Online National Drugs Licensing System (ONDLS) Portal Latest News
While 18 State drug control authorities across the country have adopted the Online National Drugs Licensing System (ONDLS) for processing drug-related licences, no State has yet fully complied with the Corrective and Preventive Action (CAPA) guidelines, confirmed a source in the Union Health Ministry recently.
About Online National Drugs Licensing System (ONDLS) Portal
- It is a digital, single-window platform for processing various drug-related licences in India.
- It is developed by the Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (CDAC) in coordination with the Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO), Directorate General of Health Services, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, and State/UT Drugs Regulatory Authorities.
- It is designed to create a uniform, transparent, and accountable process for drug licensing across all States and Union Territories.
- It handles applications submitted by the applicants for issuance of manufacturing and sales licenses, including Blood Banks, and other certificates like COPP, GMP, WHO-GMP, Market Standing certificate, etc., and post-approval changes.
- ONDLS will help in the establishment of uniformity w.r.t. the requirement of submission of documents for different types of applications as well as issuance of licenses/permissions throughout India.
Source: TH
Last updated on January, 2026
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