{
  "id": 13787404,
  "title": "CDSCO Plans Tighter Monitoring Of Narcotic Drugs In Medicines",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/11/cdsco-plans-tighter-monitoring-of-narcotic-drugs-in-medicines",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-10-11T18:54:34.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Press Journal",
    "slug": "free-press-journal",
    "url": "https://www.freepressjournal.in/mumbai/cdsco-plans-tighter-monitoring-of-narcotic-drugs-in-medicines"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Mumbai: The Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO) is set to implement stricter regulations to monitor pharmaceutical preparations containing narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances. The aim is to curb illegal diversion and enhance oversight of their production, sale, and storage nationwide. Additionally, a standardized template will be introduced for states and Union Territories to provide monthly data. This move comes in response to the diversion of medicines containing opioid substances, some of which were seized in Pune in June 2026. The CDSCO will issue guidelines by March 2027, following recommendations from a committee that proposed a digital platform to standardize data submission and analysis.",
  "summary": "Mumbai: The Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO) is planning a stronger regulatory mechanism to track pharmaceutical preparations containing narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances, aiming to prevent their illegal diversion and improve monitoring of their manufacture, sale and stocking across the country. It will also introduce a standard format for states and Union Territories…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}