File No. T.11011/02/2017-AR&D                                                                 Dated: March 27, 2018

To,

1. Drugs Controller General (India)
2. All Zonal Offices/ Port Offices CDSCO/Sea Port
3. All State Drug Controllers
4. Director of all Central Drug Laboratories
5. Government Analysts
6. Director of all State Drug Laboratories
7. IDMA/OPPI/BDMA/FFSAI/Small Scale Industry Associations

8. NOTICE

        Based on the representations and inability shown by various stakeholders to switch over to the standards prescribed  in  IP  2018,  the implementation date has been extended  from 01-04-2018 to 01-07-2018.

9.                                                                                                               Yours faithfully,

                                                                                                               (Dr. G. N. Singh)

   Secretary-cum-Scientific Director

Copy to:

(i)    PPS to Secretary (H&FW), Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Nirman Bhawan, New Delhi.

(ii)  PS to Additional Secretary and DG (CGHS), Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Nirman Bhawan, New Delhi.

(iii) PS to Joint Secretary (R), Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Nirman Bhawan, New Delhi.