The amended provisions under the Jan Vishwas (Amendment of Provisions) Act, 2023 notified by the Central government last year for removal of stringent punishments such as imprisonment from some of the ...

However, experts say among the din in the Parliament, the Drugs and Cosmetics Act 1940 and the Pharmacy Act 1948 were decriminalised without much debate. ... (Amendment) Bill, 2023, ...

Jan Vishwas Act 2023 proposes amendments in the Drugs and Cosmetic Act, 1940, to do away with prison terms of up to two years and ₹ 10,000 fines, and replaced them with a minimum fine of ₹ 5 lakh.

The move came after the Centre informed Himachal govt that amendments made in the bill already existed in the Centre’s Drugs and Cosmetics (Amendment) Act, 2008. The Centre, on this ground, had ...

The Drugs & Cosmetics Act, 1940 gives the state drug inspectors the power to call for sales records (S. 18A & S.18B) of the NSQ batch and seize the NSQ drugs [S. 22(c)] so that they cannot be sold ...

Due to the unique nature of India’s Drugs and Cosmetics Act, 1940, the pharmaceutical company located in West Bengal can sell its drugs in all States across the country, despite being licensed ...

Jan Vishwas Act 2023 proposes amendments in the Drugs and Cosmetic Act, 1940, to do away with prison terms of up to two years and ₹ 10,000 fines, and replaced them with a minimum fine of ₹ 5 lakh.