New Delhi, Aug. 5 -- The Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO) has not banned the commonly used paracetamol drug in India, the Government told Rajya Sabha today.
Replying to a written query in Rajya Sabha, Union Minister of State for Chemicals and Fertilisers Anupriya Patel said, "the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has informed that the CDSCO is not in receipt of information about rumours" of the regulatory body banning paracetamol.
Noting that "paracetamol is not banned in the country", Patel said that "various Fixed Dose Combinations, including such combinations of paracetamol with other drugs, have been banned in the country".
The Minister also informed the Upper House that the government has rolled out the free d...