Introduction
Any type of life saving drugs and medicine except for those
which is otherwise restricted for import can be imported free of any custom
duty. An individual or importer is also not required for any import license and
the item can be imported registered courier as well.
Customs Notification No. 21/2002-, dated 1.3.2002 exempt specified life
saving drugs, medicines including their salts and easters and specified
diagnostic test kits from the whole of basic customs and additional customs
duties subject to certain conditions. Other life saving drugs or medicines can
be imported free of whole of the basic customs and additional customs duties
provided.
Its is certified in the Form below, by the Director General or Deputy Director
General or Assistant Director General., Health Services, New Delhi, Director of
Health Services of the State Government or the District Medical Officer/Civil
Surgeon of the district, in each individual case, that the goods are life saving
drugs or medicines.
Form Sample
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Certificate No. ------------ Of ----------------- (years)
Certified that the drug/medicine--------------------------------(name of the
drug/medicine)
being imported by ------------------------------- is a life saving
drugs/medicine and exemption fro the payment of customs duty is recommended.
Signature with date of Director General/Deputy Director General/Assistant
Director General, Health Services,
New Delhi or
Director of Health Services or
District Medical Officer/Civil Surgeon
The importer produces the said certificate to the Deputy
Commissioner of Customs or the Assistant Commissioner of Customs, as the case
may be, at the time of clearance, or gives an undertaking as acceptable to
furnish the said certificate within such period as specified by the Deputy
Commissioner or the Assistant Commissioner, failing which to pay duty livable
thereon.
Application for permission to import New
Drug
No new drug shall be imported, except under, and in accordance with, the
permission granted by the Licensing Authority, accompanied by a fee of fifty
thousand rupees. The Licensing Authority, after being satisfied that the drug if
permitted to be imported as raw material (bulk drug substance) or as finished
formulation shall be effective and safe for use in the country, may issue an
import permission.
Central Drug Standard Control Organization
CDSCO is the leading organisation in India responsible for quality
control of the drugs and medicine imported in India. Central Drug Standard
Control Organization is also the licensing authority for the approval of new
drugs proposed to be imported as well as the amount of drugs to be imported. The
CDSCO functions from 4 zonal offices, 3 sub-zonal offices besides 7 port
offices. The four Central Drug Laboratories carry out tests of samples of
specific classes of drugs.
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