Per India's Medical Device Rules, 2017 that came into effect in January this year, new licenses awarded for manufacturing and import of medical devices will not need periodical renewal and will remain valid until they are either suspended, cancelled, or surrendered. The licensee will need to pay a retention fee once every...
India's Food Regulator Issues Guidelines on Organic Food
The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India published a regulatory framework to ensure the authenticity of foods that are labeled as 'organic.' According to the Food Safety and Standards (Organic Foods) Regulations, 2017, no person or business may manufacture, pack, sell, offer for sale, market, or otherwise distribute or...
India's 2017 Trademark Rules Are Progressive
In an effort to streamline, simplify and expedite the trademark registration processes, the Government of India has replaced the Trade Marks Rules 2002, with a forward looking and more progressive Trade Mark Rules, 2017. Some of the salient features of the new rules as reported by Indianceo are: Reduction in...
Regulators Publish New Rules for Medical Devices in India
After exhaustive stakeholder consultations, the Government of India published the new medical device and in vitro diagnostic regulations (IVD) on Jan 31, 2017. The Medical Device Rules, 2017, issued by the Ministry’s Central Drugs Standard Control Organization, will replace India’s longstanding Drugs and Cosmetics Act upon implementation. The new rules...
India promises electrical power access to every household by 2017
"Every household in the country will have electricity by 2017", Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh promised in his Independence Day speech this week. During the last five year over 100,000 villages have received electrical supply. Singh's statement came days after over half of India was left without any electric power...