The Drugs Control Organization is a Regulatory Agency under the Medical & Health Department of Rajasthan. It regulates the manufacture of drugs & cosmetics and sales of drugs in the state of Rajasthan. The Drugs Controller is the head of the organization and for the enforcement of various Drug Laws, officers including Assistant Drugs Controllers and or Drugs Control Officers are posted in the field in all the districts.

The mission of the Drug Control Organization is to protect the public health and to strive for the pharmaceutical excellence by ensuring the availability of safe, effective and quality drugs.

Drugs Control Organization functions for implementation and enforcement of Central Acts, namely

• Drugs & Cosmetics Act 1940 & Rules 1945
• Drugs Magic Remedies (Objec. Advert.) Act 1954
• Drugs (Price Control) Order 2013
• Medical Device Rules 2017

The Organization has developed and grown gradually; at present there are 114 posts of Drugs Control Officers posted in different districts and 37 Assistant Drugs Controllers, besides two Drugs Controllers.

The techno – legal nature of duties and responsibilities of the regulatory officers constitute wide spectrum of activities within the State and coordinating some important actions with the Central Drug Control Organisation which are enumerated below.

1. Grant of Manufacturing and Saleslicencesfor Allopathic Drugs (Modern Medicine), Homoeopathic medicines through inspection.
2. Grant of Manufacturing licences of Cosmetics.
3. Grant and renewal of licences for operation of Blood Banks. Also grant of approval of Blood Storage Units of the State.
4. Grant and retention of Medical device manufacturing licences.
5. Carrying out inspection of Medical Gases manufacturing units.
6. Approval of Commercial Testing Laboratory for testing and analysis of Drugs and Cosmetics.
7. Monitoring and issuance Good Manufacturing Practices(GMP) Certificate, Good Laboratory Practices (GLP) Certificate, Market Standing Certificate (MSC) , Non Conviction Certificate, Certificate of Pharmaceutical Products (COPP), Free Sale Certificate, WHO GMP Certificate etc.
8. Monitoring of quality of medicines and cosmetics through routine and statutory sampling, post marketing surveillance and recall of Not of Standard Quality (NSQ) medicines and cosmetics from the market.
9. Monitoring of the availability of life saving essential medicines and pricing of medicines.
10. Detection of Spurious, Adulterated and Misbranded Drugs and Cosmetics and launching prosecution against the offenders.
11. Investigation of complaints.

• Approved Testing Laboratories in Rajasthan

• Drugs Banned in India

• Dash board regarding Business Reform Action Point No. 232 (Ease of Doing Business) for Drug Manufacturing Licence.
• Dash board regarding Business Reform Action Point No. 232 (Ease of Doing Business) for Drug Sale Licence.

1. National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority
2. Indian Pharmacopoeia Commission
3. National Institute of Biologicals
4. Indian Council of Medical Research
5. Indian Veterinary Research Institute

• Gazette Notifications

Important Letters/Office Orders/Circulars

• Important Letters
• Old Website