Lok Sabha Question No. 3046 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-12-06
Subject: Sub-standard Medicines
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: Rahul Kaswan

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUEST ION NO. 3046 TO BE ANSWERED ON 6 TH DECEMBER, 2019

## SUB - STANDARD MEDICINES

## 3046. SHRI RAHUL KASWAN:

Will the Minister of HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has conducted any investigation in regard to the complaints of -standard medicines being provided to patients in Government hospitals in the country;
- (b) if so, the details th ereof, State/UTwise including Rajasthan;
- (c) whether the Government has conducted any survey in regard to quality of medicine b distributed in Government schools; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE (SHRI ASHWINI KUMAR CHOUBEY)

- (a)  &  (b):  I solated  complaints  regarding  suspected  quality  of  medicines  are  receive Accordingly, the matter is taken up by Central Drugs Standard Control Org anisation (CDSCO) in  coordination  with  State  Licensing  Authority  for  action  as  per  the  provisions  of  D Cosmetics Act, 1940 and Rules, 1945.

As per information received from various State/UT Drugs Controllers, number of dr samples  teste d  from  both  government  and  private  sources,  number  of  drug  samples  reported spurious/adulterated  and  sub - standard  and  action  taken  against  the  offenders  during  the  yea 2018- 19, State/UT wise, is enclosed as Annexure .

- (c): No.
- (d): Does not arise.

| Annexure   | Annexure           | Annexure                       | Annexure                                                  | Annexure                                                  | Annexure                                                                                                                   | Annexure                                                            | Annexure                       | Annexure                                                                     | Annexure                                       | Annexure                                              |
|------------|--------------------|--------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------|
| S. No.     | States/Ut s        | No. of drug s samp les teste d | No. of drugs sampl es decla red not of stand ard qualit y | 1st No. of drugs samples declared spurious / adultera ted | April 2018 to 30th No. of prosecutio n launched for manufact uring, sale and distributio n of spurious/ adulterate d drugs | April, No. of cases (as mentio ned in the earlier colum n) decide d | 2019 No. of perso ns arrest ed | Appro x. value of drug seized (Rs)                                           | No. of Raids Condu cted                        | Action taken w.r.t. no. raid conducted                |
| 1          | Andhra Pradesh*    | 1266                           | 57                                                        | 3                                                         | Nil                                                                                                                        | Nil                                                                 | Nil                            | 3,00,80 0                                                                    | 135                                            | 630 shops inspected                                   |
| 2          | Arunacha l Pradesh | 98                             | 4                                                         | 1 (Misbran ded)                                           | Under investigati on                                                                                                       | Nil                                                                 | Nil                            | Nil                                                                          | Nil                                            | Nil                                                   |
| 3          | Assam              | 451                            | 40                                                        | Nil                                                       | Nil                                                                                                                        | Nil                                                                 | Nil                            | Nil                                                                          | Nil                                            | Nil                                                   |
| 4          | Bihar**            | 169                            | 14                                                        | Nil                                                       | 2                                                                                                                          | Nil                                                                 | 9                              | 4,84,04 8/ -                                                                 | 35                                             | FIR -13 Suspension - 2                                |
| 5          | Chattisga          | 438                            | 34                                                        | Nil                                                       | 2                                                                                                                          | 2                                                                   | Nil                            | 1800                                                                         | 2                                              | 2                                                     |
| 6          | rh Goa             | 693                            | 16                                                        | NIL                                                       | NIL                                                                                                                        | NIL                                                                 | NIL                            | NIL                                                                          | NIL                                            | Not applicable                                        |
| 7          | Gujarat            | 1385 4                         | 491                                                       | 4                                                         | 9                                                                                                                          | NIL                                                                 | NIL                            | 12.00 lacs                                                                   | 5                                              | Under investigation                                   |
| 8          | Haryana            | 2904                           | 12                                                        | Nil                                                       | 51                                                                                                                         | 54                                                                  | Nil                            | Nil                                                                          | 13836                                          | 1081 Cancelled, 190 Suspended                         |
| 9          | Himachal Pradesh*  | 1228                           | 42                                                        | nil                                                       | 1(case of year 2016)                                                                                                       | nil                                                                 | nil                            | nil                                                                          | nil                                            | nil                                                   |
| 10         | Jharkhan d         | 109                            | 9                                                         | 1                                                         | In process                                                                                                                 | Not reporte d                                                       | 2                              | 30,596/ -                                                                    | 148                                            | Suspension - 59 FIR/Prosecuti on- 48 Cancellation - 4 |
| 11         | Jammu & Kashmir    | 2526                           | 80                                                        | 4                                                         | 3 (3 prosecutio ns launched, 1 for current year, 1 for previous year, 1 for Stemil0M D under 17 B)                         | Nil                                                                 | Nil                            | Spuriou s Drugs Seizure = 25,527/ = (Total Seizure made under D&C Act 1940 = | 15887 (Total No. of Inspecti ons conduu cted ) | Suspensions= 327                                      |
| 12         | Karnatak a         | 5683                           | 341                                                       | Nil                                                       | 1                                                                                                                          | Nil                                                                 | Nil                            | 13/ - ) Nil                                                                  | Nil                                            | Nil                                                   |
| 13         | Kerala             | 8827                           | 127                                                       | Nil                                                       | Nil                                                                                                                        | Nil                                                                 | Nil                            | Nil                                                                          | Nil                                            | NA                                                    |

