🔆 National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority (NPPA)

✅ Establishment: Formed in 1997, regulates drug prices to ensure affordable medicines.
✅ Nodal Ministry: Department of Pharmaceuticals (DoP), Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers.

📍 Functions:
✅Price Control: Sets ceiling prices for essential drugs.
✅DPCO Enforcement: Implements Drug Prices Control Orders.
✅Market Monitoring: Tracks drug availability.
✅Legal Support: Manages pricing-related legal issues.

📍 DPCO, 2013:
✅Regulates 384 essential drugs.
✅Scheduled Drugs: Tightly controlled prices.
✅Non-Scheduled Drugs:Flexible pricing.

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