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REGD. No. D. L.-33004/99
The Gazette of India
CG-DL-E-29012026-269655
EXTRAORDINARY
PART II—Section 3—Sub-section (i)
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
No. 65]
NEW DELHI, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 28, 2026/MAGHA 8, 1947
MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
(Department of Health and Family Welfare)
NOTIFICATION
New Delhi, the 28th January, 2026
G.S.R. 66(E).— The following draft of certain rules to amend the Drugs Rules, 1945, which the Central
Government proposes to make, in exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 12 and subsection (1)
of section 33 of the Drugs and Cosmetics Act, 1940 (23 of 1940), is hereby published after consultation with the Drugs
Technical Advisory Board for information of all persons likely to be affected thereby and notice is hereby given that
the said draft rules shall 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 Regulation), Ministry of
Health and Family Welfare, Government of India, Kartavya Bhawan, C Wing, New Delhi - 110011 or emailed at
drugsdiv-mohfw@gov.in.
DRAFT RULES
(1) These rules may be called the Drugs (........Amendment) Rules, 2026.
(2) They shall come into force on the date of their final publication in the Official Gazette.
In the Drugs Rules, 1945, in rule 43A, for the words “Cochin and Thiruvananthapuram”, the words,
"Cochin, Thiruvananthapuram and Navi Mumbai International Airport (NMIA) in Raigad, Maharashtra" shall
be substituted.
[F. No. X. 11035/131/2022 -DR]
NIKHIL GAJRAJ, Jt. Secy.
Note: The principal rules were published in the Official Gazette vide notification No. F. 28-10/45-H(1) dated 21st the
December, 1945 and last amended vide notification number G.S.R......(E), dated.......
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