Centre’s new rule only removes an exemption for restricted licence holders and does not change a product’s existing regulatory classification.

To be sure, monitoring is lax, and even Schedule H drugs, which can only be sold on prescription, are freely available across the counter at pharmacies | India News

The Centre has amended the Drugs Rules, 1945, removing syrups from Schedule K exemptions, mandating a doctor's prescription for their sale to ensure stricter regulatory control.

Chemists must now have a doctor's prescription to sell cough syrups. The government has changed the Drugs Rules, 1945. This stops over-the-counter sales of syrup-based medicines.…

Govt amends rules to bring cough syrups under stricter regulatory oversight | India News