On 23 June 2026 the National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority (NPPA) integrated the Pharma Jan Samadhan and Pharma Sahi Daam portals into a single digital platform for medicine price information and grievance redressal.
Key features of the unified portal
- Launch date: 23 June 2026; operational immediately.
- Functions: instant price lookup for scheduled and non‑scheduled medicines; lodging and tracking of over‑pricing complaints.
- Access: unified web portal and mobile application available on Google Play Store.
- Price check: enables verification against government‑approved ceiling prices set under DPCO, 2013.
Regulatory and legal context
- NPPA: constituted in 1997 as an attached office of the Department of Pharmaceuticals, Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilisers; headquartered in New Delhi.
- DPCO, 2013: primary statute empowering NPPA to fix ceiling prices for scheduled formulations and regulate drug prices.
- Scheduled formulations: typically those linked to the National List of Essential Medicines (NLEM); subject to ceiling‑price mechanism.
Operational and policy notes
- Workflow: single interface removes the need to use separate portals for price discovery and complaint redressal.
- Data coverage: includes both scheduled and non‑scheduled medicine price data for consumer verification.
- Policy linkage: reflects the Government’s integrated digital governance approach (‘Minimum Government, Maximum Governance’).
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- Recovery powers: under DPCO and NPPA orders, recovery of over‑charged amounts can be directed with interest.
- Market oversight: NPPA conducts market monitoring and periodic ceiling‑price revisions.