Prohibit online marketplaces from selling drugs in India: Traders body CAIT asks Govt
CAIT urged the government to impose a minimum penalty of Rs 1 lakh which may extend to Rs 10 lakh so that violators like Pharmeasy, Netmeds, Flipkart, Amazon Pharmacy, Tata1Mg etc. are suitably penalised.;
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New Delhi: Traders' body CAIT on Thursday asked the government to prohibit online marketplaces from selling drugs in the country, a day after e-retailer Flipkart announced its entry into the medicine vertical.
In a statement issued on Thursday, the Confederation of All India Traders (CAIT) said it has written to commerce minister Piyush Goyal and health minister Mansukh Mandaviya drawing their urgent attention to prohibit e-pharmacies from selling drugs in India so that the provisions of Drugs and Cosmetics Act and Rules (DC Act and Rules) are fully complied with.
CAIT's national president B C Bhartia and secretary general Praveen Khandelwal said that the DC Act and Rules regulates the import, manufacture, sale and distribution of drugs in the country, and has strict provisions in view of public health and safety.
On April 6, Walmart group firm Flipkart announced its foray into the healthcare segment by launching new app Flipkart Health Plus to leverage its reach and serve more than 20,000 pin code areas across the country.
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