Union Health Ministry Approves Major Regulatory Reforms to Promote Ease of Doing Business and Strengthen Food Safety Framework

• Union MoHFW on 13 March 2026 approved a package of FSSAI regulatory reforms — chief among them perpetual validity of FSSAI licences/registrations, deemed registration for street vendors, risk-based inspections, and revised turnover thresholds effective 1 April 2026.
• Reforms operationalise the NITI Aayog High-Level Committee on Non-Financial Regulatory Reforms recommendations.
• Touches GS-II (governance, statutory bodies) and GS-III (economy, ease of doing business, food processing).