New Delhi: Nearly 250 Drug Inspector posts remain vacant across the regulatory and medical device divisions of the Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO), reveals an Right to Information (RTI) response.

According to the reply provided by the Central Public Information Officer (CPIO) of CDSCO on October 27, 2025, the total number of sanctioned posts of Drug Inspectors stands at 419 in the Regulatory division and 85 in the Medical Devices division. Out of these, 187 posts in Regulatory and 63 posts in Medical Devices are currently vacant.

On October 9, 2025, Dr Aman Koushik, Executive, Federation of All India Medical Associations (FAIMA), submitted an RTI application seeking information regarding the total number of sanctioned and vacant posts of Drug Inspectors in CDSCO head

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