|   14 | Madhya Pradesh   | 1836   | 49   | 6 (1 product permissi on cancelled , 5 referred to concerne dd state   | Nil                                          | Nil   | Nil   | Nil              | Nil                                                                             | Nil                                                                      |
|------|------------------|--------|------|------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------|-------|-------|------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|   15 | Maharas htra     | 2816   | 194  | 26                                                                     | 30                                           | Nil   | 16    | 110078 09        | 28                                                                              | FIR- 22                                                                  |
|   16 | Manipur *        | 53     | 2    | Nil                                                                    | Nil                                          | Nil   | Nil   | Nil              | Nil                                                                             | Nil                                                                      |
|   17 | Meghala ya       | 46     | 11   | Nil                                                                    | Nil                                          | Nil   | Nil   | Nil              | Nil                                                                             | Nil                                                                      |
|   18 | Mizoram          | 440    | 6    | Nil                                                                    | Nil                                          | Nil   | Nil   | Nil              | Nil                                                                             | Nil                                                                      |
|   19 | Nagaland         | 88     | 4    | Nil                                                                    | Nil                                          | Nil   | Nil   |                  | Nil                                                                             | Nil                                                                      |
|   20 | Odisha           | 2358   | 71   | Nil                                                                    | Nil                                          | Nil   | Nil   | Nil              | 1020                                                                            | SCN issued                                                               |
|   21 | Punjab           | 2956   | 122  | 23                                                                     | 14                                           | 2     | Nil   | 216917 0         | 783                                                                             | 1 Court case launched, 2 cases manufacturer challenged the test reports, |
|   22 | Rajastha n       | 2671   | 150  | 24                                                                     | 9                                            | 0     | 3     | 846875           | 9                                                                               | under process 03 FIR launched                                            |
|   23 | Sikkim           | 68     | nil  | nil                                                                    | nil                                          | nil   | nil   | nil              | nil                                                                             | nil                                                                      |
|   24 | Tamilnad u       | 1075 0 | 304  | 9                                                                      | 6 (no. of cases detected before 01.04.2018 ) | NIL   | NIL   | NIL              | 304 raids have been conduct ed during the said period against the sales premise | 96 (the number of cases detedcted before 01.04.2018)                     |
|   25 | Telangan a*      | 2530   | 39   | Nil                                                                    | Nil                                          | Nil   | Nil   | Nil              | Nil                                                                             | NA                                                                       |
|   26 | Tripura          | 2306   | 48   | Nil                                                                    | Nil                                          | NA    | Nil   | 15000            | 2                                                                               | Under process                                                            |
|   27 | Uttarakh and     | 203    | 25   | 10                                                                     | 3                                            | 3     | 5     | Approx . 2.25 Cr | 18                                                                              | 15                                                                       |
|   28 | Uttar Pradesh    | 7404   | 231  | 84                                                                     | 341                                          | 6     | 111   | 346458 46        | 1085                                                                            | 132 FIR were lodged and 111 perrssons                                    |
|   29 | West Bengal      | 348    | 12   | 1                                                                      | 3                                            | Nil   | 2     | Not Calcula      | 4                                                                               | were arrested Sub- judice                                                |
|   30 | Pondiche rry     | NIL    | NIL  | NIL                                                                    | NIL                                          | NIL   | NIL   | ted NIL          | NIL                                                                             | NIL                                                                      |

| 31    | Andaman & Nicobar    | 73      | NIL   | NIL   | NIL   | NIL   | NIL                                | NIL                  | 12     | NIL                                                                                                                                                                |
|-------|----------------------|---------|-------|-------|-------|-------|------------------------------------|----------------------|--------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 32    | Chandiga rh          | 117     | 1     | Nil   | Nil   | Nil   | Nil                                | Nil                  | 39     | Under process/inveti gation                                                                                                                                        |
| 33    | Delhi                | 725     | 13    | 9     | 3     | 7     | Total no. of FIR registe red = NIL | 60 lacs (Appro x.)   | 109    | 330 Firms were found contravention s of variouus provisions Drugs & Cosmetics Act, 1940 and Rules, 1945. Action against firm has been intiated/taken as per Rules. |
| 34    | Dadra & Nagar Haveli | 19      | NIL   | NIL   | NIL   | NIL   | NIL                                | NIL                  | NIL    | NIL                                                                                                                                                                |
| 35    | Daman & Diu*         | 48      | nil   | nil   | nil   | nil   | nil                                | nil                  | nil    | nil                                                                                                                                                                |
| 36    | Lakshad weep**       | Nil     | Nil   | Nil   | Nil   | Nil   | Nil                                | Nil                  | Nil    | Nil                                                                                                                                                                |
| TOTAL | TOTAL                | 76,10 1 | 2,549 | 205   | 484   | 77    | 153                                | 803890 57 (Appro x.) | 33,492 |                                                                                                                                                                    |

* Upto 31st March 2018 ** Upto 30th Sept 2017