The state public service commission has almost finished the selection process and the appointment will take place in one month's time.
Currently there are 24 Drug Inspectors serving in Andhra Pradesh which has 23 districts. Apart from these 24, three ADCs are are working with additional charges of drug inspectors.
The current recruitment would take the total no. of Drug Inspectors to 130!
Andhra has 50,000 medical shops, 2200 manufacturing companies, 233 blood banks and an equal number of blood storage centres and the state would require 500 Drug Inspectors as per the recommendation of Mashelkar Committee.
Finally there is some good news for Pharmacists in the state to find a job in Government sector. This move would definitely strengthen the Drug control body and the government can effectively regulate Pharmacy related matters. With fake drug rackets and spurious drug scandals hitting the News headlines everyday, this step by the Andhra government is greatly appreciable.
