New Delhi, Sept. 17 -- India plans to mandate CCTV surveillance across retail medical stores to curb the unauthorized sale of prescription medicines.

The measure has been proposed by amending the Drugs Rules, 1945, through a draft gazette notification on 8 September, the health ministry said in a statement on Thursday. The ministry has invited comments and suggestions on the proposal from stakeholders and the public.

Mint reported on this development in July last year.

The proposed amendment focuses on tightening regulatory oversight of Schedule H, H1 and X drugs to prevent them being dispensed without valid medical prescriptions.

Recommended by the Drugs Technical Advisory Board (DTAB) following deliberations by the Drugs Consultativ...