SRINAGAR,
AUGUST 13: Principal Secretary Health & Medical Education, Dr Pawan
Kotwal today launched online licensing system for obtaining drug license and
its renewal of retail sale and wholesale establishments.
Drugs & Food
Control Organization (D&FCO) J&K in cooperation with XLN Cloud launched
the new system for obtaining online license/renewal of retail sale and
wholesale establishments under the provisions of the Drugs & Cosmetics
Act, 1940 and rules 1945.
Dr Kotwal thanked
NIC, specifically SO National Informatics Centre (NIC) J&K, Navneet Kukreja
and team from NIC Gujarat for standing to its commitment and providing all the
IT related support required in making the licensing system of D&FCO online.
He expressed the
hope that the online licensing system will bring transparency, accountability
and swiftness in the existing system and will reduce the time span in the
licensing procedure. He also said that online licensing will strengthen the
functioning of the drug regulatory system and effective implementation of
working in the department.
He also said that
stakeholders would be immensely benefited by adopting the online licensing
system as the same exempt them from avoidable procedural hassles.
As per the process,
the applicant has to upload all requisite documents as mentioned under the
Drugs and Cosmetics Act, 1940 and then a Food and Drug Control Administration
(FDCA) number will be given to him. The applicant also has to submit a hard
copy of the file.
Apart from checking
the status, their license would be delivered on applicant’s online address and
the applicant would also be able to get a hard copy of the license from the
department.
On the occasion, Dr
Kotwal handed over drug license to two pharmacists which will be valid up to 5
years of time span.
Controller Drug & Food J&K, Lotika Khajuria, Deputy Controller
Drugs & Food Kashmir, Ishrat Amin, Administration Officer Shabeer Ahmad
Lalla besides senior officers of the department were present on the occasion.
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