The ministry said the products covered include certain herbal and medicinal liquid preparations, including cardamom and ginger tinctures. NEW DELHI: Oral medicinal formulations containing more than 12% ethyl alcohol and sold in bottles larger than 30 ml will soon require a doctor’s prescription after the Centre amended the Drugs Rules to curb their misuse.Officials said the move follows complaints from states, including Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh, that certain medicinal tinctures were allegedly being misused. Traditionally, tinctures containing ingredients such as cardamom and ginger were intended as medicinal preparations, largely used as digestive aids. However, some products allegedly contained 60-80% ethyl alcohol and were allegedly being sold as medicinal products despite containing very high levels of ethyl alcohol and were reportedly being misused like liquor.The ministry said the products covered include certain herbal and medicinal liquid preparations, including cardamom and ginger tinctures. These are concentrated herbal extracts prepared using ethyl alcohol as a solvent, not the kitchen spices themselves. While cardamom and ginger have long been used in traditional medicine, particularly for digestive and other therapeutic purposes, some tincture formulations contain 80-90% ethyl alcohol, making them vulnerable to misuse for intoxication.The health ministry has notified the Drugs (Tenth Amendment) Rules, 2026, under which such formulations will no longer be exempt from licensing requirements under Schedule K of the Drugs Rules, 1945. Instead, they will be brought under Schedule H1, meaning they can be sold only against the prescription of a registered medical practitioner. Pharmacies will also have to maintain records of every sale. The rules will come into force six months after their publication in the Official Gazette.With the amendment, oral medicinal formulations containing more than 12% ethyl alcohol will no longer be able to claim exemption under Schedule K merely because they contain ingredients such as cardamom, ginger or other spices.Existing provisions under the Drugs Rules already prescribe ethyl alcohol limits for several traditional systems of medicine. Ayurvedic, Siddha and Unani syrups are permitted to contain up to 16% ethyl alcohol, while Homoeopathic medicines are limited to 12%. Officials said the latest amendment seeks to create a uniform regulatory framework for medicinal products containing high levels of ethyl alcohol.According to the ministry, the amendment is aimed at strengthening regulatory oversight of medicines containing high levels of ethyl alcohol, ensuring they are supplied only through the regulated pharmaceutical supply chain and reducing the possibility of diversion and misuse while ensuring they remain available for genuine therapeutic use.Get the latest India news and live updates. Download the TOI App.About the AuthorAnuja JaiswalAnuja Jaiswal is a Senior Assistant Editor at The Times of India, with an impressive 18-year career in narrative journalism. She specializes in health and heritage reporting, expertly simplifying complex health information to make it engaging and understandable for readers. Her deep dives into heritage topics are well-researched, resulting in captivating narratives that resonate with her audience. 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The ministry said the products covered include certain herbal and medicinal liquid preparations, including cardamom and ginger tinctures. NEW DELHI: Oral medicinal formulations containing more than 12% ethyl alcohol and sold in bottles larger than 30 ml will soon require a doctor’s prescription after the Centre amended the Drugs Rules to curb their misuse.Officials said…
![Representative image NEW DELHI: Ahead of the monsoon session scheduled to start from July 20, a group of women organisations and activists under the banner of ‘National Coalition for Women’s Reservation’ have demanded “unconditional and immediate” implementation of 33% women’s reservation in the Parliament and state legislatures at the existing strength from the next round of elections. They have called upon the govt to bring a Constitutional Amendment Bill in the upcoming session to delink women’s reservation from census and delimitation. They have also sought that the opposition parties should support their demand and take up the issue in Parliament.The Coalition members are reaching out to all MPs in their constituencies to seek their support for their demands. They will be holding joint dharnas (demonstration) across the country on July 20-21 and have announced that they will hold daily dharnas from Monday to Friday throughout the monsoon session of Parliament in the Capital. The sit-in to be held at Jantar Mantar. A national conference with women MPs is also planned by the Coalition. Some of the organisations that are part of the coalition include All India Democratic Women’s Association, National Federation of Indian Women – the women’s wing of Communist Party of India, YWCA, Indian Christian Women’s Movement, All India Progressive Women’s Association, Unity In Compassion, ANHAD and activists associated with various campaigns including Anjali Bharadwaj from Satark Nagrik Sangathan.Meanwhile a statement floated by the Coalition has so far been endorsed by over 1500 signatories including activists, lawyers, academics, students, former civil servants and concerned citizens from diverse walks of life.At a press conference in Delhi on Friday, Annie Raja from NFIW and other speakers asserted that women’s right to political representation cannot be indefinitely postponed by linking it to “unrelated and politically contentious” processes like delimitation or increasing the number of seats in the Lok Sabha. “We want the opposition to putforth this demand of the women forcefully in Parliament and demand that the govt bring a Bill to delink women’s reservation from census and delimitation. Women organisations have been meeting the MPs in their constituencies including those from the BJP to emphasise the need to implement women’s reservation at the current strength and without any further delay,” she said. Transparency activist Anjali Bharadwaj emphasised the need for transparency and demanded that if the govt was trying to The Coalition recounted the decades long national women’s movement demanding 33% reservation in Parliament and Assemblies. The first ever bill was introduced in 1996- 30 years ago. Finally when the Women’s Reservation Act was passed in 2023, it linked the issue of reservation with census and delimitation. Representatives of various organisations condemned the govt accusing it of using women’s reservation as a front for its political agenda of delimitation. “It is a matter of shame that less than 14% MPs are women and the figure across state assemblies is even more abysmal- 