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Health ministry to introduce online disposal of export NOC, WHO-COPP under SUGAM soon
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Shardul Nautiyal, Mumbai
July 29 , 2017
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As a step towards facilitating ease of doing business for boosting
exports in the country, Union Health Ministry is mulling over to put in
place a system for online disposal of export NOCs and WHO-COPP under
SUGAM, which will bring transparency, predictability and reduce
timelines considerably.
This initiative will help in reducing the
time lag in handling applications, create a hassle free environment and
help industry save manpower and resources by avoiding personal
follow-ups.
Timelines to process Export NOCs and WHO-COPP which
generally takes 15 days to 2 months can be brought down to seven to
fifteen days time under SUGAM. The online system under SUGAM will help
the reviewer gain access to all the documents and get real time data at
both the ends for speedy disposal of certificates and permissions.
SUGAM portal is equipped with a user-friendly dash board which acts as an interface between the exporter and regulatory agency.
The
Union health ministry had put in place SUGAM to strengthen the
e-governance initiatives. In this regard, the Central Drugs Standard
Control Organisation (CDSCO) had unveiled an online portal ‘Sugam’ in
January 2016.
Implementation of e-Governance at CDSCO through
SUGAM portal has brought simplicity, transparency, reliability,
accountability, timeliness and also simplified ease of business. In the
first phase, digitization of applications for grant of registration
certificates for import of drugs or import license of drugs in Form 10,
under D&C Rules has been completed and is operational.
In a
communication to all the state regulatory authorities and the pharma
industry associations, Drug Controller General of India (DCGI) Dr. GN
Singh stated that the portal is intended for those who need to file
applications for various services rendered by CDSCO. For security
purposes and to avoid spams, it was decided that the applicants would
need to pre-register themselves on the portal.
SUGAM portal
provides the single window for all its stakeholders to access the
services provided by the portal by implementing role based access
control and actions. It has consolidated the entire Drug Regulatory
framework at centre and provides a centralized dashboard for monitoring
the various regulatory clearances across the country.
It also
provides high level of transparency to its stakeholders as status of the
submitted applications can be tracked from applicant dashboard. As well
as, the portal is well integrated with the e-Nivesh that is the
National portal to provide the project proponent/entrepreneur with all
requisite information under one umbrella, which will reduce delays in
various regulatory processes.
SUGAM enables ease of business by
providing the integrated workflow right from making an application for
grant of permission/ license, online payment, online review process,
query management and grant of permission/license online. It internally
builds the database of drugs and manufacturers and their current
regulatory status(approved/ banned) in India.
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