The rules make India's health warnings on tobacco products the world's most stringent, along with Thailand
Some questions cited concerns that larger warnings can hurt tobacco farmers and boost illicit trade.
Uber and Ola both welcomed the move as a step in the right direction.
A directive this year to ban all vehicles older than 15 years has been delayed and previous city governments have often ignored court orders to address pollution woes.
MAT has damaged investor confidence
Nestle is confident of getting back Maggi on India shelves.
Up to 900,000 Indians die every year of tobacco-related diseases
Uber and Ola continued to operate in New Delhi while their licence applications were pending approval.
The decision to slash insurance coverage will have an impact on private health sector.
India had ordered all unregistered web-based taxi cos to halt operations
Modi's government is also working on a universal health coverage plan that would provide all citizens with free drugs and diagnostic treatment.
US taxi-hailing app maker Uber Technologies Inc has restarted services in India's capital, after its three apps were banned following allegations of rape
The United Nations estimates about one third of the world's 1.2 billion poorest people live in India
The country had the third-largest number of people living with disease.
Godrej and some other firms are frustrated at what they say is the slow execution of projects and lack of government support, which are hampering India's efforts to compete with China and Russia as a cheaper option for launching satellites.
Hindi news channel News Nation TV showed laboratories in the national capital offering commissions as high as 50 per cent to doctors who referred patients to their diagnostic centres.
The comments came after Indian Finance Minister Arun Jaitley warned of tough measures in his first budget on July 10, saying 'mindless populism' needs to be checked as India aims to boost growth.
Twitter is planning to replicate parts of its India election strategy across countries that go to polls this year, after it emerged as a key tool for politicians and media companies during the world's largest democratic exercise.
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