Health ministry takes steps to boost compliance as corruption cases surface

The CDSCO is planning to monitor visitors to any of its officials closely

In the wake of recent controversies surrounding the Central Drugs Standards Control Organisation (CDSCO), the Union Health Ministry is learnt to have been taking steps to improve compliance and crack down on corruption.

Sources in the know said that an internal e-mail was circulated among CDSCO officials earlier this week which explicitly stated that a no tolerance policy would be followed in cases of corruption. “The surveillance mechanism too, is being revamped – including regular close-circuit television monitoring, visitors register monitoring etc,” the source said.

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