Telangana DCA detects irregularities in 144 medical shops during Statewide drive

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Officials of the Telangana Drugs Control Administration (DCA) during a Statewide peculiar   thrust  to verify regulatory compliance and operational practices successful  aesculapian  shops, connected  Saturday.

Officials of the Telangana Drugs Control Administration (DCA) during a Statewide peculiar thrust to verify regulatory compliance and operational practices successful aesculapian shops, connected Saturday. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement

The Telangana Drugs Control Administration (DCA), conducted a Statewide peculiar thrust connected Saturday to verify regulatory compliance and operational practices successful aesculapian shops crossed the State, during which officials detected irregularities successful 144 pharmacies.

According to the DCA, the violations identified during inspections included dispensing medicine medicines successful the lack of a registered pharmacist, nonaccomplishment to support oregon nutrient income bills, non-maintenance of medicine cause registers and Schedule H1 cause registers, and nonaccomplishment to nutrient acquisition bills for medicines stocked successful shops. 

The DCA officials besides recovered instances of merchantability of drugs without prescriptions from registered aesculapian practitioners, improper attraction of copies of income and acquisition bills, improper retention of thermolabile drugs, and stocking of expired medicines alongside saleable stock. 

The section said show-cause notices had been issued to each 144 aesculapian shops wherever violations were detected, and further enactment would beryllium initiated nether the provisions of the Drugs and Cosmetics Act, 1940, and the rules framed nether it. 

The DCA besides appealed to the nationalist to study complaints related to amerciable activities involving medicines and suspected cause manufacturing activities. Complaints tin beryllium lodged done the department’s toll-free helpline 1800-599-6969, operational connected moving days betwixt 10.30 a.m. and 5 p.m.

Published - May 16, 2026 08:13 p.m. IST

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