Ministry of Health and Family Welfare Notification G.S.R. 727(E), October 15, 2014

COMMENTS: G.S.R. 727(E) announces the Cigarettes and other Tobacco Products (Packaging and Labelling) Amendment Rules, 2014. The Rules establish, among other items, new health warnings to cover 85% of the front and back of tobacco product packaging. These Rules were to have gone into effect on April 1, 2015, but the MOHFW has issued a subsequent notification establishing April 1, 2016 as the implementation date of the new warnings. The uploaded files contain the notification in both Hindi and English.

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