In a bid to decriminalise and rationalise offences to further enhance trust-based governance for ease of living and doing business, the Jan Vishwas (Amendment of Provisions) Act, 2023 was published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II – Section 1, No. 21 on the 11th August, 2023. This Act has altogether amended 42 Central Acts including the Drugs and Cosmetics Act, 1940 (XXIII of 1940) [at Sl. No. 6 in The Schedule].