, June 25 (IANS) Reducing compliance burden, the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare notified amendments to the Clinical Establishments (Registration and Regulation) Act, 2010, replacing criminal penalties for procedural lapses with a fair administrative mechanism, an official said on Thursday. The reforms are aimed at promoting trust-based governance, improving ease of doing business, and ensuring proportionate regulatory enforcement, while continuing to safeguard patient safet…
New Delhi, May 20 (IANS) Union Consumer Affairs Minister Pralhad Joshi on Wednesday said India has become the 13th country in the world authorised to issue OIML pattern approval certificates, a move that will strengthen the country’s global standing and support exports of weighing and measuring instruments.The minister made the announcement while addressing the World Metrology Day 2026 celebrations organised by the Department of Consumer Affairs to commemorate the 151st anniversary of the hist…
New Delhi, March 5 (IANS) India has recorded a 27 per cent surge in the number of new business registrations from 1.55 lakh in 2020–21 to 1.98 lakh in the first 10 months of 2025–26 (as on February 3, 2026) on the back of economic reforms that have enhanced the ease of doing business in the country, according to an official factsheet issued on Thursday.The Union Budget 2026–27 further facilitates the ease of doing business ecosystem with various measures proposed, such as digital trade fac…
New Delhi, Dec 30 (IANS) Drawing inspiration from Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the Delhi Cabinet has approved the Delhi Jan Vishwas (Amendment of Provisions) Bill, 2026, to decriminalisation minor offences and promote Ease of Doing Business and Ease of Living, Chief Minister Rekha Gupta said on Wednesday. Chief Minister Gupta said that the Bill, passed by the Delhi Cabinet, aims to simplify compliance procedures and decriminalise minor violations, thereby reducing the burden on courts and makin…