Performance Audit of Drugs and Cosmetics Act in Haryana

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AuthorCAG of India
Date Accessioned2023-08-04T08:53:48Z
Date Available2023-08-04T08:53:48Z
Date of Publication2004
AbstractMedical and Health Department in Haryana was responsible for enforcing the provisions of the Drugs and Cosmetics Act and Rules framed thereunder. These legislations were enacted with the objectives to ensure availability of standard and safe drugs and cosmetics, availability of drugs at fair and affordable prices to the consumers and to see that the drugs were promoted through projection of factual information only. This performance audit pointed out that the department, however, did not have adequate infrastructural resources and manpower to effectively discharge the regulatory functions. There was shortfall in inspections of drug units to check compliance of provisions of the Act. In large number of cases, the firms continued their business without getting their licences renewed. Collection of drug samples for quality control was arbitrary as no sample was collected from large number of units for several years. Sub-standard and spurious drugs were in sale in market and were supplied even to the Government hospitals. The department thus, failed to achieve the objectives enshrined in the Act. Important points noticed in audit were as under: • Against the requirement of 50 Drug Inspectors, as per norms recommended by the task force of the Central Council of Health and Family Welfare, only 16 were in position. This led to a situation where against the requirement of 52,913 inspections covering 6,100 to 8,051 Allopathic/Homeopathic drug selling units in the State during 1998-2003, 21,473 inspections were carried out by Drug Inspectors, resulting in shortfall of 59 per cent. For inspection of 230 to 366 Ayurvedic/ Unani drug manufacturing units in the State, shortfall was 37 per cent during 1998-2003. • Testing facilities were not available with the State Drug Laboratory for any of the Homeopathic, Ayurvedic and Unani medicines nor any alternative arrangements for their testing were made. Also, for large number of allopathic drugs, these facilities were not available. • Seventy four per cent of the drug samples were tested after prescribed period of 45 days from the date of collection of samples. The delay ranged between one and half month and one and half year. Licences of 25 out of 38 Blood Banks in the State were not renewed for the last two to seven years although they continue to be in operation. • Prosecution cases increased from 324 in 1997-98 to 522 in 2002-03. The department did not take up the case for setting up special designated courts with the Government for their speedy disposal. • Records of complaint cases were not maintained properly. Details made available disclosed that 227 cases were pending as of March 2003. Appropriate speedy action was not taken against the defaulters.
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LanguageEnglish
PublisherCAG of India
SeriesHaryana (Civil)
TitlePerformance Audit of Drugs and Cosmetics Act in Haryana
SubtitleFor the Period 1998-99 to 2002-03
Item TypeAudit Report
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