The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) on January 22, 2026, issued the Draft Drugs (......Amendment) Rules, 2026 to further amend the Drugs Rules, 1945.
The following amendments have been stated:
• In the Drugs Rules, 1945, for Schedule B, the following shall be substituted, namely:-
“SCHEDULE B (See rules 7 and 48) FEES FOR TEST OR ANALYSIS BY THE CENTRAL DRUGS LABORATORIES OR STATE DRUGS LABORATORIES”
• In the Drugs Rules, 1945, for Schedule B(1), the following shall be substituted, namely:-
“SCHEDULE B(1) (See rule 163 F) FEES FOR THE TEST OR ANALYSIS BY THE PHARMACOPOEIAL LABORATORY FOR INDIAN MEDICINE (PLIM) OR THE GOVERNMENT ANALYST”
After consultation with the Drugs Technical Advisory Board the draft is published for information of all persons likely to be affected thereby, and notice is hereby given that the said draft rules will be taken into consideration on or after the expiry of a period of thirty days from the date on which the copies of the Gazette of India containing these draft rules are made available to the public.
Objections and suggestions which may be received from any person within the period specified above will be considered by the Central Government.
Objections and suggestions, if any, may be addressed to the Under Secretary (Drugs), Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India, U-6, Work Hall- C Wing, first floor, Kartavya Bhawan-1, New Delhi, 110001 or emailed at [email protected].
[Notification No. G.S.R. 52(E)]
