Health & Environment
Survey Reveals Mumbai Chemists Rarely Demand Prescriptions
The Hindu52m
THE BRIEF
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A LocalCircles survey found that 71% of consumers in Mumbai reported chemists never or rarely refused to sell medicines without a doctor's prescription.
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The findings emerge as the Union Ministry proposed mandatory CCTV surveillance at medical stores and the Maharashtra FDA took action against 880 licensees.
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Between June and August 2026, the state FDA suspended 677 licenses, cancelled 203, and seized illegal drugs and cosmetics worth ₹11.41 crore.