The Employees State Insurance Corporation (ESIC) on November 17, 2023, issued a notification regarding the Central Ayurvedic Rate Contract No. - Ay-9 for Supply of Ayurvedic Drugs.
The following has been stated: -
•The purchase of Ayurvedic Drugs Under the E.S.I. Corporation Centralised Rate Contract No. Ay-9 Effective from November 17, 2023 to November 16, 2025.
•The applicability of GST may affect to some extent the rates finally approved under this Rate contract and in such cases, orders may be placed to the firm at the lowest rates. while taking this step, the benefit of concession in the rate of GST available under the GST Act or the rules framed there will be taken into account.
•The stores accepted should comply with the provisions of the Drugs and Cosmetics Act, 1940, and the Rules made thereunder as amended up to date and Drug Price Control Order.
•Each packing shall be printed with nomenclature of the drug and shall be labeled in accordance with the requirement of the Drugs and Cosmetics Act, 1940 and Rules 1945 made there-under. Packing and packaging of each drug must comply with the procedure provided under the Legal Metrology Act, 2009, and the rules made there under.
The detailed notification is given in the document attached below.
[Notification No. U-16/13/6/ Ayur. -9/2022-AYUSH]
