Show cause notices issued to 193 medical shops in Telangana
Show Cause Notice
Telangana: In a bid to curb the growing threat of Anti-Microbial Resistance (AMR), the Telangana Drug Control Administration has issued Show Cause Notices to 193 medical shops across the state. The action follows a series of raids conducted on June 12, 2025, with a focus on controlling the indiscriminate sale of antibiotics. Discrepancies pertaining to the sale of antibiotics were detected in these medical shops.
Indiscriminate sale of antibiotics is a significant contributing factor to the emergence of AntiMicrobial Resistance (AMR).
The focus of the raids was laid on detecting the indiscriminate sale of antibiotics in medical shops across the state.
During the special raids, officers of the Drugs Control Administration detected several violations related to the sale of antibiotics in 193 medical shops. The officers detected several violations related to the indiscriminate sale of antibiotics, including the sale of antibiotics without the prescription of a Registered Medical Practitioner, sale without the issuance of a sale bill, sale in the absence of a Registered Pharmacist, non-maintenance of the Schedule H1 Drug Register with respect to antibiotics, and non-maintenance of Prescription Registers with respect to antibiotics.
Show Cause Notices have been issued to the 193 violating medical shops, and appropriate action will be taken in accordance with the provisions of the Drugs and Cosmetics Act, 1940, and the rules made thereunder.
Antimicrobial resistance or AMR is a global health care crisis. WHO has declared that – ‘AMR is one of the top 10 global public health threats facing humanity’. It is estimated by WHO that bacterial Antimicrobial Resistance was directly responsible for 12.7 lakh global deaths in 2019. As per the reports, India has one of the highest rates of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) worldwide. ‘Antimicrobials’ includes – antibiotics, antivirals, antifungals and antiparasitics. Drug-resistance in Bacteria i.e. “Antibiotic Resistance” is increasing globally.
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