10%,” the Coalition said in its statement. “In 2023, when the Women’s Reservation Act [formally the Constitution (One Hundred and Sixth Amendment) Act, 2023] was passed, it deferred the implementation of women reservation till a census and delimitation were conducted. Many Members of Parliament and women’s collectives had questioned this conditional reservation. Had this condition not been imposed, 33% of MPs inthe current Lok Sabha would have been women,” the Coalition states. “It is clear that the government is using women’s reservation as a front to push its political agenda of delimitation and increasing the number of seats in the Lok Sabha. This was reconfirmed in 2026, when the government suddenly called a special session of Parliament to ostensibly pave the way for 33% reservation for women in the Lok Sabha and state assemblies from 2029, but did not delink women’s reservation from the politically contentious issue of delimitation,” they added. Activist Anjali Bharadwaj emphasised the need for transparency and demanded that if the govt was trying to bring back the delimitation bill then it must first put it up for public consultation as the provisions impacts everyone. “The promise of women’s representation continues to remain unfulfilled due to reservation being made conditional upon delimitation and census. This prolonged delay exposes a deep-seated patriarchal reality that systematically stalls women’s political empowerment,” the Coalition asserts in its statement. Prominent signatories include: actor Sharmila Tagore, Mallika Sarabhai (acclaimed dancer and activist), Syeda Hameed (National Federation of Indian Women), Zakia Soman (Bharatiya Muslim Mahila Andolan), Zoya Hasan (professor emeritus JNU), Shabnam Hashmi (social activist), Najeeb Jung (former Lt. Governor of Delhi), Rajeev Dhyani – satirist, Aruna Roy (Mazdoor Kisan Shakti Sangathan), Harsh Mander (Karwan e Mohabbat) and Shailesh Gandhi (former Central Information Commissioner) among others.Get the latest India news and live updates. 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They have called upon the govt to bring a Constitutional Amendment Bill in the upcoming session to delink women’s reservation from census and delimitation. They have also sought that the opposition parties should support their demand and take up the issue in Parliament.The Coalition members are reaching out to all MPs in their constituencies to seek their support for their demands. They will be holding joint dharnas (demonstration) across the country on July 20-21 and have announced that they will hold daily dharnas from Monday to Friday throughout the monsoon session of Parliament in the Capital. The sit-in to be held at Jantar Mantar. A national conference with women MPs is also planned by the Coalition. Some of the organisations that are part of the coalition include All India Democratic Women’s Association, National Federation of Indian Women – the women’s wing of Communist Party of India, YWCA, Indian Christian Women’s Movement, All India Progressive Women’s Association, Unity In Compassion, ANHAD and activists associated with various campaigns including Anjali Bharadwaj from Satark Nagrik Sangathan.Meanwhile a statement floated by the Coalition has so far been endorsed by over 1500 signatories including activists, lawyers, academics, students, former civil servants and concerned citizens from diverse walks of life.At a press conference in Delhi on Friday, Annie Raja from NFIW and other speakers asserted that women’s right to political representation cannot be indefinitely postponed by linking it to “unrelated and politically contentious” processes like delimitation or increasing the number of seats in the Lok Sabha. “We want the opposition to putforth this demand of the women forcefully in Parliament and demand that the govt bring a Bill to delink women’s reservation from census and delimitation. Women organisations have been meeting the MPs in their constituencies including those from the BJP to emphasise the need to implement women’s reservation at the current strength and without any further delay,” she said. Transparency activist Anjali Bharadwaj emphasised the need for transparency and demanded that if the govt was trying to The Coalition recounted the decades long national women’s movement demanding 33% reservation in Parliament and Assemblies. The first ever bill was introduced in 1996- 30 years ago. Finally when the Women’s Reservation Act was passed in 2023, it linked the issue of reservation with census and delimitation. Representatives of various organisations condemned the govt accusing it of using women’s reservation as a front for its political agenda of delimitation. “It is a matter of shame that less than 14% MPs are women and the figure across state assemblies is even more abysmal- 10%,” the Coalition said in its statement. “In 2023, when the Women’s Reservation Act [formally the Constitution (One Hundred and Sixth Amendment) Act, 2023] was passed, it deferred the implementation of women reservation till a census and delimitation were conducted. Many Members of Parliament and women’s collectives had questioned this conditional reservation. Had this condition not been imposed, 33% of MPs inthe current Lok Sabha would have been women,” the Coalition states. “It is clear that the government is using women’s reservation as a front to push its political agenda of delimitation and increasing the number of seats in the Lok Sabha. This was reconfirmed in 2026, when the government suddenly called a special session of Parliament to ostensibly pave the way for 33% reservation for women in the Lok Sabha and state assemblies from 2029, but did not delink women’s reservation from the politically contentious issue of delimitation,” they added. Activist Anjali Bharadwaj emphasised the need for transparency and demanded that if the govt was trying to bring back the delimitation bill then it must first put it up for public consultation as the provisions impacts everyone. “The promise of women’s representation continues to remain unfulfilled due to reservation being made conditional upon delimitation and census. This prolonged delay exposes a deep-seated patriarchal reality that systematically stalls women’s political empowerment,” the Coalition asserts in its statement. Prominent signatories include: actor Sharmila Tagore, Mallika Sarabhai (acclaimed dancer and activist), Syeda Hameed (National Federation of Indian Women), Zakia Soman (Bharatiya Muslim Mahila Andolan), Zoya Hasan (professor emeritus JNU), Shabnam Hashmi (social activist), Najeeb Jung (former Lt. Governor of Delhi), Rajeev Dhyani – satirist, Aruna Roy (Mazdoor Kisan Shakti Sangathan), Harsh Mander (Karwan e Mohabbat) and Shailesh Gandhi (former Central Information Commissioner) among others.Get the latest India news and live updates. 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