Pharma Sahi Daam
Also called: Pharma Jan Samadhan · Topic: Transparency, Accountability and e-Governance · NCERT: Beyond NCERT
Meaning
Pharma Sahi Daam ("right price") is a mobile app run by the National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority (NPPA). NPPA is the body that controls medicine prices. It is an attached office of the Department of Pharmaceuticals, Ministry of Chemicals & Fertilizers, and was set up on 29 August 1997 by a Government Resolution, not by an Act. On the app, any consumer can check the price a medicine is allowed to sell at. If a shop charges more, the consumer can report the overcharging (charging above the legal price). The Pharma Jan Samadhan grievance portal is now joined to the app. This matters because a price cap works only when people know the correct price and have an easy way to complain.
Example
NPPA capped trade margins at 30% on 137 anti-cancer drugs, effective 9 November 2026. A trade margin is the profit that sellers add between the company and the shop. A patient can open Pharma Sahi Daam to see the revised MRP of their medicine. If the chemist charges more, they can report it through the app or the NPPA website. State Drug Controllers then enforce the cap. They are the state officials who check medicine sales on the ground.
Don't confuse with
- Pharma Jan Samadhan: this is NPPA's grievance portal for complaints such as overcharging or a medicine being unavailable. It is a separate tool that has been joined to Pharma Sahi Daam. It is not another name for the app.
- CPGRAMS: this is DARPG's general online portal for complaints against central ministries. Pharma Sahi Daam deals only with medicine prices.