New Delhi, Sept. 17 -- Indian government has proposed mandatory CCTV surveillance across retail medical stores to prevent unauthorised sale of prescription drugs. The health ministry stated that the plan has been proposed by amending the Drugs Rules, 1945. The amendment aims to tighten

The proposed amendment focuses on tightening oversight of Schedule H, H1 and X drugs, preventing their sale without valid medical prescriptions.

Amid this, a new survey by LocalCircles, suggests that more than 50% of consumers have reported that chemists rarely ask for a doctor's prescription before selling drugs.

Going by the findings of the same survey, only 15% say the chemist mostly or always insisted on prescriptions.

The survey, which was reported...